Here it is at last... my first Confrontation mini!

**Corvus** · 06-02-2003, 05:03 PM

Please take a look, vote and tell me what you think. :D

http://www.coolminiornot.com/index.p...&m=All&nm=none

Thankz.

Corbin · 06-02-2003, 05:39 PM

I like it alot. Very cool colors scheme. And the base is done well, it would look really cool if it fit into a diorama. I can\'t believe that\'s your first confrontation mini. I was under the impression you\'ve been playing for a while?

Anyways nice going. Can\'t wait to see more. Maybe some Character\'s like Mira?

**Chrispy** · 06-02-2003, 05:43 PM

Very nice, but my advice would be to liven up the red, using orange or even up to yellow highlights, as it\'s looking kinda monochromatic. Some parts also look a little dark to me but those are my only two concerns.. great job!

**Corvus** · 06-03-2003, 03:00 AM

@Chrispy:

Yes, I must admit mixing white with the red for the hightlights was a mistake, it makes it look a bit washed out :). The dark areas I did on purpose, to create a bit of a blacklining effect. I never really tried it as explicitly as with that mini, but I think it worked out pretty well.

@Corbin:

I\'ve been playing and painting WH40k for about a year now, and did a lot of military modelling before that. I decided to paint some Confrontation minis just for fun. I decided on collecting the Griffon forces first, and when I have enough of them, I might one day try a game of Confrontation :). Don\'t worry, Mira will be a part of my collection in the future :D.

**VLRM** · 06-03-2003, 04:31 AM

I do like it. The \"dark\" tones do add depth, and I actually happen to like dark minis, when they\'re well done.
And regarding the red, I wouldn\'t touch it (sorry Chrispy). As it is, it does go well with the overall scheme of the mini.

Good job!

**Tuubje** · 06-03-2003, 04:51 AM

nice job! that\'s about it for my comments :D (wel I kinda agree on the \"liven up the red\" , it\'s a very light-heroic-model, and the you have the dark red.)
Besides that, niiiiice :D

**Corvus** · 06-03-2003, 05:24 AM

Thanks Tuubje, I hope I will some day visit Celtic Cross with minis to show off :D

When can I see one of your paintjobs on this site?

**el pimpo** · 06-03-2003, 06:29 AM

Sweet! Love the blue. I don\'t think that the red looks too dark. ( I\'m not really a fan of bright reds on mini\'s anyway...) Otherwise the red might become too dominant (because of it\'s high contrast value with blue...) and I do think that blue is the main colour here?

**Tuubje** · 06-03-2003, 06:48 AM

Originally posted by Corvus
Thanks Tuubje, I hope I will some day visit Celtic Cross with minis to show off :D

When can I see one of your paintjobs on this site?

Right here http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse.php?submitter=Tuubje , but like I always say: I love to paint, I\'m just not that good at it. I tend to go for \"tabletop quality\" :)

**Corvus** · 06-03-2003, 07:07 AM

Originally posted by TuubjeRight here http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse.php?submitter=Tuubje , but like I always say: I love to paint, I\'m just not that good at it. I tend to go for \"tabletop quality\" :)

OK, sorry, I didn\'t check your account for a while... the only time i have checked there was only one mini, which was scanned very poorly :).

Tuubje, another question, do you think there are Confrontation players at CC that might be interested in buying one of my miniatures, or having me paint a mini for them? I always wanted to sell a mini or do a commission job, but I\'m not very eager to place them on ebay and ship them to foreign countries and other stuff like payment etc... So selling minis to people I can meet makes could be the solution...

**Tuubje** · 06-03-2003, 08:01 AM

for buying them I\'m not sure, but comission work, maybe :) .

Really I actually don\'t know, most people there paint and play, so you\'ll have to ask there :)

**Corvus** · 06-03-2003, 08:11 AM

Hmmm, I should ask the shopkeeper if he knows someone... anyway I should really visit you guys someday when you are gathered to play.

I\'ve taken a look at your minis and have voted a 6 for both of them. For gaming purposes you really don\'t need more than that, I think you have found a good balance between quality and speed of painting.

**Tuubje** · 06-03-2003, 08:54 AM

2 more of my mini\'s are on the way: a repost for the Giant and an orque crossbowman for my confrontation warband.
oh, corvus a question, I really like how you blended the armour and I would like to do so on my orques. Could you mail me how to do it, I\'ve read several tutorials, but I just don\'t get it...Do you have to blend while the paint is wet? How many colours do you need? That sort of thing, I prefer dutch :D , or just post a link if you have one, that would be nice too :P

**Corvus** · 06-03-2003, 09:24 AM

No problem my friend, I will put all the details in a mail (in Dutch!) when I have some time...

**Wolfsbane21** · 06-03-2003, 01:54 PM

wow cool, I really have to put some new pics on here......my old ones suck, but I just wanted to become a member.

Carolus · 06-04-2003, 02:17 AM

Corvus, that is one hell of a nicely painted mini! If all your minis will be painted as well as that one, then you will have a smashingly nice visual army :)

Carolus, who will probably face Corvus\'s painted minis one day with his unpaitned ones ;)