This is my friend’s character for a campaign that we are in. He used AI to create the general look of his character, then designed a mini based on the outcome. I printed it out for him and used the AI image as a color reference.

Here are a few other angles:

Smitty rear

Smitty side

And here is the AI generated image that the mini is based off of:

Smitty AI

(The small girl is the character’s sister.)

  • BirbSeed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    21 days ago

    Sounds great! I love painting skin because it can be so varied in hue. Even human skin has greens and blues in it even though it’s usually looks more brown, red or yellow.

    • papalonian@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      21 days ago

      I have been… not great with human skin. Haha. I hear it’s something a lot of people struggle with. My aim is to practice the techniques on something a little more forgiving like the orcs where unnatural skin tones won’t be so obvious, then bring those over to the elves and humans.

      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        21 days ago

        Busts might be your answer for practicing flesh tones, but I originally clicked to compliment your skill as it is - painting, and designing, too. What did you use for the latter?

        • papalonian@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          21 days ago

          Thank you for the kind words. If by designing you mean the making of the actual mini, I can’t claim any credit here; this mini was made by a friend of mine, I assume through some mini-building website. I have zero talent in regards to artistic 3d modeling (but I can whip you up a bracket in SOLIDWORKS in no time!)

          Busts are a great idea for flesh tones. It might actually be really cool to chop on of the orc minis I have and just print a bust of the head so I can play around with the tones on a larger canvas.

          • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            20 days ago

            No worries, you’ve earned it! I’m happy to chat painting techniques & printing, if that’s of interest. I teach local free workshops on both for all skill levels & ages, and I’d be happy to cool links, wax philosophical on OG tricks, etc. Oh, and the model seems to’ve been printed from a much smaller original sculpt, if the highlighted facets in the pic are any clue. I’m curious where it came from, academically. 🤘🏽

            • papalonian@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              3·
              20 days ago

              I honestly don’t know where the mini came from. Like I said, I assume my friend used a website like TitanCraft or hero forge or similar to make him. As far as scaling, he may have bumped him up in size a little given his giant heritage, but the model is of “mini” scale (maybe 1.5 inches tall), so I can’t imagine it was increased by much. Could be printing artifacts?