Dracula...

alextheartist

New member
I got the eolith dracula at christmas, very cool mini. He is also my iron painter round 2 entry for "cold blooded killer" Hope you guys like him :)


http://coolminiornot.com/240065

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mattrock

New member
I love his coat. The red is very nice and contrasts well against the silver clasps.

There's something about the shots that show the back of the neck...

I'm thinking maybe the highlight on the skin there is a bit bright? I can't quite put my finger on it, but it keeps drawing my eye back again.

Overall, very nice model though. I voted 8. :)
 

supervike

Super Moderator
A proper vampire!

Love the richness of the colors.

I agree about the fleshtone...it maybe just a bit too healthy looking.
 

mickc22

Granddad!
Overall good job Alex, I'd have gone for a more pallid fleshtone, myself (he is dead after all) :smile-big:
Steve's sculpts are a joy to paint tho
 

cybersquig

Dangerous when wet
...and a pain to paint, and I mean that in the nicest possible way...they're so clean and smooth that one dodgy blend and you're finished! how does this mini manage to be atmospheric and cheezy at the same time?
 

alextheartist

New member
I know what you mean, his waistcoat just didnt want to blend (the boots however were a joy)..

I have shae to paint too, so that should be fun :)
 
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Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
Alex; I've looked at this a lot since Yesterday and I feel that I have to be honest and say I don't think that this is anywhere near your normal work.
It looks totally flat and without any contrast or great variation in colour tones, which seem really compressed.

Also there are several flaws I can see in the painting, mostly shown in the second of the frontal shots. There looks to be a trail of silver paint on the chest close to the cloak, there is a trace of overpaint on the cloak/thumb intersection, there looks to be red on the collar of the underjacket and one of the buttons on the surtout looks off centre.

I've looked long and hard at the Red coat and the more I look at it the more I think that the highlighing is 'wrong'. You have a patch of lighter fabric at the peak of the sturnum and again at the area close to the hip, but nothing to link the two together. I also have to say that the Silver/Red combination isn't working for me, especially combined with the brown underjacket.

Altogether I think that the whole figure is too dark, so a lot of your work is lost in shadow.
 
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