February - The "I Loathe This Model" Contest

Dragonsreach

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Aaaaaaand I've lost my starting point pictures....&€@@%# bugger!

Here's where I am at the moment...The Solitaire.

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As as you might have guessed I wasn't totally happy with the posture or GW's advertising Paintjob.
I recon I've still got a bit to do yet.
 

oistene

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That's marvellous, DR! I know what you mean about the poses, though. The sculpts are okay, but the pose, particularly how they have chosen to angle them towards the bases... I think it is supposed to be dynamic, but I just find them weird.
 

Darkk

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Update on my entry retouched to give finer details and got better lighting, I need to practice getting straighter lines on the patterns, Im not happy with the shield gen and electric parts any ideas on those?

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Dragonsreach

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That's marvellous, DR! I know what you mean about the poses, though. The sculpts are okay, but the pose, particularly how they have chosen to angle them towards the bases... I think it is supposed to be dynamic, but I just find them weird.
Thank you, I've been a Fan of Harlequins since I first started playing 40K lots of years ago and have a Metric Fudge Tonne of them (some of the troupes are painted as well). But after the last release I was disappointed with the way they were posed and structured.
Still I'll have to get the finger out and do something about them if just for my own satisfaction.
 

oistene

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I can't exactly say that I am ahead... but at least Dave is taking shape:

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Flesh is done (though looking at the picture, I think I need to check if his face needs to be more pale), the rest is pretty much just basecoat. Going to freehand a logo on his t-shirt - I'm no good at freehand, is it better to paint it before or after adding shades and highlights to the shirt?
 
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Jike Ichi

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Thank you, I've been a Fan of Harlequins since I first started playing 40K lots of years ago and have a Metric Fudge Tonne of them (some of the troupes are painted as well). But after the last release I was disappointed with the way they were posed and structured.
Still I'll have to get the finger out and do something about them if just for my own satisfaction.

DR, I like your version more than the GW one, especially the white "holographic" parts. Nice deep blue on the cloak. That said I'm outing myself that I NEVER liked the harlequins. ;) I never liked the checkered colour schemes in comparison to the other Eldar troops. I never liked the Wraithlords with masks too, they look like a Venetian carneval robot....srry...feels wrong for me in comparison to the other Eldar troops which look slick and futuristic. I love these designs! I'm a very very fan of the Eldar and played them myself some years. The Falcon is one of my favourite tank designs! Tastes are different DR. I like what you did with this miniature though.

I don't know where the GW designs are going to, but after that new Nagash design it killed my interest in following it. It's becoming more and more a G.I. Joe Toys Are Us cartoony style...Don't get me wrong, I love Warhammer stuff, but the last miniatures they put out...
Okay enough bitching... :)


Another interesting point is that GW adapted to the design people had for the Harlequins for many years! The new Harlequin jetbike is exactly the same look as people modified them into for years. Maybe GW should pay the people for copying their designs.
Maybe lower the prices!? :D

@darkk: The lines on the pattern look better. You use washes right? I think you used a brown one on the hilt of the axe, right? The yellows would look better with a brown wash too. As of now the are very intense. If you can do it you can blend the yellows to a brown on the lower parts of that drill thingy. Yellow is a very difficult colour to paint imho.
for the lightning part: I really like your composition, of the bolts. You could do some drybrushing to get softer transition on the blue on the back of the orc head (which is coming from the blue light!?) And for final a white drybrush on the upper parts and small white dots on the energy balls.
Hope thats info you can use orimport on the miniature. :) All is my personal opinion though!

@oistene: This miniature looks so tiny? It's smaller than normal 20mm figures right? I Like the skin colour!
 
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Terrafirma

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A bit of an update on mine , base is now done but needs finishing touches on paint.
figure is base coated , now painting .
a few pics , sorry if they are side ways can't figure out my iPad auto rotate , plus I'm an Aussie we are a bit skew iff.
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oistene

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@oistene: This miniature looks so tiny? It's smaller than normal 20mm figures right? I Like the skin colour!

Nope, normal 28mm! I think the face that I cropped off everything outside of the pic makes it seem small. He is also a pretty skinny guy... :)
 

Terrafirma

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More rust on the body , need to now add more roughage and rust detail and then incorporate the model into the base with vines and plants
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Jike Ichi

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Just a quick update. Primed the Monkey King black again and started to paint him with a black fur instead of a light brown one. The 3 pins in the cloud are now hidden with Miliput and the cloud is overall a little bigger.
 

Jike Ichi

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Final update. Piece is mostly done. Gold needs some more details/painting, maybe some patterns (I'll see how much time is left). Then some polishing, corrections and a final look. I think I can make it in time. A friend is volunteering to make a photo of the finished Monkey King this weekend. I suck at making photos as you may have noticed already. :)

When is the deadline for posting photos? I hope I can manage to upload on sunday.
 
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