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Other Stuff => The Lead Painters' League => Season 6 => Topic started by: Prof.Witchheimer on April 08, 2012, 08:57:51 AM
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s06/Prof_06_farmers_defending.jpg)
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What make are the various figures in the "Toil and Trouble"? Really interesting set of figures, I particularly like the little Chupacabra guys lol
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I particularly like the little Chupacabra guys lol
they are my favorits on the pic, too :) Splendid entry, James!
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Both brilliant entries. James, you really have had a tough run of draws :(
Almost any other match you would have won with such a wonderfully realised entry.
But Alex, i have to say, those are your best so far in this LPL. Not just great figures and lovely paintwork, but wonderfully crisp photography too.
I say this with envy, because my own photography has dropped off a bit of late, and i can't work out why... ::)
Have you bought a new camera, or was it just one of those lucky combinations of lighting, focal length and shutter speed?! ;)
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Both brilliant entries. James, you really have had a tough run of draws :(
Almost any other match you would have won with such a wonderfully realised entry.
But Alex, i have to say, those are your best so far in this LPL. Not just great figures and lovely paintwork, but wonderfully crisp photography too.
I say this with envy, because my own photography has dropped off a bit of late, and i can't work out why... ::)
Have you bought a new camera, or was it just one of those lucky combinations of lighting, focal length and shutter speed?! ;)
Thanks, Richard. No new camera. Just did take more time and shot about 50 photos and I also have used the camera restrainer so no shaking hands effects :)
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Jeez, this is not an easy one.
WHo makes the kneeling prisoner of the witches?
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Everything in this weeks entry is from Uncle Mike's Strange Aeons line.
The Witches, Familiars (human-faced rats) and cauldron are from a couple of upcoming releases ;) and the Henchman is from the Madmen pack. The two captive agents are exclusive models from UM's Cult of the Black Goat. There are some rat swarms in there too...
I haven't had the luck of the draw this season when it comes to match-ups!! :D Not that I mind though...I have had the privilage of going up against: Frank, valleyboy, Lazarus Long, Blue in VT, Captain Blood and now the Prof. So far, the entries that I have been paired up with have been excellent. That's half the fun of the LPL.
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Those human-faced rats are amazing figs! Great paint jobs...it was all but a coin flip to decide which to vote for. Prof, your shading is so natural looking. I need to learn to be able to do that! My figs looks so amateur and crude by comparison.
Mike Demana
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Fantastic both. :)
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Prof,
can you tell us the manufacturer of your Farmers? Foundry?
Thanks
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Prof,
can you tell us the manufacturer of your Farmers? Foundry?
Thanks
Yes, Foundry.
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Everything in this weeks entry is from Uncle Mike's Strange Aeons line.
The Witches, Familiars (human-faced rats) and cauldron are from a couple of upcoming releases ;) and the Henchman is from the Madmen pack. The two captive agents are exclusive models from UM's Cult of the Black Goat. There are some rat swarms in there too..
Thanks, you have done a really fine job of painting up some excellent minis. I have steered clear of the SA line as I inevitably only want 1 out of the 3 minis in a pack.... or in the case of the brilliant Mummy figure 3 of the same figure in a pack :-[
The witches all look great though so I hope they are on sale soon.
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Really difficult choice here, apologies for not voting for both
Alex by now you must have more Romans painted than ever were in Rome in the first place lol
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I LOVE those human-faced rats... I'll be getting some of those when they're available.
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Excellent entries, both. Love those familiars...
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A really hard match to vote... AGAIN! :D
How is one supposed to choose just ONE of the entries?
Anyhow what decided my vote this round was the incredible blonde hair of the young witch.
D@rth J@ymZ can you explain how you did it? It's GORGEOUS!
Thanks to both for such beautiful paint jobs.
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Really striking entries by both painters. I agree, these romans are among the best the Prof has shown, they're fantastic.
... the incredible blonde hair of the young witch.
D@rth J@ymZ can you explain how you did it? It's GORGEOUS!
Agreed here too. The shimmering quality of the blonde witch is amazing. I love this eclectic group.
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The witches are good and the human faced rats are fantastic. Great scene.
Prof, you have one incredible collection of Roman citizenry. Your shading and blends are perfect.
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Thanks all! Sorry for the lateness of the reply; I was on assignment in the Outer Rim territories... ;)
The shimmering dress on the blond witch was built up using a fine sparkle medium mixed with white to achieve the right balance of colour with the sparkle effect. I got the idea from Dr. Chimpula's Round 10 entry in last season's LPL (The Last Unicorn) and had experimented with it on several Lurker models in the Strange Aeons board. Overall, I like the effect, as long as it is used sparingly.
The hair is my usual blond hair recipe (Vallejo Desert Yellow, built up with successive highlights with increasing amounts of white) but with some silver added to give it a shimmer that was distinct from the dress in both colour and effect. I wanted her to look almost ethereal as if her beauty is a kind of magical spell. I'm rather pleased myself with how it turned out. :)
The cauldron actually uses glow-in-the-dark paint as well - I was trying lots of new techniques. It required several layers over a white base but has a great sickly green shade.
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On a not entirely unrelated side note the little rat monster on it's haunches has my face...only slightly more handsome than I am in person.
Also, great entry!
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The Witches, Familiars (human-faced rats) and cauldron are from a couple of upcoming releases ;) and the Henchman is from the Madmen pack. The two captive agents are exclusive models from UM's Cult of the Black Goat. There are some rat swarms in there too...
Exclusives? Ah, crap. Well, there goes adding those to my collection of hostages.
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D@rth J@ymZ Thanks for the hair color explanation.
The silver addition certainly makes a BIG difference.
I'll try that very soon.
All the best.