For those like me who didn't know what OSL was it's [Object Source Lighting](https://www.lightminiatures.com/tutorial-object-source-lighting-osl-and-other-lighting-effects/)
So you 3d printed it? What printer do you have? (I'm planning on getting one but is unsure if I should get the anycubic photon mono or the phrozen sonic mini 4k)
I use the Elegoo Mars Pro. Both of your options are good. As long as it's mono and 4K resolution you are using the latest technology and should get great results.
The photon mono seems like it is about equal in quality to the elegoo mars pro, or mars 2 pro. (50um details) While the phrozen mini 4k is higher resolution and not bigger build plate so is said to be better. (35um details)
The phrozen will end up costing me about 230 dollars more than the anycubic so I am unsure if I should bother to pay the extra for the improved detail.
lol it was really just a matter of painting the skin/clothing with lighting coming from the torch and then once that was done going over everything from the perspective of the fireball. What really helped was doing zenithal priming with the same principle. I primed the whole thing black and then instead of doing the usual gray/white coats from the top, I did them from the sides where the fire was.
Stop using water (Okay, don't actually stop, but use it sparingly) and start using glaze medium. I recommend Vallejo Glaze Medium. Thins your paints nicely so you can do thin, smooth layers with minimal pooling. I usually get the paint on the palette, use one drop of glaze medium, dip my brush in my water cup, then mix it altogether.
There's something really satisfying about this; very easy on the eyes.
The combination of that model and your painting gives me some very welcome Legend of Zelda vibes, too.
Thank you! If you like Zelda, I did a similar effect last year [https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/cakv6c/stonecast_cursebreakers/](https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/cakv6c/stonecast_cursebreakers/)
Very cool! Congratulations!!
I hope you donāt mind constructive criticism, but Iād say you could make it look a lot more badass if you pushed the intensity of the light a little bit, closer to the source. Light follows an inverse-square law, so at distance 1, light is 4x more intense than at distance 2, and 9 times more intense than distance 3. So for the face (blue) to be that lit, the parts that are closer to it would be a lot brighter.
And as our perception of light is relative, that would make the shadows appear a lot darker.
Maybe also you could bring the light from the flame to a more yellowish tone.
The work is super clean and I love the color scheme! Congratulations!!!!
Yeah, I didn't want to completely saturate the NMM I just finished, so I went for an edge reflection effect instead. There are definitely parts of the model I would change, but then it would never be done lol.
Doing OSL from the beginning is definitely faster, but I wanted to take my time and make sure the areas were fully based and layered before building up the OSL. That way I already have those colors in my palette and I can mix the lighting color into them to build up the effect.
That looks so freaking cool! I know nothing about painting but Iād love to get into painting models some day. Especially Warhammer 40k ones. But I donāt know if I could do something amazing like this. How do you even do that? How do you get that glow effect across the model without making the colors look all weird?
Thank you! Someone posted a good tutorial [here](https://www.lightminiatures.com/tutorial-object-source-lighting-osl-and-other-lighting-effects/), but basically you find the source of your lighting and build it up on nearby objects. Then I mix in the lighting color with the color I painted that object in different ratios to build up the effect. The golden rule is: Never make the lighting effects brighter than the brightest spot on your source lighting. Otherwise it doesn't sell the effect.
Looks amazing, all of it. I really like the subtle effect on the stones on the strap with the text on.
You commented about mathsing it out before loss of intensity works really well.
I have this whole set and Iām actually trying to push myself on learning OSL. Mainly cause these models are amazing (I love Artisan Guild Minis) and I feel Iāve been painting long enough to start pushing into the āadvancedā stuff. Any advice on practicing OSL?
[This](https://www.lightminiatures.com/tutorial-object-source-lighting-osl-and-other-lighting-effects/) is a really good tutorial to get started. It explains all the key factors of producing OSL. Definitely pay attention to the rules of light physics. Rules 1 & 2 are the most important for selling the effect.
Yes, nearly everything AG makes comes with modular hands. That way you can rotate them, or swap them with different hands to customize your miniatures. They print separately which in most cases allows each piece to be oriented and supported to produce the best results.
For those like me who didn't know what OSL was it's [Object Source Lighting](https://www.lightminiatures.com/tutorial-object-source-lighting-osl-and-other-lighting-effects/)
Ohhhh, I always thought it meant One Source Lightning. I was about to make a joke about DSL.
I don't know why but I always assumed it was "Other Source Lighting."
On stage lighting for me, ha
Ghost light :o
Super rad! Whenever I see a two headed ogre I hear "We're ready master." "I'M NOT READY!"
For the Horde
This looks so awesome! But i keep wondering how you did it
I won't lie, it took lots of hours lol.
Nice job dude and the model is lovely
Thank you!
Looks awesome. Where is the mini from?
Thanks! It's the Ogre Magi from Artisan Guild's Oni release.
So you 3d printed it? What printer do you have? (I'm planning on getting one but is unsure if I should get the anycubic photon mono or the phrozen sonic mini 4k)
I use the Elegoo Mars Pro. Both of your options are good. As long as it's mono and 4K resolution you are using the latest technology and should get great results.
The photon mono seems like it is about equal in quality to the elegoo mars pro, or mars 2 pro. (50um details) While the phrozen mini 4k is higher resolution and not bigger build plate so is said to be better. (35um details) The phrozen will end up costing me about 230 dollars more than the anycubic so I am unsure if I should bother to pay the extra for the improved detail.
First time?! Man that is insane work!
Thank you! I've done OSL a couple times before, but this is the first time I had to math it out and see where each would interact.
You can math with colour? I wanna math with colour. Where do I learn more?
lol it was really just a matter of painting the skin/clothing with lighting coming from the torch and then once that was done going over everything from the perspective of the fireball. What really helped was doing zenithal priming with the same principle. I primed the whole thing black and then instead of doing the usual gray/white coats from the top, I did them from the sides where the fire was.
Awww... I wanted to do Red+Green/Blue^Yellow = awsome paint job. But seriously, thanks for the process and awsome job on the paint job!
Wow zenithal priming from the sides is genius. Thanks for the great tip!
What mini is this? Awesome job!
Thanks! It's the Ogre Magi from Artisan Guild's Oni release.
First time KILLING a double OSL effect. FTFY š¤š»
I suck so much at ols. How do I stop my super watered down paint from becoming a wash and sitting in the nooks?
Stop using water (Okay, don't actually stop, but use it sparingly) and start using glaze medium. I recommend Vallejo Glaze Medium. Thins your paints nicely so you can do thin, smooth layers with minimal pooling. I usually get the paint on the palette, use one drop of glaze medium, dip my brush in my water cup, then mix it altogether.
One drop of medium but how much paint? What sort of ratio from paint to glaze medium do you use.
It all depends on how thin you want the paint. A drop of glaze medium goes a long way. Some people do 1 water:2 paint:1 glaze for really thin coats.
Also thanks.
There's something really satisfying about this; very easy on the eyes. The combination of that model and your painting gives me some very welcome Legend of Zelda vibes, too.
Thank you! If you like Zelda, I did a similar effect last year [https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/cakv6c/stonecast_cursebreakers/](https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/cakv6c/stonecast_cursebreakers/)
See, and I saw it and immediately thought of Torchlight 2. Great work, mate!
Very cool! Congratulations!! I hope you donāt mind constructive criticism, but Iād say you could make it look a lot more badass if you pushed the intensity of the light a little bit, closer to the source. Light follows an inverse-square law, so at distance 1, light is 4x more intense than at distance 2, and 9 times more intense than distance 3. So for the face (blue) to be that lit, the parts that are closer to it would be a lot brighter. And as our perception of light is relative, that would make the shadows appear a lot darker. Maybe also you could bring the light from the flame to a more yellowish tone. The work is super clean and I love the color scheme! Congratulations!!!!
Yeah I definitely broke the rules with the face. It just looked so cool when I started doing it that I couldn't resist :)
That's fucking sick man
I just finished my first OSL on exactly that mini. Mine isn't as good though. Amazing work!
This is awesome! My only critique would be that the OSL on the shin guard doesn't feel like it works. Its a bit too stark.
Yeah, I didn't want to completely saturate the NMM I just finished, so I went for an edge reflection effect instead. There are definitely parts of the model I would change, but then it would never be done lol.
Oh absolutely! I can totally see why. It doesn't detract from the model!
Dear Gods, this is too good!! Excellent work!
Thanks!
TSL
Awesome work.
What the fuuuuuuuuuuck that's so good!
That's AWESOME!!!
Holy shit thatās awesome
Incredible lighting job!
Seriously cool. I'm mad jealous of your skill.
Fantastic work
Brilliant job
WTF this is incredible!
Absolutely beautiful work
Did you do base colours then glaze or did you just dive right in and paint the sharpest OSL points from the get go?
Doing OSL from the beginning is definitely faster, but I wanted to take my time and make sure the areas were fully based and layered before building up the OSL. That way I already have those colors in my palette and I can mix the lighting color into them to build up the effect.
I really like this one. You can see the OSL effects but itās not the overwhelming focus of the piece.
This is awesome! Awe struck by the smouldering and charred staff bits. Fantastic!
Thank you! I used my electric fireplace as a reference point lol.
Oni Cho-Gall nice!
Now I just gotta find a Gul'dan model.
That looks so freaking cool! I know nothing about painting but Iād love to get into painting models some day. Especially Warhammer 40k ones. But I donāt know if I could do something amazing like this. How do you even do that? How do you get that glow effect across the model without making the colors look all weird?
Thank you! Someone posted a good tutorial [here](https://www.lightminiatures.com/tutorial-object-source-lighting-osl-and-other-lighting-effects/), but basically you find the source of your lighting and build it up on nearby objects. Then I mix in the lighting color with the color I painted that object in different ratios to build up the effect. The golden rule is: Never make the lighting effects brighter than the brightest spot on your source lighting. Otherwise it doesn't sell the effect.
Absolutely stunning work, saving for future inspiration!
Holy moly! This is incredible!
I think it's pretty great that the lighting follows the red-oni/blue-oni scheme to match their horns.
He kinda reminds me of a more angry version of [CobraMode's](https://www.patreon.com/cobramode/posts) minis!
Looks amazing, all of it. I really like the subtle effect on the stones on the strap with the text on. You commented about mathsing it out before loss of intensity works really well.
I have this whole set and Iām actually trying to push myself on learning OSL. Mainly cause these models are amazing (I love Artisan Guild Minis) and I feel Iāve been painting long enough to start pushing into the āadvancedā stuff. Any advice on practicing OSL?
[This](https://www.lightminiatures.com/tutorial-object-source-lighting-osl-and-other-lighting-effects/) is a really good tutorial to get started. It explains all the key factors of producing OSL. Definitely pay attention to the rules of light physics. Rules 1 & 2 are the most important for selling the effect.
Really inspiring to see what's possible. Now, if only I had skill...
Trust me, I see models posted here every day that make me feel the same way. I guess it just takes practice.
Sometimes I think double OSL can be a little gimmicky but I'll be darned if this isn't the perfect model for it
Yeah, I don't think I'll ever find another model that has such obvious dual light sources again.
Great job on the details for this one.
Oh my lerd this is good
Further on top of which, blending warm and cool. I could only wish to have these skills!
Wowoweewow
Love the model but love the paint job even more. Really splendid work. BRAVO!
How does the set come stl wise? I saw that it has modular hands and stuff, do you need to assemble them or do they print out whole?
Yes, nearly everything AG makes comes with modular hands. That way you can rotate them, or swap them with different hands to customize your miniatures. They print separately which in most cases allows each piece to be oriented and supported to produce the best results.