Elephant Jungle God

[AndyG]

Finaly submited my Hathya Studio McVey. Without doubt my favourite mini of all time! I honestly dont understand why there arent more of these painted and out there its an unbelievable sculpt.

Heres the voting link http://www.coolminiornot.com/347298

and heres some pics

 

[me_in_japan]

Truth be told, I'm not really a fan of all the anthropomorphic minis out there. Elephant men, rhino men, snake men, even. Oddly, I'm fine with trolls, though. Go figure. Regardless of my personal preference for sculpts, though, that is a stonking paint job. I really like how the model stands out clearly against the backdrop, despite them both being fairly subdued colours. The pink in the flower also sets off the blue in the loincloth very well. Likewise it brings out the pink in the knees too. The smoothness of the blends is rather swanky, too. Tip o the hat to ye, mr andyG sir. *hatdoff*

 

[Zab]

I love it, with a healthy amount of green eyed jealousy too. Though, I probably would have ruined it with the title card if I had done it. You can be there would have been a Homer Simpson quote from the episode where he impersonates Ganesh at Apu's wedding. You are getting really, really, REALLY good at this, man. :good::good::good:

 

[Demihuman]

Man! Looks great! The pachyderm texture of the skin really sets off he smoothness of the cloth. Fantastic. I am also really impressed by how fast you put all this together. Your WIP is an inspiration!

I do have a question though. To me the pink/lavender background doesn't work. I am struggling with photos, so maybe I am just wrong, but it seems to me like the background is beating up on the flower and the pink in the skin. Did you try other backgrounds?

 

[AndyG]

Thanks for the really nice comments guys! Loved doing this one and it was made really easy by the fantastic level of the sculpting. Other people really should ave a go at doing this mini.

Yeah the background tried it first with a plain black background but the camera kept setting the light exposure way up when I used this and the contrast on the grey skin just got completely bleached out nightmare so compromised with this background instead.

 

[TrystanGST]

The fact that these pictures are as large as they are and it still looks amazing is, well, amazing. You and ten are proving to be very good at this. Having my own SMV resins arrive recently, I have no doubt that this is a wonderfully sculpted (and cast) piece.

 

[Canny]

/Bow to the acceleration of skill, pushing your limits every time, You are inspiring to everyone taking a peak and following your wip. Like Trystan said big pictures and yet infantisimal brush strokes seen.
I like the water effects also, well done on it NOT being a flat pool, the slight wave in the water really adds to the feel of the enviroment.

 

[Demihuman]

Yeah the background tried it first with a plain black background but the camera kept setting the light exposure way up when I used this and the contrast on the grey skin just got completely bleached out nightmare so compromised with this background instead.

Argh! that happens to me too. Is there a camera savvy person that knows how to fix that? Or can explain what the camera is doing in those situations?

 

[Zab]

Or can explain what the camera is doing in those situations?

Yes the camera is laughing at you and giving the middle finger. Stupid camera, always mocking me... :mad-tongue:

 

[Dragonsreach]

Argh! that happens to me too. Is there a camera savvy person that knows how to fix that? Or can explain what the camera is doing in those situations?

Yes simply put the metering system in the camera is "averaging" out the darks and lights across the whole area its measuring. Since its a high contrast Black and ?white? It kinda over compensates (guess its male) and makes the figure ( the ?white?) washout.
DSLR's with spot metering get round this, just, but at a £££££ (or $$$$) cost.

Using a plain 'grey' background will start you getting reasonable overall pics from compact cameras/ cameras with 'averaging" metrering systems. Then just like the movies its down to post production work.

 

[Kretcher]

If you do have a camera where you can do manual settings you can choose your time and ??? Aperture (bländare in Swedish) to control the amount of light and time of exposure. It really helps to have a tripod or something to mount the camera on and have longer time with less light coming through the lens. That gives a longer depth of field in the picture and also with a tripod sharper pictures with less "shaking" from your hand. But not all camera have this possibility, then as Dragon says it is easier with a grey background.

/Kretcher

Yes simply put the metering system in the camera is "averaging" out the darks and lights across the whole area its measuring. Since its a high contrast Black and ?white? It kinda over compensates (guess its male) and makes the figure ( the ?white?) washout.
DSLR's with spot metering get round this, just, but at a £££££ (or $$$$) cost.

Using a plain 'grey' background will start you getting reasonable overall pics from compact cameras/ cameras with 'averaging" metrering systems. Then just like the movies its down to post production work.

 

[freakinacage]

Yup, like him