Jihad, Fiendish Celestial

[Ritual]

I painted this miniature (sculpted by Gael Goumon) for Crunch-Waffle. It was a really fun sculpt to paint and I\'m quite pleased with how it came out!

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Comments are very welcome, either here or in the post itself!

 

[Arma]

What can I say? this made me go \"whoa nice\".. I really like the work on the black parts of the wings. Very subtle. Great NMM too...

10 from me.

 

[Hinton]

Excellent work, Ritual. Very smooth painting and great blends. Voted.

 

[Manus]

just the best, can only hope to reach that level of painting far out in the future

 

[freakinacage]

good work anders, as ever!

 

[hubbabubba]

Sweet as, I\'m personally not too keen on your colour choices, but your technique\'s outstanding, especially the flesh tones.

 

[GreenOne]

Great sculpt, outstanding paintjob!
The face and skin are sublime, this makes me want to get one right away

 

[TyronMagda]

Great work as always my friend... you\'re a talentuos painter, your style is unique and incredible!

Congratulation! :beer:

 

[charlie121]

To say my eyes are green with jealousy is an understatement.

 

[Ogrebane]

You never disappoint. You are one of my favorite artists. Love your work. Did the vote thing.

 

[electrolito 77]

A masterpiece as always... brush licking does makes you a better painter (or maintains your ability in your case) after all...

 

[uberdark]

man anders you really have it going on. do you want me to get nitpicky cause that is the only way i can give any criticism. honestly a very nicely painted piece. i especially love the wings towards the bottom. great job.:drool:

cheers

uber

 

[supervike]

superb mini and color choice.

You are beginning to bore me with your fantastic stuff! Do something mediocre for a change.

 

[Aidan K]

Wow! I really love the whole effect, but especially the subtle free hand on the shield and the NMM blades.

A standard to aspire to aspire to lol

 

[Ritual]

Thank you all very much for all your kind words! Means much to me!

Cheers! :beer:

Oh, and brush-licking was instrumental in getting this result!

 

[dauber22]

Have to agree with everything that\'s been said so far. A beautiful piece! Or should I say: Yet ANOTHER beautiful piece! Of course, as stated in the \"ratings\" thread over in \"General Discussion\", I was forced to give you a 1 just to keep your head from swelling

 

[philologus]

Cool I just saw this on TMP:

Props to Anders:

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[Ritual]

Thanks for the TMP link! I am always amazed when I read discussions on TMP how differently (some) people over there think about miniatures than we do here.

@dauber
:moon:
Thanks!

 

[ZapotekE]

You amaze me every time! Wish I could see you in action...

and also I really would like to a close up of the face, is that possible? and what colors on the wings - pinkish, fleshy kind of something

this is what I calll a 10. :beer:

 

[Ritual]

@ZapotekE
Thanks!

I used two mixes of paint for the main part of the wings. One mix contained Dark Flesh and VMC Azure, 4:1 or so. The other contained Elf Flesh and VMC Pale Greyblue (very close to Ghostly Grey), also about 4:1. The base coat was a mix of these and then I used the darker mix for shading and the lighter mix for highlighting. I then used VMC Cadmium Maroon for darker shadows and VMC Light Flesh for further highlights.

Finally I applied a few glazes of different colours (can\'t remember which, but a few blues and a few reds and possibly a green too...) in VERY thin layers. You shouldn\'t really see any of those colours only make very slight shifts in the original colours.

Hope this helps!