Emperor Cat - DSM7986

[Jasonator]

If anyone has noticed I was a bit busy for the past few weeks...chuckle.

I started working on this miniature and became totally obsessed with it. 

Purple is not my easiest color to use, then combine it with the cat features, and that huge tail and you

have some nice challenges.  I decided I wanted to mount it as if it was giving a speech.  That brought on

a few more challenges.  When you have a white robe, on a white marble floor, how do you hide the the clipped off part of the base that remains ?  I had to work that one out, while setting up some kind of balcony/arbor/some type of platform to make

it feel right, and look its best.  Here is my attempt to pull all this together.

I removed the broccoli that it came with.

 

Your comments/criticism are always welcome.  Please let me know what you think of the Cat Emperor !

Edited April 3, 2016 by Jasonator

[Glitterwolf]

He looks very good and regal!!!

[Jasonator]

Thanks Xherman !

 

This isn't one of those easy paint jobs.

I did have a lot of fun with the basing on this one.

Building a little trellis to put the flowers on out of a paperclip, and painting it up

cracked me up !  Thanks for the vote, and the comment !

Edited April 2, 2016 by Jasonator

[Citrine]

All hail Caesar! Love the white and purple combo!

[ub3r_n3rd]

Great job, Jay! He looks very regal!

[Gadgetman!]

He looks very good and regal!!!

He's a cat... That's inborn and has nothing to do with the beautifully painted clothes. 

 

I'm more a fan of the natural wreath instead of a golden one, but that's just me.

 

The base... 

You could have put him onto a large base, then used GreenStuff, milliput or something to make a flat floor that covered the cast base, added lines to mark out tiles, and painted it as a marble floor?

[Jasonator]

 

He looks very good and regal!!!

He's a cat... That's inborn and has nothing to do with the beautifully painted clothes. 

 

I'm more a fan of the natural wreath instead of a golden one, but that's just me.

 

The base... 

You could have put him onto a large base, then used GreenStuff, milliput or something to make a flat floor that covered the cast base, added lines to mark out tiles, and painted it as a marble floor?

 

The cast base has been removed, he is pinned to the cork base that I made.  I also made a trellis to attach to the base, painted it white, and added the purple flowers to it. 

Thanks for your input !

Oh.. Gadgetman.. Du kan snakker Norsk med meg,

Jeg snakker Nork.

I am an American, but I visit Norge every other year.

Edited April 2, 2016 by Jasonator

[Kangaroorex]

Nice job.  the kitty looks very regal

[Guildenstern]

Mraowwww!

 

(very nice!)

[Gadgetman!]

 

 

He looks very good and regal!!!

He's a cat... That's inborn and has nothing to do with the beautifully painted clothes. 

 

I'm more a fan of the natural wreath instead of a golden one, but that's just me.

 

The base... 

You could have put him onto a large base, then used GreenStuff, milliput or something to make a flat floor that covered the cast base, added lines to mark out tiles, and painted it as a marble floor?

 

The cast base has been removed, he is pinned to the cork base that I made.  I also made a trellis to attach to the base, painted it white, and added the purple flowers to it. 

Thanks for your input !

Oh.. Gadgetman.. Du kan snakker Norsk med meg,

Jeg snakker Nork.

I am an American, but I visit Norge every other year.

 

 

"Du kan snakke Norske med meg"... Not "snakker" ;-)

Where do you hang out, then?

[Pochi]

This is one of my favorite DS animal sculpts and you did a fine job painting him up!

 

Veni, vidi, vici!

 

[Jasonator]

 

This is one of my favorite DS animal sculpts and you did a fine job painting him up!

 

Veni, vidi, vici!

 

 

Thanks Pochi !

He is a lot of fun to paint, and at first I thought.. oh yeah...not that difficult until I got into those purple robes...LOL.

Highlighting that Toga takes a bit of thinking !

Color Choices also can be all over the place.  I thought gold/purple/blood Red/ even mint green for the white robe.

You can also make this a free hand nightmare if you want to.

I like when a mini provides me with a lot of options.. this one does!

Its up there with my favorite DS Mini's also.

[Gadgetman!]

The white works really good to contrast the purple. And purple is 'the right' colour for the toga. 

 

Here's a lot more info about purple than anyone would ever be able to remember, or have use for...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple

[Jasonator]

The white works really good to contrast the purple. And purple is 'the right' colour for the toga. 

 

Here's a lot more info about purple than anyone would ever be able to remember, or have use for...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple

Thanks for the info !

Dang !  That is a lot of purple know how !

[Jasonator]

Thanks for all the likes gang.

I was wondering if everyone didn't like the anthropomorphic characters.

They are cute; however, don't underestimate the complexity of painting the Mini.

Dealing with that much fur, shadowing, highlighting, and blending will keep you dancing quite a bit.

Since I have picked up Ub3r's philosophy on basing, I have slowed down my painting speed,

but I sure have amped up my enjoyment.  So thanks again.