True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
    
 | | 03/21/2006 10:20 PM |
| | wow the Wall of Ice looks wonderful. I think I'll stick with making the regular elements because personally I dont know if I could do a Wall of Ice as good as you. I'd want it to look pretty similar, but I dont think I can do it. Looks pretty sweet, good job meg. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 03/22/2006 12:24 AM |
| I really like the Blue and Green Flameskulls, and the Wall of Ice is very good work, too.
I wish I had the guts to start painting again, but then I'd have to go through a couple hundred dwarves, chaos thugs/marauders/warriors, space marines, genestealers, et al. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/22/2006 1:58 AM |
| Thanks everyone [:)]
Trust me, the wall of ice is easy (a bit messy in the painting is a good thing) - it just takes a while to do.
Wednesday Update: Wood Woad today
 
I'm not totally sure it's as good as it could be, but it's a lot better than the original.
Any questions or comments are very welcome [:)] | | | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 03/22/2006 6:24 AM |
| | A very nice Wood Woad.Still looks pretty cool, if the colour scheme isn't quite... what I expected. | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
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Edinboro PA
| | 03/22/2006 7:15 AM |
| | Nice Wood Woad Meg! | | | |
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ShadowLord XT
Commander
2646 Posts
Plane of Shadow
| | 03/22/2006 8:45 AM |
| | Good job Smithmeg! Though it does kinda look like the Wood Woad is wearing a bra. [:P] | |
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| | 03/22/2006 8:48 AM |
| | Love the wood woad ! excellent job | |
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Vash
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1995 Posts
| | 03/22/2006 10:14 AM |
| | Great Wood Woad. Look a bit more 'Barkier' than the original, I like it. | |
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DireBadger
Warrior
266 Posts
Glasgow, UK
| | 03/22/2006 12:40 PM |
| Nice job on the wood woad, Meg - I never really noticed the bark until now. And the ice elemental - fantastic. I might give that a bash myself (got way too many large earth-elemental-types as it is).
Thanks for the update - always a pleasure :) | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 03/23/2006 12:01 AM |
| | Wow, I never noticed the detail on thw Wood Woad. I love it. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/23/2006 12:17 AM |
| Thanks everyone [:)]
orcmonk220, what colour were you expecting for the wood woad?
Thursday update: No picture today (sorry) I'm almost finished a Druid of Obad-Hai, but I don't want to rush it just so I can put a photo up this afternoon. It's looking really good so far, and I'd like to finish it properly.
I'm skirmishing tonight, but you will see the Druid tomorrow. [:)]
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 3:01 AM |
| Friday update:
 
I'm really happy with how this has turned out. [:D]
The only thing I'm not sure about is the antlers, so if you have any ideas about how they can be fixed, please let me know.
Questions and Comments always welcome.
Edit:changed photo links to old copies (fixed antlers can be seen on the next page) | | | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 4:01 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Friday update:
 
I'm really happy with how this has turned out. [:D]
The only thing I'm not sure about is the antlers, so if you have any ideas about how they can be fixed, please let me know.
Questions and Comments always welcome.
Nicely done. The only thing I would do, is add some white to your antler color, then shade to an almost pure white on the tips of the anlters. | | | |
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zanaroth
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149 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 4:08 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Runelord151
quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Friday update:
I'm really happy with how this has turned out. [:D]
The only thing I'm not sure about is the antlers, so if you have any ideas about how they can be fixed, please let me know.
Questions and Comments always welcome.
Nicely done. The only thing I would do, is add some white to your antler color, then shade to an almost pure white on the tips of the anlters.
I'm with rune for the antlers, and, to me, the overall mini need a pair of dark wash (with brown mixed to black and washed very lightly)
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yack
Commander
3321 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 03/24/2006 6:43 AM |
| | I love the blend of the colors in the robe...nice choice and nice leaves. Great job Meg! | |
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Vash
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1995 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 7:45 AM |
| | great job. Love the leaves! | |
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LargeMarmot
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463 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 10:28 AM |
| | Great work on the Druid as usual. Ive got a question though. Is it a man or a woman. I;ve always thought it was a man but your repaint makes me question its sex. | |
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| | 03/24/2006 12:14 PM |
| Looks great! I'm with the others on the antler thing. They are usually white at the tips, fading through white on light brown down to darker coloured brown and textured at the base.
One thought I have, now that I'm looking at this fig with a critical eye, is that the antlers look a little too rounded. Deer use them as a weapon, and they have pointy ends and not rounded ones. If you could cut them/file them to get that kind of look, then do the white paint thing it would look totally awesome. Good luck with it!!! | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
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West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/24/2006 1:17 PM |
| | The cloak looks fabulous with the fading and the leaves. Really nice idea putting the leaves on it. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 1:33 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
The only thing I'm not sure about is the antlers, so if you have any ideas about how they can be fixed, please let me know.
Questions and Comments always welcome.
Very nice work. That cloak is excellent.
As to the antlers, the best idea is to find pix of real antlers and copy what you see. Such as:
http://yoosee.net/d/objects/2004/11/img2004112100101-antlers.jpg | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 3:41 PM |
| | The cloak is superb! excellent blending and the leaves is an awesome touch. Great face too, looks like an older woman (was it female to begin with?) | |
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taliesin
Underboss
1113 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 5:31 PM |
| That cloak is superb. The mini overall is very light, and a wash would improve it. I don't know what you can do aboutn the antlers, since I've hated them on the sculpt all along and don't think any paint job could improve them.
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 8:25 PM |
| Thanks everyone for your comments about the antlers, I've changed them, but not to exactly match antlers like Sulaco suggested. I looked at some pictures, and all the antlers with white points and dark bases also have sharp points (which these are not). So, I've changed them so they are lighter allover, and shaded up to almost white points - they are not like real antlers (this is fantasy afterall) but they are more interesting, and show up more than they did before (and I'm happy with them now). (I'll take new photos this afternoon). Thanks for your help.
I don't generally do washes on my minis cause I can't get them to work right. (If anything needs a dark line or shading, it works better for me to actually paint it exactly where I want it).
For those who commented on the leaves, they are part of the sculpt. [)]
I didn't set out to paint this mini as either a man or woman - I just put paint on the face - if you think it looks female, can you try and workout why, and let us know. (Though maybe it's just the hair - which is now visible).
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/25/2006 2:34 AM |
| Ok, here we have the changed druid from yesterday (antlers have been changed) - yesterday's picture is still there if you want to compare (and the links in Runelords reply now link to the changed one).[:)]
As I said this morning, they are not the same as real antlers, but they are more interesting now than they were.
Which brings us too:
Saturday Update: todays is an easier one [:)] but, I like it.
 
It's from a bit earlier in the cooking process [)]
Questions and comments welcome [:)]
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 03/25/2006 3:00 AM |
| | The Druid is phenomenal. The change to the antlers really finishes it off nicely [^][^] | |
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Corim Danex
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6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/25/2006 3:36 AM |
| I strongly agree with zenthrus' assessment of the changes in the druid. I don't think there's much room for improvement anymore.
As far as that second one (the wrackspawn)--I have to run and hide. Such a nice repaint (druid) in the same post as a sculpt of such a pathetic creature nearly causes pandemonium[:p] | |
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Ridureyu
Underboss
1622 Posts
| | 03/25/2006 5:02 AM |
| I think it's funny how the druid looks female once its face is painted.
And hey, people will love the Wrackspawn after seeing it in MMIV. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/25/2006 8:12 AM |
| Yahhhhh! Oh, it's just a wracklobster[:D]. I like (but then again, I like the wrackspawn anyway!).
Nice job on the druid. It doesn't nessecarily have to look real, just interesting. | | | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/26/2006 3:01 AM |
| [:D] - Thanks Runelord and everyone else
Sunday Update: no new picture today (I've painted 27 spiders of a spider swarm, but ran out of time to get it finished while the light was good for taking photos) - so you'll see it tomorrow. [:)] | | | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/26/2006 3:28 AM |
| | At last - someone else does a spider swarm. I can't wait to see it! | | | |
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AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 12:01 AM |
| | The one thing Id suggest on the druid (thought its amazing as is) is the area on the back of the head/antlers where it is a furry patch, Change the color a tad on that and I think it would be perfect. Awesome job. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 12:55 AM |
| Monday update: as promised ....
 
 
It's not as good as Runelord's, but I'm reasonably happy with it -the black wash didn't work very well (when I paint this mini again, I'll do the black lines by hand rather than trying to do it faster with a wash).
I counted 45 spiders (counting them as I painted them) but I probably missed a couple [:)].
The black ones with red stripes on their backs are Redbacks (cause I could go outside, and check what they look like) ... the rest are not based on anything real.
Enjoy [:)] | | | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 1:10 AM |
| | Not bad - as you said, I would have stayed away from the black wash. I did all of mine without doing blacklining even, I just picked out the lowest spiders first, then reprimed the upper ones as needed. | | | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
10152 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 03/27/2006 8:08 AM |
| | Nice spider swarm Meg![:D] | | | |
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Zozo
Warrior
218 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 11:42 AM |
| | I really like the druid, and anyone who repaints a swarm of spiders should get an award or something. [:D] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 12:32 PM |
| | nice swarm...they even look juicy and nasty [:D] | |
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Ridureyu
Underboss
1622 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 3:31 PM |
| I hate spiders with a passion, yet I would enjoy a mini painted like that.
Wow... | |
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| | 03/27/2006 5:17 PM |
| | The lighter color on the druid's antlers/headress look realy nice. The lighter color realy does the trick. I like your spider swarm as well it has a nice sense of varity to it. | |
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2007 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 9:50 PM |
| | Great work Meg. You've inspired me to go buy some real brushes. I never noticed the leaves on the druid cloak before, and I can attest to how much work the spider swarm is. I'll probably completely wash mine off and start over. | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 03/27/2006 11:38 PM |
| Thanks for the comments about the spiders (I've got exciting plans for the next one I do. [:)]
Tuesday update: no new minis today (I've got to go and do some shopping, and there won't be enough light for photos when I get home) [:(]. But, there might be 2 minis tomorrow (I'll have to see how it goes). [)] | | | |
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