Arwen

[matty1001]

Yes another one, i\'m like a sodding bus

Just trying to finish off my backlog of WIP\'s.

This was a practice with NMM. And more practice with reds.

Voting link: http://www.coolminiornot.com/181719

 

[Avelorn]

Lovely! The reds are wonderful and I like the skintones as well.

But I think you should do a quick-fix of one detail. And that\'s the part between her neck and hair, probably her sleve. It shouldn\'t be skin coloured anyway.

 

[War Griffon]

Originally posted by Avelorn
But I think you should do a quick-fix of one detail. And that\'s the part between her neck and hair, probably her sleve. It shouldn\'t be skin coloured anyway.

Agreed, it shows up in the first photo (top left shot)

A huge improvement on your work from last time Matty well done, I have one other fault though and that is it looks like she could do with a bit more dullcote as she seems a bit shiney in places.

 

[Talonicus]

Great job Matty.
You continue to improve..... at ths rate you will be a real threat at GD grrrrrrrrrr.

Lovely overall painting, nice colour scheme and well applied.
8.5++ from me.

Nigel

 

[matty1001]

Cheers

Il sort that bit out cheers Sven, never noticed that.

I ain\'t varnished it yet, but I have found red\'s can be a bit shiny on photos (mine anyway) my pirate suffered from this aswell.

Cheers Nigel, il try my best :drunk:

 

[Wren]

Very pretty! The face is lovely, and I really like the reds, as well. The simplicity of the freehand patterns suits how you\'ve painted her very nicely. I like the base a lot, too. Some areas of the hair look a little over-highlighted to my eye.

 

[Arma]

Very nice. How did you make the snow and the icicles?

Only part I don\'t like is the NMM - looks more stone-ish and heavy.

 

[matty1001]

Ta, NMM is hit and miss for me. Prefer metallics, but I like to dabble now and then.

Snow and ice is easy. Ice is just small triangles cut out of blister pack then superglued on. The snow is a bi-carb and PVA mix. Then just applied the snow with a brush making sure i covered the gaps where he icicles were attached.
Sprinkle some bicarb over it all and gloss the icicles and bobs yer\' uncle.

 

[freakinacage]

nice work. not keen on the nmm either but the face is lovely. roll on gduk!

 

[squig hunter]

I really like the base and the red\'s, but I think the hair looks too gray and you need to define better between areas (especially the hair/face)

Squig

 

[treide]

The skin is lovely! For her blade, I would suggest dark blue to white transitions rather than the dark grey/black (looks stoney as others have mentioned, and appears more orcish than elvish). Cool idea with the icicles!

 

[generulpoleaxe]

sweet work mate

easy way to make your nmm look better is to look at nmm style metalics that have been dullcoted, makes it much easier to compare colours needed.

 

[nick232]

hate to spoil the party but i think the skin is a bit too orangy/yellow on the sides it needs to be more subtle.

but appart from that really cool 9.

 

[olliekickflip]

Nice job matty! The face is especially nice. I think your shadows could still be a little deeper in the clothes but all in all a nice job. A lot of hard work is starting to pay off for you buddy! Keep it up!

a

 

[rosac]

very nice, possibly a GDUK entry?

I dont mean to be cheeky, but any chance you can reveal your skin mix and your red mix, I would like to use this for my templars and possibly my eldar.

overall a great mini- 8.5 from me.

rosac

 

[matty1001]

Cheers for the comments

Skin is;
Basecoat, GW Bronzed Flesh
Shade, VMC Transparent Red
Highlight, GW Elf Flesh and VMC Ivory

Red is;
Basecoat, P3 Sanguine Base
Shade, Purple and Black mix
Highlight, P3 Sanguine Highlight and P3 Sanguine Highlight mixed with GW Fiery Orange.

 

[supervike]

I love the face, if I were going to criticize though, I\'d have to say the \'grey\' in her hair doesn\'t sell me on her being a \'ever-young\' elf. It makes her look middle aged.

I\'m at a loss on how to correct it though....maybe more blue for the highlights, instead of grey/white?