smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
    
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| This Thread is for comments on the photos in Here.
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dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 2:43 AM |
| | Woo hoo! I can't wait to see the entries! (and smithmeg's finished repaint!) [^] | |
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ChristopherGroves
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Corim Danex
Warlord
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| | 05/06/2006 9:45 AM |
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What's the deadline?
5/13/06 (next weekend) | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 10:32 AM |
| Thanks Corim Danex, that is correct.
Photos need to be posted by midnight maxminis time next Saturday (13th May). I will draw the prize at that time (or shortly thereafter). All the instructions/rules are in the photo thread.
If you need help posting an image, Read this, or ask, and I'll try to help. | | | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 10:48 AM |
| I am really going to try to have one ready by the deadline; I had all intentions of doing one but between overtime at work, my wife and son and DMing and writing for the D&D sessions...glumag has very little time [:(]
Thanks for the contest Meg; it is very nice you are even throwing prices and everything [:D] | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 11:42 AM |
| I'm willing to chip in on prize support too. I have a lizardfolk rogue and a half-orc fighter (that he-who-shall-not-be-mentioned commissioned before his departure from the realms of minis!) that are available as prize support for the winner or 2nd and 3rd place if that would work better.
I'll post pics after... | | | |
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 12:13 PM |
| | Argh! Blast me, I'm a slow painter.I tried to paint faster and my poorly behaved paint ran into the eyes. I hope I beat the deadline. I also hope I survive the frustration. | |
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kestrel.ca
Underboss
1684 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 1:08 PM |
| I've got mine up. Tried taking pics last night but even my super-duper new fancy-schmancy digital camera couldn't properly compensate for the lack of light. New pics this morning look much better.
I'm most please with how the shading on the cloak turned out. I've always envied those who can create realistic shading on clothing.
My prediction: Lots of RED! | |
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taliesin
Underboss
1113 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 2:48 PM |
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Originally posted by kestrel.ca
My prediction: Lots of RED!
It sure is looking like it![)] | |
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 3:37 PM |
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Originally posted by taliesin
quote:
Originally posted by kestrel.ca
My prediction: Lots of RED!
It sure is looking like it![)]
Mine is anything but red. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/06/2006 4:34 PM |
| There's some red on mine, but I don't have access to a camera just yet. [v]
Things are looking good so far.
Thanks taliesin and kestral.ca! | |
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Dragon Snack
Warrior
285 Posts
| | 05/07/2006 1:29 AM |
| Argh, I thought I had a Teifling Blademaster, but apparently I don't.
Hopefully I can snag one from the other guy in my group who collects and get it painted up quick like...
The two up so far are looking good. | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5090 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/07/2006 2:26 AM |
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Originally posted by kestrel.ca
My prediction: Lots of RED!
Yup. Mine's got lots of colors, but Red is somewhat dominant. I was toying with the idea of painting a blue tiefling (similar to This) but decided on a different color palette.
The minis posted so far are quite nice. Can't wait to see more.
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| | 05/07/2006 3:56 AM |
| Hehe both of the Teiflings thus far make me think of Deviled Ham. [:D]
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/07/2006 2:37 PM |
| | Nice job elder_basilisk, love the base and the colors chosen! | |
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dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 05/07/2006 7:51 PM |
| | All of the entries thus far look great! | |
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 05/07/2006 8:10 PM |
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Originally posted by dariustad
All of the entries thus far look great!
You haven't seen mine yet [xx(] | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
10147 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 05/07/2006 8:36 PM |
| | Nice work everyone! | | | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/07/2006 10:15 PM |
| Wow Runelord - thanks for offering the extra prizes - we might draw out 3 winners, if that's ok, and they can take a pick in order.
Some comments on what we've seen so far: (sorry if I repeat myself, they all look good, and I don't really know enough synonyms for 'very nice').
Taliesin: I like the gold (and the matching skin), it looks really interesting and the red cloak has worked really well too.
kestrel.ca: very good detail on the leather clothes/armour - very nice.
elder_basilisk: Great base!! and I really like the gold line at the bottom of the cloak.
Keianna: I love the armour, and the cloak, and the face has turned out great. The yellow pants seem a bit extreme with the subtleness of the other colours - but they make it really stand out.
Nova42: The detail on the armour is great - and the green cloak is really pretty.
Mrs. Rune: That's very different - I like the colours, and that's amazingly neat painting for your first mini. Well done. Maybe purple or blue pants might have worked better than the dark green? (but I'm not really sure).
Well done everyone - now I'd better go back to painting mine so it's finished in time.
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/07/2006 11:36 PM |
| Some very nice additions. I can't believe how many red capes there are. We must have that choice wired-in somehow.
Payday is the 15th--maybe I can squeeze out a digital camera by then. | |
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 05/08/2006 8:23 PM |
| | I just wanted to say Meg- thanks for doing this! I did have fun painting the tiefling but it will probably be the only mini I ever paint. It is definately not my forte! Can't wait to see the rest! | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/08/2006 11:27 PM |
| DireBadger--I don't know why you doubt your base--It looks really good to me!
Mrs Rune--It's all about practice. The first minis I tried (some Ral Partha or Grenadier Bugbears are truly horrendous. The rest since then have just been awful. [:)]
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 4:43 AM |
| | I got my entry started and mostly done yesterday. The pics from others were a great boon to try and not duplicate the work previously done. All the work is really nice and some interesting combinations. I thought about posting the pics but wasn't sure if WIPs were a good idea or not....let me know and I will post if it is acceptable..... | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 8:30 AM |
| It's my pleasure Mrs Rune - I'm glad you had fun [:)].
I love your base DireBadger, and the painting looks great (though the photo is a little dark to see it properly).
zenthrus - I like the colours - something different from all the darkness - the decoration on the cape is very cool too.
griffrat ... I'm not really in a position to tell you not to post WIPs [)]. If you'd like to, feel free - just update them to the finished ones when you're done. | | | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 8:33 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
griffrat ... I'm not really in a position to tell you not to post WIPs [)]. If you'd like to, feel free - just update them to the finished ones when you're done.
Sure you are!!! [:D]
Your making the rules, I wanna play. So, it is only fair to follow the rules. At least this is the twisted way that I am looking at things.....granted I am at work at 0445-0500. Therefore, I must be pretty twisted.....[:p][)] | |
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taliesin
Underboss
1113 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 11:30 AM |
| | DireBadger- Wow! Has kind of a vampiric look to it, and that looks really cool! | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 1:51 PM |
| | Deadline is the 13th? Yipes! I better get started! | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 2:17 PM |
| | I gotta say that I love DireBadger's. I guess I have to pick a new color theme for mine tho [:(] | |
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DireBadger
Warrior
266 Posts
Glasgow, UK
| | 05/09/2006 4:05 PM |
| Wow - there are so many good ideas in this one little get-together.
It's inspiring to see what other folk see in this mini.
I love the bright colours - it never even occured to me to go BRIGHT, but it really works well. I love what some of you have done with the cloak, too. I did some shading and half-way blending on the black, but otherwise didn't get clever. That's my curse: I always want to finish a mini in one sitting, and rarely go back (Runelord, I'll swap you half of my curse for half of yours :).
Taliesin's choice of colours really works well and I love the base. Same with kestrel.ca - that base is great, and the bright red skin makes him look way creepy. Elder_basilisk's base is excellent, good complementary colours and a bit of freehand on the (red [:)]) cloak. Nice! Very different approach from Keianna - a green cloak (yay!). Nice work on the cloak shading, and the eyes (damned tricky on a head that small). Nova42, welcome out of lurkland [:D] - (see, smithmeg? You've made our community a little larger. Bless.) Nice work on the armour detail, and I like the dark skin tone. And Mrs. Rune, don't sell yourself short - that's great work for a first-timer. If you're comparing your work to your husband's, well...we pretty much all suffer by comparison [:D]. I love the blue skin and the magenta cloak. Plus basing! Go on, do some more (Mrs. Badger also painted a couple of minis years ago, and did a brilliant job, but I haven't yet convinved her to try again.)
I wasn't really aiming for vampiric, but our current DM thought 'vamp' as soon as he saw it, too: I was aiming for 'devilish', in a smirking Hammer-Horror 'Bow! How dare you!' kind of style :)
My base plan only works from certain directions (the photos are quite kind to it) - from other angles it's just too...black. The 'smoke' came out okay though.
Zenthrus, like the cloak - but what do those devilish marks mean, hmmm?? hmmm?? And respect for getting the eyes in. Griffrat - looking forward to the finished product - it's pretty great as it is!
Keep them coming folks.
And a big cheer for Runelord for volunteering some of his work for prizes. [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] I can't wait just to see them: winning one would be, well a bonus prize.
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zenthrus
Warlord
5090 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/09/2006 4:41 PM |
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Originally posted by DireBadger
Zenthrus, like the cloak - but what do those devilish marks mean, hmmm?? hmmm?? And respect for getting the eyes in.
Those aren't devilish. They're Chinese [:D]
That's just my ego artist's mark. It's my Chinese name. Roughly translates to Brilliantly Outstanding Thunder-god [:D] | |
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Wyzdum
Sergeant
400 Posts
Long Island, NY
| | 05/09/2006 7:47 PM |
| | I'm GREEN with envy!! Very impressed at the detail everyone is achieving on these small figures![:0] | |
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Mrs. Rune
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 7:58 PM |
| Do you have photo shop? You can resize the pictures in there by going to "image" on the top, "resize" actual picture size and changing it to 6 inches (height).
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Darastrix Maekrix
dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 10:07 PM |
| Mrs. Rune: very good for your first and possible only foray into repainting.
Others: They all look good! The fact you tried and enjoyed it should be worth far more than any prize. [:)] | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 05/09/2006 10:34 PM |
| I can't believe what detail you all are getting into the eyes!
Holy cow, they're so TINY...I was lucky to be able to even see them to begin with.
Payday is not coming fast enough. | |
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ilarue
Underboss
1259 Posts
| | 05/10/2006 9:50 AM |
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Originally posted by Can of the Cave Beer
I can't believe what detail you all are getting into the eyes!
I redid the eyes 3 or 4 times, and still don't like the way they look. For some reason they look better in the pic then in real life (I won't complain about that though). | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 05/10/2006 2:38 PM |
| Good work all. Love the variations [:)]
I wont be able to submit anything unfortunately.
1) I already ruined one tiefling trying to prime it
2) No time
3) I don't have gold paint (or anything close to it) and my color scheme kinda requires it.
Not like you guy'll miss my paint anyway [:P] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 05/10/2006 4:44 PM |
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Originally posted by Can of the Cave Beer
I can't believe what detail you all are getting into the eyes!
Holy cow, they're so TINY...I was lucky to be able to even see them to begin with.
Payday is not coming fast enough.
I am getting ready to post the pics of the work I did yesterday. I think that I jacked the eyes up by not thinning the paint down enough. You guys take a look and tell me what you think.
The eyes are always the thing that takes practice. And, as the difficulty that I had yesterady I can tell I have not picked up the brushes for the duration of the school year...shocking....[:I]
I will say the pics from everyone are great!!! This is a great community builder as we are getting to see and talk about things that are real....very cool thing. Way to go smithmeg.....[:D]
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Just posted yesterday's work and todays. After looking at the eyes I am not seeing the glaring problems I was when I was painting it. I still see something but it might just be the product of the rough day. No worries as all the entries are really cool. I am really amazed at the horns. This was something that I wasn't really sure how to handle. I see everyone's entries have ran the gamut....which is even more cool.... | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 05/10/2006 5:32 PM |
| | giffrat, I want a zoom on the face, it looks great! [:D] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 05/10/2006 5:50 PM |
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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.... | |
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