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Elliwyn Heatherlark, Gnome Bard - Bravery comes in all sizes

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Peithetairos    2455

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I felt like a slightly less involved project after Vlad, so I decided to paint Elliwyn Heatherlark. 

 

I swapped her weapon with a gladius from the Agema Romans and also decided to give her a more interesting item than the small shield she originally carried.

 

As it happened it got again more involved, as I sculpted a Nure-onna,  basically a snake with a human head, that she defeated in battle.

 

Worked out well with the pose and provided me with the opportunity to experiment with gore effects.

 

C&c very welcome. You also find the WIP thread here: https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/89770-elliwyn-heatherlark-gnome-bard-77164/

 

 

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Peithetairos    2455

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7 hours ago, Jellyranger69 said:

Whoa wait, you sculpted that noggin?! Nicely done indeed!

 

Only the body and the hair. The face is a Mantic zombie that I added a nose, to. Faces are still beyond me,  but some day I will try it. 

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Very cool to make it personal like this, there's no mini alike, this is your character =) 

Looks good, good job!

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9 hours ago, Venun said:

Very cool to make it personal like this, there's no mini alike, this is your character =) 

Looks good, good job!

 

She indeed made it personal :devil:

 

But yes,  the main fun with conversions is to make a mini resemble more the idea you have in your head. 

 

The original is very diminutive. I felt she needed some grunge and gore added to drive home the message: I may be small,  but will face any danger. 

On 2/19/2020 at 5:14 PM, Glitterwolf said:

Wonderful!

Great conversion/sculpt and the paint job is spot on!

 

Thank you. I really try to achieve a more grungy look atm to match my terrain better. 

 

On 2/19/2020 at 9:46 PM, Jellyranger69 said:

Wicked.

 

Indeed, she definitely knows how to use that sword. 

 

On 2/19/2020 at 10:15 PM, Clearman said:

Yes sir...we'll just a little off the top.

 

ah-CHOO

 

Oh, no!?!

 

Well I guess at least she won't need to give a refund...

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On 2/21/2020 at 8:52 AM, Lostraven said:

That is awesome! 

 

Thanks a bunch. 

 

On 2/21/2020 at 3:15 PM, Iridil said:

Wow - the addition of the scultpted snake/severed head really adds to this figure - wonderful addition!

 

I thought so, too. The small shield really looked more  cute than imposing. 

 

On 2/21/2020 at 6:53 PM, Lagerfueled said:

The conversion really adds a ton of character. Lovely painting as well.

 

Thank you kindly. 

 

In a photo shoot with Anirion and Elladan, Elliwyn made an appearance, too. Idea was to go for a clearing look,  as I don't have enough ground cover and trees yet for the dense forest look. 

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A few more shots of Elliwyn, as I am trying various photo set ups at the moment. The white background was a bit too stark, so I tried a few different pastels colours. 

 

I will also try a simple gradient with airbrush. 

 

 

 

 

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