77178, Fire Giant Warrior

[Metalchaos]

Good day everyone, this was my entry in Reaper's Facebook Paint Your Giant contest. 77178, Fire Giant Warrior, Dark Heaven Bones model sculpted by Jason Wiebe.

It is mounted on a 74027, Ruins Vignette Base, a resin base sculpted by Patrick Keith. This model is huge, 7cm high and 13cm wide with the sword. I did some minor conversion on it.

 

A heavy thundering sound come crushing down the ruined hall. You see orange and red lights dancing between the pillar supporting the stone roof. In the glimpse of a moment, all hell break loose as a dark skin colossus burst from the rubbles wielding a towering incandescent blade. He lands next to you smashing the large tiles of the floor. You are paralyzed in fear as he turns gazing in your direction with fire in his eyes. Desperate, you wonder if you've gone too far exploring this ancient Undermountain realm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SisterMaryNapalm]

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A heavy thundering sound come crushing down the ruined hall. You see orange and red lights dancing between the pillar supporting the stone roof. In the glimpse of a moment, all hell break loose as a dark skin colossus burst from the rubbles wielding a towering incandescent blade. He lands next to you smashing the large tiles of the floor. You are paralyzed in fear as he turns gazing in your direction with fire in his eyes. Desperate, you wonder if you've gone too far exploring this ancient Undermountain realm.

 

Then his bone-chilling, unearthly voice roars from deep down his throat: "Oh, Boy! Look what I got! Can you believe that? It was on sale! just a couple of silver coins! That's what I call cheap!"

And you know he is right. Bren, the weaponsmith, always had the best summer sales in Neverland ...

 

[Glitterwolf]

Super!

[Zink]

Love that sword. Looks almost identical to something hot out of the forge.

[Iridil]

Just beautiful - looks like you made some mods (skulls on belt, texture to back armor, etc) that work really well - I have this one out to paint - I'm inspired and intimidated as this is a bar too high for me right now, but lots of great ideas to use!

[Redd Knekk]

Wow really dialed it up on this dude, looks awesome. Was looking across the face and sword and I think you have a very artistic intuition regarding highlighting and transitions. Great job!

[Warlady]

Beautifully well done!

[malefactus]

OUTSTANDING! You have reached new heights with your painting AND mastery of color. The skin tones are WONDERFUL. The sword is a GLORIOUS creation in its own right.

The BEAUTIFUL base finishes it off perfectly. VERY WELL DONE!

[KingMob]

The best Fire Giant I have seen. Outstanding skin, and that sword. That sword. The effect is amazing. Tied in with dynamic post, yours was one of my favorite in the contest. (You're in my Five.)

 

Keep it up and keep pushing yourself. Your talent is hungry.

[Rigel]

Hair, eyes, teeth, and blade--all amazing. 

[Darcstaar]

Great job!  The sword is fascinating: like a weapon hot out of the forge with hammer marks and forge scale...OR...some magma-shaped weapon which is perpetually hot.

 

The hair is great.  The face is very animated.  And the skin highlights are nice and smooth.

[Metalchaos]

Thanks for your comments everyone. The blade took almost 3 hours to paint but it was a great experience. I will use the same approach on the other fire giants whenever I'll paint them.

 

21 hours ago, Iridil said:

Just beautiful - looks like you made some mods (skulls on belt, texture to back armor, etc) that work really well - I have this one out to paint - I'm inspired and intimidated as this is a bar too high for me right now, but lots of great ideas to use!

 

@Iridil, the mods I did are the skulls on the belt where the chains were supposed to be fixed and the addition of chains to create a flail-like weapon. The texture on its back are part of the original model. I was first tempted to paint the center part of its back in the same color as the skin, but then realized it was a leather armor.

[Kuroneko]

Oh wow, I love him! Amazing work

[CorallineAlgae]

Very nice Coal Black looking skin. That color looks perfect for a displacer beast.