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I've wanted to paint this sculpt for a whlie, and a convergence of a Hallowe'en contest at Reaper and a challenge to paint OSL (object source lighting) in round two of the Iron Painter proved a good spur. The figure comes in a pack with a fancy coffin, treasure chest and tall candalabra, but I wanted the OSL to come from a different direction than above, so I grabbed a cool tombstone from another Reaper pack and added some candles to it with GS. The wax drippings and flame were made with Woodland Scenics Water Effects. The flower is a dried flower with parts from a different dried flower glued on for leaves.
My idea with this was to paint two different types of light - the warm orangey light from the candle, and a bluer, more desaturated zenithal moonlight. With both, I mixed the colour of the 'light' into the shading and highlight mixes rather than using glazes. I ended up having to use some glazes on the gravestone, as I only used yellow in my highlight mix on the lighted side of it, and it needed a little bit of orange and red to look right. The shadows on the dark side all used a mix of black and P3 Coal Black, a greeny-blue dark paint. A bit of that combo was mixed into the base colours used on the light side to get the basecoats for the dark side. I used a mini flashlight to check the location of the light reflection and shadows before painting them on the base.
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Viewer comments:
SystemOfaDown
25-Sep-09
#303658 |  | Rating: 10
So realistic! the OSL is incredible! |
SPEZNAZ
25-Jul-08
#265701 |  | Rating: 10
The lights, THE LIGHTS!! |
krom1415
02-Apr-08
#254353 |  | Rating: 10
Excellent the lighting works very well |
Joek
03-Feb-08
#249332 |  | Rating: 9
Wonderful figure, brilliantly painted. Love the lighting effects. |
TheDark
16-Jan-08
#247593 |  | Rating: 10
Fantastic Work, i love the OSL you made on this mini |
Bill
12-Dec-07
#244287 |  | Rating: 9
Absolutely amazing OSL - definitely some of the best I've seen. But somehow the face looks odd to me, kind of as if it was freehanded on? I don't know, it just doesn't seem to work. The rest is lovely. |
Redfink
12-Dec-07
#244198 |  | Rating: 10
Ooooh... lovely! The OSL works very well. Great job! |
Cheeba
26-Nov-07
#242594 |  | Rating: 10
fantastic work...great atmosphere...i love it.
The only thing i can complain about is the back of the dress...doesn't look very clean  ...but beside that great work |
Gildor
20-Nov-07
#241987 |  | Rating: 10
amazing job! |
treide
11-Nov-07
#241251 |  | Rating: 10
Not much else to say but "lovely"! That OSL is great, and the scene evokes all sorts of nice and not-so nice thoughts (I wouldn't mind being her victim)! | |
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