Dirz Aberration Prime

[Juggernaut]

I just wanted to know what you guys think about this.
(Nobody commented on it on the voting page)
So I thought I try it here
I didn\'t go with the usual pale skin everybody seems to use for the clones as I reasoned that this thing doesn\'t spend all it\'s time undergroud but roams above in the desert keeping nosy intruders away; therefore it is bound to heave a somewhat tanned complexion.
Thanks! to all the people who voted; I apreciate it.
Cheers,
Juggernaut

 

[Duren86]

Wow. I like him alot. I think the only thing I see that I would work on might be your contrast from the deep recesses to the higher points on him. Esp on the back where the purple is. Other than that I think that\'s a Hell of a good job!

 

[TKNY]

Yes he\'s quite good. I especially like the way the blade looks, sort of an electric NMM ( if that makes any sense )

I like the color choice. Somewhat pastel and \"pleasant\" which is a nice contrast to a horrifying monster.

Crits - I\'m not too fond of the grey helmut, maybe it just seems flat or I don\'t like the color, not totally sure.

I\'m don\'t get the impression that there is a light source, it seems you highlighted all the raised areas. The highlighting on the uper arm seems to be the same as the inner thigh underneath him.

I would like to see a bigger image of this guy, I also see a bit of jpeg compression I think.

All in all a fine job!! :beer:

 

[Manus]

He\'s quite a cool mini - what gamesystem is he from?
I think you have made him interesting to look at with all those colors and a well done paintjob. I cant help thinking he is a little messy - not in the bad way, but colorwise. A bit to many colors if you understand what I mean. When I look at the front shot I have to take a closer look to see the different details - where as when I look at shot #2 it\'s a more calm and a lot easier to see the details - without loosing any coolness or sickness.
You could try user fewer colors or try mixing the purple into all the different colors even the green and red to bring the colors together.
The painting is very well executed and the base is great so I\'d rate it around 8

 

[matty1001]

Some nice colours, reminds me of Jeremie Dupuits stuff.

Now just work on contrast, especially more shading on the belly and areas that would be in shadow.

The blades are great!

 

[Juggernaut]

Thanks for the input guys:beer:
@Manus: He\'s a Confrontation mini from Rackham ( first plastic they did and quality wise way better than the plasic minis they\'re selling atm).
He doesn\'t actually have a real issue with the pletora of colors as he\'s pretty big (60mm base) I think it\'s more my crappy picts. (I\'M not the best photographer in the world and I\'m actually happy that he doesn\'t look like a road kill on the picts.)

His chest area was actually supposed to be covered by either a chest plate or a ribcage but I liked the bio mechanic heart and prefered it to be visible.

And you\'re right I highlighted the raised areas equally (I haven\'t thought about that to be honest, he\'s for gaming after all:redface: ) but I have more of the big Dirz fellows to do (together with the rest of the army) so I\'ll give it a go next time.:drunk:
I\'m quite pleased with the effect of the purple between the armor plates (and I don\'t even know why I did it).

He also has the most detailed base I put together up to date and the first osl I didn\'t completely mess up ( which doesn\'t mean that there\'s not much room to improve); all in all not too shabby for under 10 hours work.

@Duren86: right, messed the back up with an ink that wasn\'t deluted enough :cussing: :flame: but then I really wasn\'t in any mood to paint all that over again...the rest is camera flash (mostly).
@TKNY: the helmet\'s a khaki color with some bone/ white highlights and 1 or 2 inks/washes, but I see what you mean.
( I wanted to make it stand out without drawing too much attention from the blades and/or the open chest area...might have gotten a bit lost there )
@matty1001: ok, I\'\'ll n00biefy myself: who\'s Jeremy Dupuits????

Cheers,
Juggernaut

 

[matty1001]

This fella: http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/jeremie

 

[Juggernaut]

Aaaah,yes,thanks.
Remember the Nurgle daemon.
Man...these French guys...jeez...
Thanks for the flowers (I guess).
*I\'m off pitying myself now.*