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| Dan Titan |
Painting the new DeadwoodsHi all!Im very happy as Galak has trusted me an importand mission (at least it is for me), to paint the brandnew Deadwoods. I started today with the "cleaning" of the minis and the imprimation. Tomorrow i will start both the minis and i will show you all the progress! CYU tomorrow! Dan |
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| Dan Titan |
Basic done.... Im aming to paint them in 2 diferent colours... more to come!
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| Lychanthrope |
I wouldn't have thought of green, but now that I see it I'm curious to see how it turns out. A white to grey color scheme would also be doable. Like a sycamore tree. | ||||||
| Dark Lord |
No that's brilliant! Trees are always half covered in moss! As an undercoat I bet it will work very well! |
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| Dan Titan |
When I asked Galak about the colours, he said "its up to you".... So I thought to start doing something different... Also, and after checking some painting guides, Im thinking in making the eyes of the one on the right with some king of "Glow"... Ill keep you posted... (probably on monday!)
Dan |
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| Dark Lord |
I have some glow in dark paint from Ral Partha. It's (almost) invisible in daylight but when the lights are out it glows pretty nicely. | ||||||
| Dan Titan |
That would be nice... but i mean to try to make them look like they are glowing! 
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| Dan Titan |
Hi guys! Just a quick update...
Unfortunately I had a bad week as my 6 months baby had flue, fever and teeeth ache at the same time... so you can imagen.... Even now she is crying and its difficult to do something... As soon she is well i will retake the proyect... until then Stay tunned! Dan PD: Here she is... in 17 years and 6 months, she will be the FF Queen!!! AHHHOOOOOOYYY!!! |
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| Dan Titan |
Here we go... brushes are ready... now just to find out that Sillysod and the rest of the Vassal guys are not around and paint... 
Do you like it so far? |
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| GalakStarscraper |
Interesting ... looking forward to see how it turns out.
Galak |
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| Dan Titan |
What about a darker bark? |
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| Norse |
er, Dan, this is a 1 hour paint job max.. what's taking so long?? 
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| SillySod |
/me notes not to let Dan play any more elfball | ||||||
| Dark Lord |
he's using oils.
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| Norse |
Bob Ross would have nailed these figs in a few seconds..
and he would have used just the least little pthalo blue..
I miss Bob Ross, he made 20 minutes seem to last forever.. 
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| Dark Lord |
Bob Ross...friend to squirrels and enemy of fine art. | ||||||
| Norse |
that's a little harsh.. just because he reduced the works of the "great" masters to dabs of a 6" brush covered in different colours..
if you think Bob's an enemy of fine art, try Rolf Harris... |
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| Dark Lord |
Yelch. That guy is a joke!
I have a fairly narrow view of what constitutes "fine" art and an extremely broad view of what should be considered applied art, or visual art. |
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| Darkson |
Hope you're not talking about Rolf! 
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| Dan Titan |
Well... read below....
Thats her pic by the way... And thats the first reason
Thats the second reason... |
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| Norse |
the time you took to undercoat them I would have been done.. 
really cute kid though - you sure she's yours??
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| Dan Titan |
Well thats what my wife says.... Any tips to what im doing? |
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| Darkson |
Shouldn't you be asking you wife that?
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| Norse |
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| majortusk |
I like what you are doing with em. really cool. |
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| Norse |
oh take off Andy, you're not exactly a fast painter yourself..
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| GalakStarscraper |
Galak |
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| Dan Titan |
Good to know how they are going for the neck here... 
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| Norse |
Dan,
black undercoat spray dark brown wash brown drybrush beige drybrush tan drybrush paint eyes and teeth flock done!
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| Dark Lord |
I have to admit, for Deadwoods there isn't much more you can do but that. | ||||||
| GalakStarscraper |
You missed the detail painting and highlighting of the creepy crawlies on the inside of the mini Deadwood. Galak |
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| Norse |
probably because I DON'T HAVE ONE!!
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| Dark Lord |
UNless this one is way different than mine you can't see very much on the inside of the tree.
Well I did use the skull filler. |
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| majortusk |
yikes. sorry. I was just giving feedback. i just didnt think that 'i could paint it faster' was exactly constructive. if there is some other type of comradery i did not know about, sorry for butting in. |
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| Norse |
me and Dan go back 6 years mate, we're allowed to bust each others chops...
and you and me go back 1 year, which means I can bust your chops too ya shrunken wookiee!
feel free to bust back..
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| Darkson |
Anyway, anyone that wears silly hats like Dan deserves abuse.
http://picasaweb.google.com/darks...iky2004/photo#5087577009344465138 |
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| Dan Titan |
Jejeje, but that hat gave me some championships....
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| Mephisto |
Yeps, but it doesn't work against me... remember your lizards last year
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| Dan Titan |
Whot??? I let you win!!!!! (Remember I was calm and you werent ;) ) Any way... to get that Grotuk Pic....
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| Dan Titan |
Indeed a good one... but I try to give out always my best... and im testing to get the best posible result, and the glowing eyes are a good thing so far... but need to get the correct mixture for the rest... |
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| Dan Titan |
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| Norse |
oh.. so the green is meant to look as if it is glowing.. OK, got that now..
not to my personal tastes.. I see what you are trying to do, but to me it just looks like you were careless when you painted the eyes.. 
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| Dark Lord |
I think to give a better glow effect the painted light source should be lighter than the reflected light and fade out more.
Also the the other cracks in the tree should show the glow. Try to mimic Victoria Lamb's techniques...if you can. http://www.victorialamb.com/wugs/cadian%20gallery/pages/DSCN3315.htm http://www.victorialamb.com/wugs/Joan%20gallery/pages/SJarticle.htm |
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| Igor Tahavanale |
 Fantastic stuff!
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| Dark Lord |
I know. Victoria Lamb is insanely talented...makes me want to break my brushes and cry.
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| GalakStarscraper |
Fortunately for us ... we got her to do the Pharaohs.
Unfortunately for us ... she decided to open her own miniatures business instead of doing any more work for others.
Galak |
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| GalakStarscraper |
Hey Dan,
I like the effect you are going for ... but I think its too much on the outside trunk. I'm thinking it needs to be lighter (kinda to echo Dark Lord's thoughts). I'm almost thinking a good brown wash needs to go over the green that is on the trunk to make the inset green pop out more. Galak |
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| SillySod |
Dan, I think one problem with the glow effect around the eyes is that some of the area that is lighted isnt actually a surface that the glow would reflect from. I'd just reduce the amount of green around the eyes and teeth a bit. | ||||||
| Dan Titan |
Thanks for the critics... thats what i was looking for since the begining... But after watching closely Vicīs paintings i nearly throwed all of mine through the window...
Will try to get it better... |
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| GalakStarscraper |
Hi Dan,
Was wondering if there was a timeline for having images for our store's website of these guys. Galak |
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| Dan Titan |
Mmm I thought there wasnt any, and thats why im pushing more in the Elfball Translation.... Ok... I will finish them this week. |
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| GalakStarscraper |
When I say no rush we don't have an immediate timeline for them ... that means I'm hoping to see something within 4 to 5 weeks. No worries ... looking forward to seeing the finished product. Tom |
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| Norse |
for 2 miniature deadwoods..
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| Dan Titan |
Im painting the 4 and Galak can choose between them... |
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