Popular Post Evilhalfling Posted January 3 Popular Post Share Posted January 3 (edited) 117 figures painted this year - most were submitted to the RCL more than any year but 2021. I feel that a lot of it lived up to my art Mantra "Beauty, Whimsy, Speed" My greatest hobby joy this year was getting a ReaperCon trophy for the "Waterlilly Tribe in Monet's Feywild Realm." diorama a total of 10 elves in cloaks were painted, with 2 left to do. I painted at least one elf in 4 different months. I may have mentioned them before, but they were involved in my D&D game for several months and I sculped a cloak onto the PC who was give a cloak as a gift from the tribe. she can be viewed in the Bar scene. I will add some of my fav close ups in spoiler tags. Undead giant [spoiler] [/spoiler] Edited January 3 by Evilhalfling 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Your Monet Elves are an original take on painting miniatures and you were very productive last year. Great work overall, I always love seeing your work. Looking forward to see what you will do this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmania7 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 myself, luv the "next" mini, what a cool idea for a mini diorama and you did it justice, kudos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted January 4 Moderator Share Posted January 4 Great job all around! The freehand on the elven rangers' cloaks is fantastic! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Slam Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Very impressive lineup for one year. Great to see those Monet elves again...such an inspired idea and a beautiful execution. I'm loving your dark take on the undead giant, too (especially that red eye). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilhalfling Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 7 hours ago, kazmania7 said: myself, luv the "next" mini, what a cool idea for a mini diorama and you did it justice, kudos. thanks ! it went to reapercon as well, but in the painters category so all the elaborate basing was mostly ignored by judges. still I didn't want it competing directly with my elves so... Quote I'm loving your dark take on the undead giant, too (especially that red eye). I didn't really like the figure - so I thought I would just go for a quick monochrome - "as seen in moonlight" look. the eye was added for balance. I liked how it turned out as well. My impressionist freehand doesn't translate perfectly to other freehand painting, but after 10 figures and a few canvass I really like the way it looks. I don't know what I am going to do next year ... 2 years ago it was the old dutch masters painting styles. Titian through Rembrandt and Rubens. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigel Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 The undead giant looks straight out of a Bakshi fever-dream, and I love the coloration on the goroloth and chuuls! The color gradients on the wolf/dragon-looking fella in the top right of Pic 1 are also lovely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Urlik Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 What an outstanding collection! You did so many of my favorite paintings over the last year. Gathering them all is a really great idea, you've inspired me to try and gather my own year of efforts. Hmmm... maybe this would be a reasonable RCL category? Know that we spent quite a bit of time at RC'22 admiring your base, your vision and your execution on the Monet Elves (Monelves?), so thank you for bringing them! I hadn't noticed the sculpted cloak before: her freehand is really excellent! As I continue to hunt the white whale of distressed leather, I find myself doing much more stippling than ever. As such, I frequently call on the spirit of Seurat to guide me, although I think I'm just as likely to be possessed by the spirit of Pollock... Hey, there's an idea: how about a tribe of Pollock Dwarves to duke it out with your elves! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilhalfling Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 the Gorloth and its servants were also for My D&D game. the Chuuls were 3d printed. I still have 2 unpainted. @Count Urlik I think the collection is a great category for RCL - I look forward to seeing yours. I did 2 lizardmen in the style of Seurat - but that much stippling was just really annoying. with Monet the size of the brushstroke maters less. haven't tried Pollock at least on purpose, I would have to tarp off my painting table. The sculpted cloak may have been done after Reapercon. it was one of my more difficult conversions, as it was metal rather than plastic, and I had to carve the shield off her arm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iridil Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 These are all wonderful - my favorite are the elves and so nice to see them with their setting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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