tiefling Pull my finger Tiefling

[R2ED]

A friend of mine who plays D&D said she had a Tiefling character that was unpainted. "Unpainted? You take your character to your game unpainted?  GIVE ME THAT!"  That's a sin knowing I like to paint and you're walking around with an unpainted mini. 

 

I asked her for the specifics she'd want.  She told me silver hair, orange eyes, red skin, and bone colored horns.  With that I went to work. 

 

Not sure I'm in love with my colors on this one. I'm also unsure if the red skin comes off as red.  I used red as the base and then highlighted up with beige red.  Purple and green felt strong, but ok to use together.  Let me know. 

 

[Chaoswolf]

I think it looks very good.

Has the friend seen it? What do they think?

[R2ED]

@Chaoswolfthey haven't seen it yet.  They gave me liberty in the outfit and scheme, and only the details of hair, skin, eyes,and horns.  Not much else to really measure against. I'll find out Tuesday if they like it. If not, too bad because it's not getting changed. What I hope is that it makes her really love her character and playing that much more to match this against her character sheet.  I just put a coat of varnish on her since this is a playing model.  Good luck little Tiefling and may your adventures be grand! 

[Glitterwolf]

Looks great to me!

That skin is super!

[kazmania7]

I happen to luv the skin tone you used it really makes the face pop, and also the purple dress with bright green accents. my only critique would be the fur around the cape would be a saturated yellow (or maybe even blue), and changing the necklace to sliver like the hair instead of gold might help make the beautiful face you've done really stand out.

[R2ED]

@Glitterwolfas always, thank you. 

 

@kazmania7 I had thought about going with silver necklace, but didn't.  Dang it!   Thank you for the feedback.  

 

[Count Urlik]

The tail in that skin tone is really cool - it conveys a very plausible fleshiness.  I prefer it to the usual red velvet sort of treatment.  The freehand on the cloak is really lovely.  I think the color palette is great - a tiefling should be fearlessly confident in their fashion sense!

[Gantrell]

That purple and green is just stunning. i love this.

[Poilu_1914]

I think it looks great. I also want to know what she thinks of it!

[R2ED]

@Poilu_1914 well I gave it to her and she said, "it looks awesome."  It wasn't overly excited.  It wasn't ecstatic for hitting the colors requested.  Just kind of a mediocre answer.  Not that I need epic validation in what I did, but I wouldn't have minded some critical feedback in there to know if it was exacting to what she wanted.  Overall, I think I learned a few things on this one, so I will take that as a win.  Whenever I come across someone who gives me a reason to paint something for them, I lean in heavily.  I still haven't done commissions per se, but having someone to paint for is fun.  I have to just remember it's a fun hobby not my job.  I don't want it to feel like work.  

 

On her reaction when I gave it to her, I'd say it was a 6 of 10.

[Poilu_1914]

@R2ED 6 out of 10 still a passing grade in my book. I don't do commissions either but I have painted minis for other people for fun. It is nice to share the hobby with other people.

[GoldenPiggy]

I have discovered the key to getting great reactions from the people you paint for.  After having painted a few miniatures to the specifications of my three-year-old daughters, I can report that I get a great reaction every time.  So my recommendation is paint for toddlers, they get excited no matter what.

 

I love this paint job.  I especially love the green, but the skin tone might be the most impressive part.  It looks decidedly red, but still realistic.  Well done, despite the somewhat underwhelming response from your friend.

[R2ED]

@GoldenPiggyI pretty much use my daughter as the go to for how cool something looks. She comes in, peeks over my shoulder, and says "oooo cool, Dad!"  I know I'm on the right track. 

[Iridil]

I think she looks good - I'd be impressed if someone did this for me 🙂 My favorite bits are the skin tone and freehand, and I think purple and green were good choices