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Title: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Captain Blood on April 02, 2017, 06:33:48 PM
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Title: Re: Round 2 Circus Macabre vs BoB Adventurers
Post by: Nord on April 09, 2017, 08:54:15 AM
Options text and pictures seem wrong way around?
Title: Re: Round 2 Circus Macabre vs BoB Adventurers
Post by: marianas_gamer on April 09, 2017, 08:56:13 AM
The Prof vs the Prof!! Both are bloody wonderful!
Lon
Title: Re: Round 2 Circus Macabre vs BoB Adventurers
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on April 09, 2017, 09:02:50 AM
The Prof vs the Prof!! Both are bloody wonderful!
Lon

I'm very pleased to see I finally can fight myself, kind of very Freudian  ;D

beautiful team, Chris, I love your minimalistic but so much effective paint style!

Options text and pictures seem wrong way around?


fixed, thanks!

Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Captain Blood on April 09, 2017, 09:27:41 AM
Ooops, sorry about that.

Yes, I was amused by the notion of The Prof's team battling a team with his own self portrait miniature in it  :)
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 09, 2017, 10:01:17 AM
What a circus!!! :-*
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Jagannath on April 09, 2017, 10:39:47 AM
Exquisite these - absolutely lovey job both. I'm working on some colourful stuff at the mo so taking notes on those clowns!
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: mikedemana on April 09, 2017, 02:00:13 PM
Wow! More creepy clowns and circus folk to fill out a few nightmares... lol

However, the naturalistic shading and colors of the Back of Beyond group is so nice! For those who have not had the pleasure, which of the adventurers is the professor...?  :)

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/

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Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Bugsda on April 09, 2017, 02:05:25 PM
Yes, I was amused by the notion of The Prof's team battling a team with his own self portrait miniature in it  :)

Yeah, I'm not so amused  ;)

Now I've got the angst of voting for the obviously better team, against my own self interest. I'm the one that's gonna' need psychoanalysis.  ;D
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Neldoreth on April 09, 2017, 03:37:35 PM
Both excellent entries gentlemen. Great effort on these. I'm liking the clown in the sewer especially :)

Thanks
n
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Mason on April 09, 2017, 04:14:45 PM
Some lovely subtle brushwork on both sets of figures.
 :-* :-*

For those who have not had the pleasure, which of the adventurers is the professor...?  :)

http://www.lead-adventure.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=41

 ;)

Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Leapsnbounds on April 09, 2017, 04:35:53 PM
This was tough, but I went with the figures I could play with.
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: DoctorPete on April 09, 2017, 05:40:28 PM
Splendid work on both groups!  It's like the Superbowl of lead painters.   :)
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Admiral Benbow on April 09, 2017, 06:07:56 PM
Two very nice entries from two great miniature painters. Again I really like the cinematic scene the Prof presented, but I must also say: Bugsda, that's the real essence of the LPL - paint five figures, make a photo, take it to the competition! Fantastic.
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Hawkeye on April 09, 2017, 07:01:01 PM
Wonderful match-up! Both very different (plain background versus richly detailed terrain background), but with fascinating similarities too (the richness and depth of the colours on both!). I agree with Admiral Benbow - while I love those entries with rich and detailed terrain as much as the next guy, sometimes five figures in a line on a plain background can just jump off the screen, and really underline what the format can do. Bugsda's entry does that here, which is what makes the match-up so fascinating, as it's set off against the wonderful terrain background from the Prof, which of course creates its own wonderful effect too. Beautiful work from both of you, and a fascinating match-up. Is it really only Round Two?
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: DivisMal on April 09, 2017, 09:48:14 PM
Awesome. This is like rumble in the jungle. So difficult to decide!
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Dr Mathias on April 12, 2017, 01:43:45 AM
What a titanic battle :)

Great work gents.

Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: BlackSwanPainting on April 12, 2017, 05:13:50 AM
This is a tough one. Almost down to a coin toss, but I finally made a decision.  Great work gents!
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Bugsda on April 12, 2017, 06:24:31 PM
Excellent work Alex, great colours and spot on highlights. The writing on the big clowns shirt is excellent, I thought I'd get slaughtered  ;D
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 13, 2017, 08:38:19 AM
Excellent work Alex, great colours and spot on highlights. The writing on the big clowns shirt is excellent, I thought I'd get slaughtered  ;D

I am also surprised! I think the painting in the entries is of the same level. The one just has more figures, scenery and so on...

But maybe, despite the plain backdrop, you just hit the perfect spot Bugsda.  :)
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Captain Blood on April 13, 2017, 01:31:09 PM
It's the battle of the Plaka paint specialists! ;)
(You two are the only ones I know who regularly use the stuff :))

I do agree Chris, your adventurers are doing amazingly well. I thought The Prof would squish you with another of his marvellous scenes.
Just goes to show that it's perfectly possible for a well painted team on a plain background to hold its own against a dioramic entry. Which, as we know, is always a popular topic of debate every single LPL ::)
The current state of this match pretty much demonstrates that if the painting is good enough, then the backdrop / setting isn't really the deciding factor.
Or not always, anyway.

Good luck to both of you in the remainder of the match. They are both excellent entries  8)
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: moiterei_1984 on April 13, 2017, 11:25:09 PM
Another really tough one!
Outstanding painting and a wonderfully composed scene on the one hand and top notch painting and a focus on the essential on the other.
Title: Re: Round 2 BoB Adventurers vs. Circus Macabre
Post by: Axebreaker on April 14, 2017, 05:53:49 PM
No easy pick here! >:( Both entries are superb! :-*

Christopher