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Ejhin de Vanth w/ lighting effect attempt

Here I present Ejhin de Vanth, Zealot of Acheron. I found the sculpt amazing, and thought it deserved a nice paintjob to bring it out. Since I had been toying with the idea of trying to paint light effects, I decided to paint her casting a spell, with a kind of magic circle at her feet, illuminating her from below. Quick review of the final result : * I'm happy with : -the base, especially the marble effect -the gold NMM -the blending on the purple robes (smooth) and on the turquoise ones (nice effect, but not so smooth) -the face * I'm not happy with : -the gems ,because you can't see them on the pic (too darn small) -the scroll, because I couldn't manage to write on it -the conversion, because it doesn't turn out as evil as I thought it would -the lighting effect, because I think it doesn't work here. This last one annoys me the most, as I was putting high hopes in this being like my masterpiece, but the (IMO) failed light effect ruins my perception of it. :( On a side note, I converted the mini because I just couldn't manage to paint the standard arms with those faces. :D Another anecdote ? The text around the "macic circle" reads "I will not just believe what I can't understand". I shamelessly stole it from a wallpaper I'd used some time ago. Maybe not appropriate, but I thought it was nifty. :) Tips of the day : -never use ink pens (like a Pilot V7, for example). The ink never dries and it flows everywhere, ruining jour paintjob. -don't apply finish between layers "to protect the paint". Since it's grainy, it makes it impossible to use inks afterwards (as capillarity draws it away from washed areas) -inks and washes are cool, but take a lot of patience (Mini guaranteed Photoshop-editing free, save for level adjustment)

Posted: 29 Jul 2003

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I think the lighting effects are only a little hard to believe because they are coming from a flat source, that looks more like a beautifully painted floor than a spell building. I think it looks wonderful on her skirt, and I think I can see it under her hands as well? the angle of the pic makes that a little hard to see. I think that as the metal on her, erm, hat-thing, is so shiny it might pick up the glow as well even if it wasn't showing on the more matte clothing areas. Perhaps I'm just too used to looking at the 3d minis, but I think a tiny hint of relief might make the glowing bits more obviously the source of the light - perhaps they are glowing balls rising up out of the ground a little?

11 Aug 2003 • Vote: 9

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