03563 Tinley, female wizard

[Samedi]

Painted the dress during Brice Cocanour's "Beginner Blending" class at RVE. Finally finished with touch ups and the rest of the mini.

 

The moment I finished the face, I started to really dislike the mini. Not the painting (which was really fun) or the sculpt (which is really well done), but Tinley as a person. Very weird. Has something like this ever happened to you?

 

I'm sorry, Tinley, should you ever see a gaming table, you'll play on the villain's team. 

 

Enjoy, c&c very welcome, as always!

 

[Citrine]

At least your villain has the most beautiful green dress!

[Glitterwolf]

I like her!

But hey, I like the evil minis so maybe she's an evil girl at heart?

Looks great!

[72moonglum]

Sorry you and her aren't getting along, but I love the dress, the skin, the eyes.  Lovely job!

[Chaoswolf]

Very nice work on her!

[Great Khan Artist]

Looks like I might have to pick this model up. She seems to be sporting a bit of a Greek vibe.

 

Lately I've been chewing through GW's Tzeentch cultists. They're also bad guys for Frostgrave and RoSD. When I finished them, I imagined them cutting down my wizard and kind of liked the idea. Some of Frostgrave's wizards aren't very nice people anyway. If you read the quotes on the cards, you'll see them as avarice embodied. When I paint my wizards, some of them come across as jerks, and some nice guys out for the welfare of their warband. It kind of depends on the sculpt, which helps dictate their school and spells and personality. 

[Metalchaos]

Great work, the transition between the shaded and lighted parts of the dress are very realistic. The micro folds in the shaded area on the right side are superb.

[jdizzy001]

One of my favorites. Well done

[haberfront]

You did a great job painting it though!

[Poilu_1914]

The paint job is fantastic and I know exactly what you mean. I'm doing a sylvan eagle rider from Gamezone minis that I am seeing more as Prince Uldran Sov than a hero elf.

[Samedi]

Thanks a lot, everyone!

 

Regarding the dress, I can't take credit for the colours, the paints were given in class. By myself, I would never have attempted to blend from purple to yellow, half way round the colour wheel (until maybe now, that is). But this teaches a lot of discipline, because the gradients are much easier to see.

 

I always enjoy the moment when a mini comes to life and develops a personality. I imagine that a really good painter can control how it turns out, at my painting level it's more or less random. But still, I consider a strong reaction a success!

[Disemboweler]

Wow......the green. It's done PERFECTLY. 

[bcocanour]

I still like the paint job.  Nice work!