The Perfect Miniature: bring out the ingredients

[Margo]

Originally posted by Ogrebane

I think margo that you tried something different and some people didnt get what you were doing. No biggy It was a great paint job and you enjoyed painting it so you win.

Thank you! Actually I did not want to imply in any way that I was upset about the whole thing. I\'m absolutely not! I did a paintjob that I really enjoyed doing, and it\'s really interesting to hear other peoples\' opinion! So that\'s not the thing.
It\'s just that this interesting experience gave start to a thought: are there any \'rules\' for the Perfect Miniature, or it\'s all very flexible and subjective

 

[Evil Dave]

It\'s all subjective, but glowing boobs for teh win.lol

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Today\'s the first I have looked at this thread and it addresses something I have noticed for a long time. There is very much a \"CMON look\" to what is given credit. The \"CMON look\" IS very good, but it get\'s a bit redundant. Smooth, smooth, smooth. Hard to do (I\'m not very good at it) and very beautful but also narrow.

I burnt out on trying to do the \'smooth thing\' and am now reverting to how I have painted for 25 years. A bit more agressive and \'painterly\'. On canvas I dont shy away from having the brush strokes show and try to use them to my advantage. I dont know how well that will translate to mini\'s but since I couldnt do the \'CMON look\', and it was uncomfortable to me I thought why not paint how I paint?

{edit} Love how you did your mini Margo. Glad you brought this subject up. I have often thought of it myself.

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by Spacemunkie
Isn\'t that a bit sore Rev?

yeah but i have lent him some cream for it so it\'ll clear up in a week....

i don\'t know if i was around when lobwhathisname was here. i have been through some of the old threads so it definately feels like i was! i miss bme too and his inability to use the english language!

 

[Infidel Castro]

No, Tim, you gave me the superglue tube! Bastard!