IMPACT! MINIATURES

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

almost finished highlighting the flesh - maybe another 30 mins of work or so.. would have done it last night, but the Yankess worked out how to score runs again..

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Stout Youngblood · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 378 Location: Lombard, IL

Slacker

If you were a CUBS (this would include a mandatory lobotomy) fan you would never have this problem. Of course you would be prone to saying, "There's always next year" as your personal mantra...

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

well, Halloween and Baseball/Football have caused some real obstacles in recent days..

I plan to sit and paint for a couple of hour tonight, but we'll see if I cave-in and watch MNF with a glass of red wine instead..

5 days to go to the tourney, so I better get organised!

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Stout Youngblood · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 378 Location: Lombard, IL

Hurry up ya bum. Do you want to be known as a slow painter?

Xtreme · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Indianapolis

Aren't all painters slow?
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Stout Youngblood · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 378 Location: Lombard, IL

I believe Orwell would agree, all painters are slow, some are more slow than others.

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

OK, managed to get about an hour in last night between the kids going to bed and the Baseball/Football kicking off..

I show all four views of him below.. the flesh is now done, and I have started to block in white the areas which will eventually be bright yellow (much easier over white than black!) - don't be alarmed by the patch of bare metal on his right shoulder - he has a separate shoulder-pad which I will glue on at the end.. tonight will be finishing the yellow areas and tidying up the black..

enjoy...

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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

couple more hours invested mostly in black and yellow, as well as horns and teeth.. mostly details, touch ups and metallics to go now...

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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

OK, he'll be finished tonight - just need to finalise the metallics and a few other details, like the star on Romo's helmet.. d'oh!

plus stick him to a base..

I might get pics up late tonight of the finished piece, failing which Sunday.. tomorrow is a long day with 6 hours of driving and 6 hours of gaming...

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Darkson · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:28 pm Post subject:

Not to critise the painting (way better than mine), but is that a couple of white areas I see in the yellow on the shoulder pads, or just reflections?

[Edit] Or metal "chips"?
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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

let me know if you see any in the finished piece (I'll post pics later today)..

that's the reason I don't normally post WIP pics..

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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

and the finished mini is now available in the gallery:

http://artistsunited.myfreeforum.org/sutra29043.php#29043

I must admit I really enjoyed painting her - these days I tend to paint whole teams, which can get pretty demoralising after a while.. so it's nice to sit and paint a single model every now and again, especially one this eye-catching.. I kept wishing I had more time to finish her, but I know that I needed the tight deadline of yesterday's tourney to get her done..

she helped me win Best Painted (thanks to the PA crew for being so welcoming!) and in 3 games she failed no significant actions on the pitch either!

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Darkson · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject:

Rams, out of interest, why's this the last pic you're going to post on TBB? You do know it's moving, don't you?
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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2830

the king is dead, long live the king...

it's the last pic I'll post on TBB, who knows the first pic I will post on TFF??

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