TheIcePrincess
Skirmisher
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 | | 03/17/2006 11:32 AM |
| | Nice work![:D] | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
11113 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 03/17/2006 6:23 PM |
| Wow the cleric looks realy different now. Looks almost like a infamous Dragonlance character actually. [}:)]
He just needs a rose on his tabaerd. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 6:35 PM |
| | A younger cleric of cuthbert. excellent! [:D] | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 2:48 AM |
| Thanks Orcmonk, that surprised me too.
Sorry Cthulhufnord, I have no idea what you're talking about (I haven't read any DragonLance).
Saturday Update: Skullclan hunter is finally finished.
(I wish I could paint as fast as Runelord, but I guess I'll just have to be patient.) At least I'm happy with how they turn out. [)]
 
and yes, before you ask those are mittens he's wearing (it seemed way too hard to paint non-existing fingers on such a small hand)[)]
Questions and Comments are welcome. | | | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/18/2006 3:49 AM |
| | I like the choice of green for the Skullclan's armor. The armor is also very well done. About Cuthbert--I really like the crispness of the red cloak and shiny armor. | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 4:36 AM |
| | I like the green armor also, you could always say its dragonscales from a Green Dragon or something. Nice and different choice meg. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 4:52 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by True_Blue
I like the green armor also, you could always say its dragonscales from a Green Dragon or something. Nice and different choice meg.
[:)] actually - once the armour was primed, it looked nothing like chainmail (it has bumps rather than holes) - it really looked like crocodile skin or something similar, so that's what it's painted like (as long as you use some imagination). | | | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 5:31 AM |
| | Well I'll just think of it as Green Dragon Armor heh. It sounds more heroic than killing an alligator..although a Halfling killing a Crocodile is pretty impressive | |
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 6:35 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
and yes, before you ask those are mittens he's wearing (it seemed way too hard to paint non-existing fingers on such a small hand)[)]
Wierd, last night Rune was painting something and said "ooops" gave this guy six fingers" I said something like "what" and then he said "some of them have no fingers." My response was "you have to be kidding me, they have no fingers????!".
I just find it wierd that we had a very similar conversation reguarding fingers on minis! | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 7:24 AM |
| | Well on small and tiny minis it has to be pretty hard to get the fingers to show up sometimes. I can kind of understand it, even if it does look kind of funny. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/18/2006 9:37 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by True_Blue
Well on small and tiny minis it has to be pretty hard to get the fingers to show up sometimes. I can kind of understand it, even if it does look kind of funny.
Or mediums.....depending on how much paint is slapped on at the factory. | | | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
11113 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 03/18/2006 4:33 PM |
| Sorry, that's my love of obtuse language and hints. The Cleric re-paint strongly resembles(to me) Lord Soth before the Cataclysm.
quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Sorry Cthulhufnord, I have no idea what you're talking about (I haven't read any DragonLance).
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WakeXX
Warlord
10152 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 03/18/2006 6:16 PM |
| | Nice job![)] | | | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 2:09 AM |
| Thanks everyone.
And particular thanks to Mrs Rune for the laugh about fingers. If it had been medium, the fingers would have been painted on - its just way too small (and you don't even notice unless you hold it 10cm from your nose too look).[:)]
So, now on to:
Sunday Update:Just 3 flameskulls today
The green one looks better in person (it almost glows), but it could probably use a bit more contrast. I'm happy with the other ones.
And for anyone who might be interested, these where mostly done in Vallejo Game Colour paints (the Reaper Master Series colours don't seem quite as BRIGHT - which makes them better for everything else).
I'm not sure I'll have anything finished to show you tomorrow - it depends on how exciting the swimming is tonight (as well as everything else that's happening at the Commonwealth Games).
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taliesin
Underboss
1113 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 3:31 AM |
| I like the blue flames the most, but all three look good. Never considered blackened bones before... wonder if that could improve the Burning Undead Christmas Tree Skeleton? | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 5:55 AM |
| | Very nice - Blue one should be renamed: Frost Skull! [)] | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 8:44 AM |
| | great work meg, all the flameskull repaints are starting to remind me of the Bubbles in Legend of Zelda, we need a purple one now. [:)] | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 9:02 AM |
| | I like that you made each one a different color, it adds a little bit of variety to the different repaints. Good job like always. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 9:13 AM |
| Just incase people are wondering why the skulls are black .... That's what flameskulls are supposed to look like (well the green one anyway).
Here's a link to the offical picture:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgtf_gallery/78876.jpg
Vash, my original plan was to paint a purple one, but the purples I've got were not bright enough, so I went with blue instead. Now I've had some practice, I might do one, but there's other things ahead of it on the list.
taliesin, if you want to see a fantastic burning skeleton (with blackened bones), have a look on runelords website (there'll be a link in his signature on the previous page). (Edit: or his sig in the next post).
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 9:16 AM |
| I like the flame skulls!
I'm surprised you didn't use the Reaper clear green and clear blue to make them even brighter. | | | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 9:33 AM |
| Thanks Runelord. [:)]
I didn't go with the clear colours, cause they are more liquid, and therefore impossible to drybrush with, and they would have run into the lighter coloured creases (so instead of the insides of the blue one being white, they would have been a really strong (and darker) blue).
If I'd done the flames the other way round (dark inside, light outside), then the clear colours would have been perfect. | | | |
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Crystal King
Sneak
141 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 11:00 AM |
| | I really like all three of the flameskulls, but I think that the blue one is my favourite by just a little bit! Great work! [:D] | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 12:53 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Thanks Runelord. [:)]
I didn't go with the clear colours, cause they are more liquid, and therefore impossible to drybrush with, and they would have run into the lighter coloured creases (so instead of the insides of the blue one being white, they would have been a really strong (and darker) blue).
If I'd done the flames the other way round (dark inside, light outside), then the clear colours would have been perfect.
I'm going to have to try these - there's six of them now right? | | | |
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yack
Commander
3321 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 03/19/2006 1:32 PM |
| Great job Meg on all the repaints!!
I have been lurking this thread everyday checking too see what you have done new! Awesome job!!! Love the skulls!! Green one my favorite. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/19/2006 5:41 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Runelord151
quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Thanks Runelord. [:)]
I didn't go with the clear colours, cause they are more liquid, and therefore impossible to drybrush with, and they would have run into the lighter coloured creases (so instead of the insides of the blue one being white, they would have been a really strong (and darker) blue).
If I'd done the flames the other way round (dark inside, light outside), then the clear colours would have been perfect.
I'm going to have to try these - there's six of them now right?
I think there's 9 (but I've only got the first 6).
Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Magenta, Purple.
and the newer ones are: Orange, Viridian, Plum
They are all very bright - which makes them perfect for mixing with normal paint to intensify it, or to use as a glaze (like I did on the Cleric). | | | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
10152 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 03/20/2006 12:03 AM |
| | Nice flameskulls Meg,pretty colours... | | | |
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zanaroth
Sneak
149 Posts
| | 03/20/2006 2:57 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Friday Update: Finally I've finished something (and I'm really happy with it - the amount of time it took was worth it).
 
I did have more contrast on the red cloak, but it didn't really look red anymore - so I put a clear red over the top which has fixed the colour, but reduced the contrast. It's not perfect, but I like it better this way.
Enjoy. I'll be back with more tomorrow [:)]
nice! I don't even recognize the original mini! this one is very beautiful! | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 03/20/2006 5:07 PM |
| | Wow, the blue is my favorite. | |
Champion of the Tohr-Kreen.
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1553 Posts
"Champion of the Centaur Commander. Knight of the Gnoll Druid. Vindicated Champion of the Dragon Wrought Kobold!
| | 03/20/2006 10:08 PM |
| | Those flameskulls look awesome. Good idea working in series. My fave is the blue one. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 2:26 AM |
| Thanks everyone - yes, I really like the blue one too.
Zanaroth, in case you didn't work it out, that's a cleric of St Cuthbert (the original has white hair) - Thanks. [:)]
Tuesday Update:
As predicted, the swimming (and everything else) was very exciting, so I missed yesterday, but I've got one for you today.
THE WALL OF ICE!!!
I had a lot of trouble taking a good photo (they consistently turned out way too blue) - I've adjusted this one a bit, but it's still too blue. In person, it's a slightly bluish very light grey if that makes sense, the cracks are a darker (but still slightly blue) grey. It's hard to see in the photo, but each rock has a white highlight around the edge, and on ridges in the middle - you can just see it on the forehead if you look closely.
I'm really happy with how it's turned out, but very annoyed that I can't take a good photo of it.
Enjoy.
I'll be back tomorrow. [:)] | | | |
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zanaroth
Sneak
149 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 3:16 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Thanks everyone - yes, I really like the blue one too.
Zanaroth, in case you didn't work it out, that's a cleric of St Cuthbert (the original has white hair) - Thanks. [:)]
Tuesday Update:
As predicted, the swimming (and everything else) was very exciting, so I missed yesterday, but I've got one for you today.
THE WALL OF ICE!!!
I had a lot of trouble taking a good photo (they consistently turned out way too blue) - I've adjusted this one a bit, but it's still too blue. In person, it's a slightly bluish very light grey if that makes sense, the cracks are a darker (but still slightly blue) grey. It's hard to see in the photo, but each rock has a white highlight around the edge, and on ridges in the middle - you can just see it on the forehead if you look closely.
I'm really happy with how it's turned out, but very annoyed that I can't take a good photo of it.
Enjoy.
I'll be back tomorrow. [:)]
Nice effect on the Wall, the way that was before your treatment reminded me of a grey tone mini, now is something with a "personality"...
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 6:56 AM |
| | Sweet! I love it as a wall of ice. | |
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yack
Commander
3321 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 03/21/2006 7:07 AM |
| Meg I'm afraid I will have too steal this idea. Not exactley the same but just the idea. [:)]
Amazing job yet once again!!! Love the color. | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 7:10 AM |
| | great job, now I'm no longer so excited ot attempt my Ice wall at some point [:P] | |
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Cthulhufnord
Warlord
11113 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 03/21/2006 3:35 PM |
| | It looks very cool painted like that. [:p] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 3:53 PM |
| wall of ice came out PERFECT!!!! I HAVE to steal your idea. Care to share the colors used and mixtures?
Thanks! [:D] | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/21/2006 5:08 PM |
| | The wall of ice looks great. I really like the sculpt on this miniature, even though I don't intend on using it for what it was made for (walking wall from miniatures handbook). | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 6:07 PM |
| Thanks everyone.quote:
Originally posted by glumag
wall of ice came out PERFECT!!!! I HAVE to steal your idea. Care to share the colors used and mixtures?
Thanks! [:D]
This one I can actually give you a step-by-step guide as there's only 4 steps [:)]
1. wash mini and prime with white.
2. paint whole mini with RMS ghost white (a very light blueish grey - almost the same colour as VGC wolf grey/Citadel Space Wolves Grey) - you'll probably need several coats to get even coverage.
3. paint the cracks (and up the sides of the crystals) with thinned RMS Snow Shadow (a darker version of the previous colour - I can't find a match in the VGC or Citadel - you could probably mix one from the previous colour + sombre/shadow grey + cold/codex grey). Uneven is good.
4. highlight the edges of all the crystals with white, and also any ridges in the flat surface. I used a small flat brush to do it, brushing across the edge rather than along it (this makes it a bit uneven which works better than a hard line).
I hope that helps [:)] Enjoy the painting (and don't curse at me too much when it seems to take forever to do the highlighting) [)] (I think the hightlighting took me about 2.5 hours). | | | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
10152 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 03/21/2006 7:57 PM |
| | Very nice work on the wall of ice Meg.[:D] | | | |
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1553 Posts
"Champion of the Centaur Commander. Knight of the Gnoll Druid. Vindicated Champion of the Dragon Wrought Kobold!
| | 03/21/2006 9:29 PM |
| I like it. I was looking throught the bin the other day thinking something had to be done about that wall. Great choice of colours. The sculpt of this mini lends itself to looking like ice too. I had thought to do one up as a Magma wall, or a really psychedelic stained glass window elemental (but I don't know if I could pull that one off or not).
What's next? | |
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