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This figure represents a lot of experimentation for me. I was very pleased to be able to take several classes with Jeremie Bonamant Teboul at Gen Con. His classes on use of colour and light were particularly fascinating and challenging to me, and the delicacy and quality he can achieve with metallics were also very impressive. I wanted to try to put some of what I learned into practice as soon as I got home. Lilith came to mind as a good figure to experiment on. I've loved the sculpt ever since I saw it in green, and it didn't require much prep so I could get right to the painting. The figure was sculpted with fairly prominent eyebrows, and I was concerned about those looking overpowering so I filed them off.
Jeremie's suggestions for colour use include using touches of blue or purple in the shadows and a bit of yellow in the highlights, to reflect the slight yellow cast of sunlight. Also to weave elements of the main colours into other colours on the mini. The shadows and lining of all the mini include mixes of a dark slate blue and red in different concentrations, and the highlights a mix of a lemon yellow and near white. For the zenithal light, I really tried to think about what would be more darkly shaded, rather than just 'valley dark, hill light'. For instance I painted the area under her knee and the underside of the hand much darker than I normally would have. I also experimented again with P3 paints and use of a wet palette, both tools that have frustrated me in the past. I still found them frustrating, but hard to tell how much of that is due to the extremely hot and (for where I live) dry weather this was painted in. Opinions on the results of all these experiments are very welcome!
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idahoan
27-Feb-08
#251487 |  | Rating: 9
Perhaps the best hair I've ever seen. Really captured the depth and texture. |
brushmistress
11-Dec-07
#244154 |  | Rating: 9
Great use of Jeremie's techniques. I attended a brief seminar of his, and it's changed the way I paint. This is so clean, and the blues remind me of soft velveteen. Where did you get the mini?! |
jarhead
08-Nov-07
#240825 |  | Rating: 9
Really nice work, Wren. The softness of the clothing is superb. Your improvement on the skin is fantastic. Keep up the great work on those beatiful minis. |
3rd Eye
01-Nov-07
#240130 |  | Rating: 10
Really great work, if this is the result of experimenting then keep doing so. Love the shading and highlighting, very realistic. As usual the hair is beautiful as are all the little details ( jewellery and the blood on the knife ). She looks like one cold lady. |
Canopicdoll
14-Sep-07
#235547 |  | Rating: 9
The sense of lighting on this one is certainly different from your usual work. Another thing I like about your female minis is the way you painted the hair. My wife is a hair stylist and even she feels you painted them really nicely.
This would be a 10 for me if the skintones had more life to it. |
OrkyDave
03-Sep-07
#234296 |  | Rating: 9
You got my vote for 1st in the golden toadstools this month! Love this Wren, Everything is so smooth and the shading and highlights are spot on! |
generulpoleaxe
01-Sep-07
#234185 |  | Rating: 9
that's a serious leap in painting standards wren, i realy like the natural look that you have done. you will be painting historicals soon lol.  |
Ritual
29-Aug-07
#233870 |  | Rating: 9
This one is extremely nice, and I really think the classes you took paid off. This one has a much more life-like lighting to it then your minis usually have. Your minis used to be more uniformly lighted, whereas this one has much more dynamics between shadows and highlights. Very well done! |
DaN
29-Aug-07
#233854 |  | Rating: 8
This makes me think of Lady Macbeth  Nice one |
Ian Newbold
29-Aug-07
#233844 |  | Rating: 9
Excellent! Very subtle and very smooth. | |
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