darthfoley
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No, it wasn\'t dipped. Darin has been playing around with that effect for the better part of the last year to get the color shift to work. The fact that you noticed it, means that it worked. 
Games Day Atlanta 2006 coverage
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not so fast
not quite true. look at GD Canada, when we last had one. i would have put my money on richards\' conversion that placed second than the unconverted inquisitor that took gold, but that\'s my 2 cents.
congrats to all the winners regardless. once you have your demon, they can\'t take it away (unless someone cheated cheated and entered another person\'s model)
not quite true. look at GD Canada, when we last had one. i would have put my money on richards\' conversion that placed second than the unconverted inquisitor that took gold, but that\'s my 2 cents.
congrats to all the winners regardless. once you have your demon, they can\'t take it away (unless someone cheated cheated and entered another person\'s model)
The effect was done using vallejo and master series paints. Basically and imron effect in flat style. The effect is not at all easy to accomplish.
At its simplest form, it\'s gradients of varying values of orange, green, purple worked in varying directions on adjacent surfaces. In practice, it\'s much more complicated. The effect on this unconverted miniature took well over 100 hours to accomplish.
The judges appreciated the effect, as they were able to examine the piece in hand---as was Dwight and I, and a select few other folks at Atlanta.
Sadly, however, the effect was lost on most of the community that were just viewing the pictures----as it was such a unique and masterful effect---with no known basis of comparison that I\'m aware of----with the exception of the imron paint jobs on some street racers.
It was uncanny how the miniature would appear to shift colors as you turned it under light. A masterful accomplishment on Darin\'s part.
It\'s of note too---the judges were audibly amazed at the smoothness of the paint that Darin managed on the miniature---citing several other well-known top competitors in their comparison of paint quality. A nice compliment for Darin, I\'m sure.
Considering the unflattering photos the GD site has on it, the miniature has held up extremely well where others break down.
It\'s just sad that here on the web we are forced to judge pieces out of context---and so much is lost that could have otherwise been appreciated.
Kev
No worries at all...I\'m glad the explanation helped you to understand the accomplishment.
...others are *so* mistaken. As I was alluding too---I could probably count the painters that could *currently* accomplish this effect this way on one hand (using just a few fingers).
Kev
...others are *so* mistaken. As I was alluding too---I could probably count the painters that could *currently* accomplish this effect this way on one hand (using just a few fingers).
Kev
Part of the problem, I think, is that the floresant lighting at the event put a purple cast to the model. At the show, I did not quite see why it deserved a silver, but when I saw photos of it here and on GW\'s site, I was significantly more impressed with his work. I knew what he was trying to do, but it just didn\'t look right until the photos brought it out with proper lighting.
As to the dipped thing, I heard one person spouting that out, one angry person who spent a lot of money getting ready for the event. I\'ll give you one guess who that was...
darthfoley
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Probably the same one who was quite angrily saying that there was no competition in Fantasy Single for his purchased Bretonnian Pegasus Knight.....
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Heh, yeah thats the one that suggested it to me as well. I also heard 2 guys behind us stating it might have been dipped as well but I pointed out that there were none of the signs of dipping. The excuse then came that the unit was painted after dipping?!?! I have made it a point to tell people that had heard it was dipped what effort was really put into the model. Thanks again for the info.
eh? Why on earth would it matter if it was dipped? Doesn\'t change the fact it looks great. It really annoys me that certain techniques are dismissed out of hand, seemingly because they are \'easy\'. What a load of bollocks, its the end effect of how it looks that should be judged, who cares how it wasd achieved?
Anyway, I really like the Abbadon, would love to see it properly.
As to the cureent discussion bear in mind we here at CMON are spoiled for top minis. We have heaps of GD winners here so we are used to seeing the best of the best. Due to the nature of the competition entries will vary from year to year and place to place.
Anyway, I really like the Abbadon, would love to see it properly.
As to the cureent discussion bear in mind we here at CMON are spoiled for top minis. We have heaps of GD winners here so we are used to seeing the best of the best. Due to the nature of the competition entries will vary from year to year and place to place.
Personally, to me it does not make any difference if the model looks good. I think the thing is though, that it would be very very hard to dip a GD calibre model. On that note, I am very enthusiastic about any techniue that allows people who don\'t like to paint to easily make a good looking army!
darthfoley
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http://gamesday.us.games-workshop.com/GamesDay2006/Atlanta_2006/Coverage/gd_runnersup/default.htm
Heaven knows what kind of shitstorm this is liable to start, but I thought it was cool that GW took the time to set up a section showing the First Cut models as well.
/thumbs up GW
Heaven knows what kind of shitstorm this is liable to start, but I thought it was cool that GW took the time to set up a section showing the First Cut models as well.
/thumbs up GW
