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Post by dinadan on Jun 17, 2009 20:34:24 GMT
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Post by dogfacedboyuk1 on Jun 18, 2009 16:09:19 GMT
I'm not normally a fan of the LotR minis, but I must admit i do like this version of saruman. As regards the painting its nice and neat but I think if you add some more shades and highlights it will make it pop a lot more.
dfb
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Post by dinadan on Jun 18, 2009 17:44:23 GMT
Thank you. To be honest, I'm hesitant to add more highlights to it. Personally I prefer paintjobs where the highlights aren't obvious until you get close (i.e. you can tell there is a colour transition, but it's not obvious where the transition is). Atm, in the flesh, this is how it looks - the pic has just blended the colours even more. That said, an extra highlight or two may not be all bad  |
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Post by dogfacedboyuk1 on Jun 18, 2009 20:08:47 GMT
Well unfortunately, you lose alot in the photos and its always better in the flesh. Though there are some people who do take some fabulously clear photos of their work. I m not one of them though lol.
dfb
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Post by dinadan on Jun 18, 2009 20:24:22 GMT
Know what you mean - either it's not quite clear enough and it's hard to see details, or it's too clear and shows up every single flaw to a degree that would be humanly impossible to see in real life :roll:
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Post by jabberwocky on Jun 19, 2009 7:55:06 GMT
Look very good, Dinadan! Photography is definitely a tricky part of the presentation. I think who you are painting for plays a big role as well. Something that looks good on the table may not look so good when held 10 cm from your nose looking at every little detail. Likewise, so with lots of small transitions on blending and not harshly darklined may look good upon close inspection, but at arm's length on the table may look rather flat. Paint however you want and what applies best to you! I'd agree with DFB that it could use a highlight/shade or two, but I'm not a gamer and look at minis up close. My stuff I am sure looks very flat if it were to be on the table.
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Post by dinadan on Jun 19, 2009 11:18:32 GMT
To be honest, I prefer it when you can only see highlights clearly when close up. As I recall, a 28mm mini held at arm's length is supposed to look the same size as a person something like 100m away, and at that distance, colours would look fairly flat anyway.
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Post by jabberwocky on Jun 19, 2009 12:22:30 GMT
To be honest, I prefer it when you can only see highlights clearly when close up. As I recall, a 28mm mini held at arm's length is supposed to look the same size as a person something like 100m away, and at that distance, colours would look fairly flat anyway. There you go! I think the mini looks great. |
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Post by dinadan on Jun 19, 2009 13:29:11 GMT
Thank you |
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Post by dinadan on Jun 19, 2009 21:03:42 GMT
Thought I'd post this here to save opening another thread. I've been working on a sculpt for a friend (well sort of - it's based on his artwork and hopefully if I can become good enough I can offer my services as a cheap source of mini sculpts for an RPG he's currently making). Here are the most recent WIPs:    I'm a bit disapointed with the head now that I've attached it, so I think I may need to redo it :/ Opinions? EDIT: Probably would help if I linked to the pic it's based on :roll: |
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Post by Tim C on Jun 20, 2009 9:20:05 GMT
Nice to see a different take on the Saruman mini mate. Good work on the sculpting too.
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Post by dinadan on Jun 20, 2009 10:05:50 GMT
Thank you Tim Technically it's not really a diferent take on Saruman (or at least, not how I'd define a different take :roll: ) as I'm using him to represent one of the Blue Wizards (and that is the only reason for the different paintjob). |
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