Volgor

Herb the bitter

New member
This thing is huge and seemed to take forever to finish, so hats off to anyone who has ever painted it(and a tip of the cap to vincenti who works in this scale all the time.)

Any thoughts/criticisms/votes appreciated

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Here I try to disguise the fact that I don\'t do metallics well by exaggerating the rust:

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Vote here:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/188118


Thanks,
HtB
 

squidders

New member
My only criticism is that it\'s not mine.... *mutter*grumble* lol

It\'s really beautiful with a very bright and vibrant feeling to it.

The larger the scale, the more subtle the shading must be and you\'ve really pulled it off.
 

demonherald

New member
love it really smooth and nice colours work really well for the piece.. as you say a big bugger.. just stretching into this size myself and it is a big difference..
regards the rust on the blade I think that it is wonderful and a lot better than a metallic axe that size would be anyway...great stuff I\'ve just ordered the 30mm version and may get the bigger one later down the line when I catch up with my life......:beer:
 

tidoco2222

Active member
I think it is fantastic, this has always been one of my minis to buy and every time I see a really well painted one I keep saying to myself you really ought to get it and do it too.
The rust I feel could do with a little more orange in it stippled on very lightly in places but that is my personal taste and in no way detracts from the wonderful job you have made of this piece.
 

Arma

New member
I love the base and the skulls. Could I get a short tutorial / recipe for those things?

Overall an amazing piece.
 

Herb the bitter

New member
Thanks for the comments(and votes) everyone.


Arma, the skulls(on the shield) were given a base of P3 Jack bone. Highlighted with GW bleached bone and Bleached bone + VMC Ivory. Shaded (lightly) with GW Graveyard earth and then VMC pale cam. violet brown. I don\'t think I could repeat the skull on the belt as it wasn\'t looking good and took a whole lot of damage control to get it back to presentable.

The base was out of sculpey and various interestingly textured sticks I found. The sculpey was shaped around the outer edges of the base to form a basin. I also made some rocks and bumps for inside the basin. I smushed the sticks into the sculpey and baked them together after which they were super glued onto the base. The sculpey was covered with flock and then painted in GW camo green, highlighted up to VMC yellow green and shaded with various washes of greens(VMC olive drab was one I used for the darker areas) and browns to taste. I think it looks best to blotch on the washes erratically so you get a little more variation. I also speckled very sparsely some red into the moss to give a little more color. The sticks were based VMC green ochre, highlighted with VMC green ochre + pale sand and tinted with various washes of orages and browns. I finally filled the basin with two part epoxy tinted with vallejo smoke and vallejo transparent green for water.

The leaves/ferns are brass etched and were added at the end. The mushrooms are made out of green stuff for the caps and wire for the stems. I\'d take more pics of the base for you, but Volgor is hanging out at my LGS at the moment. :)
 

arogers907

New member
Is it just me or are all those little mushrooms not the coolest thing ever?

That\'s just a fantastic piece. Great job HtB.... voted/commented.

-Andy
 
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