How am I Improving/Fishing Again

[MPJ]

I\'ve posted a couple new minis, both plastic from the new Battle for Skull Pass box:

Slayer
Thane

I was hoping these would both come out in the 6 range and they indeed are. But I was wondering what makes them better (even though only marginally) than:

Dwarf Lord

Personally I would have considered the Dwarf Lord to be better work (and I certainlly put a lot more time into it) but I\'ve also seem them all in person.

Is my photography better, or more accuratly the smaller photos show things better?

I had received a number of comments in the past on the thickness of my paints and I\'ve been working towards thinning them out. I believe the two plastic minis don\'t show as much paint build up. Would that explain the higher ratings? I attribute the thinner look to the paint from better spray techniques and my new VGC paints (which both plastics were painted with) as my old GW paints were a bit thick and the Partha Paints are typically quite chaulky (both used on the Lord).

Am I missing something else? I\'d like to keep doing the things I\'m doing better and improving them further but I\'m not quite sure what I may have done better here.

Comments, suggestions, and to a lesser degree ratings are all very much appreciated.

PS: Trying desperatly to bump the terrain. Bugs me a bit that my top 5 rated \'minis\' are all terrain pieces. :drunk:

 

[DrEvilmonki]

Well the smoothness issue would be the main one I think. There is certainly a marked differnece in the two new posts. (by the way GW paints will thin with water you know ).

I think also the base looks a bit more plain on the dwarf lord.

I don\'t think (given the two new figs) that you are all that far away from getting into the sevens. Some brighter highlights - especially on the hair - would help.

 

[MPJ]

I thought the highlights on the slayer\'s hair were quite bright, but they didn\'t photograph at all. Possibly because I painted the mini indoors but photographed it outdoors in natural sunlight? Most of the highlights on the slayer were nearly completely washed out in the photo.

As for being in the 7s soon, I sure hope I can get there. With my style the 7s would make me quite happy. I\'m not really an \'artistic\' mini painter and am striving more towards technical expertise while keeping the speed of the painting up. My goal is to get consistantly into the 7s with what I consider my \'tabletop\' painting style. I figure if I can get to that point I should be able to pull off the odd 8+ if/when I really put my mind to it.

 

[DrEvilmonki]

Painting in one light and photographing in another can cause hassles.
Our eyes naturally compensate under artificial light sources, basically tricking us into seeing what we think the colours SHOULD be rather than what they are.