Gus Landt Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 OK, here is my first pic up in awhile, and my first large mini in nearly a year. The skin & wings are 100% airbrushed. The trim around is belt/waist is Gold NMM. The sword I obviously ripped off from Lazlo - filing off the flames and painting faces. The base was freehanded, and the demon was pinned to the base as the last step. The judges comments for improvement, all of which I very much agree with, were "more highlights on the skin/wings, more highlights on the staff, better color choices for the base) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastl Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Love the skull belt! Overall it's a nice solid paint job and I agree with the highlights. Gus, you should know better by now. Bring those highlights up to white! Did you freehand the base? Very nice, sharp angles on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidedog Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Great piece Gus! I can only echo you, just like all of us tend to do you backed off the highlights too soon. Push them up a bit more and this boy will pop big time. Very solid clean job on the painting and I love the base! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spatula Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Hey Gus, nice presentation...did you take the photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawgiver Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Great sword effects. Love the base. Staff rocks. Belt is cool. ZERO COMPLAINTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Great piece. I love the horns--what was your recipe for them? The NMM gold is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Landt Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 Thanks for all the compliments, everyone! I love the horns--what was your recipe for them? Those horns gave me nothing but trouble. I hated the way I first did them, so after the mini was all done I held it upside down, took a cotton ball soaked in W&N Brush Cleaner, and scrubbed them to bare pewter. I then re-primed them and started over. Unfortunately I didn't write down my color choices. I basically grabbed 4 different browns, and did nothing but washes on the horns. The very tips of the horns are probably still bare primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancin'Debby Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Those horns gave me nothing but trouble. I hated the way I first did them, so after the mini was all done I held it upside down, took a cotton ball soaked in W&N Brush Cleaner, and scrubbed them to bare pewter. I then re-primed them and started over. wow! gutsy move! the faces on the sword show up really well in the photo... debby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Not a big fan of demons, but absolutely love the sword. Prophet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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