Arcadia Quest: Goblins

Goblins

Now we're into the batch paintings. It's goblins and orcs, and to be honest painting seven more orcs sounds like a better job for future me. These guys were the first I recorded video of me painting, although I missed the first three colors. 

The process was slow going at first, but once I got passed the large areas, things started coming together more quickly. 

Greenskin was the logical choice for the goblins skin, and Leather Brown is a great brown for coverage. Necromancer Cloak has become my favorite black-that's-not-quite-black, and I use it here for the hair.

I also start using Ivory as a white replacement. I find using both pure white and pure black is not favorable, since those colors don't occur naturally and it is impossible to highlight white or shade black. Also, pure white often goes down chalky if you're not extremely careful and applying very thin layers.

The only (intentional) difference I painted between each goblin was the color of their hair tie. I'm not sure it's necessary, but it might make things easier to differentiate when it's on the table.

I highlighted the green with Pale Green. I generally think of goblins as having lighter skin than orcs, but when I initially didn't highlight their foreheads, I found that large dark surface made the goblins look overall much darker. I had to work around the warpaint, but by just highlighting that part, they became much lighter.

Speaking of which, the warpaint was my first freehand painting of the box. There are a few slip ups, but I imagine goblins applying their warpaint before battle isn't the most meticulous process.