Cassu
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I might be on in a couple of hours, need to shower and damn I am tired!
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Oh my goodness it is legit mini painting Christmas for me right now! Mad Jack offered to send me a few spare paints he had if I covered postage to help replace what I lost. I opened the door to a package full of goodies!
Not only has he sent paints, primer, flow improver, etc. but some Bones minis and some base stuff like grass and snow! Eeeee!
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Really excellent.
Eeeee thank you so much Loim!
Had an hour or so in the Google Hangout tonight and used it to finish laying down my base colours:
Really wanted to wrestle with the overall palette and look of the mini before I tackled more shading. I really want to go back and re-work the skin too. I feel so rusty with my mini painting techniques, it's good to be cutting my teeth on a Bones mini before I pick up something fancier again.
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Getting lonely....
I'll be in in the next 40 minutes or so.
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I like what you're doing.
I have painted her too a while ago and I know there are a few other forumites who did.
Maybe look in show off and search for her and see what we all did.
I always look for how others tackled a mini, to see what I like and don't like and maybe spot some difficult areas which are better visible once painted.
She's a great mini, one I might pick up in metal one day.
Although I found the Bones version quite detailed.
The one thing I would wonder about the metal version though, is how heavy it would be? (Can anyone who has the metal version 'weigh in' on this? Hurhur bad pun I know!
) I have trouble holding heavier miniatures for any long stretches of time, so if I am going to get a large figure for the detail I'd want something in resin preferably.Nice color harmonics there.
Thank you. I am quite a fan of dark skin and fair hair. We'll see how it comes together on this figure. I may be popping into the Google Hangout again tonight so will do some more on this piece. I have also started removing the mould lines on my box of Arcadia Quest chibi minis.
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Sorry I missed you Cassu, but it was DnD night. And the last one until after RCon.
I am sure I shall catch you again! I may be on tonight sometime.
My first time in the hangout tonight!
It was great to meet you!
You as well! It's great putting faces to forum avatars.
All of the talk of Reaper Con is making me insanely jealous though!-
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She's got more skin than I thought she did!
Get well soon!
Thank you! I am slowly doing better, still have a bad cough though.
Looking good so far!!!!
Yes bigger Bones are mostly more detailed.
She is wonderful!!!
Thank you. I am finding that I am quite rusty, but nothing a bit of practice won't fix!
Had my first venture into the Reaper Google Hangout this afternoon (or night for you 'Mericans) and blocked some more colour in. I really want to work more on her skin but figured I should think about my colour scheme a little more first. Since her skin is rather dark I thought light, sandy-blonde hair would suit her. And her armour is going to be a blue-ish grey.
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My first time in the hangout tonight!
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We should have a slow-off! Who can paint the slowest at their actual speed (no cheating, no sandbagging)!Derek is actually a pretty speedy painter. Whereas I paint at glacial speed and loads of people could surpass what I could accomplish in two hours! ;->
Most of my sloppy painting recently is just because I want to paint some minis and work back up to the level where it makes sense to blend out the better ones.
I want to join in the slow-off!
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I have that figure too and I wasn't aware that she had that much detail in her face.
In general I find Bones minis to be a little mushy-faced (or lacking in the nose department) but Vanja seems to have a little more than most. I think it is due to her size, she's a little bigger than a standard mini.
I started painting in more of her flesh today. I went to the Doctor about my cold, seems I have a chest infection. Bleh! I have some medicine now though so hopefully I will recover soon.
Really need to smooth out some of my transitions.
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Enjoying his skin so far!
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Loving the colour scheme!
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The stripes are so expertly executed, great stuff!
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She is stunning! That paint job is beautiful, such soft shading. The transitions in her wings are gorgeous! Also, she reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for some reason. (The colour scheme, the imagery?) I dunno, but love it!
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Stunning colour scheme!
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Oh that is creepy! Gorgeous work, love the colours on the cloak.
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Really adore the skin, so soft. Beautifully shaded!
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I must say, her face looks freaking amazing! Those skin tones are simply gorgeous.I will be stalking this thread closely!
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Oooh loving your progress so far!
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Well, yeah, okay, that's not too bad for having a year off.
Thankies, I have missed it so much.
... Aaannnd just like that you paint a gorgeous face on her. Blammo, like magic.
(Okay, so you and I both know it's more than that. But dang, ma'am, the timing on the photos in your OP was almost musical in its humor.)
You are certainly off to a good start!
I didn't sprinkle fairy dust on my brush at all this time I swear!
So after doing some more maths (ew math) I actually worked out that it would be cheaper for me to source the bulk of my paints locally instead of buying from Reaper. My flu has died down enough for me to actually go out and do stuff, so I hit up my local gaming store.
It was funny when I walked in, I said to the guy behind the counter 'I am going to be buying a few paints, can I just put them on the counter as a go?' The guy then watched as I spent 20 minutes picking up different shades, umming and ahhing, comparing them, shaking the bottles, and lining them up on the counter.
Probably the biggest sale he'll get all day that isn't a mini from Games Workshop. (Oh yes, I went there.)
I also got some files, glue, a scalpel and Cash I found the P3 paint you recommended, 'coal black.' So 31 new paints, not bad. I also need to thank Mad Jack, who is a Lord among men and is sending me some of the Reaper exclusive paints he had extras of if I covered postage costs.
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Thank you so much everyone. It feels good to be back, I have missed painting so much. Seeing everyone's amazing work here has been so inspiring.
Her face is LOVELY. Considering the level of your artistry, thinking about what you might created in the last year is truly depressing. Keep up the WONDERFUL WORK without respite!
Thank you, well a year is maybe a few minis?
It takes me a few hours to paint a face, so it'll be weeks on a single mini!Looks awesome already!
Go! Go! Go!
*** Opens bag of crisps sits down on the floor ( I know Robinh will kick me off the couch anyways...)***
*raises hand for some crisps*
** sits on the couch next to the Wolf... offers him some crisp bacon as a reward for staying off the couch **
Bacon?! I like bacon!
Super glad to see you back and painting again!!!
Also, great work!Thanks so much Kuro. So great to see your Mrs. painting too! We will convert everyone we know to the hobby!
Daaaang girl, that's a nice face. So happy to see such a talented painter back at it.
Eeee thanks so much.
Yay, Cassu's painting...and it's awesome!
And Cash is continuing to be a talented bastard!
I don't believe you, I'm calling you out as a liar and a fraud!
THERE IS NO WAY YOU'VE TAKEN A YEAR OFF PAINTING!!
Eeep! Don't get the police onto meeeeeeeeeeeee! *hides behind the couch* To be fair, I have taken a year off of mini painting. I have still been doing my usual oil painting, drawing comics, art stuffs.
What's the cool-looking painting guide thingy in the background?
It's a small tutorial work through that came with the Vallejo fleshtone set of paints I got. I haven't read it but the photos are pretty too look at.
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It has been a year since I have put brush to miniature, and while I was going to wait until I got some more kit (pin vices, scalpels, more paints, etc.) I had enough skin tones to start a small part of Vanja tonight. And I had the urge, the urge to paint dammit!
She still has mold lines but didn't have any on her face so I felt okay starting to paint that first.
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Screw it, I'm gonna paint right now!
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Not anytime soon!
Unless Cassu is looking into making her own paints?I see Meg Maples is living in Australia now and is creating a new line of paints. She's a cool person and amazing painter. Maybe look her up on Facebook, she goes by "arcane paintworks".
I follow her on Facebook. She taught a basing workshop here a few months back but I want to go to a painting workshop of hers and not a basing workshop. (Especially at $250AUD a pop.) Either way she's currently overseas teaching workshops. Will keep an eye out for her paints for sure.
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01605: Trista the Loremistress, 25th anniversary edition
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Love the basing and the shading is just beautiful. I especially love her hair!