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hey Dakka...

here is the first piece i've painted just for fun, after ten years of commission work and contests...
it was fun to just mess around again...
i think i over did it a little with my lighting...
i'll try another round soon...
brightness aside, i hope you like what you see...






here is the link, if you care to vote:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/335127

it was fun to build this guy when the Sanguinary Guard kit came out...
unfortunately, it took me three years to get back around to him...
i'll be taking the gold recipe (heavy on the Sanguine Base for shading), and increasing the contrast a bit more for the next golden guy i paint, the Big E...

thanks for looking...

i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Wow, looks awesome!

Lucarikx

Very well done, but he doesn't strike me as a Dante. He seems more like a sanguinary guard.

Still, very well executed.

 Scarecrow456 wrote:
Very well done, but he doesn't strike me as a Dante. He seems more like a sanguinary guard.

Still, very well executed.

I was thinking the same thing. That being said I think he looks incredible and he would be fine as a CA Dante. Plus, if you ever did a different Dante you'd still have an amazing Sanguinary Guard too.

Really nice blending. Everything flows so smoothly.

 Scarecrow456 wrote:
Very well done, but he doesn't strike me as a Dante. He seems more like a sanguinary guard.

Still, very well executed.

Sad considering that the Sanguinary Guard were based so comprehensively on the Dante sculpt. Every Sanguinary Guard looks like Dante, that's why I hate them SOOOO much.

That aside: nice clean metallics! You have done a great job here. I don't think you quite nailed the lightning effect though, there is a shade missing somewhere. Meh! Still awesome

That pattern on the axe is gorgeous.

thanks for the kind words, guys...

my light set-up was a little too much to the far right on this guy, and my reflector didn't quite bounce enough light back:(...
i'll have to do another round of pics to show the actual shading off better...

i understand when you guys say he doesn't look like Dante, since this guy has the winged pack...
to be honest, i never liked the original Dante...
he has such skinny little legs...
i'm also not a fan of his jump pack vs. even the more modern plastic one...
i also felt that since The Sanguinor and Astorath got wings, Dante should have them, too..
the axe and Inferno Pistol fit his loadout, and this plastic mini is just so much more dynamic, in my opinion...

some will prefer this version, and others the original...
the most important thing is that he is game legal, so whoever buys him can use him in the game...

cheers
jah

Awesome work there mate.

Man, hopefully in 10 years I'll be able to paint as cleanly and as well as you!

Excellent painting!! That gold is simply amazing! Care to share your recipe?

no worries, leper...

the gold recipe: the main color is Vallejo Air Gold (used as a brush-on, not sprayed)...
the shadows are glazes of P3 Sanguine Base...
highlights are Vallejo Air Aluminium...
so, whatever your prefered painting style is, just play around with those three color...

i build up my golds from black, through P3 Rhulic Gold and Battlefield Brown 1-1, followed by pure Rhulic, then an old pot of GW Burnished Gold, building a nice solid basecoat, and then pure VA Gold where the light would hit...
this is shaded with many very thin layers of Sanguine Base, until i get the shadows i like...
highlights are a mix of VA Gold and VA Aluminium 1-1...
the hard edges are given a final touch of pure Aluminium, and done...

hope that helps...

cheers
jah

Awesome Jah, It is very much appreciated! I'm going to have get me some VA gold. Thanks again!

Very nice mini!

Hi Jah, I've followed much of your work over the last 5 or so years and I must say I always love seeing your models when they appear in different corners of the hobby community, you certainly have a great style and i'm glad you've finally got around to doing some for yourself this time! I shall look forward to seeing more soon eh!

thanks, guys...
it's always good to know that the long hours of painting, messing up, and painting some more, are appreciated...

@nerdfest09: cheers, mate...
my style is pretty much just another 'Eavy Metal ripoff, but i'm definitely trying to get it up to their showcase level...
the EM studio has always inspired me...

thanks for following my work...
i nip in on your P&M blog, here, every couple of weeks...
i like that you have some personal pics in their, with the dogs and your girl...
life in Oz is pretty laid back, except for those freakin' drop bears...
now, here in Mexico, i have to look out for drop lizards...
meter long Iguanas fall out of the trees!!! hahahahaha

cheers
jah