Tengu Rogue (03698)

[Marvin 33034]

Mildly embarrassed to post this on the heels of Derek's fantastic painting of his own sculpt, haha. But here's my take on his amazing mini. Derek Schubert's Tengu Rogue.

 

I straight up LOVE this mini. I was very happy with how mine turned out, to be honest. I was worried about trying to get something going with his plumage, but my initial impulse to use Nightmare Black worked out pretty well, I think. I mixed some gray in with it to highlight the beak, and I thought it worked out pretty well for me. Tried to keep the highlighting on the plumage simple. And I was hellbent to go with white for his top. But, yeah. Pretty happy with him.

 

This was my first time painting on Rust-Oleum camouflage primer (the tan version), and I was pretty stoked about how it took the paint. Only problem, really, was that it doesn't hide my mistakes as well lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[LordColdsteal 222]

I really like this!  I like the simplisity you have here.  The colors of the 'bird' are very realistic. I really like the eye, it caught my attention right away and made me think of a crow.  Really makes me want to bring this character to life in one of my games.  Excellent job.

 

[LittleBluberry 29640]

I like the contrast of the dark feathers and the white shirt looks awesome!  I know people have been saying this a lot, but your painting has really been improving. 

[vegascat 4873]

Your color choices here are great and I really like the way your feathers turned out. I'm going to have to pick this model up at some point.

[hosercanadian 1514]

Without a word of a lie this is the second best painted version of this sculpt I have seen. ;-)

 

Seriously great work. You have done excellent highlighting on the feathers and I am seeing a progression with your work. Keep it up.

[Loim 13232]

Excellent.

[Jessie 5945]

The white on him turned out really well and I like your color selections.

[Marvin 33034]

Thanks, y'all.

 

I don't know if I'm getting any better, but I at least feel I'm not getting any worse.

 

Without a word of a lie this is the second best painted version of this sculpt I have seen. ;-)

 

:lol: I can live with that.

[ub3r_n3rd 152158]

He's pretty cool, good job!

[breegull 857]

He looks great, and I think you did an awesome job on him!  It's actually reassuring to see what a "regular" person's paint job looks like, haha!  Good to know that this awesome sculpt still will look great even if I'm not a Derek-Schubert-level artist.

[Chaoswolf 96795]

Agree with everyone else; you did an excellent job on him. You're really a lot better than you give yourself credit for.

[Marvin 33034]

"regular" person

 

Scare quotes necessary in this case.

 

 

Agree with everyone else; you did an excellent job on him. You're really a lot better than you give yourself credit for.

 

I maybe should stop talking quite like I do, lest folks think I'm fishing for compliments. I'm okay with what I do, but it pales, palely so, but I appreciate what a lot of other folks do more.

[dks 3942]

Strong work!  I especially like your subtle handling of the feathers and beak, and the look of concentration that you got in his eyes. 

Keep it up.

 

Derek