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Title: Daisy...
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 09 August 2010, 10:26:07 PM
Crooked Dice's Daisy...

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roweller/drwho/IMG_1432.JPG)

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roweller/drwho/IMG_1434.JPG)

really nice sculpt by Andrew Rae, due to appear on the Crooked Dice website, hence the extra effort (for me) on the base... chip and burger paper and crushed Fosters can made from Rizla... it will probably get rebased at some point as it won't match anything else and I have little to no urban terrain planned (dreamed of, but not planned)...
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Post by: Tsune on 09 August 2010, 10:34:07 PM
Nice painting. The face is great!
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Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 09 August 2010, 10:34:46 PM
Great as ever, Evil! :)

I think that I'll remove the pant pockets so she walks around in nice, chav, softies instead.
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Post by: Westfalia Chris on 09 August 2010, 10:35:28 PM
Outstanding - the "textile" feel of the paint tones is great.

(...) extra effort (for me) on the base... chip and burger paper and crushed Fosters can made from Rizla(...)

There was a Dr. Who episode that took place on any given spot in Hull?!? How did I miss that one?!?
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Post by: ballistic_bro on 09 August 2010, 10:40:15 PM
Very nice, lovely job. :)
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Post by: Supercollider on 09 August 2010, 11:34:13 PM
Very nice -  must acquire one:)
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Post by: therepoman on 10 August 2010, 12:08:52 AM
Very nice paint job on the jeans... what technique/colors are you using, if you don't mind me asking?
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Post by: Schogun on 10 August 2010, 01:17:41 AM
Nice job!

Always interesting to see how a face changes with different paint jobs.
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Post by: uti long smile on 10 August 2010, 09:48:21 AM
Lovely stuff! I feel like a proud parent :)
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Post by: carlos marighela on 10 August 2010, 09:50:30 AM
Wonderful work. 'Daisy' looks a bit Britneyish, pre or post rehab I'm not quite sure.
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Post by: anevilgiraffe on 10 August 2010, 12:06:45 PM
cheers all...

Very nice paint job on the jeans... what technique/colors are you using, if you don't mind me asking?

GW blues... think the deepest colour is enchanted blue, highlighted with ice blue and then an ice blue/skull white mix... I do very thin colours for the highlights, don't load the brush though... when it dries, it leaves that 'texture' look - I guess it's something to do with the particulates settling apart from each other... pure luck really...

looking at the pockets, I'm thinking if the shade/outline should be thinner there..
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Post by: oxiana on 11 August 2010, 09:51:48 AM
A grand paint job as always. I've not touched my brushes in well over a month, but this sort of thing gets me inspired again...

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Post by: bandit86 on 11 August 2010, 10:55:10 AM
Thats great! hope mine will come out as well as this one.
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Post by: Michi on 11 August 2010, 11:28:08 AM
I bet you make your brother green with envy, painting like that...
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Post by: psyberwyche on 11 August 2010, 12:35:31 PM
Lovely work.  8)

How do you texture your bases - it seems too fine for either green stuff or sand? And the little bits of paper and crushed cans are genius!
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Post by: dijit on 11 August 2010, 02:29:04 PM
Great work! Love the tones and especially the texture of the jeans. Any chance of a tutorial on the litter? I'm wanting to put litter on my latest build and can't seem to get it to look right, but you've nailed on the head.
Duncan
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Post by: anevilgiraffe on 11 August 2010, 06:52:01 PM
the base is watery premixed filler... spread thin and keep dabbing/prodding it - that seems to thicken it up a little bit so you can get some slight undulations in it... when it dires out, you have you overall texture from the undulations and ridges you put in and a nice grainy finish... perfect for concrete in my mind

the litter was green Rizla paper... for the smaller burger wrapper I painted some thin red lines on some Rizla, cut a reasonable sized square out and scrunched... the chip paper was a larger square of plain Rizla... again scrunched into a loose ball and then flatted into contact with some glue (bit of pva - some is needed inside the paper to keep it flat), bit of white paint on the raised surfaces, bit of red and brown GW wash for stains... that easy

the can was lucky, rolled and section of Rizla to the right thickness, glued the final edge with pva, and then when dry cut out a can lengthed section.... press the middle down with a cocktail stick and bend and press down both ends with the flat of your scalpel... when flattened it seemed to stay in shape ok and was just glued down...
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Post by: dijit on 11 August 2010, 07:07:16 PM
Thanks for that, I'll have to give it a try. That you use Rizla paper might be the secret to the trick.
Duncan
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Post by: anevilgiraffe on 11 August 2010, 07:32:14 PM
That you use Rizla paper might be the secret to the trick.

probably.... suggested by Geronimo from Fenris Games over on Frothers and a couple of other people... thin enough to look like scale paper... want to try a news paper, but not sure how yet...
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Post by: dijit on 11 August 2010, 10:10:50 PM
yeah newspaper would be perfect, maybe using rizla with small squiggles drawn on it with a fine artists pen 0.3 or something similiar.
Duncan
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Post by: Thantsants on 14 August 2010, 12:49:41 AM
I concur with all of the above and thanks for passing on the rizzla tips!

Got this mini as a treat in my paint queue - just hope I'm as lucky wth my paticulates!  ;)
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Post by: myincubliss on 19 September 2010, 06:28:36 PM
Apologies for the threadomancy, but I'm currently painting my Daisy and was wondering if I could be cheeky and ask for the colour mix used for her hair (or other general hints and tips to paint hair like that...)?
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Post by: anevilgiraffe on 19 September 2010, 07:21:39 PM
my blondes are very simple - Citadel Snakebite Leather for the base/shade and keep adding white for each highlight... used some sepia wash into the crevices if memory serves at the end, but that was an experiment and not necessary...
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Post by: mondria on 19 September 2010, 09:04:54 PM
very nice love the jeans thanks for sharing your technique