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Ok so here is a photo of an arlequin I painted few month ago for a painting competition, and so.. I want to know what Dakka's guys think about it,

Tell me what can be better, if you want some others photos you can ask for it, and if this subject works I'll may open a new one for my Chapelain dreadnought.




If you wanna see this picture a bit better, go to my gallery and zoom, I think that is the best way to see the paint on it.

ENJOY !!

I think it looks awesome. Painting is very nice along with the custom aspect. I have never attempted anything of this nature nor am I able to paint well at all. This is truely great work.

thank you guy !

Great blending and color choice. The mask is striking too.

Last but not least, great subtle base to accompany the great painted model.

I didn't passed a long long time on the base but it was hard to paint the marble on it ><. So thank you guy ! if you like it don't forget to rate/comment in my gallery .

This is actually the first Harlequin that I seem to like. The painting is great. Not so over the top.
Great work.

I'm happy to know that my harlequin is the first for you. and thank you =)

Deadly looking court jester

thank you !

No critical things to say ? =/ ( cause it's not a perfect one ^^' )

I have no critical things to say...only because this is painted above the standard that I could hope to match. I see no way of improving it.

I'd say it's perfect as is.

It's very clean and crisp and the colours are perfectly blended.
The colour scheme is very harmonic and the colours flow fluidly from one to the next alluding to the fluidity Harlequin's movements...at least from the way I view it.

It's less complicated that others without all the checkered and diamond patterns you see on most Harlequins.

Others use these patterns to showcase their painting abilities but you have been able to do that without overcomplicating the figure.
You have painted it with a fairly natural palate and it just looks...right.

The only thing is that the base could be more exciting.
Also as it does not really complement or fit in with the colours that you have used on the mini it stands out like a sore thumb.

The paintjob it of top level. The only color change I would like to see and this has nothing to do with the paintjob that like I said is perfect, is the tip of the pistol painted red. Red is a complementary color of green and I think it would look great as a highlight for the gun's edge.

You paint job is very nice and unique. I like that green particularly, and the work on the blade. I am curious what is one the ground? Is that a severed limb? If so, it seems a little bland, like the blood needs more shading / highlighting. I actually find it kind of distracting whatever it is. The model is otherwise very sharp. Cheers.

Yes the thing on the ground is a severed limb. tomorow I'll post a photo of this base. I'm sorry but I can't do it today.
The problem with the blood is that I finished it too fast for the competition. But well ^^
Thank you guys for your critics, see you tomorow for the base photo !

Ok guys, I just come back home, and seeing that some of you had some question about the base I took a photo of it.
I tried a way to paint marble so tell me what you think about it !

Thanks for the 2nd picture. I was curious what you had on the base. I like how you did the power coil glow spilling onto the base. Also really like the color pallete you chose. Solid work, nice work on the gems.

Your welcome i'm just happy to see that some people are interested by my miniatures.. I'll surely post a something new in few days, where am I sens to post the WIP miniatures ?

Oh my gosh... it's just not gay enough, need more colors, like a Mexican fiesta! Like someone just ate skittles and threw up the rainbow!


I'm just playing, it looks great! Congrats on the beautiful mini. Would like to see more of your work.

Excellent choice of color!! Works very well!
Not too big of a fan of the blood .... but the marble effect looks pretty cool.

What color did you use for the pink/purple/magenta??

@ flachzang : the violet is from games workshop and it's the warlock purple.

@fexor: my next mini wont be less gay.. the dreadnought i'm painting now is violet too.

Where am i sense to post my WIP ? Here ? ><

Emrodeus wrote:@ flachzang : the violet is from games workshop and it's the warlock purple.

@fexor: my next mini wont be less gay.. the dreadnought i'm painting now is violet too.

Where am i sense to post my WIP ? Here ? ><

I thought as much! too bad its no longer available. Im not fan of the new purple tones of the GW range! Thanks for the info

That looks ace! Loving the base!

Looks fantastic, Im really glad that you asked me to have a look because I'm blown away by the paint job. I have some harlequins to paint as well and this is great inspiration.

Only one bit of criticism: You misspell harlequin twice.

HO, >< I'm sorry guys.. really..
The only reason why I wrote it like that is because that's the way we write it in french .. I didn't thought that it have another spelling in english. but thank you guy.

If you paint like that, you can spell things however you like

Bien fait monsieur

Très joli!

I really like the way the light reflects on the blade
Another interesting thing is your marble technique for the base. White primed plasticard with some layers or black wash?

If you want to show your WIPs you can start theads in the Painting and Modelling section (the first of the four P&M sub sections) or you can start a project log in the P&M blog section.

the color choice is really good! i also really like the mask
the marble effect on the tiles is pretty convincing only thin i dont really like is the blood on the floor.

cant tell you how you could have done it better (maybe with clear red with a drop of black in there) but it looks a bit off...

still the model itself is stunning! really like the sword

thank you all for your comments !


@ Hyenajoe : for the marble I used as you said some plastic card, then I painted it in white, and I made some very thin lines in dark grey then I used a lot of very liquid white paint as a wash and then I did it again 3 or 4 times to have a depth effect.. ( I'm not sure we can see that on the photo. >< ) So that is the way I painted my marble..

And again if you wanna see my Harlequin better go to my gallery and zoom =D ( rates comments are welcome ! )

Hi everyone, I will have a new painting competition here in france, so i wanted you to tell me what should be the best figurine i can paint between Celestine the living sainte, and one of the new HQ of the Dark Vengeance Box. So please answer me =DD

thank you guys

Definitely a new model from the Dark Vengeance set. GW often appreciates folks showcasing new models like that, and all the viewers love seeing something really new.

Another choice you might make is to consider the Chosen models from the DV boxed set as well. IMO they are just as spectacular as most HQ models, and might be a less-obvious choice, where other painters are more likely to gravitate to the HQs instinctively as you did.

You harlequin is great, BTW.