Darkstar Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Some may remember a few months ago I posted some other Talisman / Warhammer Quest minis here, and now I've completed a few more. We have, from top to bottom, a Chaos Sorceror, an Astronomer, a Witch Elf and an Assassin. These come from either the Adventurer's box set or the Wizard's box set, put out in the late 1990's and early 2000's to supplement the line of figures for the Talisman 2nd edition game, or alternatively to use as figures for the Warhammer Quest game and it's supplemental expansions. Lots of wide open areas to paint on these old figures which is a good excuse to fill it all in with freehand and detail. The base on the Astronomer is...well it looked better on paper. Supposed to be an old broken down contraption like a sundial or astro-clock thingy, but I didn't devote enough time to painting it to bring it up to par with the paintwork on the Astronomer himself. Let's see, the Assassin is my favorite I'd have to say. I have a few more of these old minis that I've been working on and will post them next month, and most likely the month after that as well as I finish them, working them all in a big assembly line, finishing each as I find time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fremen Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 That free-hand is insane! You always do amazing work, but I'm officially blown away with these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Froth icon in effect!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Chaos guy is cool, I like the fade effect on his robes. Fantastic work there Love that Astronomer! Also great work on that cloak corner for the assassin. While the Witch Elf is great, that style GW had for those never thrilled me much. I love that halo glow effect on her hair thou. That is nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlady Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I am totally blown away by the freehand on the Astronomer - that is amazing work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanli Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Your color choices are awesome, and the freehand.....I can't even begin to imagine that level of brush control! This look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercius Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 amazing work man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hey thanks guys, much obliged! @Haldir: Yeah the hair on the witch elf, I ...that was alot of hair lol. I had to think of something to make it look decent. Took a ton of work, I'm glad you noticed. It was really tricky figuring out how to highlight something like that. @Kanli: Thanks for commenting on the color choices, I spend a good deal of time deliberating on color before I paint, that's really important to me, balancing all the colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kannan Fodder Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 The Astronomer is AMAZING!!! What did you use as a base, and how did you paint it? The whole thing is just awesome! Freehand on all is amazing. I doubt I'll ever get that good, but it's nice to see something like this to inspire improvement. Colors are rich an vivid, and all those little details.... Wow! Great job. Keep it up! ~M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Incredible work on the freehand! You've really gotten back into the swing of things. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the minis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hey thanks you two @Kannan Fodder: The base was made from different parts from different things. The bottom is from a plastic christmas ornament which was in the shape of a little military style drum, on top of that I glued the bottom from a crows' nest from a pirate ship model kit turned upside down, and I topped it off with a broken gear from some piece of technology or other. When stuff breaks around here I always open it up and gut it if any interesting bits and pieces to serve a second life in my hobby here. The paintwork was done to resemble a worn verdigris type of patina over copper. I used reference of old decayed copper pipes and such from an image search on the web, then painted it to look like what I saw. I based the thing in green, mossy green I think, then I started applying liberal watered down washes and glazes of a mix of Hawk Turquoise (VGC) and Sea Mist (Palmer). I built up the patina mostly around the areas it would collect naturally and "wore it away" in areas that would get the most contact such as the tips of the gears and such. The wear was painted to resemble the copper underneath which is simply just painting with Tan (VGC) and highlighted with Dwarf Skin (VGC). Then I added little streaks of pure Sea Mist here and there and speckled it by dipping my brush directly in the paint and flicking the bristles to create random speckling. I used a fine liner brush with very watery Sea Mist and drew out connecting "lay lines" to connect some of the random dots with what looks a pattern...it's not very noticeable in these shots as I did that mostly on the top surface of the gears, which is away from the camera. The foliage stuff is just flocking and static grass, and the rocky part at the bottom of the base is baked sculpey chipped to fit the base with a little flocking mix scattered around and painted to look like dirt. IMHO the base is overdone and detracts from the piece, but I'm rarely happy with my base work and always spend way too much time for mediocre results. It's something I always try to improve on though and thanks for the compliment. I am happy with the base on the Assassin though, that came out very pleasing to me and I'll probably do many more like that in further pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Wow, can't imagine the hours spent, beautiful work. Freehand is awesome you must have one steady hand or two for that matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Odo Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 That brings back memories, LOL, very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookjimjr Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Unbelievable work. Great color choices and freehand. These are just amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witchmage Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 they look so cool, you did a grate job and are vary skilled, keep the master peaces coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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