Ingrid, Female Gnome (Painted as Halfling) (77167) (Bones)

[Chris Palmer]

 Over the weekend I finished up Ingrid, Female Gnome from the Bones 1 Kickstarter's Half-Sized Heroes set.  I pulled her out of the pile because I wanted to get another Thief figure painted up for Frostgrave.   I didn't realize she was a Gnome when I selected her, so I painted her up as a Halfling. 

      I thought the object in her hand, from the way she is holding it extended,  looked like it was supposed to be some sort of magic light source; like the Phial of Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings.  So, I had to have a nice debate with myself as to whether I was going to attempt serious Object Source Lighting for the first time, or skip the pressure and just paint her as if she was simply holding a snowball, or a rock.   

     In the end I'm pleased.  It's a little heavy handed; but I wanted it to look like a very stark unnatural lighting, and I think it does.   I can also say there's lots of room for me to improve, but luckily its a skill I don't think I will have to call upon very often.    

C & C welcome, please. 

 

 

 

 

And with a little lighting effect...

 

 

[BLZeebub]

Cute!  I like the eye shine effect.  Still don't quite trust myself with it on a mini I intend to show off or keep.

[Pippin]

Outstanding!  I see that there's a "like" button, but I wanted to click the "ohmygoshthat'sfantastic!" button instead.  Guess they don't have that one...

[Pochi]

She's wonderful! I love her face! Adorable! The OSL is just right as well I think. It does give that vibe that she has a magic, glowy rock.

[Glitterwolf]

Good one!

 

The OSL is better then what I can come up with..

[Chris Palmer]

Thanks, everyone, for the comments! I appreciate the feedback.

[Chaoswolf]

I think you pulled off the OSL effect very nicely.

 

Thumbs up!!