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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: Neldoreth on 17 October 2006, 09:33:31 PM

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Neldoreth on 17 October 2006, 09:33:31 PM

This is a scarecrow I painted for a Halloween diorama that I am planning to do...  I had a really hard time picking the colours for this one... not sure the final work is exactly what I wanted. In any case I am happy. I was experimenting with the rusty scythe, what do you think?

(http://www.blackbirdmedia.org/miniatures/images/armies/scareCrow.jpg)

n.

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Operator5 on 17 October 2006, 09:36:16 PM

The paint job looks fantastic.

I'm not sure about the rust, though. It seems speckled and not rusted. I would expect the rust would be along the blade edge or cover all of it. I could be wrong so take the critique with a grain of salt.  :)

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Mo on 17 October 2006, 10:08:24 PM

I went to the woodshed and checked the rusty scythe I keep on hand for emergencies.

That looks pretty dead on to me.

 :D

Marc

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Driscoles on 17 October 2006, 10:26:18 PM

what a great and scary scarecrow.... Nearly as good as the old John Mellencamp Song  :)

Very good !
Björn

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: matakishi on 17 October 2006, 10:36:38 PM

That's excellent, particularly the rust!

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Malamute on 18 October 2006, 01:28:09 PM

Yep a splendid paint job. The rust works fine for me.

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on 18 October 2006, 03:00:30 PM

I think everything is beautifull except the scythe. This doesn't look like rust to me, this looks like he has just scythed a field of tomatoes.

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Grimm on 18 October 2006, 04:52:08 PM

hey very nice figure I like the rust on the sickle , tell us abaut the painting

Grimm

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: fatgoblin on 18 October 2006, 04:56:47 PM

thats very nice!  I like the rust too, but I think the front is nicer than the back.  I think the reason I don't like the back is the big dots of solid colour.  Maybe the pattern are a bit too regular?

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 18 October 2006, 09:24:25 PM

the pic link doens't work  :cry:

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: Neldoreth on 19 October 2006, 06:03:51 PM

Hey All,

Thanks for the great feedback on this! The rust was done starting with red-brown from IWM paints, and then adding Dun yellow from IWM for two highlights. Then I took some Red from IWM and added Dun to it to make it brighter for two highlights.

The blotches are actually supposed to represent where the rust as turned into blue and white patches. Unfortunately the mixes were too watery, and I left too much on there, so they turned out blotchy. I am planning to fix that shortly.

As for the picture link, it should work, but perhaps my Web server was down for a bit. Here is a link to my site where it should be:

http://www.blackbirdmedia.org/miniatures/?view=armies&which=miscGW

Thanks again,
n.

Title: Gothic Scarecrow?
Post by: supervike on 24 October 2006, 10:05:46 PM

I think I may need a tetanus shot, just looking at it!!