Dalamyr - Fleetmaster of Umbar

[Avelorn]

Hey

I managed to get some photos of my LOTR entry!

Dalamyr

I just want to take the time to say that I had a blast! I wish there had been even more time to hang around and chat! That I manage to get gold with this one was just a big bonus! I am really chuffed!

I\'m quite happy how it came out overall. The face was a try to do even more detailing and get a feel for the expression of the miniature and try to also show a bit of the bonestructure. It was really helpful to look at historical larger scale miniatures and of course traditional art. I did have to do some slight re-sculpting though as the cast was missing one eye and a few other bits. The sculpt was pretty flat but that also meant that I could draw out all the detailing of the face and really make it my own.

I felt that I had to practice my freehand as well. So I thought I would do something over the top. The main inspiration was the painting of the so called \"Russian Vityaz\" Mine is not as sharp as theirs but it was really fun trying to analyse how they do their patterns. I went with pretty subdued colouring though just so that the freehand wouldn\'t take too much attention. Hopefully it works.

I got some really helpful suggestions during the way from Anders, Sebastian and Cedric! Thank you very much!

Comments and critique are very welcome!

Cheers and again great meeting all of you!

 

[Ritual]

Oi, where\'s the elf? :cussing:

 

[Bill]

That\'s one of the best minis I\'ve seen in ages. Congrats!

 

[El Matador]

Congratulations on the Gold its very nice and i love the cloak, what is a \"Russian Vityaz\"? i googled it and it means warrior in russian?

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by El Matador
what is a \"Russian Vityaz\"? i googled it and it means warrior in russian?

There\'s a school in Russia where talented children learn to paint miniatures from a very young age. They are specialists at freehand painting. They do stuff like this...

 

[alextheartist]

Dayum, i wish we had schools like that in the UK..

Alex

 

[freakinacage]

not bad! i reackon he was the best of the 3.

 

[squig hunter]

Paint, paint my chvildren, and zhen, maybe I give you antidote...

Nice mini Avelorn, don\'t think I got a chance to speak to you at GD. Not so sure about the hair on his head though.

Squig

 

[alextheartist]

I thougt i talked to him, turns out it was someone else...

Very nice, one of my favs this year!

Alex

 

[Avelorn]

Thank you guys!

The Elf will have some more painting before it is finished I think. I made some bad decisions that I will try to remedy. I\'ll redo some freehand and add some freehand to the back. The ogre will be posted in a few days.

 

[green stuff]

Congrats again on your win Sven ! Fully deserved considering how you slaved over it Saturday and Sunday to finish it .

What I find most promissing in this mini is that you found a way to get your awesome freehand finally noticed, even though it\'s still subtle. I think the composition has a lot to do in that, plus the fact that the details are evenly distributed around the mini which pushes the spectator to look all arround it.

 

[Infidel Castro]

The green and the face - cracking. A deserved winner :beer:

 

[Talonicus]

Brilliant painting on a tiny little mini.
Freehand is perfect. Your painting is very subtle which is lost in the photos.
Well done.

Nigel

 

[mattrock]

The face and the cloak are definite highlights for me. I particularly like what you did with the hair around the base of the head. Great work and a well deserved Gold.

As the Vityaz model: