Anne Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Hi! Here is my second entry from ReaperCon's paint contest. I entered this one into the Open category, and I'm very happy it won Silver! The base/space architecture I was hoping to show to Froggythegreat, (he's always very inspiring with his creations!) but ah well, here are my pictures I shot everything outside this morning, hopefully the photos are ok, I apologize on two of the photos, I ran out of blue paper background. Comments and crits always appreciated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"That Guy" Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Speaking of, What is the glass(?) encasement? I love this piece! At Rcon, I couldn't stop looking at it. Very beautiful indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duliniel Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Yes, this one was a real stunner! Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble_B Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Is it a pen holder? I swear one of our tellers has something similar on her desk minus the aliens! lol Its a very cool piece... kept coming back to it. Very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Yeah, I saw that on the shelf, and thought, "I really need to start working harder if I'm gonna compete..." Truly, a thing of beauty. And what IS that lucite thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QPCloudy Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Wow. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thanks everyone! The mystery base details revealed! It is all lucite/plexiglass. The central part is indeed a pencil/pen holder that I happened to come across and think hey... The bottom rectangle is 1/2" thick plexiglass frosted with sandpaper on top (to prevent it from looking scratched up and to help hide obvious glue spots), and painted on the bottom (like reverse glass painting) to look like a universe, and then I added adhesive black felt to the bottom, which helped to protect the paint and also to make it more stable since I pinned the rectangle base to the holder with a straight pin. The spheres/marbles are also plastic except for the center one which is glass (it just happened to work out), and I filled the pencil slots with different colored painted paper. The inside floor and wall are cut paper, which were also painted. The top deck is a plastic disc pinned to a base (also frosted with sandpaper and painted) from my 40k dark eldar fliers. Hmm and the darker spheres on the top are beads (an attempt to disguise pins). Originally the deck on top was going to be a bit more elaborate and have a second tier from which the empress would sit, looking down on the Andromedan vizier (who didn't make it in time for the ship) and the floor inside was going to look down on an alien metropolis but time was against me, so maybe for the next aliens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Wow! This is amazingly creative, congratulations on the award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Great job on the miniature(s) and yes, the pictures came out really well (I think)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader of the Rats Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 That's truly amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Nice! Great photos too. I picked up the Queen in the byard this year (yeah for Thursday byard shopping!!) & kinda didn't have a clue about her feathers. Your pics are clear enough to show where, thanks! Great paintjobs on both pieces. I really like the way the plates came out on the Bathewhachacallit RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vutpakdi Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Very creative and striking. Certainly caught my eye at the con! Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thanks everyone! Also thank you ixminis, your photo advice was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I love seeing "unique" pieces, and you've definitely got one here, that base is out of this world. Very creative and eyecatching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kannan Fodder Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Great presentation. Rather stunning/eye-catching without being distracting. Very well painted too. Congrats on the silver! ~M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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