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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: frogimus on August 21, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
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I just finished painting a Bob Ridolfi sculpt. Her face nearly painted itself, the details were so well sculpted. Cheekbones, eyes, jawline - they were all well defined without being overly sharp so it was easy to get a soft layering of the shadows and highlights. It had to be one of the best paint jobs I've ever done on a face, and I suck at painting faces.
What sculptors do you like for female faces?
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Tim Richards - for his Mascot Models range - definitely NSFW.
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I just finished painting a Bob Ridolfi sculpt. Her face nearly painted itself, the details were so well sculpted. Cheekbones, eyes, jawline - they were all well defined without being overly sharp so it was easy to get a soft layering of the shadows and highlights. It had to be one of the best paint jobs I've ever done on a face, and I suck at painting faces.
What sculptors do you like for female faces?
Any pictures?
Anyway, I love well-sculpted faces, male or female. They make such a huge difference to a model. recently painted this Axe Faction beauty.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/FramFramson/Chela_V2_zps3b8b4819.jpg~original)
Overall, I think Julie Guthrie does a great job with faces in general. Gael Goumon too.
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Anything Kev White.
I'm admiring Statuesque too, but I've yet to paint the ones I've acquired.
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For me, the big three are; Andrew Rae,Tre Manor and Kevin White. Seb Archer is pretty good too.
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Copplestone. Every time.
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Copplestone. Every time.
You know Richard you're right :) No fart arsing about with his faces,nice and simple ;)
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Copplestone. Every time.
Yep! 8)
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Any pictures?
My macro setting is being as fussy as my ex wife, so they didn't turn out so well. I'll try again soon.
Overall, I think Julie Guthrie does a great job with faces in general. Gael Goumon too.
I like Julie's minis too. Not sure if I have any Gael ones.
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Well, here's a shot of the Reaper Female Scientist sculpted by Ridolfi. Hopefully it imbeds since Picasa is a headache after switching to G+ photos.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CwWs-XTpSH0/UhYO-jxhMvI/AAAAAAAAAE8/nN4bfiwf88o/s512/1377176599966.png)
The green eyes didn't photograph too well
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Werner Klocke too:
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6112/6329219280_5cc26580b7.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/6329219280/)
La Comtessa 05 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/6329219280/) url=http://www.flickr.com/people/10903634@N05/] [/url]
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/9266483120_06db9c5c10.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/9266483120/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/9266483120/) (http://www.flickr.com/people/10903634@N05/)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3180/5836903991_21bc15fe69.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/5836903991/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/5836903991/) (http://www.flickr.com/people/10903634@N05/)
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I hope this won't be taken as pissing on someone else's preference, but Klocke's faces really turn me off his minis. While Werner has a few good faces, a lot of time I find his faces have this sort of "alien triangular" look, both men and women that drives me bananas.
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I agree. Werner's faces aren't what earned the name "Klockenbooty". Not that they're ugly, just a bit wide in the forehead. It does make them distinctive.
BTW, has anyone seen Patrick Keith's line of Bombshell Babes at www.bombshellminis.com ?
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You know, credit where it's due. Ali and Mike McVey have some very nice faces as well, both male and female.
As do some of the Privateer press sculptors, but I don't know who sculpted what in that line.
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As do some of the Privateer press sculptors, but I don't know who sculpted what in that line.
Yep - the Khador Widowmaker sniper figure, albeit with an eyepatch, is finely sculpted.
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Aren't McVey figures digital sculpts? Had one of their Limited Editions once. First and last resin mini I've ever had. Crumpled it into powder and binned it.
Privateer Press are (were) so poorly cast that I never got more than the first starter box.
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Whenever I find one that paints easily, I typically notice it's a 40mm face on a 25-32mm mini. ;)
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Am I the only one who likes Tom Meier's face sculpts? They're not always beautiful, but they actually look like people, who are also not always beautiful. His older women look like they've really lived, rather than some people who just figure old = ugly with a big nose and maybe a wart. If they do older women at all.
My issue with Klocke is not that triangular face so much as the fact that his women all seem to be startled by their chests. Or just fascinated by their own cleavage.
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I'm not a big fan of his bodies or poses (they too much to me like cosplayers posing awkwardly for photos, which is something I find is true of the Dark Sword staff as well), but Tom Meier is a very skilled sculptor and where his bodies suffer for being a bit too human, his faces turn out great. I suspect he's more classically trained, like some of the European sculptors. If you look at some of Meier's drapery, such as on "Gwendolyn the Queen", it's excellent and also reflects such training.
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I'm admiring Statuesque too, but I've yet to paint the ones I've acquired.
I have to agree. Andrews sculpts are brill....oh, and for me anyway, I think the paint up lovely!