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Corim Danex
Warlord
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West Valley City, Utah
 | | 05/12/2006 3:59 AM |
| | griffrat, I really like your submission. The armor is sharp. I like the color choices in several places, including the face & hair. | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 4:31 AM |
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Originally posted by Corim Danex
griffrat, I really like your submission. The armor is sharp. I like the color choices in several places, including the face & hair.
Thank you....[:I] | |
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dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 6:28 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by griffrat
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Originally posted by Corim Danex
griffrat, I really like your submission. The armor is sharp. I like the color choices in several places, including the face & hair.
Thank you....[:I]
Yeah, maybe you'll start showing us more of your work! [:)] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 6:43 AM |
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Originally posted by dariustad
Yeah, maybe you'll start showing us more of your work! [:)]
After, this repaint I kinda got the bug. I wanna do more repaints. Up until now I have been pretty satisfied with metal minis. BUt there are going to be more re-paints. I am looking at redoing the gulgars I have and I am going to update the ol H/W to get a few more.
I really want to take this chance to thank smithmeg. This "contest" was a great idea and really brought this "corner" closer. I, as I am sure others around here, can remember there being hesitation from Merric about the amount of "foot traffic" this type of thread would see. But with contests like this the great painting pics from runelord the overall helpful attitude of modelers, repainters and painters alike this is another shinning reason this community , although a little quirckie at times, is a great place to be in the cyberspace....thanks again smithmeg for bringing the community closer.... | |
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ilarue
Underboss
1259 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 10:01 AM |
| Jenkiis,
I love the free hand on the cap. It really turns an otherwise boring back of the tiefling into something pretty amazing. Great job.
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 10:08 AM |
| I agree!! The work on this fig by everyone is awesome!!! Great work by all.
I think there is a ton of interest in this re-painting/community building exercise.....[:D] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 3:17 PM |
| | Excellent work by everyone, I have to add Jenkiis' and Thokk's to my favorites as well. [:D] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 3:20 PM |
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Originally posted by griffrat
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Originally posted by glumag
giffrat, I want a zoom on the face, it looks great! [:D]
Thanks for the kind words. I wresteled with starting over. Seriously. Not trying to go drama queen or nothing. Last night the eyes and the cheek bones were driving me nuts!!! Just not turning out the way that I was seeing them in my mind's eye....
How close you want it? I can send you a pic through e-mail, but I don't want to take away from other's in the paint thread. Just let me know. Again thanks for the kind words on the face....
As close as you can get without killing the detail, like a mug shot [:p] Outstanding and realistic! as far as tieflings go of course [:p] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 4:53 PM |
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Originally posted by glumag
As close as you can get without killing the detail, like a mug shot [:p] Outstanding and realistic! as far as tieflings go of course [:p]
I will crop a pic when I get home from work.....[)] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 4:58 PM |
| | madda, with the increase of light and the diffusion of light try taking a clear trash bag and flip the trash bag over the camera and fig. Think like the old time cameras where the photographer was under a blanket. The light will then difuse and not be as bright on the fig but the brightness still comes through.....it is a poor version of a light box...[:D] | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 5:31 PM |
| There are some really nice ones there, guys. I am very impresses at the work and level of detail many of you are getting. For some reason I am finding this one very hard to paint. I am certain mine will be somewhat sub-standard but I will soldier on nonetheless.
Mine will be coming tomorrow, asuming I can actually get some work done on it tonight. I did some work on it last night but not a helluva lot. Nothing like leaving it to the last minute, eh?
Cheers.
PS - Is it only me or does anyone else hear Steven Tyler belting out "Yeah! Yeah! Dude looks like a lady!" when they look at Mrs. Rune's? [)] | |
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madda
Sergeant
714 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 6:14 PM |
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Originally posted by griffrat
madda, with the increase of light and the diffusion of light try taking a clear trash bag and flip the trash bag over the camera and fig. Think like the old time cameras where the photographer was under a blanket. The light will then difuse and not be as bright on the fig but the brightness still comes through.....it is a poor version of a light box...[:D]
Thanks for the suggestion. The bright picture was taken outside. Every light constellation I did in-house was missing the purple/black/red colors and the sun on the other hand is very bright. I never took pictures before (even at trips and such) so I'm a real photography novice. | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 9:18 PM |
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Originally posted by madda
Thanks for the suggestion. The bright picture was taken outside. Every light constellation I did in-house was missing the purple/black/red colors and the sun on the other hand is very bright. I never took pictures before (even at trips and such) so I'm a real photography novice.
Right there with ya!! [)] It wasn't until I was getting frustrated with the minis not turning out like I was seeing them that I started doing a bunch of on line reading about "light boxes". Light boxes are litle enclosed light controlled studios. These studios are where you can take pictures of small items with a digital camera and not get them bleached out by the brightness.
I found a really good article about doing a light box search on google at work. I will look for the article when I have a chance. Right now I have to go watch Dr. Who with the wife....gotta get those priorites straight....otherwise she might turn into a daelek and want to exterminate this would be Dr...[:o)] | |
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arhurt
Sneak
173 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 9:36 PM |
| This is a cool project. I'll se if I can make something tomorrow when I get home.
Good things so far, I like them all too much to pick one, but I really liked the wings on Thokk's entry.
All the freehands on the cloacks look nice, I must give it a try as well.
Keep the good stuff coming! | |
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arhurt
Sneak
173 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 9:54 PM |
| About taking pics of minis, you must see these, from CMON:
How to really take good photos, by Pagan
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/101
Model Photography, by dnaGRIM<---- REALLY GOOD ONE
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/130
Basic picture resizing and creation of multiple views, by GunjiNoKanrei
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/207
Photographing minis with just one lamp, by Honza
http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php/go/articlephp/levels/99/expand/all? | |
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madda
Sergeant
714 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 10:49 PM |
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Originally posted by arhurt
About taking pics of minis, you must see these, from CMON:
How to really take good photos, by Pagan
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/101
Model Photography, by dnaGRIM<---- REALLY GOOD ONE
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/130
Basic picture resizing and creation of multiple views, by GunjiNoKanrei
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/207
Photographing minis with just one lamp, by Honza
http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php/go/articlephp/levels/99/expand/all?
Wow. Great.
This should really be added to the sticky "Useful Links and Info" thread. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/12/2006 11:28 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by madda
quote:
Originally posted by arhurt
About taking pics of minis, you must see these, from CMON:
How to really take good photos, by Pagan
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/101
Model Photography, by dnaGRIM<---- REALLY GOOD ONE
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/130
Basic picture resizing and creation of multiple views, by GunjiNoKanrei
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/207
Photographing minis with just one lamp, by Honza
http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php/go/articlephp/levels/99/expand/all?
Wow. Great.
This should really be added to the sticky "Useful Links and Info" thread.
will do [:D] thx A | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 6:07 AM |
| Less than a day to go!!! and I'm still painting. [)]
Everything is looking great. I'm glad you're all enjoying it (so am I) [:)]. Well done everyone.
griffrat: the sword is brilliant, and the cloak is the perfect complement to all the other colours. Well done, it looks great.
Wyzdum: glad you could make it [:)]. The blue sword is really cool , and the cloak is great.
ilarue: Wow!! it looks fantastic. Great colours, great painting.
Caustic_mouse: Cool - very nice red cloak, and the black horns look really good.
Jenkiis: I like that skin colour - it really makes it stand out. - and the yellow lines round the leather work well too. The freehand on the cloak is good, but maybe black, or gold, or yellow would have worked better?
jasonbostwick: I love the light blue armour - looks fantastic. (the rest is really good too).
madda: the green, and red and brown work really well together, and the silver and gold are very good too.
Thokk: Great idea for those wings, and the cloak is a beautiful colour. The armour looks great too.
glumag: Thats great for 4 hours. I really like the blue and purple metal, and the blue cloak is fantastic.
Sulaco: cool - no horns tiefling [:)]. I don't know what you are complaining about - the painting looks great.
ok, back to my painting, but it is getting close to done [)] | | | |
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Wyzdum
Sergeant
404 Posts
Long Island, NY
| | 05/13/2006 12:38 PM |
| Thank you for your help with the pix and for your kind words.
I think I speak for everyone when I say,
THANK YOU SMITHMEG
for all the effort you've put into this! | |
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Thokk
Warrior
321 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 12:53 PM |
| | Thanks to all for the kind words. Good stuff all around. Great to see what alot of different people will do with the same starting material! And thanks for motivating me to finally do up this figure (was originally gonna be an Artemis with the wings). Maybe I can redo the character now! [:D] so....when is the next challenge? [:p] | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 8:05 PM |
| Well, I just managed to get the digital camera. I'm still tweaking the pictures, and should have them uploaded sometime this evening.
I'm very impressed by what we've seen so far, it's great to get the community going on something like this.
Edit: Whoo-hoo, Photobucket!!
The TB didn't turn out quite the way I wanted. I'm fine with the blue tint from the wash as it's sort of the look I was going for.
But the red wash on the armor didn't go as well as I would have liked. I was looking for more of a "that's human skin..." look to the armor, and it failed. It's not a horrible look (IMO) but it doesn't succeed, either.
The blades are "OK". I wanted them black on purpose. No metallic look, etc. I was going to try painting "stars" on them (perhaps to reflect the number of kills that this Blademaster had earned), but I forgot about that after I had to redo the armor for the third time. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 9:42 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Wyzdum
Thank you for your help with the pix and for your kind words.
I think I speak for everyone when I say,
THANK YOU SMITHMEG
for all the effort you've put into this!
hear hear! [:D] | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 9:50 PM |
| | Good idea on this contest and good job for pulling it off. I bet it will attract even more ppl to paint with the next one, if you were to do one. Good job meg =) | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 11:52 PM |
| 15 minutes to go!!!! (maxminis seems to be running fast) - I've made a room in Vassal if anyone wants to watch the dice roll [:)].
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Lady-Bast
Warrior
242 Posts
Central Illinois
| | 05/13/2006 11:56 PM |
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SmithMeg~
I just wanted to thank you for all the disturbing nightmares I'll be haveing this week after seeing your clown-teifling. It is, without a doubt, the single most unnerving mini I've ever seen. So I blame you for my restless nights this coming week... maybe longer. I'm not sure if therapy will be required yet. I suppose time will tell.
Thanks again.
Oh! And thanks for hosting this cool painting challage!
My teifling is my third repaint ever. I'm likely going to go back and re-do my first two now that I've got a better idea on how the paint flows. You're an inspiration!
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 12:07 AM |
| THAT CLOWN ROCKS!
great repaints everyone! | |
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dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 12:51 AM |
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Originally posted by glumag
THAT CLOWN ROCKS!
great repaints everyone!
I'll second this, but change the color. [)] | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 1:15 AM |
| As posted in the other thread, ilarue is the winner (email has been sent). Congratulations.
some comments on the new ones:
Lady-Bast: very nice - the inside of the cloak is fantastic, and the base, and the tree are amazing.
Can of the Cave Beer: very nice - the armour might not have turned out like you wanted, but it looks very good - and the skin looks great.
I won't comment on mine - but the clown was fun (I spent most of the time I was painting it laughing evilly)[:p]. | | | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 1:44 AM |
| Congratulations, ilarue!
And thanks to all participants. This has been a hoot!
As for the clown...That's just wrong. Hilarious, but wrong. [:D] | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/14/2006 4:56 AM |
| Congrats ilarue.
First comment: Meg...disturbing clown. Tremendous work on the "serious" tiefling. The face/eyes/hair are superb [^]
Second comment: Everyone did a great job. I enjoyed seeing what people came up with (particularly freehand work).
Third comment: Let's do this again sometime. I had fun (despite really not liking the sculpt of the tiefling) [:D] | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 7:32 AM |
| Plans for the future:
It seems a lot of people have enjoyed doing this, so, I think we'll plan for it to be an ongoing thing ....
I'm suggesting we do this bi-monthly (but the next one will be a little shorter (probably closing on the 1st of July), to get us more co-ordinated with new set releases - you'll have 3 weeks to get the new set, before we announce what we'll paint from it).
About a month before the date we are aiming for, I'll announce 2 minis that can be painted. One will be decided by the winner of the previous challenge, the other will be decided by whoever is donating the prize (more on this later).
Same as this time, a week before the end, I'll put up a thread for photos, and a thread for comments. And we'll close the competition at midnight on Saturday same as this time, and randomly draw a winner.
A mini that is chosen will be a Common or Uncommon from the previous 2 sets, it should be an interesting sculpt that allows for some variety in repaints, and also one that we haven't previously seen a lot of good repaints of.
I'm happy to continue co-ordinating as long as you're happy to have me continue (sometimes my timezone can be a bit annoying if you try to contact me).
I prefer not to donate the prize every time (more for the overseas postage than for the value of the prize), so I'd be looking for a 'Sponsor' for each challenge - someone who is willing to put up a prize similar to what I had this time (a choice from a bunch of reasonable rares, or a repaint, or something like that), and then post it to the winner. The sponsor would then get to choose one of the minis to be painted (within the guidelines). (If we get multiple people volunteering, I'll pick one [)]).
So, what do you think? Is there anything that should be changed? Is it a stupid idea that no-one wants to do? Do you have any other ideas? | | | |
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 1:18 PM |
| | Great idea Meg! | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 3:57 PM |
| Consider me intrigued.
The Blademaster was fun, and doing a handful of repaints a year won't give me that squicky feeling like I'm defacing valuable assets. | |
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MikeyChraal
Warrior
254 Posts
Manchester, England
| | 05/14/2006 5:15 PM |
| | Congrats Ilarue! Your painting is excellent! Nice paint job on DireBadgers tiefling its really good- nice to see a fellow english man in this competition! | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/14/2006 5:55 PM |
| | Excellent idea, Meg. | |
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kestrel.ca
Underboss
1687 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 6:21 PM |
| | Very cool idea Smithmeg. I would definitely be interested in doing something like this again. And I hear you on the postage being a pain issue! [:D] | |
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Wyzdum
Sergeant
404 Posts
Long Island, NY
| | 05/14/2006 6:26 PM |
| Congratulations Ilarue!
I like this whole idea too, I'm looking forward to the next challenge. | |
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1553 Posts
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| | 05/15/2006 12:22 PM |
| Congrats ilarue!
Great job on the repaints to all. This was a cool contest and everyone has put out some really great work.
I like the idea of a bimonthly contest Smithmeg. I run a gaming shop, and I'd be happy to put up some prizes for you.
I had wanted to enter, but the one night I have a week for painting has gotten bumped for other stuff the last 3 weeks running. Oh well, maybe this week.
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DireBadger
Warrior
266 Posts
Glasgow, UK
| | 05/15/2006 3:28 PM |
| Grats to Ilarue [:D] and well done Meg for giving us all the crafty-bug. .
I'd certainly be game for another one. Ooh, maybe we could even paint an uncommon HUGE from WotDQ. It all works for me. Thanks again Meg :)
...and MikeyChraal, I'm nor English: I'm Scottish. Don't you know calling a Scotsman 'English' is cause for...INVASION!!!!
FRREEEEEDDOMMMMMM!!!! [)] | |
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