graphtjb Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [/indent]This is the First really professional job that I am try to sell on ebay. I have a story background for it but that is posted after this question. Do you think that I need to add grass and bamboo back of the minature? Man of the Village Bring me your rising sons and I will set them back down in the east. If you are gaudy golden star amongst shards of falling red stars you will find me incorruptable. I fight for home for honor, of my ancestor, and most importantly for the honor and safty of my own. I stand against the all dragons just as I have stood against the Qiantang Dragon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painfully Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 The water looks good. You should maybe try some of the clear acrylic mediums from Golden if you try water effects again--it's good stuff. I'm still playing around with it myself, but I like them a lot. I think the rocks are fine without adding anything. They are being hit by rough waters after all. I feel like he needs an opponent on another rock facing him or something though. Otherwise, is he fighting the water itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousekiller Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Seems to me he is fighting the water. Awesome work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krztoff Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Otherwise, is he fighting the water itself? Maybe it's a water elemental. Nice work. What is the water made of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastman Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Perfect face! I saved it to study. Water shading is great too. One general issue I have with shading chest and abs is that it's too dark. Even the most well defined bodybuilder wouldn't have such dark shading between the muscles. In direct sunlight the muscles on the top part of his body would be lighter and less distinct, and the lower part would be darker because it's shaded by a wall of water. The rule-of-thumb says that shades and highlights must be exaggerated when working on the 28mm scale, but I still think the community in general goes too dark. It's a fantastic piece of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhandstudios Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 WOW!!! I think it is interesting (being a practitioner of martial arts for over a decade now) that if you take a martial artist to the beach, he/ she will almost inevitabily attempt to do forms and/ or katas in the surf. This paint job, this basework, the attitude behind the image totaly rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphtjb Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 "Man of the Village Bring me your “rising sons” and I will set them back down in the east. If you are gaudy “golden star” amongst shards of falling “red” stars you will find me incorruptible. I fight for home, for honor, of my ancestor, and most importantly for the honor and safety of my own. I stand against all dragons just as I have stood against the Qiantang Dragon." The Poem slash story which may have been overlooked tries to incorporate a couple another ideas. The first idea is conflict between the small man (man of the village) and society (the rising son/ Japan). The other idea is the conflict man (man of the village) and nature (Qiantang Dragon). Note the Qiantang Dragon is a tidal surge that happens on a river in china. The Qiantang River (I believe) empties in to the ocean and when the tidal comes in the ocean surges up the river. During especially high tides the Qiantang Dragon can kill people like a small Katrina. Today's technology has lessened the Qiantang Dragon. Hope this helps TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeniXbane Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Seems like you put a lot of thought into this piece. He looks cool and I like the base and overall feel to it. As per your question: I think it would be better without anything extra, leaving it purely him and the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseyjoe Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I dunno, I kind of like the idea of some bamboo behind his right shoulder. The waves moving towards the right make the composition a bit unbalanced in that direction. The vertical bambooo element would balance it nicely. When I first saw this, I got a feeling that he was working with/using the water, not fighting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopardpixie Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 the background it self works great with the mini but imho its distracting. Great work on the water! and nice paint job as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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