WotC Hill Giant

This is an older paintjob and one of the first minis I tried to use all techniques (shading, hightlighting, washes and drybrushing) I've found in books about miniature painting or on websites. But I know that I still have some problems e.g. with fur, it looks mainly the same all the time although I tried to paint different kinds of animal hide. After some very helpful critiques by members of the 'Mini- Painter'-mailing list I did some rework on this miniature. First I tried to improve the contrast of the fur. I'm not fully satisfied with the result but it was hard to do a good job because this figure consists of two main body parts wich I painted seperately at the first time. Now I wasn't able to reach all parts of the miniature without breaking it (something I wouldn't do). Second I did some rework on the skin, adding some darker shades and improving the overall contrast as well. The last thing I did to this miniature was to cover the teeth and skulls with a wash of light brown. Sven "Vulture" Wichert Comments are very much apprechiated ;)

Posted: 26 Jun 2002

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vincegamer
Drybrushing highlights on skin gives an unnatural chalky look. Nice face, and I like the warpaint, but there should be some on the cheeks and I think I'd skip it on the skulls. War paint is not just decoration, it's armor. Warpaint creates magical protections (so the warrior beleived) and why would you need to protect a dead skull? People tend to call them tattoos, but real medieval era tattoos would not be blue. Fix that left hand where thumb and finger merge.
2 Aug 2002 • Vote: 7
nadinbrzezinski
Having done this mini at one time, kudos to you... I know how hard that thing was to fit and file.
30 Jun 2002
Vulture
As said, it's an older mini. On the other hand, the symbols aren't meant to be tattoos but warpainting.
27 Jun 2002 • Vote: 8
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