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is that your actual likeness on that avatar pic... you look like a chap from german punk band :die ärzte (the doctors...)

just a mere thought that crossed my mind^^ i am a fan of them so i was a bit confused^^

You say nuts, others say crazy.
But truth be told where all escaped mental patient and your our doctor. the only medicine that calm us down are Bebob drum solo's (even though i/we never heard them) and Bebob updates. so Doc give us our medicine

nice one, fatty^^

dsteingass wrote:You like us that way

Or so we think...

bebopdrums2424 wrote:you guys are all nuts...except for dakkagrot....he seems with it..

dsteingass wrote:You like us that way

There is a quote I like, which I think is from Jack Kerouac, which I'm probably going to mangle, but it goes something like,

" I only associate with the truly mad.. those that burn bright.. "

Yeah, I probably mangled it, but you get the idea. We all have to be a little crazy and wonderful to be artists and hobbyists as well as gamers. We spend hours in a room with paint, glue, brush, saw and dice. We cut and roll for hours on end in not just a world, but an entire multi-verse of worlds not just all our own, but ones that are shared in a collective conciousness of hearts and minds all across this planet.

We participate in something global that can trancend language barriers, a game of strategy founded on another game hundreds of years old, which itself is founded on older, because the rules are universal, WYSIWYG and the dice never lie.

Here is the quote:

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.."
-jack kerouac

bebopdrums2424 wrote:

Wow! the see trough effect really works well on the angle amazing!

Marble looks sweet aswell

But I'm still not convinced about the bronze sorry, golden yellow a non metallic colour just seems to suit it better.
Also I'm of the opinion not to use metallics on eldar since metal is just for mortal humans. Eldar have wraithbone and such.

Edit: btw you already are using the nmm technique!
On the left arm shield you are using sky/earth nmm technique.

He is correct! That IS NMM.

A stunning piece! Really well done, but you have to up your photography game, I wants better lighting and more detail to take in the full awesomeness!

@ vik. Yes sir that is me
@ fatty. Your pills are coming
@ fab. I agree with you in fluff sense about nmm. Though I highly disagree about golden yellow...perhaps a nmm version of the color I'm using now. Which is a purple tinted bronze. I don't think its showing as well through the pics. So it does have an alien look to it. Also, the bronze on the cloak lining is barely a basecoat, which is more scorched brown than bronze anyways...but nonetheless I can dig what you are saying
@ Tom: thanks for the compliment, id imagine one from you isquite highly regarded as far as the photos...I'm using my iPhone cam. Im a totalnewbie at this so any tips or links would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers guys, updates are in the mail:p

Bebop

@ Tom...seeing as you brought up the poor photography on my part, here is a pic taken from a professional level digi cam...personally i think its poorer quality, but probably shows the model less blown up and a bit more realistically....with all its sad unfished bronze bits on the cloak and everything.



anyways...some real work sooner or later guys, sorry the redundancy...

also, im going to repaint the icon before the blade in the same marble as the rest of the staff. i dont like that much bronze in one place...looks sloppy...

well what bothers me this time is not the mini... that guy looks crazy cool... but the background is just way too bright in my opinion... have you seen the backgrounds some of the guys here use? maybe you should print out some of these more toned down backgrounds to not compete with your mini...

again...even if there is a still unfinished arm...great mini!

ya i agree vik, i dunno seems like the really cool photos are photoshopped and i dunno how to do any of that stuff. and yeah,, the mini is FAR from finished LOL

do you have an idea how much work you have put already in that mini? must be ages...

hmmm most of the good pics i really hope are not shoped but rather photographed in a lightbox...so i hope at least...

i mean the back grounds....

and probably about 28 hours all together so far

in a thread i have seen some downloadable backgrounds for making good pics...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/317430.page

this thread is really helpful and there is a link with those backgrounds you often see in the dakka homepage as backgrounds...


an that pretty qualifies for me for the term ages^^

Naa, just use something flat, like a sheet of construction paper or whatever, dark bg to show off a light mini, and vice versa for a dark mini. I can never get my lighting that good though...

shameless bump >_< been more than a month since i posted. i am still alive! lol. Tho ZERO work has been done:(. Looks like i have a bit of a long break before i can get back to painting. Hope you guys are all doing great!
Cheers
bebop

now that was high time of a sign of life mate!...hope to see some progress soon!

cheers, vik

i dont belive you.. its a fake bebop.. omg bebop is dead!!

RW calm down he is not a fake. bebob can't die because he is here (i am pointing at the general direction of your heart). and he is in your head. Bebob is real inside of us for he is the spirit of painting. he paints like we wish we could paint, he is ambition given form. so he can't die not as long you believe in him

fatty wrote:RW calm down he is not a fake. bebob can't die because he is here (i am pointing at the general direction of your heart). and he is in your head. Bebob is real inside of us for he is the spirit of painting. he paints like we wish we could paint, he is ambition given form. so he can't die not as long you believe in him

Who is this Bebob?

I believe in the Bebop!

Don't make me call the Aeroboyz in to check up on you!

fatty wrote:RW calm down he is not a fake. bebob can't die because he is here (i am pointing at the general direction of your heart). and he is in your head. Bebob is real inside of us for he is the spirit of painting. he paints like we wish we could paint, he is ambition given form. so he can't die not as long you believe in him

omg.... it seems religions of all sorts grow like weed at dakka^^

woops sorry Bebop little mistake from my part.
haha a dutch guy growing weed......

Haha! You guys are the best. I knew if i popped in for just a second the fire would be relit! Ive been taking aserious break on painting just for the same health reasons i had before, was probably overdoing it a bit. And of course seeing all the amazing work that goes down on here was just a tease when i could participate. So i just creeped out in the background. Im here. And when im back, Expect som pretty fresh ideas and more eldar, new catachan tanks, with oils and all kinds of wacky things. The patient are rewarded as they say... Great to see all the old faces around here

well... we ain´t got anything else to stay at^^

speak for yourself vik i have...



..him

OMG... i think this guy was never ever looked upon so often than in the recent days... i hope we/i haven´t caused some serious damage with that initiative joke...ohoh...

you have Clart problems?