Exceptional work. I really like how you've used the green.
Just. So. Good. Such great work.
Thank you for the very kind words and encouragement guys
Great painting and photography as usual Darrell
One problem I find with close ups is that they inevitably reveal tiny bare patches or flaws that I cannot see with the naked eye (even with magnifiers) and so this means that I often have to touch up and photograph again.
Thank you mate
Not really. On occasion it has happened but it is quite rare. The last piece I did for my Italian Wars collection the Spanish Cannon really needed touching up as it had a great dollop of the basecoat I use for the bases over the half an arm on one of the mini's. Usually if I detect any mistakes they are minor and I just let them be. A decade ago I might very well have jumped up and sorted them out bit not now, life's too short.
I never see any such flaws with yours though - is this something you have to do - I suspect the reason it happens to me is that I paint quite quickly but i get the impression you are very methodical and diligent in your approach, the result of winch is the superb quality
I think the best way to answer that is to say that I've done quite a few speed painting exercises over the years but only on miniatures that I think would suit that style- and my speed painting might very well be slow for some! Normally, I am indeed quite methodical. I tend to paint one area on a mini then the next rather then putting down all the base colours then highlighting etc. I'm quite lucky in that I can visualise what other colours would be complimentary etc and might be useful on any given model. Part Art School (i.e. real paintings) and partly gleaned in over two decades of painting miniatures.
I have to add, I was alo very lucky in that my first real (attend every week) club was SESWC (Edinburgh Wargames Club) which included members like Brian Phillips and David Imrie. I learned a hell of a lot from both of them in terms of technique and we would spend more time than is probably healthy talking about painting miniatures! I got to see the work of Andrew Taylor "in the flesh" at Claymore most years which was a real eye opener too (his work still astounds me- almost certainly the best in the business).
I'm interested to know
I hope that all makes sense mate?
19 September 2010, 06:53:43 PM
