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[Dead Bard Miniatures 67]

Hi all, after much lurking I've decided to post some of my minis  I technically posted once before but I just realized looking at the old post that it was over a year ago!

I'm really going to have to pick up my painting rate given that another bones pledge is about to be delivered!  

So I can definitely tell I like painting the bad guys better than the PC characters, probably due to spending too much time DMing. Anyway, here's some recent ones I painted. As always feedback is appreciated!

 

First a couple beastmen from the Warlord line:

 

How about a golem and some undead as tomb guardians? I diced up a skeleton into the base of the bone fiend too. You can kind of see the boot.

 

I have painted some character figures as well recently. Here's a few Elves with an Halfling. I need to work on my faces more though. Humanoid faces are so much flatter than monsters'. Anyone have any tips for varying humanoid flesh or adding details to faces that that sculp might not define well? Thanks! Much appreciated!

 

 

 

Edited April 23 by Dead Bard Miniatures
Pesky undead

[Xherman1964 65925]

Welcome to the Forums.

I missed you first post.

 

These are awesome!

I really love the dark skin on the beastmen.

And that Golem looks great!

 

Your bases look really good too!

I'm more evil inclined too ( as to my favorite creatures to paint that is..)

 

Have fun, show more of your work.

Keep in mind Reaper likes us to make individual Show Off threads for minis.

And they do deserve a thread of their own.

Maybe more pics from each, from different angles.

 

Thx for sharing!

 

 

[Pragma 2364]

Nice work! I like the metal on the golem especially. 

[Pochi 4314]

Nice job and welcome to the forums!

[Pingo 75309]

I like your approach.  There's a definite style here, a sort of rich colors / dramatic contrast / large (for a given value of "large") geometric shapes aesthetic going.  It reminds me of some of the Art Deco printmakers and decorative sculptors of the 1920s.

 

Your faces don't look terrible (You painted expressive eyes in all of them!).  They match the rest of the style nicely.

 

You might wish to consider doing some lining to bring out details.  To be sure, it would give a very different feel to your style, which is already pretty interesting as it is.  Maybe just mild lining with a medium grey-brown on the faces?

 

It looks to me as though some of the shading on these figures may come from the lighting in your photographs.  (One way to tell is to take a flash photograph of the figure to compare and see if the colors flatten out and the details get lost.)  That's one of the reasons miniatures painters developed the exaggerated shading and lining style which may be less noticeable in the hand and on the table, but makes a dramatic difference in display photography.

 

But I'll be honest, these look nice and distinctive as they are.  And painting things to optimize how they look in photos is only one path out of many possibilities.

Edited April 23 by Pingo

[Baldur8762 2489]

Really beautiful work.  I like what you did with the bone fiend, I got that mini in a lot purchase from ebay and honestly I didn't know what it was or how it would look good.  You made it look so wonderful!

[Rahz 1924]

Good looking minis with good looking bases!  Welcome and please share more!

[malefactus 20079]

Nice to meet you. I have been voting for your minis on C.M.o.N. for awhile in the vain hopes of boosting your scores to a level that reflects their quality...there are a hard core of miserable, so & sos that seem to get their jollys dumping low scores on good minis inhabiting that place.

All that aside, you do some SPLENDID pieces in a FINE array of colors with consistently nice & often BEAUTIFUL  bases. These are a some EXCELLENT examples of your work. VERY NICELY DONE!

Post here more often & save your morale from the C.M.o.N. buffeting.

Edited April 23 by malefactus

[Dead Bard Miniatures 67]

1 hour ago, malefactus said:

Nice to meet you. I have been voting for your minis on C.M.o.N. for awhile in the vain hopes of boosting your scores to a level that reflects their quality...there are a hard core of miserable, so & sos that seem to get their jollys dumping low scores on good minis inhabiting that place.

All that aside, you do some SPLENDID pieces in a FINE array of colors with consistently nice & often BEAUTIFUL  bases. These are a some EXCELLENT examples of your work. VERY NICELY DONE!

Post here more often & save your morale from the C.M.o.N. buffeting.

 

Thanks Malefactus!

Yeah, no joke one of the first times I posted there someone publicly commented pretty bluntly that I wasn't good enough to upload pictures there and to go elsewhere. I thought wow, that takes nerve! 

Some other folks did offer constructive advice following his comment.

[Dead Bard Miniatures 67]

That's good advice on the shading and edging Pingo! I'll have to try it. I've read a lot lately about trying to paint outside our habit/comfort zones, especially with shading/contrasts, as a way to expand our skills.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions folks! I did take photos from a few angles too so I'll have share them next time! And not a year from now this time!

[malefactus 20079]

16 minutes ago, Dead Bard Miniatures said:

 

Thanks Malefactus!

Yeah, no joke one of the first times I posted there someone publicly commented pretty bluntly that I wasn't good enough to upload pictures there and to go elsewhere. I thought wow, that takes nerve! 

Some other folks did offer constructive advice following his comment.

 

It is my pleasure. You do some fine work. The very least you should expect from Fellow Miniature Folk is a word of encouragement & a bit of advice when appropriate.

[CorallineAlgae 5090]

These are all so nice. I gotta say, that first beastman came out especially beastly! Just love how dark you made him. 

[Chaoswolf 70093]

Good work all around!

 

Welcome to the forum! Please don't wait another year before you post again.