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Fantasy miniature painting and collecting. Fantasy RPGs, especially 1st edition AD&D, Rolemaster and MERP. Computer turn based strategy and RPGs, metal guitar (80's hair rock). Books by Douglas Adams and Michael Moorcock. Building WWII tank and plane kits; modern jets :D<br />Road hockey and baseball.
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The squid aliens in the tubes are wicked :D Good job man!
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Darbin is a little fuzzy but looks to be my fav of the three! You mention painting straight out of the pot? Being neat is a start, and thinning the paint a little to get smoother layers is a good next step.
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Quequelis Raventongue of the Lilac Order by Zaphod
zaphod replied to zaphod's topic in Show Off: Painting
Oh and do something blatantly obvious and dramatic to begin with... A subtle torchlight on a guy in golden armor with blonde hair will not be a good test of the technique in my opinion :D -
Quequelis Raventongue of the Lilac Order by Zaphod
zaphod replied to zaphod's topic in Show Off: Painting
Nissiana - This mini screamed for the OSL. Some I find forced, but your best bet is to try a simple mini that has the perfect props for it. Even doing something fairly basic to start, like 3 layer highlights followed by "lighting glazes" is a good start! Honestly though, apart from my old Reaper Wraith King, this is only the second time I have done this. A guy coul dget carried away with it you know ;) -
Fantastic colors!!! Too many "muted" minis these days :) This is good!
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Love the blade! And the cloth is nicely done too! Only thing tat detracts for me is the harsh lines on the blue crystals. Otherwise, SWEET!
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Quequelis Raventongue of the Lilac Order by Zaphod
zaphod replied to zaphod's topic in Show Off: Painting
Thanks guys! I get such a nervous feeling before starting this sort of thing... I tend to have everything shaded and highlighted first, then I start glazing away! Again, I would like to have done some parts a bit smoother, but these are for gaming so i am not disappointed at all! -
Thanks! Yeah I think I might reprocess the pics and get a better shot of the face too. Might retouch on the blade on the backside, but hard to say. I fear these will see a lot of handling so I am not too worried about perfection :D
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Quequelis Raventongue of the Lilac Order, a priest wielding a Mace of Disruption. He is the second character to be finished by May long weekend for our annual reunion AD&D convention. Much handling to be sure :( More pics on my site! He is also a new version of a very old version of this guy I did ten years ago LOL FYI it is a Ral Partha figure
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Titch the Blade, roguish rogue. He is the first character I have to have done for May long weekend for our annual reunion AD&D convention. More pics on my site.
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Hey really nice! I especially like the freehand swirls on the blades. That's a great idea, bringing the pic in to test some colors out... Sometimes I have a good go at visualizign things, but there is always a detail I forget and have to try to match a color up afterwards. :D
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Nice job! I painted this guy for a friend as well... Tough one to get into, but loads of possibilities when done!!!!
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Absolutely beautiful! That skin is amazing, and the cloth with the color shift... perfect!
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Cool! This reminds me of some of Takahiro's early work... He is or was Qiao Xong??? on Coolmini.