skya Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Having just finished this season's Iron Painter, I thought you guys might enjoy seeing the reaper pieces I entered this time around. For those who dont know, Iron Painter is an online competition where the contestants are paired off, given a theme and two weeks in which to finish each piece. the judges then spend a week scoring the pieces and the if your score beats the score of the opponent you were paired off with you advance until only one person is left. Round One the theme was the Dead of Winter. Not having done a snowbase of any kind before this was a lot of fun experimenting with different snow mixes, all of which are granulated to different sizes. Then there was getting the ice layers to look well, layered, and that there had been blood spilt and then ice and snow built up on top of that. The actual figures I chose were all Reaper pieces. The two birds are both Reaper familiars and one of the undead pirate guys got turned into an actual dead guy with an arrow through him. Round Two was the only technical based theme of the season, OSL. I went for an ambitious piece I've been wanting to do for a long time. I've been debating ways to do the stained glass window for months now and tiriel was a recent acquisition who just seemed to fit. The cathedral wall is one of those armorcast cathedral pieces, and the vine is just some stuff from my back yard. Painting the lighting on was mostly a matter of shining an actual light through the windows and blocking in where the shadows fell. Round Three was a rather odd theme I had a hard time wrapping my brain around, Seeing Red. Took me a while but I finally settled on doing Cyclops vs. the Scarlet Witch. Found a costume for Cyclops that I really liked, and set myself to converting Heroclix minis into something paintable. The Scarlet Witch didnt take a lot of tweaking, dumped her in some boiling water, changed the folds on her cloak and the position of her head and right arm. Cyclops on the other hand was a pain. Had to pull off that scary outfit he was wearing and sculpt on the new one. Then I made the eyebeams out of blister pack plastic and had at with a paint brush. repainting prepaints isnt quite as bad as you might think, the plastic is a bit bendy, but other then that it's not too bad. Painting in a comic book style after having spent many years painting in a much more naturalistic style, that was a bit of a challenge. Round Four we had The Sidekick. had a lot ideas for this one, but just couldnt find the minis for them. So I settled on a traditional fantasy scene, the casting of the spell. Only this time the familiar is doing most of the work, teaching the young sorceress how to cast. Primarily made of reaper pieces and bits, with Jolie as the sorceress, the familiar is a Wyrd piece normally found as Rasputina's familiar. Round Five went Seasonal. Now I cant stand the whole commercialized holiday crap we normally consider seasonal and decided to go for a more traditional changing of the seasons, fall to winter. I was kind of aiming for a more Victorian feel, with the snow trim dress. The lighting was fun. I've never done electronics before. I installed an LED by wrapping the wires for it around the staff and then into the base where theres a battery hooked to an on/off switch. Honestly, it was a lot simpler then I expected it to be. Round Six, the finals we were given the theme of My Trusty Steed. Unable to find a well sculpted dragonfly for my fairy knight I decided to go for an underwater scene with dolphins and elves. Well time cut that down to one dolphin and one elf. Tracked down a toy dolphin the right scale as the only dolphin minis I have were Thunderbolt Mountain pieces that would look absolutely tiny next to the Reaper sea elves. Picked out some of the aquatic familiars to see what would go well with it and then sculpted up a reef for them to be playing on. I spent a lot of time swearing while trying to get all the pieces to stay where I wanted them, but I think the end result was worth the aggravation. All in all it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience, and while it ate a whole lot of my time it also really inspired me to push some of those boundaries I wouldnt have otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlady Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Omigod! Awesome work! You did each of those in only two weeks??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBom Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Wow! Brilliant work! My favourite was probably the Seasonal, the LED staff looks great! Some kind of deadlines might do good to me too... I might get something actually finished sometimes... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Skya those pieces are all fantastic works of art. Congrats on all of them!! RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Wow! I absolutely love the Round 2 and Round 5 entries. Your round 2 entry is the first piece I've seen that actually inspires me to want to try OSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duliniel Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Wow! All of these are simply fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artists Wren Posted February 5, 2008 Artists Share Posted February 5, 2008 Congrats again on your win Skya, you did some great stuff, I particularly liked how a lot of your pieces evoked an emotion. I hope I'll have the opportunity to see some of these live some day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versutus Vulpes Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Round 5 is absolutely amazing. All of the entries are great - but 5 really knocks me out. Great stuff - thanks for posting them for us to enjoy - and make note of for future projects . (I am sooooo going to LED something soon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skya Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 Thanks guys. Wren, I'll be bringing some of them with me to ReaperCon so you can see them then. Unfortunately the Seasonal piece doesn't travel well, as the branches are annoyingly fragile. If I can find a safe way to pack it, it might come with, but it seems unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmcl Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 That stained glass is stunning. Really nice work all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artists Wren Posted February 6, 2008 Artists Share Posted February 6, 2008 Thanks guys. Wren, I'll be bringing some of them with me to ReaperCon so you can see them then. Unfortunately the Seasonal piece doesn't travel well, as the branches are annoyingly fragile. If I can find a safe way to pack it, it might come with, but it seems unlikely. That one didn't look too safely portable to me, so as much as I'd love to see it I didn't have my hopes up about it traveling. I look forward to seeing some of the others, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thes Hunter Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Wow. I am awed and amazed. I think it's the little prefect touches you add to your pieces that push you over the top into the winning category. Like on the sidekick, I love the detail work you did on the base. It was just prefect in giving the impression of some fancy, and maybe mystical flooring. I also really loved the colors you used on the Trusty steed piece, they work very well for giving the feeling of under the sea. As others have said the light reflection from the stained glass window is truly amazing. Excellent work all around, I could fill up pages and pages of good things I had to say about these models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergrin Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Beautiful. I'm so impressed by your work of art. #4 her smile reminds me of Renee Zellweger's. I especially love #2 and #5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker22 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I think rounds 2, 5 and 6 were my favorite. The stained glass was amazing with the effect it had and the mini fits really well. Nice job with the lighting on 5, really adds alot to the peice andnumber six is just cool all the way around I think. Excellent job on them all and in such a short amount of time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishil Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Quite remarkable. Very inventive too. Very well done. Ishil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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