10 balls WIP

[meaty_nosebleeds]

haha i suppose so sskel, though the only magic those blue mushrooms will preform are poison spells.

 

[wargamesculptor]

Sorry to hear you didn't place this year mate, although the crowd must have liked your work as I've seen pictures on twitter of your duel entry all day. What's your next comp Euro militare ?

 

[ten ball]

Thanks mate got 4 finalists pins so I should be pleased !

Yep Euro next.

 

[wargamesculptor]

glad to hear you came away with something mate

 

[ellis_esquire]

Was great to see you on Sunday man good work on the finalists!

 

[Maenas]

Congratulations for those finalist placings ^^

 

[Darthmarsh]

Congratulations on the finalist pins Lee. From what I've heard this years quality was increadibly high so that's no mean achievement. Gobo looks great. The vibrant red of the nose is great but I think it could do with a little more tonal difference, just to break up the big block of colour

 

[ten ball]

Thanks all

Mixed emotions, really great day, loved meeting up with my friends, venue was good again, pleased to get all my minis into the finals and vindication for my marine that was cast aside at the last 'mini golden demon' last year and got finalist stickers all over it as soon as it was placed into the cabinet - go figure!?

Anyway after hundreds of hours painting GW minis for GD ive had to have a quick break from fantasy and with Euro militaire next ive been work on a historical bust.

Face nearly finished, the result of four days x three hours per night.

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[Quantum Man]

Glad for the marine! I really like the skin but straight away the eyes felt off; I think the blue and white are far too bright. Sorry if the eyes aren't finished! The top of his lip is brilliant btw

 

[Bailey03]

Fantastic looking face and skin tones. I always enjoy watching you tackle the larger scale stuff

 

[AndyG]

Lovely work on the skin there mate just right with the tones. I might be tempted to add a very thin glaze of desaturated grey/skin mid tone as a bit of 5 o'clock shadow. It's nice to drop GW for a bit and change sizes.

 

[SaintToad]

Face is looking great. Definitely see that commitment to using bolder colors (color more boldly?), and I think it looks wonderful. Andy is probably right about the 5 o'clock shadow, though perhaps you might wait to see how the facial palette fits in with the rest of the figure before making final adjustments. Awesome start.

 

[KruleBear]

I love the face. Really has a cold feel to it. I could see adding some color to the warts though.

 

[SkelettetS]

nice to see your on it again looks great so far!

i havent picked up the brush since gd yet, hope inspiration will strike soon...

 

[BloodASmedium]

Outstanding ten!!!

 

[Kretcher]

Ten really like the face as someone mentioned before perhaps the white in the eye should be a little bit less.


/K

 

[BloodASmedium]

Lee from my perspective I have to politely disagree . The eyes are perfect.. Please do not tamper with those lovely peepers. I'm telling you you'll be sorry.

 

[ten ball]

Thanks all
Quantum/Kretcher - yep the eyes do look bright, its the thin glaze of gloss varnish that seems to have caught the light on the photo. They don't look as bad on this update.

More WIP, this is my favourite part of painting skin when the main block of colour is down (and your happy with it) and you start with the fine tuning and glazing
Glazed back the lines under his eyes as too dark and looked unnatural, added more 9 oclock shadow as suggested.

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[YetiSA]

Looking really good Ten. You've got some great subtlety going in that face. I really like the stubble in particular, very realistic.

 

[wargamesculptor]

Stunning as always mate