New Horizons: Tarko from Fallen Frontiers

[SGHawkins09]

This was my second entry for the Painter's category at ReaperCon 2017. He is Tarko from Scale 75's Fallen Frontiers line. He was a challenge for me as I have not painted many sci fi minis and I was testing the Scale 75 Fantasy and Games paints on him. I knew I wanted to do a red/orange/yellow armor accented with blue and it ended up pretty close to what I had imagined. He ended up not being the entry that was judged but he was mainly a "lets try this idea out" mini so I know there are some areas that need work.

 

Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[Arc 724]

I LIKE IT!!!! Sci-fi goodness. The color choice you have here is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[Glitterwolf]

Looks amazing to me!

 

The orange is a bold choice and it works very well.

I also think you did a great job on the face!

[NecroMancer]

Anytime I see Broncos colors I love it.  You really shaded the orange well and his face is awesome!

[SisterMaryNapalm]

I would like to make a compliment for the base. I really love it!

 

As for the figure - I have to main "issues" with it, though they are not really issues - and who am I to judge - but:

 

1) The face - I think it could have used a bit more contrast. It looks anime-esque (which is great, no question), but in my opinion it is way too bright. I mean - we are talking of the mighty Tarko, who is obviously awesome. A bit more of contrast would have been absolutely acceptable.

 

2) The trousers. I don't know if it is the colour of the blue, but the trouser looks ... wet. Hm. Doesn't fit the rest. (Maybe he was swalloed by a giant bug, blasted his way out of its stomach and is now watching the sunrise saying: "Well done, Boy. Well done.")

 

Still, those are minor issues of my imagination and my thoughts, so don't feel all too bothered by it.

[Flit]

Over all I think you have done really well. The contrast in the orange armor is really nice. It reminds me of lava. The face is good overall, but it seems washed out. This especially shows in the front view of the model. This could be just the picture, or maybe you were going for a pale skin tone. The side view of the face seems to show more detail. I think the eyes, lips and ears could use a bit more definition to really pop. Overall a nicely done face. 

The blue part of his outfit doesn’t seem to have gotten as much detail as the rest of the model and looks flatter than the rest of the model. Again this could be the color reacting to the photography. Basically the blue parts just need “higher highlights and deeper shadows” to match the rest of model.

keep up the good work! :)

[SGHawkins09]

12 hours ago, Arc 724 said:

I LIKE IT!!!! Sci-fi goodness. The color choice you have here is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

 

9 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Looks amazing to me!

 

The orange is a bold choice and it works very well.

I also think you did a great job on the face!

 

8 hours ago, NecroMancer said:

Anytime I see Broncos colors I love it.  You really shaded the orange well and his face is awesome!

 

 

Thank you!

 

 

5 hours ago, SisterMaryNapalm said:

I would like to make a compliment for the base. I really love it!

 

As for the figure - I have to main "issues" with it, though they are not really issues - and who am I to judge - but:

 

1) The face - I think it could have used a bit more contrast. It looks anime-esque (which is great, no question), but in my opinion it is way too bright. I mean - we are talking of the mighty Tarko, who is obviously awesome. A bit more of contrast would have been absolutely acceptable.

 

2) The trousers. I don't know if it is the colour of the blue, but the trouser looks ... wet. Hm. Doesn't fit the rest. (Maybe he was swalloed by a giant bug, blasted his way out of its stomach and is now watching the sunrise saying: "Well done, Boy. Well done.")

 

Still, those are minor issues of my imagination and my thoughts, so don't feel all too bothered by it.

 

3 hours ago, Flit said:

Over all I think you have done really well. The contrast in the orange armor is really nice. It reminds me of lava. The face is good overall, but it seems washed out. This especially shows in the front view of the model. This could be just the picture, or maybe you were going for a pale skin tone. The side view of the face seems to show more detail. I think the eyes, lips and ears could use a bit more definition to really pop. Overall a nicely done face. 

The blue part of his outfit doesn’t seem to have gotten as much detail as the rest of the model and looks flatter than the rest of the model. Again this could be the color reacting to the photography. Basically the blue parts just need “higher highlights and deeper shadows” to match the rest of model.

keep up the good work! :)

 

 

Thank you you for the feedback! Yeah, the face is washed out in the photos, definetly has more contrast in person. My camera really did not like taking pictures of him which also made the blue parts bluer if that makes sense. They actually are darker but really do need more work. I was going for blue/black and did not get exactly what I wanted. I think I should have used different blues.

[Chaoswolf]

Very nice work on him!