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Just finished a spelunking diorama.

I am quite happy with the OSL, even though it was a struggle at times and obviously there is always room for improvement.
The miniatures are two converted Reapermini Bones Miniatures using Statuesque Miniatures heads and weapon swaps from the bitz box. The top level miniature was converted from 77049 Arthrand Nightblade, Elf Ranger and the character in the cave from 77387 Lanell, Female Rogue.

The base is entirely scratch built, only the fern is an awesome photo etch kit by Chichkovshop and the foliage by MiniNatur.

The initial lighting sketch was applied by airbrush, using violet, orange and turquoise. I then went back in by brush and added more contrast with yellows, greens and blues.

I don't think anyone tried to depict fireflies so far, at least to my knowledge. They are made of paper and Greenstuff.

So, how do you like my second OSL attempt? What could I improve with the next one, which parts do you like best?

OSL's wonderful. Fireflies are cute. Whole thing rocks! Great work.

It looks amazing!

That's a fantastic piece! The OSL looks great, amd more natural than a lot of examples I've seen.

 Necroagogo wrote:
OSL's wonderful. Fireflies are cute. Whole thing rocks! Great work.

Thank you! Had a lot of fun (and anxiety) painting thid. It worked out well in the end.

Shadow Walker wrote:It looks amazing!

Thanks!

Soul Samurai wrote:That's a fantastic piece! The OSL looks great, amd more natural than a lot of examples I've seen.

Much obliged. That was indeed a goal of mine. I looked around and saw mostly the slightly stylized OSL attempts, but for this scene I wanted a more subtle impression, especially given the distance bwteeen the torch and the character next to the tree.