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Afternoon Ifalna - looks like it has been a while since I've posted in here.

I've got a quick question, going back to the Kasrkin Sergeant you painted back in Dec/Jan - was there a reason he didn't have a backpack? 'Tis particularly noticeable at the end of the cables coming from his pistol/carbine, as they appear to terminate in the middle of nowhere.

Having said that, there's been some great models done since I last looked - though I think I went mostly blind after the Eldar army

Hiya Dysartes

The Karskin might have had a bit missing alright, thats the mini as it arrived, so I guess the owner did not attach it. My nooby knowledge of many GW figs leaves me not noticing these things, I should get studying!

The Eldar were mindblowing. Seeing them all on one shelf was like staring into an abyss filled with Skittles. Metal ones.

Mmmm... metal Skittles...

Strange that the owner decided not to attach his backpack but, as you say, that's his call.

He may just not have had it, I know a lot of the mini's I got off ebay would have random bits like that missing.

I have a good few old Space Marine mini's I got from there with the little metal nub on the back but no backpack to add on, but then again that could be part of why they cost a pittance Haha

The LOTD are looking very nice Iffy its nice to see the different painting styles against the Space Wolves.

Hows the progress on Lelith going?

GiraffeX wrote:The LOTD are looking very nice Iffy its nice to see the different painting styles against the Space Wolves.
Hows the progress on Lelith going?

Haha, yes they are pretty different arent they! It makes me quite happy that I can see when I move from my normal style, it gives a good sense of progression for me. I do love painting with the clean cartoony look I use quite often, but going for detailed skin texture/weathering and trying out new ideas is super refreshing.

She is coming along nicely, I work on her in between others, so she is definitely getting there, just rather slowly I gave her eyebrows and updated her face a bit, her armor is nearly finished and her base is on the way. I will take some shots of her to post with my next picture update.

Not exactly relevent to the thread, but I appear to have the best boyfriend in the world:



Vivi is so freaking hard to get here I can't even aaarhagsdhsagdjsga.

*Insert suitable sounds of awe*

I'm sure you two will be very happy together!

i have been silently popping in here from time to time to look at your work, and i must say you can paint!

monkeytroll wrote:*Insert suitable sounds of awe*

Do I open it or leave it in mint box condition? Oh god I want to put it on my desk so bad, but a cat might chew it or it might burst into flame or any other possible horrible situation. I would be heartbroken.

Gitsplitta wrote:I'm sure you two will be very happy together!

Lol I think I'm a bit old for Vivi at 25, but I am very happy with the boyfriend who provided him indeed ;D

Rogue Wolves wrote:i have been silently popping in here from time to time to look at your work, and i must say you can paint!

Cheers Rogue Wolves, that's really kind of you! I will have some more work updated soon, I am just on Christmas "holidays" at the moment and so am spending my days getting extremely fat and playing mmo's. So wonderful.

Sure ya not preggers?

Miss Dee wrote:Sure ya not preggers?

I definitely have a food baby right now. Uggghh. Too much stuffing my face with Christmas food.

food an mmos, not a bad combination! ( also hey do you mind if i ask how you painted the lovely face on this sm? )

No problem at all!

I generally start with eyes first because I find it much easier to keep tidy than if I was to try and paint it onto finished skin, so I get the eyes down over the primer, tidy around them with the primer colour to get them into neat shapes, then paint the face with tallarn flesh, including inside the mouth.

I then give the face a couple of washes to start shading, this guy was a pretty strong wash of Ogryn flesh, but you can mix Devlin in for a more tanned effect.

The first highlight layer was Tallarn slightly watered, then I continued to highlight gradually adding small amounts of bleached bone into the Tallarn. I think I cheated and added a spot of skull white for the most pronounced areas.

I paint mouths last, not sure why, must just be habit, but I go about them by adding unwatered badab black inside the mouth over the flesh colour which darkens it nicely, then unwatered red wash once thats dried. I water some a little and brush it over the lips too, just don't go overboard or he will look like he has some spiffy lipstick on.

Teeth are bleached bone as a base, then brought up to skull white.

^thanks for the tips, this is one of my favorite faces ive seen yet, i dont know what it is about it but i just love the coloring and blending. it is more realistic then most sm faces which are too orangey or pink

Rogue Wolves wrote:^thanks for the tips, this is one of my favorite faces ive seen yet, i dont know what it is about it but i just love the coloring and blending. it is more realistic then most sm faces which are too orangey or pink

Have you seen her Karskin Sarge? Mind = blown.

i have, and i love it although my statement stands. i dont like the ultramarines at all, but i just love the way she painted this one!

Ah cheers guys!

Skin tone and on faces especially is one of the things I really put a lot of effort into improving when I decided to wanted to get as good as I could with painting, skin was my Achilles heel so getting compliments on it now means a hell of a lot.

Just trying to not overcomplicate it really does seem to be key to getting a nice skin in a relatively quick time. That and using varied colours for shading in very watered down layers as you build up the highlights, gives lovely flush tones.

Lilith is 90% done, I near finished her off today and she is looking sweet, just got to base her and then I will take shots tomorrow.

I broke out my 000 s7 and added detail to her face, reworked her eyes and added tattoo effects under them. Her armor is unhighlighted chaos black with purple ink over it, so it is super, super dark, then I highlighted the armor edges up to electric pink Sounds odd but it works nicely with her super pale skintone.

Pics tomorrow, and a happy new year to everyone!

Ifalna wrote:
Lilith is 90% done, I near finished her off today and she is looking sweet, just got to base her and then I will take shots tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing her finished, happy new nears Iffy

So, how will you be repainting that FF figure, Iffy?

Also, now the LotD squad is done, what is next on the list in 2012?

Dysartes wrote:So, how will you be repainting that FF figure, Iffy?

Also, now the LotD squad is done, what is next on the list in 2012?

Haha, I don't think I will even open his box. I would be really scared something would happen to him, I have a playarts Sephiroth who's Masamune has somehow gained a large amount of cat fang sized indents.. so even with all my big figs now out of cat reach I'd rather keep the super cool ones safe in boxes till we get a display case for everything. I regret taking my Raziel out of his box every day, he is ridiculously delicate :(

2012 should be great, I have a couple of folks interested in different things, all of which sound very fun. I am slowly working through space wolves and have another ebay project in the works, I may be doing some more Orks shortly, maybe some more LOTD, and perhaps some characters I want to get at least as much work done this year as I did in 2011, so I am very excited.






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And here she is, all done.



It was quite hard to get decent shots of her as she is so high contrast, mega pale with super dark armor, but these turned out ok. Can click the pics to make them a little bigger

Does anyone have any idea why my images always get slightly blurred when I upload? Looking at the same image before I upload they are always noticeably crisper and clearer, and it feels like such a shame when they get slightly blurry in the gallery. :(

oo she looks nice, and a very real look on her face i think, the makeup under her eyes is a nice touch as well, plus her lips dont look fake. and i realy like the purple and black armor as well

She looks really nice Iffy, I think the pink goes really well with the skin tone, it helps offset the black nicely.

Is she wearing gloss lipstick? looks just right.

Are you going to let us know when this young lady's going up on ebay?

She should fetch a nice price.


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Edit: I see she's already on, very quick work.

Aye she is up now, I upload everything at the same time haha, so Dakka, DeviantArt, Ebay, Facebook, one big boom.

I will leave her up for the week and see how it goes, sometimes they sell instantly, sometimes it takes weeks, I'm hoping it being just after Christmas means a bit more gifted cash floating around, teehee.

I'm back on the Space Wolf bandwagon now that shes done, will have more updates soon!

Lelith looks great! The facepaint (not sure if that's the right word) is a really nice touch

Lelith looks great. Did she sell already? I didn't see anything available at your Ebay link.

Where can I see when you have commission bookings open? Your work log page doesn't seem to provide that information.

RiTides wrote:Lelith looks great! The facepaint (not sure if that's the right word) is a really nice touch

I would call it facepaint, aye! She originally didn't have it but when I was putting the finishing touches on her I went ahead with them and it worked out nicely. The lips really added to her face as well I think, godbless gloss varnish for lovely shine effects.

JB wrote:
Lelith looks great. Did she sell already? I didn't see anything available at your Ebay link.
Where can I see when you have commission bookings open? Your work log page doesn't seem to provide that information

She is not showing when I search for her either, I think it is just cause she is only recently added and it can take a while for new auctions to enter the search http://www.ebay.ie/itm/220924477502 is her page.

I am discussing commissions now, so if you want anything done within the near future, just give me a Pm with any ideas and I can see when it would be possible to slot them in

Lilly White Lillith... Lelith.

She looks lovely. Really like the heavy eye liner and glossy finish.