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I have had my eyes on this one for a few years. One of the better sculptures from Warhammer. So when I had it on my painting table I rolled up my sleves and went to work wanting to put in as many hours as I could and patience would allow. And here it is. I see areas where I could improve some more but there is a certain point when you just have to put down the mini.

Sometimes I wonder how many hours could you put in on a mini and how would it look like if you put in front of one of the top painters and said you cant stop painting until you have done 400 hours on this mini.
Would it be the most fantastic mini ever or would the artist go insane first?

When I was finishing him up last night and gave him his last dullcoat I tiredly turned my chair and accidently knocked the box the Elf was sitting on to dry and knocking him over the dullcoat still wet.
With heart pounding I found half his shield messed up and some flock knocked of and up on the horse.
"Stupid Elf I tought Falling of the Horse on purpose banging up his shield"

The Fixup took only another 30 min luckily the extent of damage wasnt to bad

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brassangel 30-May-05 #134855		Rating: 10 Excellent paint job. Very clean, and still tabletop playable. I find that more impressive than making an over-dramatic and statuesque base. The colors are realistic and aren't just there for artistic purposes. Great job!
DEMON COLOR 26-May-05 #134335		Rating: 9 I think that is very good mini Your Gold NMM is really greate ! I like him and gems like good too Demon C.
vikinglodge 24-May-05 #134052		Rating: - The leather Glove is worn and were it gets more use it will be lighter as with all leather, I might have gone a little to harsh tho.
Jabberwocky 23-May-05 #133986		Rating: 9 Beautiful work...The NMM of the gold is excellent! After much scrutiny, I can only come up with two minor critiques. On the top picture, the blending of the horse's cloth from midtone to highlight seems a bit abrupt. The other critique is the glove on the sword hand; it also seems a little too harsh--are the fingers intended to be gold, or are the a reflection from the gold on handle of the sword?
supervike 22-May-05 #133919		Rating: 9 Excellent. The gems and NMM are all great, but I really like the horse's coloring.
alvarezwawa 22-May-05 #133881		Rating: 9 realy cool mini! I enjoy it....horse's fur is realistic, gold nmm and cristals too....great mini great! but there is something missing in fears and on base....
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