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Title: Beorn
Post by: Arthadan on 01 May 2014, 01:52:51 PM
My last miniature. In the pictures eyes seem big and I'm not happy about the corporal hair. Other tan that, my usual crappy level  :D

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10301522_10203540646937963_3780166660909897158_n.jpg) (https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/10339646_10203540647017965_9197409025268228928_n.jpg)
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Post by: petercooman123 on 01 May 2014, 01:55:06 PM
Looks fine to me! Splendid work  :-*
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Post by: Jevenkah on 01 May 2014, 02:06:31 PM
I like the greys and browns you used. Very fitting for the character and nice brushwork!

Jevenkah
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Post by: Rob_bresnen on 01 May 2014, 02:30:27 PM
hairy arms..like it.
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Post by: Michka on 01 May 2014, 03:10:21 PM
Photographs of painted miniatures are unforgiving. So are painters of their own work. Looks damn good in the photo, and I assume the actual miniature is much smaller. 
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Post by: Quendil on 01 May 2014, 03:26:59 PM
Really like thats, so much better than my effort with that model.
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Post by: Mitch K on 01 May 2014, 06:40:30 PM
Is that the old Mithril figure? It's a lovely piece of work you've posted there. I always thought Mithril were beautiful sculpts, but I found them hellishly hard to paint. Yours, on the other hand, is a masterpiece!
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Post by: DeafNala on 01 May 2014, 08:05:31 PM
VERY WELL DONE! It certainly looks like you got the most out of a Cool mini.

While a certain level of humility is becoming in an artist, don't be too hard on your work; re, folks with lesser abilities find such comments disheartening. I was brought down a peg or too for doing just that myself.
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Post by: imurdentist on 01 May 2014, 08:42:49 PM
Nice work!
Would you mind sharing how you did paint the hair on his arms and chest!?! I love that effect!
Title: Re: Beorn
Post by: Arthadan on 01 May 2014, 09:21:51 PM
Nice work!
Would you mind sharing how you did paint the hair on his arms and chest!?! I love that effect!

Sure! I began with a slightly greenish brown (brown was similar to the middle tone of flesh shadows). I painted thin stripes in the sense that the hair grows and then I darken the mix and painted even thinner stripes. Use always watered down paint so it blends a little and doesn't stand out too much (wouldn't look natural).

*Mitch K: Yes, it's one of the two models Mithril released way back in the 90's or so. Not the crispest sculpts but they do have certain charm to them.

*DeafNala : I'm a perfectionist and I can't help it. Following Van Gogh's saying, I do not finish miniatures, I just abandom them because every time I look at them I see things I could improve or are not good enough. on the bright side, it helps me to improve my painting, or at least try to.

Thanks for the nice comments!