AndyG WIP (pic heavy)

AndyG

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Your on mate will do.

I have just found the joys of scaly green. Why have I not painted with this before ...go on why? I'm waiting for an answer! ;)
It's a bloody awesome colour.

More photos later.
 

Willdorling

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Looking nice buddy. Nice NMM's. Robe looks like it might need a little smoothing but as usual - I love your contrasts!.

Will
 

AndyG

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Your right needs smoothing out with some glazes and filtering. My main area of improvement is smoothing the blends and doing better basing. Does any one else find that they improved when they joined cmon and then plateau? Improving even a tiny bit is really hard work now.
 

10 ball

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Well I thought my blending was really improving until I saw a registered score of
6.9 on my fleet officer. Cmon is a blessing and curse, it can be very helpful and full of encouragement to help you improve but on
the other hand one low score can knock the wind out of you.
 

AndyG

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WTF! 6.9! Dude your a GD finalist pin holder a honourable mention type thing by being in the salute 2012 magazine with your barbarian and a consistent mid to high 8 on the voting. I saw the mini and it was a beautiful blue blend on the coat and a great job on the face.

Time to do another duck me thinks! ;)
 

Willdorling

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Andy - your work has come on loads but I think its time to go for something completely different. If I were you I would drop the NMM and fleshtones and try something very different. Going out of your comfort zone is the best way to improve. My Grimgor was a move away from the NMM and spacemarines I'd been playing with and came as such a nice change. Made me step up a notch!

Well worth a try, then come back to your favourite areas with new perspective.
 

AndyG

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Good points Will watch this space in a couple of months got something coming up that is definately out of my comfort zone.

Anyway for now I have near enough finished the Inquisitor. For me I've zoomed through it very easy to paint.

Any comments and thoughts would be good.

Will take some proper pics tommorow and post on submisions.
 

AndyG

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I love my bob olley ogres

Gone old school and out of my comfort zone shading wise using opposing colours for shading for the first time rather than darker shades such as black. Instead using greens and purples etc. love this 80's bob Olley sculpt of an ogre mercenary. Looks like its been sculpted with a chainsaw but heck I love him. Trying to do chainmail nmm weird effects. Sorry about the photos had to use my mobile phone as the wife had my new camera. Better pics next time
 

shakes

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I'm exceptionally jealous at the moment, I haven't seen this model in years and would love to get my hands on one : ) I wonder if hes still available in the collectors range : D if not theres always the ebay I suppose.

Nice work.

Shakes
 

KruleBear

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Excellent Andy. I would have never thought to use green armor...and i like it. I am looking at mine now and getting excited. I have to get my minotaur done tomorrow and then i am going to get to work on my copy of this ogre.
 

AndyG

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Got back from euro with my eyes widend. Got to thin my paints even more and have to up the contrast by a huge amount got to go all the way from black to white shadows to topmost highlite. Ye gods feel like a rank amature.

Any way before i embark on a real humdinger I am going to finish this ogre off because despite everything said I have a real soft spot for old school.

So heres some updates.
 

Milosh

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seeing all of that great stuff in person can sure change the way you approach painting. This guy is looking nice BTW
 

Willdorling

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Looking good andy. Quite old school paint job I think which is nicely in keeping with the mini itself. Some smoothing needed to my eyes but thats the only c&c at the moment.

Cheers
Will
 

AndyG

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Yeah will filter to make the transitions more smooth. Thinking of a nice base for it as well and maybe send the finished pics on to Bob Olley see if he can make use of them on his website. I strongly recomend lovers of old school to have a look at his site it brought a very nostalgic smile to my face and as he is a one man band and I'm firmly of the opinion we should support outfits like him.

http://www.olleysarmies.co.uk/home.html
 

dogfacedboy uk1

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Nice Inquisitor Andy, its quite a mesmerizing blue on the robes, I like it. Your Bob Olly ogre is looking good to, I would normally say an old school mini requires an old school paintjob as well but then I thought, well maybe not, might be worth trying something different with one. I do have a few of old school figures myself still so I might experiment when i get around to them. eventually, lol.
 
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