Valloa Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 This is the first mini I've gotten to paint for myself since December and she was a speed paint of 10 hours. The base is on the closeups is a temporary one, the one in the second shots is her permanent one. Critics welcome. Maya~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhammer Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Pardon me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. That is simple fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 She looks stunning. I really want to paint this figure! She looks like she took longer than 10 hours; that's awesome that your speed painting comes out so beautifully! I'm jealous :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerebro1974 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Love the colors, and you did a stunning job on the translucency. Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Fantastic! Darksword Minis makes some beautiful sculpts. I love the transparent fabric effect, and her skin tones couldn't be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pae Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I saw this one over at CMoN (where you're kicking my butt in the contest). Very nice sheer effect on the dress. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valloa Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I saw this one over at CMoN (where you're kicking my butt in the contest). Very nice sheer effect on the dress. :-) Thanks :) I think yours is way underrated in score over there. Maya~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidVC04 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Excellent stuff. Sheer scares the &*%$ out of me. Impressively executed. How'd you make the tapestry and rug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergrin Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I love her see through dress. It is simply fantastic. I wonder if a sea goddess or a mermaid who just got human legs walking out of the misty sea would look like her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pae Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I saw this one over at CMoN (where you're kicking my butt in the contest). Very nice sheer effect on the dress. :-) Thanks :) I think yours is way underrated in score over there. Maya~ meh...it is what it is. I kinda did a half-a$$ job on it once I started really struggling with the oranges. I'm not terribly surprised about my scores, plus the pics are a bit small. I am surprised that my mermaid that I just finished has the same scores, and I think that one is much better. Anyway, didn't mean to derail your thread. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hey, looks great. Nice realistic appearance in the paint to complement the sculpt and the sheer effect is very convincing, especially in the side view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valloa Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Excellent stuff. Sheer scares the &*%$ out of me. Impressively executed. How'd you make the tapestry and rug? The base started out as an idea I had for another figure and I was originally going to do a hanging tapestry and floor rug freehand. I changed my mind after I saw a really neat product from Reality in Scale (with the same tapestry I wanted to do) so I figured I'd give it a try and see how it looked. No point in reinventing the wheel if what I wanted to do was doable this way. I finished it the same day as the Darksword mini and felt this miniature went better on the base than my originally planned one. :) The product is "Wall Carpets on Real Cloth" found here. They also make some awesome stained glass windows. @flynn I still think they are too low, especially compared with several others there. That mermaid is much better, but still rated too low IMHO. The scoring system is just unreliable as a measure of anything. Derailing..pft it's related enough for me ;) Besides posted anywhere else post two would have been waaaaayyy unrelated and massively derailed. Maya~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble_B Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Just wow. I can't even fathom how this is paint. Beautiful job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettagirl Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 She's so beautiful! Excellent paint job! The sheer effect is awsome! (never tried it myself) I've always liked this sculpt. But, the one thing I keep asking myself is, how in the world is her dress staying up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pae Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 But, the one thing I keep asking myself is, how in the world is her dress staying up? velcro nipples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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