Thank you so much for all the comments everyone. I'm flattered.
I've yet to paint the
OSL effects on Shadowheart, but I'll get to it in due time.
And sorry for not getting back earlier.
Meer_Cat wrote:That's just a very beautiful piece- all of the techniques combine to make a perfect whole.
NMM, skin tones, detailing, simply wonderful. Please finish the base and add the
OSL for the candles.
I enjoy looking at all the pics that folks post here on Dakka: some show the improvements we gain in skill with practice and advice, some are funny, some detail difficult techniques that most of us will never try, some are breath-taking in their scope and some very few are simply for looking at and marveling. This is one of the latter.
Well done, indeed. Rock on.
Thank you so much for your kind workds!
Looking at different miniature pictures in Dakka and/or Instagram is one of my favorite pass times and that summed up really well why it is so addictive.
So.
Since Shadowheart, I've managed to paint just one miniature: a Triss Merigold bust.
Some of you saw her already at the February Dakka Challenge.
I was planning to do a post here soon after that, but then things happended.
Me and the missus caught the good old 'rona. Both of us were under the weather for a while.
The timing was truly impeccable, as we were moving in two weeks and were in the middle of packing our old home.
Once we survived that, the real work began: decorating the new home.
Usually I'm not one to care much about decoration (or so I thought), but something hit me.
I spent my free time browsing the net and running around different furniture stores with the missus. It was both exciting and very stressful at the same time.
Add to that, I did not yet have any place to do any painting as my old desk did not fit the new hobby room.
But now, finally sitting in my new armchair, I'm able to take a breather and finally post an update.
Triss Merigold. Sculpted by H3llcreator.
First bust I have ever painted and a fitting project for the Dakka challenge "Out with the old, in with the new".
Painting in this scale offered many new and exciting challenges.
The larger surfaces made it possible to play around with textures but at the same time were quite intimidating.
And the face. Oh that was truly scary. But I think I managed quite alright, despite messing up many many times, especially with the eyes.
I tried to replicate the original color scheme the best I could by mixing different tones.
I did not record the time very accurately, but I'd wager that it took around ~55 hours to paint this.
Usually I'm spent after 20 hours into the same project, but this time I wanted to see it properly through.
No shortcuts under the sleeves or on the backside or any other place which I would usually just base coat and slap a wash on.
After looking at the pictures, there are a few things that could be improved upon a bit. Regardless, I'm happy how it turned out.
Busts were something I was previously terrified of painting. Maybe now some of that fear is gone.
She immediately found a new (temporary) place in our new home.
And to keep the engine running, a sneak peek from the next project:
I'm still looking for a new hobby desk (preferably an old secretary desk), but I setup a temporary painting station on my work desk.
Started working on Yennefer. Cannot have one without the other.
Finished the face last night. Tried to replicate her "cold personality"
Thank you for looking!