First submissions - Dynamic Tiriel and Adamantium Golem

[gohkm]

Hi everyone,

After almost a decade of painting, I've plucked up enough courage to post stuff on CMON. This stuff is actually already readily viewable on the OzPainters Facebook page, but here they are again:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/353786

http://www.coolminiornot.com/353787

I would appreciate both votes and C&C.

Thank you.

 

[ZaPhOd]

I like the figures a lot! The basing in particular is quite good and the details are solid. I think more time on the metal armor might help improve the appearance and ultimately your scores. Also, Tyriel's sword has a bit of a wobble in it and could use a straight edge

 

[gohkm]

Thanks, Zaphod. I've never noticed Tiriel's bent sword. The armour is actually severely washed out by the light. I'll have to try some ways to diffuse the light, and use a different background, and maybe put up a new picture.

 

[ZaPhOd]

A lot of folks use a "light tent" to diffuse the light Better pictures will help with scores and critique as well, since few get to see the shiny minis in real life

 

[gohkm]

Aye. Just waiting for my Foldio to show up. The old plastic bag over light trick didn't work very well here, did it?

 

[sm51498]

The way the golem does not actually have his foot on anything is quite distracting. Thats an easy fix though, just do another base with a wide enough area for him to stand on. overall I like your stuff quite a bit. It suffers from a lack of contrast though which I know is a cliche but unfortunately it is a cliche for a reason.

 

[zohea]

These look great I really like the shading details but some shadowing on the smaller parts might help. I'm not very experienced tho so dont take my critique too strongly

 

[gohkm]

Thank you for the critique, everyone. I'll fix up the Golem at some point, but I don't really know what to do with Tiriel - I tried straightening out her sword, and all I did was add another kink to it. I might just chalk it down to a loss, albeit a painted loss.

I've added another picture to my gallery, this time of some Griffin Templars on a display base I built. This is my entry to the Feb/Mar Dragonpainting painting challenge.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/353945