Hasslefree HFA021 Dionne(b)

[Sanael]

I actually had much the same.thought as Adrift. Her skin is much too warm to read as vampiric. I'd echo his suggestions, and say I think you need to push it even more because of her (lovely) red hair and eyes, which accentuate the warmth in her skin.

 

That said, I loveloveloooove that catsuit and coat, and I think.the eyes are pretty awesome. Even if you did go larger than the sculpt on them, it helps them read quite nicely.

[Citrine]

Very inspirational. I have this partially painted, I was totally stuck on how to proceed. I will definately use yours as a reference.

[MamaGeek]

Beautiful job on very simple mini. You really brought her to life!

[DapperDan]

Certainly taking the notes on the warmth of shadow and the layering highlights on the hair (lighter brown into white). Very nice looking mini and pretty convincing asphalt!

[Jabberwocky]

Quite like the sharp highlights of the black leather. Well done!

[Nameless]

perfect example of how strong contrast can make your mini look good even without smooth blending. well done!

[chaosscorpion]

Wow the coat and the whole black on black looks Amazing! Well done.

[GuyWithCoolBackpack]

Fantastic! Great placement of highlights.

[Pingo]

Overall looking good Pingo!

 

For the skin, she looks a bit warm to me. I'm comparing her skin to a Bones vampiress at the show that I saw a guy paint and he really nailed the pale, cool, vampire skin to perfection IMO.

 

It looks like you lined her face with tan, or possibly used a watered down tan as the basecoat. I think a shade of blue or even a lighter purple (perhaps even violet) would have helped you add layers that would have consistently pulled out the cooler tones of paint underneath. She might have also benefitted from using a dark blue or purple to line between her hair and her face for the shadowy effect.

I actually had much the same.thought as Adrift. Her skin is much too warm to read as vampiric. I'd echo his suggestions, and say I think you need to push it even more because of her (lovely) red hair and eyes, which accentuate the warmth in her skin.

That said, I loveloveloooove that catsuit and coat, and I think.the eyes are pretty awesome. Even if you did go larger than the sculpt on them, it helps them read quite nicely.

Thank you for your kind comments.

 

Those are very good suggestions about her skin. I was thinking bloodless, so I painted her face with a very pale yellow base, one with no red in it at all. But then I shaded it with a soft light brown. I think some kind of violet or mauve shadows might bring across vampiric skin better.

[Bruunwald]

That coat is delicious.

[Thes Hunter]

Since it was mentioned in another thread I'm totally going to necromance it to add my comments.

 

This is beautiful Pingo! The highlights on the hair make her look just as if she's stepping out of a movie!

 

I love her coat and her eyes and everything about her!

[Glitterwolf]

Underworld!!!

[skippen]

Small eyes?  Small eyes?  Get thee to Tom Meir and Dark Sword and these eyes will feel gigantic!

[Tosek]

Perfect glosses!

[ArthurDent]

An undead thread for an undead miniature, very fitting.

 

Thanks for necromancing, Xherman, otherwise I would have missed a great paintjob for that mini.