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Dixie Lost Glimmer of Hope Under a Small Mossy Rock aka Stonehaven Gnome wizard

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Marsya    4864

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I finally finished up my second Stonehaven gnome wizard. A fellow gamer had seen photos of mine and asked me to paint one up for his Forest Gnome Illusionist. I had alot of fun with this project and I quite like how he turned out. I really enjoyed bringing someone else's character to life and this little guy is such fun to paint. 

 

Thank you to all my forum members who helped me along the way in my WIP I appreciate all the suggestions and comments, they really help.

 

Here is Dixie complete with a squirrel companion. I used Reaper's squirrel from Familiar Pack IV. 

Oh and I tried both a black and blue background so bear with me on the photos. Before I send him off I will take a few more photos with a tripod as even though I can steady my hand to paint I can't while taking pictures.

 

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Edit** My husband took a few closeups for me so I wanted to share it here as well.

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Oh my goodness, that's gorgeous. One of the best paintjobs I've seen in a while. Very well done, Marsya. The hat, the gemstones, the fire, the squirrel, the basing... I would be over the moon if I was your client.

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This came out extremely well. The wizard, the squirrel and your base work all work quite nicely together.

Congratulations!

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zoroaster100    4795

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Beautiful paint job and base!  As for the background, the blue definitely shows the colors and detail in your paint job better than the black background.

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Aww thanks everyone for the kind words. I really enjoyed this one and am glad everyone likes him. The 30mm base sure did give me a lot of room to work with to add tiny details to really set him off, unlike the typical small base for gnomes.

 

I love the way the squirrel sets off the scene and really should consider adding more creatures to my basework more often.

I picked up the squirrel and some other furry friends years ago with the intention of creating a sleeping beauty diorama. Hmm... Maybe I should actually start that.

 

Thank you all again for the suggestions and help as it shows in my final work.

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Thanks Pingo and Arc.

 

My husband took a few better photos for me so I edited the original post to show a close up of my gnome, it really shows the moss I added to his staff better i think.

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