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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => music, art and culture => Topic started by: Oldmanmatt on November 27, 2014, 10:25:33 pm
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Having fun with Art Studio on the iPad. Much less hassle the a real Airbrush, but I still can't get to a point beyond comic book art and still avoiding faces...
But Doodled Alex P this Arvo at work. Based it on a couple of googled photos as she wasn't available to model. 😞
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/27/3ab6ca9db9245fe43df0c01d6a52f8f2.jpg)
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Love it. Nicely done and captures the poochs style :wub:
Should the hair be more straight down though?
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Love it. Nicely done and captures the poochs style :wub:
Should the hair be more straight down though?
Yeah, rotated the image a little to sit better on the page. Would'nt have been able to do that with a "real" painting. Didn't think about...
Come on, there must another amateur scribbler out there?
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I draw and sketch buildings still post architecture career. Was really proud of my final design project even if I did have to redraw an entire year's worth of work after a hard drive failure :'(
I'd like to do some metal work sculpture at some point in time although making leather goods is becoming a current interest. Need to get less off my plate not more dammit!!
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Not a bad sketch, although I was looking forward to a picture of the pooch in a life model style.
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ace
I'm looking forward to a Judge Pooch story line in 2000AD
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ace
I'm looking forward to a Judge Pooch story line in 2000AD
I think you could be a Good Dredd Lagers..
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with Judge Nibile as backup and Deputy Chief Judge Sloper keeping an eye on the cubes I could keep the citizens of Wad-City One safe and almost happy
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with Judge Nibile as backup and Deputy Chief Judge Sloper keeping an eye on the cubes I could keep the citizens of Wad-City One safe and almost happy
You could enforce no heels on Green Traverse without prejudice ;)
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I used to draw and paint a lot, then stopped dead in my mid twenties. I still get the odd hankering to draw sometimes but haven't moved past that yet...
I'd like to do some metal work sculpture at some point in time although making leather goods is becoming a current interest. Need to get less off my plate not more dammit!!
I'm currently a sheet metal worker/welder and whilst most of my days are spent banging out ductwork and welding up stainless sinks tables and whatnots I do try and do a bit of after hours creative metalwork. My latest creation being a cooling loop from an old freeze drying unit that I've converted into radiator, very 1950's copper/steel architectural thingummy, which I really like. And upcycling, I'm like so of the moment...
(My main underlying message is standard metalwork is mathematically cool, but creative stuff is double cool, get welding boy)
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I was the only member of my uni climbing club who studied arts. I had a couple of very small exhibitions in London that were well received (but ultimately led nowhere). I keep thinking that I'd like to get back to doing some stuff, but I don't know if I want or can go back to the place where the good stuff came from.
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I was the only member of my uni climbing club who studied arts. I had a couple of very small exhibitions in London that were well received (but ultimately led nowhere). I keep thinking that I'd like to get back to doing some stuff, but I don't know if I want or can go back to the place where the good stuff came from.
Yeah, at 18 I had offers from Falmouth to study Fine Art or Loughborough and Camborne to study Geology/Mining Engineering.
The pressure of choosing between 3 very different lives, proved too much.
So I ran away, literally, joined the Royal Navy and became a Marine Engineer.
Given three options, always choose the fourth.
Go for it. It's not important. Nothing hangs on it.
My childhood friend, Dave Young, and I grew up building dioramas and painting, sketching etc. he took it all the way and is now a successful illustrator (does lots of magazine covers etc).
But plenty of my classmates ended up working in Halfords/Tescos/ a.n.other...
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My first ever serious arts teacher advised me to make sure I didn't have any friends that studied the subject. Good advice for many things.
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Iteration.
And
Reiteration.
I'm attempting to sketch from my own imagination, without any photographic or life cues.
Thought I'd record the process.
Started by laying out a scene, just trying to put as many lines in approximately the right place as possible.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/30/557c17d091921929d18a809ffcfb2b43.jpg)
Then start to narrow it down to the "best fit" and start to consider the shadows.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/30/6ad9eef0de8cbb8151bb74e94a99ad86.jpg)
Then slowly add layers of detail and shade...(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/30/ddbabedfd0dd4f0077cd097e3ec430d6.jpg)
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/30/aeee8dc3d05d27e8588edafbd6306c49.jpg)
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/30/dbecb4fee6f37ba420b6d9af08acde5d.jpg)
And realise the perspective is wrong on the left arm/ leg and on and on...
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(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/07/14139541a4c34cdd3ec03c69d83f8818.jpg)
This is taking some time...
Come on, someone else must have doodle or two to share?
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What are the acceptable limits of "paint"? ;)
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What are the acceptable limits of "paint"? ;)
Have you seen Damian Hurst's stuff?
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(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/09/30365c8973ceecdca36a9ce3d7d31ba9.jpg)
Definitely hard to give any realism to the coloration on an iPad.
I've cranked it up to the maximum pixels, but it's still blocky.
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I like the first sketch with just the lines.
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theres nothing homoerotic about this thread is there?
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theres nothing homoerotic about this thread is there?
Wasn't meant to be, but if you find it erotic....
😜
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After playing around...
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/13/94ae3407be5091ecf7206a4b8bb760db.jpg)
I agreed with Jasper.
It's going to take a lot more work to produce anything major on the iPad. It's just too hard to get the perspective/proportions right, as to make any detail I need to zoom in tight. I then get carried away on one little bit and when I zoom out it doesn't quite fit with the whole.
More practice.
Still I think I've got the basis for my next poster.
The ability play around with the image on the Pad is pretty useful.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/13/06ac9a51b6608acc141e0834263efe5e.jpg)
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I used to draw a lot as a child/youth, of course just with pen or pencil. Never used techy stuff, it's been ages now since when I last drew something besides random stuff on the corners of book pages!
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I like the first sketch with just the lines.
I like the one before the final product, with maybe a bit more definition in the face. I've always liked art, but have no drawing talent whatsoever, so I take photos instead.
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Great thread! Don't know why I haven't looked. at this until now. I watched a program a while ago about David Hockney who did an exhibition of work he'd done on the iPad, some really good stuff!
I used to paint and draw loads when I was younger but like a lot of people it falls off the radar when life gets in the way, and other hobbies. I might post an example or two if I'm feeling brave...
I was never very good but loved it, proper escapism, I wanted to be an artist when I was a kid, but unfortunately it doesn't exactly pay a salary..
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https://flic.kr/p/qp1Wur
No idea why I can't embed this...
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I used to draw and paint a lot, then stopped dead in my mid twenties. I still get the odd hankering to draw sometimes but haven't moved past that yet...
I used to do a bit of sketching in my early twenties too, packed in and forgot about it. Then i inherited some brushes, paints and paper, and have got into watercolour painting in the last few years. It's not quite as addictive as climbing, but absorbing nonetheless. Rest days on climbing trips are now something to look forward to.
It's a slow rate of progress with lots of moments when I feel like packing in, but I can see improvement when I look at earlier stuff.
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https://flic.kr/p/qp1Wur
No idea why I can't embed this...
I like that, oils?
My mother painted in oils, mostly Landscape commissions, when I was primary school age. She was moderately successful in that Lord this and Earl the other would commission her to paint a view of the family pile.
We were dragged around to various galleries where she was exhibiting, during school holidays.
She probably made about half what my dad did as a copper and in the '70s that was sweet Fanny Adams...
So she became a Road Safety officer instead.
My daughter came down with tonsillitis today, so I did this to make her feel better.
Not quite as effective as calpol.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/13/865945a3a210008f2b64ce52db072b21.jpg)
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https://flic.kr/p/qp1Wur
No idea why I can't embed this...
I like that, oils?
Thank you!
I think I did ths with acrylics, but I have used oils for other stuff, I find acrylics a bit more forgiving.
I never got my head around watercolours though, I have tried but they always came out crap...
Travelling around painting houses for cash sounds great, although as your mum became a road safety officer says to me it didn't pay great! As with a lot of creative jobs they often have to be sidelines. Me and my Dad stayed in a B&B in Yorkshire while on the coast to coast where they ran an art gallery cum cafe downstairs and a B&B upstairs, now that could be my perfect existence... Would blow selling electronics for a living out of the water..
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Ps, I think the climber above works a lot better with the black background, it's good that! As is the one for your daughter, heads are hard if you don't get the proportions just right...effort!
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That daughter is ace, nice get well soon for her :)
I like the fox's cheeky expression.
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Fiend, get some of your warhammer paint jobs up! I'm sure I have a vague recollection that you're pretty handy with an extremely small paintbrush...? :)
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I've been resisting but since OMM hasn't said it's not allowed, I might...
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I've been resisting but since OMM hasn't said it's not allowed, I might...
No!
I meant if Damien Hurst/Tracy Emin is considered art, then even my Great Aunts left ankle is art, so there are no limits!
Show!
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Okay toy soldiers - often regarded as intolerably geeky in the way that football-supporting fanaticism, endless car modifications and extraordinarily detailed training treatises AREN'T, but high-end painting these days has seperated from the gaming and role-playing side into an artform in it's own right. Personally I think I am aesthetic rather than artistic, I can't create stuff on a blank canvas but when I'm "painting by numbers" on a 3D model I do pretty well at colour themes and concepts (which interest me the most) as well as the technical side. And of course the fantasy and sci-fi mythologies of the lead figure universes provide a rich context for ideas and themes.
Here's a selection, in reverse chronological order, of what I've painted in the 5 years since moving to the grim frozen North (which incidentally provides generally very inspiring weather for painting - although my main displeasure about being into this side-hobby is about how sedentary it is, a few hours honing a nice green Orc skin is not good warming up for TCA...), the rest are on my other blog (http://teamshambler.blogspot.co.uk/).
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JTYaApEFEtA/VFtsT5-l4KI/AAAAAAAAAXU/J_V5z-yGno4/s1600/styx1.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pk773horEI8/VFto4zVh09I/AAAAAAAAAXE/Hoiq-Ok1Qbk/s1600/styxgame.jpg)
Converted from this dude: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Goblin-Shaman (http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Goblin-Shaman) . Didn't try to do an exact replica, just capture the vibe of Styx. Pretty pleased with how he turned out, he's fcking tiny (20mm base) so the painting looks a bit crude close up. I put in some fun details like subtle pink shading on the rocks (like in some of the in-game lighting), bubbles in the acid vial, serrations on the knife, an Amber gem etc.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3FJ70oWLq4/Uy1zMnHDP4I/AAAAAAAAAVw/59joYuir75k/s1600/titan3.jpg)
I started this conversion over 15 years ago when I was actually inspired by it, then it languished for a couple of decades as I was put off by the daunting painting that would be required. Eventually I decided to make it easier by painting it mostly metallic (which would also suit the theme well), and finished it off. Because it was almost entirely metallic, I tried to get a lot of different colours and textures in the metals: faint turquoise for the armour, dulled rust for the mechanics, glossy and oily for the pistons, clean and shiny for the weapons, and sparkly and colourful for the towers. I also tried to blend the bone sections into the metals for a biomechanical look ("Epic" scale - 120mm high - more shots (http://teamshambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/tzeentch-imperator-titan.html)).
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KiisiiywlEM/UxRs4bDwZOI/AAAAAAAAAUw/wtD784rmTKA/s1600/fairies1.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hp-oEPP3eNE/UxR7knnIY8I/AAAAAAAAAVI/8w8LvcXj5GI/s1600/fairies3.jpg)
Steampunk Arielle and Steampunk Tinkerbell, sculpted by the formidably skillful Seb Archer for his own Guild Of Harmony range. Very fine details on these models, some of it easy to paint, some of it less so. I went for a bright colour scheme to match the cartoon characters, and then contrasted that with grimier metals and dominatrix black leather.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BFHOTSq9hHQ/Unjlf3-o7bI/AAAAAAAAAT4/ABrTsItDTeM/s1600/chef1.jpg) (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y0nNlSVmfaw/UnjlgLRIUKI/AAAAAAAAAUA/ozJVusreNqQ/s1600/chef3.jpg)
Quite a tasteful model really, I converted it a bit and tried to do it justice. Bon appetit!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jw1cyrIf2es/UkBF_MMNm3I/AAAAAAAAATI/pNcdnO__5iY/s1600/progress1.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cB3vcsq0AHI/UkBF_g5ncLI/AAAAAAAAATQ/2DLKgUIC8M0/s1600/progress2.jpg)
Some progress in 20 years of painting. The original figure was the first figure I learnt to blend on and I was very proud of the beak.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--pXUtg9Rj1k/ULSZ-hgZJHI/AAAAAAAAAO4/FncJfVc_QSs/s1600/ogryn1.jpg)
Trying something a lot grimier than my usual style.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E5tim_IZJGU/UI_XIQ3HZiI/AAAAAAAAAJo/2qzvZgVCu7Y/s1600/duo2.jpg)
Small scenario to make use of these similar Imperial Guard figures, with a scheme in a "future military" style.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5rEseb4Ox_w/UCPn8mPR6TI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/rG46O05XINM/s1600/intheair.jpg)
A very sombre and serious entry into an online contest entitled "In The Air". Obviously it was fun doing the base.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VANm_LmdqMA/TnocB7O_6RI/AAAAAAAAAF4/uJUdBCCHtSw/s1600/tzeentch2.jpg) (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NhmFwlpD9JE/TnocBjrd10I/AAAAAAAAAFw/lnSGvxXD2W4/s1600/tzeentch3.jpg)
Tzeentch has always been my favourite Chaos power to paint due to the default colours of turquoise / purple / orange / gold. For this model I went for an oceanic style to evoke some kinda of marine origin.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qsV6_31CIrE/TdAKJge70cI/AAAAAAAAAC4/7EKUABiXFxE/s1600/spider2.jpg) (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-89lk6oQN160/TdAKJJjNcqI/AAAAAAAAACw/3T4ukkgopao/s1600/spider3.jpg)
Possibly the best painting I've done in the last few years, I'm very pleased with the subtle colours, lighting, and weathering.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6JGY7lMD2EM/TdAH2rSetII/AAAAAAAAABo/MXJkPnAk4CU/s1600/elf2010.jpg)
To reflect this Elf's noble military demeanour, I went for colours evoking a Roman centurion, lots of reds with a bit of white and gold.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DTx6G764plE/TdAG2ddCOwI/AAAAAAAAABg/aZdThBHvPi4/s1600/2010orks1.jpg)
Orks orks orks orks. Always fun to paint.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bn6Tg4DXJT4/TdADTLqjAyI/AAAAAAAAABA/vtqEQTMZQiU/s1600/tau_hunting1.jpg) (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UzMUo8uCKps/TdADTfqrA_I/AAAAAAAAABI/SkhhLVUSbYg/s1600/tau_hunting2.jpg)
A friend gave me a set of 3 of these Tau Stealthsuits as a present when I was in hospital with DVTs, and when I asked what colour I should do he said white, so I did, and I customised the base for a "Scenic Base" online contest which I'm pretty pleased with. I tried to get the vibe of him exploring around a seemingly-derelict base with ominous skittering sounds coming from the walls.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVEygC729Kc/TfX_H39KpaI/AAAAAAAAAEs/byJ0GrHCmAI/s1600/warjack.jpg)
I enjoyed painting this mostly due to having a really good strong copper paint.
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nice
that top one looks like Ukko The Dwarf
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Fucking brilliant, Fiend!
And a Billion times more artworthy than a sectioned cow in formaldehyde...
If you've got a phone number for Steampunk Tinkerbell......?
An ear infection has left me with some free time today, and since I can't hear what anyone is saying/kids are screaming/jobs Polly is asking me to do...
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I drew Polly Lolly instead.
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TBH I quite liked the shark in formaldehyde....
Here's more tinkerbell / ariel:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7q7AfGgOxpk/UxRs4rIvESI/AAAAAAAAAU0/cYnYgZkU5iE/s1600/fairies2.jpg)
She's available here (http://www.guildofharmony.com/shop_GOH_pg1.php), along with some genuinely stunning painting.
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Damn you Fiend. I was all ready to take the piss but those are actually really good.
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Is this one of yours too btw?
(http://www.figurerealm.com/userimages/customs/38500/38098-1.jpg)
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My girlfriend's cartoon from a few months back.
;D
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/16025065651_910d8ecc40.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/70381658@N00/16025065651/)
image (https://www.flickr.com/photos/70381658@N00/16025065651/) by Nibile (https://www.flickr.com/people/70381658@N00/), on Flickr
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Uncannily accurate, except shouldn't your forearms be more pumped? :strongbench:
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Nice work Fiend, high quality pieces and always good to see non-GW figures
A couple of mates are/were professional staff painters/modellers at GW HQ in Notts and these are up there with their output, have you ever considered entering the Golden Demon competition? They are also heavily into conversions and sculpting with 'green stuff' for private commissions, which I assume you are too? I am reliably informed the living to be made as an independent pro is still very limited which is a shame as these are some seriously talented guys who put in a lot of hours.
I used to dabble in custom artwork for bikes/leathers back in the day mainly working with acrylics and an airbrush but hav'n't painted in anger in 15 years or more. I also did some figure painting more recently for my Bloodbowl teams which whilst quite respectable are very much punter level compared to your's. How long did the two female figures take, they look like 40-50+hrs plus each to me! any preferences on paint manufacturers I know I always did for airbrush and glaze work?
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Had to take that sketch of Polly and re-do it as a proper painting.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/15/b1076c301ba0d4837094b842d9097f89.jpg)
The problem with sketching on a black canvas is the show through. On white it just gives a misty, Indistinct, look to the sketch. Black just makes it blotchy...
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:D there had to be a sting (Jaspers post..)
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Thanks Pebblespanker (and others).
My stuff is still well below Eavy Metal / current Golden Daemon standard. I reckon I paint equivalent to E6/7 standard but the guys painting at the top around E9/10 standard are ridiculously good - see Bohun, Derwish, Automato etc on this list (http://www.coolminiornot.com/topartists). I did enter GD2005 and got plenty of finalist pins but no daemons. These days the standard is so high that it would be too gruelling to spend 100+ hours on a single figure just on the off chance the judges liked it. I'm much more into speeding up my painting and getting more different figures done.
Incidentally Mike McVey - the biggest inspiration when I started painting - was a climber, I met him down the Nottingham bouldering wall soon after it opened, he was pretty good on the plastic too.
I do do some converting too - the Titan is heavily kit-bashed - but I'm pretty rubbish with greenstuff and don't do any scratchbuilding.
Most figures take me 10-15 hours per humanoid figure although I don't really count any more, I know the copper Warjack took me 12 hours and I was really pleased to get it done so quickly. I guess the faeries were about that long, the amount of fine detail makes then a bit easier to paint as I could do a lot with washes and small highlights rather then blending. The longest model (not shown) took me 25 hours converting and then 25 hours painting, I also did one that took me 40+ hours total painting, and vowed "never again" after that!
Paint manufacturers, there are loads these days. Citadel Colour, Coat D'Arms, Privateer P3 and Vallejo are the main ones. I mostly use Citadel - their Base colours and Shades are particularly useful, with a few CDA and V colours. If I was starting over I would buy the entire Citadel set as they have revamped it recently and have a really broad range.
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My Mate, Dave Young has done the cover of "New Statesman" again tomorrow.
Not sure Sloper would like it.😜
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/17/6b662563ce96a2c24285c8c9294acab5.jpg)
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Nice work but isn't a bit too easy to do political satire these days? ;)
For Pebblespanker, I did okay with my latest figure - the weather has been great for painting - maybe it stands up to the GW one (and I tried to do different colours):
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ozj8-pcXc3A/VJLSqkaJwrI/AAAAAAAABVk/tCwNr7Ojx7s/s1600/termchaplain1.jpg)
Mine
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GW EM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4bsyb7H0zvg/VJLSqoqigkI/AAAAAAAABVg/ZMSQbZVDg-s/s1600/gwterm.jpg)
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http://www.twitch.tv/bobross
Become quite addicted to this 200 hour Bob Ross marathon. Never heard of the guy before, but the shows are so mesmerisingly mellow, the antithesis of social media and soundtrack-driven MTV style gibberish. Happy little trees, happy little foothills....love it.
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Bob Ross is one chilled mutha.
Fiend your figures are very good.
Tempted to start doing something myself in my spare time.
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More seahorse!
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We've got a few project proposals that clients are considering. If they happen then I'll post up
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Out of interest is there a monetary value in your figures fiend? And does it bear any reflection to the time/skill involved?
Fag packet maths 15 hours work by a highly skilled specialist (~£20/hr min?) Comes in at least £300...
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Not much in mine, my quality output -to- time taken ratio isn't high enough. I guesstimate that most of my 15 hour figures would sell for £80-100 if I was lucky. To sell figures effectively, you've either got to be world class AND have a known name in the painting scene (i.e. painting kudos / celebrity sells), so maybe be selling at the prices you mentioned, OR you've got to be able to churn out a lot of reasonably painted army figures very quickly (i.e. for big army commissions). The market for decent but slow painting isn't so good.
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http://www.twitch.tv/bobross
Become quite addicted to this 200 hour Bob Ross marathon. Never heard of the guy before, but the shows are so mesmerisingly mellow, the antithesis of social media and soundtrack-driven MTV style gibberish. Happy little trees, happy little foothills....love it.
I remember him from donkey's years back when I lived in the States. He was famous for turning his slips and mistakes, into birds and was the eras equivalent of an internet meme for turning around adversity.
My Yank colleagues in the shipyard at Thunderbolt, often heard to say "just turn it into a bird" when caught out in error...
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Happy little accidents!
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At the weekend in a bit of spare time I actually got inspired to pick up a pencil and sketch for the first time for probably almost 20 years. (Couldn't even find any plain paper...)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5670/23704359592_49c2d8a21e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/C7F3g3)Owl (https://flic.kr/p/C7F3g3) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23476714@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/732/23786696046_3e928ef8c1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CeX325)Manx Cat (https://flic.kr/p/CeX325) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23476714@N06/), on Flickr
You still doodling OMM?
Any new figures Fiend?
Anybody else? Ginns, any new wood things?
(I really like this thread)
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Nice stuff!! The owl looks simultaneously fluffy and pissed off.
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BTW I've not been posting my stuff in this thread cos it's a limited audience here, but here are a couple from recently:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HqqTMbh-GTw/VkNdrOkGu5I/AAAAAAAAAc4/Hnos37DnDR4/s1600/eldarwarlock.jpg)
Artwork inspired. Picture by someone else, figure by me.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1JZomUz5jZE/Vm62FeBR9SI/AAAAAAAAAeg/R8kmxevAmO8/s1600/vermintide.jpg)
A tribute to the Vermintide game I blasted through with online buddies recently. No direct reference but the warpstone glow was important.
All my stuff gets posted here, http://teamshambler.blogspot.co.uk/ , watch out there might be goblins etc.
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Dirty and grimey is ace!
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Cheers man. Had fun doing that one. Here's what Nik is talking about...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_YWsupHtvWA/VPr2mbj1muI/AAAAAAAAAbM/gRmLl6-zUD4/s1600/grimey1.jpg)(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CSTOg1kwZnU/VPr2mz2tjsI/AAAAAAAAAbU/lnLekwIXXvo/s1600/grimey2.jpg)(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l6JAg3_ThRk/VPr2m0NjzKI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/oFiuR6yfFgc/s1600/grimey3.jpg)
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I
can't
resist...
forgive me....
(http://www.figurerealm.com/userimages/customs/38500/38098-4.jpg)
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I
can't
resist...
forgive me....
(http://www.figurerealm.com/userimages/customs/38500/38098-4.jpg)
Ummm...
There be nothing there, there be not.
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Thankfully.
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just as well - it wasn't very funny
(http://img910.imageshack.us/img910/5582/tvzMTy.jpg)
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Sometimes, after finishing a sketch, I like to scan it and play around in Photoshop.
Sketch.
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160130/9afe913f057bcfa3db59bc10889e6f12.jpg)
It's strange how a few tweaks can change it entirely.
I call it "Night session".
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A liitle sketching over breakfast this morning...
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1539/25061370560_028d3bd286_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EbA5kS)Elephant Sketch (https://flic.kr/p/EbA5kS) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23476714@N06/), on Flickr
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thats a shit mouse
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:) You're not wrong.
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And the sketch became this commission...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/26769926136_5a06606878_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GMySoC)P1010731 (https://flic.kr/p/GMySoC) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/26769928026_cc88fc6b78_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GMySXd)P1010733 (https://flic.kr/p/GMySXd) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7079/26189596154_086605e439_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FUhwvh)P1010734 (https://flic.kr/p/FUhwvh) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/26794426365_49cfdf0038_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GPJrsn)P1010739 (https://flic.kr/p/GPJrsn) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
The ears need a bit more work and there is still some cleaning up to be done.
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Screw that, I want to see a video of the slide. :popcorn:
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Now that's nice. Nice indeed!
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Awesome. :punk:
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:2thumbsup: + :strongbench: + :punk:
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So, framed and hung some non- iPad sketches today, some new and some old. Some based on old photos (Jerry) and some from my head.
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(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160925/bda6eddc98def97d2c854ee12fd2a368.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160925/9e61d37f3e9eec7c40673a35cfbb918a.jpg)
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All in pencils.
All posts either sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek or mildly mocking-in-a-friendly-way unless otherwise stated. Looking at you, here, Dense.
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Those look good coloured in. The one of Jerry is a classic!
Not only have I painted a new blah:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xcuzl3pkd5I/V_0zQknn0iI/AAAAAAAAAj8/drUd9tsWVWgFA0oKPS-ruDnc3o0VwQrbACLcB/s1600/tpriest1.jpg) (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7rp1cNpQ4pk/V_0zRR0LuZI/AAAAAAAAAkE/rZ5DnixoRZUxvaWvt0o9qzsYJbHg-bVoACLcB/s1600/tpriest2.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9txnHr7kQZ0/V_0zRXdNjXI/AAAAAAAAAkA/SMc8FyV-KqwMZIw8SnPAtjHCy9kmV2k1QCLcB/s1600/tpriest3.jpg) (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5GRoQ5xSpEQ/V_0zRsI8QtI/AAAAAAAAAkI/MSlnSgpzWSsGOrqroNjGzEH_feO6-tduwCLcB/s1600/tpriest4.jpg)
I've also done a fuckton of videos on my painting methods:
https://vimeo.com/185230259 https://vimeo.com/184222849
https://vimeo.com/184402751 https://vimeo.com/184578776
https://vimeo.com/184754954 https://vimeo.com/184973399
https://vimeo.com/184988503 https://vimeo.com/185143041
https://vimeo.com/185300852 https://vimeo.com/185456654
https://vimeo.com/185640238 https://vimeo.com/186332776
https://vimeo.com/186400197 https://vimeo.com/187085882
Each one taking about 2 hours (1 hour painting and filming, 1 hour editing) for 30 mins of video. I've done fuck all else in the last few weeks apart from a couple of wall sessions and now face the long road to recovery, what a dick.
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Just noticed OMM's Avatar,
Just squinting, but is it a sketch of Jerry on Fern Hill at Cratcliffe? If so, 'I like' 8)
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Yep, though I couldn't remember where. Sketched from a photo in a mag (or possibly guidebook?) sometime around '92.
Fourth down.
So, framed and hung some non- iPad sketches today, some new and some old. Some based on old photos (Jerry) and some from my head.
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160925/c7d86ab21b7ce01db479256534ed4a49.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160925/bda6eddc98def97d2c854ee12fd2a368.jpg)
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(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160925/515bcfe15767f8dc73d484b4a6f8b1a3.jpg)
All in pencils.
All posts either sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek or mildly mocking-in-a-friendly-way unless otherwise stated. Looking at you, here, Dense.
All posts either sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek or mildly mocking-in-a-friendly-way unless otherwise stated. I always forget to put those smiley things...
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Nice one... really nice little sketch.
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A couple of things I did recently...
The Christmas butterfly, also known as the citrus swallowtail.
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And a BMW 2002...
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Cool :)
Do a 2006 red audi A3 sportback s-line ;)
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Doing artwork for the Bunker's Ninja warrior kids club, this last Easter holidays; has imprinted Ninjas on my mind...
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Great work Matt and Yossi!
Got Tapatalk thingy on phone can now post pics! Every year big school play for children in yr 8. Do backdrops 4 lots of 8'x4' ply front n back.Here are this years id say about 2 weeks work - just over 100hours including a Saturday did before Easter half -term. Always a bit manic, organising around classes, parents evenings, report writing, school trips to galleries! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170501/4b6da5c808e7f7fa095a2e7fd4920d39.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170501/9380f97670611d59c952c0b4adba3906.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170501/00ae148a0c4280475900b5d9e8e0f799.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170501/1ec70017d5d36b957ebc634b45d504d2.jpg)
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The good thing about having kids, is you can get them to pose without having to pay them of buy expensive artists models...
I might start writing a graphic novel.
I mean, why not?
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Well it's been over a year since I last inflicted my "art" on you innocents...
This has been my latest commisioned piece at work, it is certainly not sketching and certainly owes as much to engineering as art and given that I was getting paid for it hardly constitutes a passtime activity but it was built from scratch and is completely bespoke...
Behold the periscope:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4233/35569758955_c2d1d938ca_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wcbj78)20170627_120947 (https://flic.kr/p/Wcbj78) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4214/35182629010_387a7046f4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VAYaRU)20170627_121438 (https://flic.kr/p/VAYaRU) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4253/34728480194_7f4741e81d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UUQxeU)20170627_121448 (https://flic.kr/p/UUQxeU) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
It is installed in an new office build and is conected to a camera on the roof. The eyepiece moves up and down (with motorised assistance) and there are buttons on the handle to pan the camera left and right. Here's a very short video of it lowering down.
http://vimeo.com/223343533
You may spot the vertical LED's have a blue coloured section that moves to indicate the height of the eyepiece, it doesn't come out very clearly on video though. The moving rams are copper, the body and eyepiece is powdercoated hand formed mild steel, the handles are aluminium clad in handmade copper rings, the movement is a frankenstein collection of bike parts, lead counterweights and electric motors the electronics are a arduino based custom made control unit. And yes it took a fuckton of time :)
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This is awesome! Assume you did those aircraft carriers too?
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Nice one beast. Photos are down but when I looked last week it was very cool.
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Cheers Yoss and Fiend. I had some issues with the video and photos so took them down to re-upload without allowing for the fact that i'd also deleted them off my phone. Doh...
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lfIanI3zJAk/WjkMwWL3r9I/AAAAAAAAAn0/8FTlVh5qrhcw3qKuRMYeoKCJdldQl8e1gCLcBGAs/s1600/2017-reaper.jpg)
Some cheerful new year vibes....
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Some good painting skills there Fiendo - but the dead fella's chopper looks rather out of proportion!
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Recently started going to life drawing classes expecting it to be a relaxed couple of hours of drinking absinthe, discussing philosophy and occasionally scrawling some pencil lines on a piece of paper...
Instead it was pretty intensive, quick poses and brilliant fun.
Here's my faves so far:
10 minute pose
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/860/41626333762_ebb4928bc4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26qnQMG)life drawing 1 (https://flic.kr/p/26qnQMG) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
10 minute pose
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/865/40775688975_62baba4482_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/258d4Jg)life drawing 2 (https://flic.kr/p/258d4Jg) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
10 minute pose
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/878/40775689405_5ddfc004f2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/258d4RF)life drawing 3 (https://flic.kr/p/258d4RF) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
15 minute pose:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/966/41626334202_c987441725_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26qnQVh)life drawing 4 (https://flic.kr/p/26qnQVh) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
Clearly heads terrify me...
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See, we do need a like button.
:great:
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They're really good Nik.
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Thank you Matt and Andy.
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Just finished this piece, stainless steel, copper and brass...
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1942/43221512230_d9d1466806_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28RkxLJ)owl 9 (https://flic.kr/p/28RkxLJ) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1965/44985087982_6c90269e2d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkpd)owl 7 (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkpd) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1955/44985088462_9015bbc60c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkxu)owl 6 (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkxu) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1933/44985088672_6a98b1f5ab_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkB7)owl 5 (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkB7) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1922/44985089042_1bf3212c55_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkHu)owl 3 (https://flic.kr/p/2bxbkHu) by Nik Jennings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140746835@N06/), on Flickr
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8)
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That owl is well cool
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Superb Nick!
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It is absolutely stunning.
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When I'm fowl I enter a cockfight with an owl, solve Carol's conundrum with C N T and one vowel....
P.S. :o
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It's no shiny metal owl but I've been doing lots of drawing and painting recently
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Nice one Scouse. Serene.
Calling out 1000-Dave to this thread too.
My only "art" recently has been quake levels....
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CPJcCzkyJfI/W4lz5e4hZQI/AAAAAAAAAp4/m8VSrEgzRdMjUWzLlLs8b_OZ2WTBQb4oACLcBGAs/s1600/shamsp1_03.jpg)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x2nK_mgqwQg/W4l0Uj2pZsI/AAAAAAAAAqY/ZWXorDqgRdsc7U9-ngho70POKdz1_IE_ACLcBGAs/s1600/shamsp2_03.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-woOJUEieVb4/W4l1Wb8FX6I/AAAAAAAAAqs/aP1XlhicK2ox18DXYUmtCEfuRhq2V_WUACLcBGAs/s1600/sm186_sham.jpg)
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IncredibOwl, Nik.
Fiend, have you ripped off 2fort on the top two?
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Have I fuck! All my own design ideas from decades ago.
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Thanks guys.
Scouse I really liked your landscape but I can't see it anymore?? Anyway it looked ace, I can't draw stuff like that without it looking completely flat and lifeless so nice one.
Fiend I know less than nothing about Quake (this is a computer game right?) levels so can't really comment, but the middle one has dead nice tone/colour.
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Thanks Nik. I only started drawing last December but have found it to be really immersive and enjoyable.
I've no idea why you can't see it on the thread anymore, I'll try to fix it in a bit.
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Sort of in the spirit of the 'owt for nowt' thread, I've been trying out a few bits of art and sculpture using surplus building materials. Enjoyed doing this thing most recently. It's done with emulsion and hammerite on plasterboard :lol:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/45563428452_b5f690392d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cqhtSC)painting2 (https://flic.kr/p/2cqhtSC) by Steve Ram (https://www.flickr.com/photos/167729159@N03/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1926/45563428502_667b8ee74e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cqhtTu)painting2.5 (https://flic.kr/p/2cqhtTu) by Steve Ram (https://www.flickr.com/photos/167729159@N03/), on Flickr
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:)
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Full portfolio:
https://teamshambler.blogspot.com/2019/05/mapping-portfolio.html
Latest piece:
https://teamshambler.blogspot.com/2019/05/mappeningspart-10.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWDhutaeRoQ
I think this is my best and most aesthetic release.
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I’ve been taking a break from drawing pictures of kids book fire engines and have instead decided to bring various old mix tape favourites to life. Any requests will be considered, though I don’t think I can being myself to do anything Guns’n’Roses...
(I had B-Real and Den Dog on the list, but it’s very hard finding original on stage images vs them as portly middle-aged men.)
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Nergal out of Behemoth please!
Also Les Claypool from Primus mid-bass-twang-strut!
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I will have to have an internal debate about the former. I don’t know the latter, but he appears to fit into the aesthetic I have in mind, so I will proceed at some stage.
jwi has already requested Miles Davis.
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Guy Picciotto from Fugazi and Rites of spring?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Picciotto
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https://youtu.be/WHQ8JYcoZH8?t=94 - mid-bass-twang-strut examples here....
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I am going to carry on the music pics, but I woke up this morning with extreme 80s sport climbing psyche (via Ru’s Instagram) and decided to draw Ben and Jerry.
I quite want to take them on an 80s euro road trip. Am I correct in thinking Ben had a 205Gti in 88/89? And where should I send them?
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I really ought to concentrate on the important stuff and just do the cast of Stone Love...
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Am I correct in thinking Ben had a 205Gti in 88/89?
He certainly did in the early 90s (others will know the dates better). I had a non-climbing friend who lived on the same road as Ben around then, not knowing who he was he'd assumed (wrongly, obviously) that Ben must be a drug dealer given his apparent lack of a job, frequent absences from home, and nice car.
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Lockdown Paintdown Part 1:
A Warhammer 40k Space Marine looking particularly arcane and knightly.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B7RqUMX4zg8/XoivKIY057I/AAAAAAAAAzI/Kt4Y1ITVksEZTvX1cJF2y_320ojoNhD7ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/marineknight1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__hPB4caT78/XoivJ2Sp5HI/AAAAAAAAAzE/dkYVUOHhhGMjsFbMdr3a8aE_vzOUtH7kgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/marineknight2.jpg)
Lockdown Paintdown Part 2:
Plague Doctor aka The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0aNUwGZGQb8/XoivKC_mrbI/AAAAAAAAAzM/S58vHX9FanMAnb-yTj4Yyh9sJStW89_sgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/plaguedoctor1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nqj0gefNuuo/XoivKmQM3oI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/jXqH4mzQzkQn-sgvI-zVOvxH399MKMj3QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/plaguedoctor2.jpg)
(For some reason the forum slightly upscales the images regardless of the original size?? So they're not quite as crisp as they should be)
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Like those Fiend, esp the marine.
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Yoss, love this idea, but am mildly disturbed by Jerry's skin tone. Maybe dial it down a notch?
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Ahhh... yes, you might be right.
Also Ben’s dreads need some improvement too. I will address.
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Ok, an improved version...
I think I'm going to do them on the road in the 205, maybe with Sean Myles in the back? I should probably dig out the Power of Climbing...
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Excellent.
"Only three people can do this move; me, myself, and I."
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This is going to make lock down so much better
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While I still have my job (till the end of the week at least) I’ve not got loads of time till next weekend, but am quite looking forward to adding some more when I can. I think they need to meet up with Kurt and Wolfgang, maybe Johnny and Paul P in the Hovis van, some French guys at the crag, Lynn and Ron, etc...
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I see a graphic novel coming out of this..
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Brilliant 👍
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my kids have been enjoying Pete McKee's youtube workshops
the lad got proper stuck into it yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQ1bQ36u5g
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Here's an oldie I did:
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Another one and one I'm currently fighting with on and off
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Really love those hoseyb. Great use of colour and love the perspective on the ladder image.
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I'm trying to do a small painting a day starting from yesterday so here are my first two
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Cant seem to rotate this image...
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Cheers, inspired mainly by 90's comic art and inking. Only recently started again as some free time in lunch breaks at work. (4 kids meant no free time at home). Now I'm furloughed I'm hoping I can continue in my weekly night off kid duties.
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Nice one Hose, the bottom one looks like a classic patio in the thumbnail :)
Nice one Scouse, I like how you've chosen strongly architectural subject matter :)
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Completed my 4 Pot Painting Challenge (black, white, silver, and one coloured paint). Started in 2005-ish with this dude:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5_hqkqL1vVg/Xp1kAg139eI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/YV3QmbfaQ9QNST2uaIiC8GnHmJt7p-WQwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/chaoslord1.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hmrfhqLoGpQ/Xp1kAuLNpxI/AAAAAAAAA0U/ZJGMj8XJW98lzqklFZUF0gwTWEO3_6YGQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/chaoslord2.jpg
(N.B. Forum fucked up the image size so much I've replaced with just links)
Finally completed the quadtrych:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xNf2z6nHajU/Xp1ks8eyu3I/AAAAAAAAA0g/JSxnNPKrgFEG8vvmrKl8RVG9gAcHFUotwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/greeneldar1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NP7nq_aggtE/Xp1kxovEEzI/AAAAAAAAA0s/x8kyjJ5dSZ0nZcb_d7FAB_JWhveNtFdCwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/yellowbeast1.jpg)
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Assuming that the forum will mangle the image sizes / quality as usual, original and more pictures here: https://teamshambler.blogspot.com/2020/04/4-pot-painting-challenge.html
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Purple!
Another 4 pot challenge, just black, white, silver, purple:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-leDCt-2nPpQ/XqqGdzUc4wI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/4V_issueOEIU8GZRsovjsKGfal3jdjhIQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/purpledaemon1.jpg)
And a squig, because who doesn't love a good squig:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddtvgcTVDQI/XqqHJ-LV3dI/AAAAAAAAA1k/NIO7gIWVRDsKhsHJJnd9j8fpPNP3-aP9QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/squigo1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ObxIvVb8I3o/XqqHJzj3euI/AAAAAAAAA1o/qGvInBUtupQelQ4hEusO9KIxzYL_Z5ObgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/squigo2.jpg)
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Still waiting for proof of all the other so-called Orc painters in Tomtom's poll, but in the meantime here's mine...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmlt12m3HqE/Xrwd54Tf6MI/AAAAAAAAA2k/vlICtEIEJNUnzqvR_We6xryO_AumS230QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/orco1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSeErEUTT9k/Xrwd844IkwI/AAAAAAAAA2o/4mzpxr7RuvMdEWB3LkNSQD5r3xqIdzcAACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/orco2.jpg)
And from 40K, here's a Grot Tank with lots of weathering:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnP4NWjShM4/Xrbn3iAjQhI/AAAAAAAAA2E/Dr5HgNM9O3kXhZELnk_nsgPY9MiJ7OQ1ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/grottank1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wt2qTU4BQKc/Xrbn3sF_ynI/AAAAAAAAA2I/9xgAY8IEE_Y82EMhaO0Z2wi9Lq23A_eIgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/grottank2.jpg)
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I'm going to stop spamming these soon, maybe, but blame JamieG who gave me a wad point for painting, and also this has pretty neat colours I think so who knows....
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dg8j8LnpUEU/XsqRcgx2BUI/AAAAAAAAA3I/akhejpkcgf0h6FNzd-qBMcr2DTizG8KNgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/eldarranger1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NfTD092R7BI/XsqRc6kxNCI/AAAAAAAAA3M/OFyYkT8HpBMgIiTffBUx4Qu29H8yD_qgACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/eldarranger2.jpg)
It's another one donated by an online gaming friend. This time the colour scheme is all mine, but the cloak colour was actually inspired by watching a Starcraft 2 stream in bed one night (as I do most nights to wind down) and seeing some map designs with purple fading to electric blue, so I thought I'd give it a try! Again a bit of distracting varnish shine in the photos but I need it to stop my sweaty paws rubbing off painted areas.
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Don’t stop posting Fiend, I really enjoy seeing your stuff. It all seems incredibly nigh quality to me.
I’ve been doing some life drawing on Zoom, it’s very much not a perfect medium but strange times and all that, if inclination, motivation and proximity align I’ll post some pics...
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Do it.... How's the metalwork going these days? I remember some great stuff from you....an owl especially.
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I stand by my wad point. These are all excellent. Particularly like the tank. I used to enjoy airfix kits when I was younger but was always useless at the fine details.
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Thankfully painting has eased right off. But....I squeezed in one more. Not my favourite work but I reckon people might like the copper....
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AHROGKaKys/XvR6Pao4dJI/AAAAAAAAA30/WdAo8VaIH5AeJGoW_B78m97-EEX13wUeQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/necronlord1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eeSBuGfd-E4/XvR6PSh0CKI/AAAAAAAAA3w/6_9dUoj8Io0rwjkrR8SgurjeySOZ56mZwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/necronlord2.jpg)
(also pretty sure nik should be posting more in here)
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You asked for it...
Cat made of Corten steel (the trendy stuff that rusts, see “Angel of the North”, building cladding, garden planters etc...)
https://flic.kr/p/2jc3gHy
“Moon gate” again Corten steel, not really art, sculpture I suppose...
https://flic.kr/p/2jc7kAp
Also got a seahorse in progress (not Corten) I’ll get a photo when it’s done.
I can’t figure out how to embed the images using my phone, sorry.
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I think I have a (stupidly convoluted, grrrrr...) way of getting the bbcode for Flickr images through the app so...
A seahorse in copper and stainless steel
(https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/50096742651_a9da1dfe1b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jjSUfg)
Generated from my Apple iPhone using tools.sportscard.trade (http://tools.sportscard.trade)
(https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/50094760983_9908695c00_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jjGKaz)
Generated from my Apple iPhone using tools.sportscard.trade (http://tools.sportscard.trade)
(https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/50094760648_38a79101c3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jjGK4N)
Generated from my Apple iPhone using tools.sportscard.trade (http://tools.sportscard.trade)
(https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/50095342741_47f8e51219_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jjKJ6T)
Generated from my Apple iPhone using tools.sportscard.trade (http://tools.sportscard.trade)
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(https://fabrikmedia.blob.core.windows.net/11wb/1ad87afc7a92d5d6.png)
I can’t quite decide whether to pull my finger out and start working on this story, or just draw loads of oldskool climbers and make a poster... I suppose if I did the latter I would have a decent cast for the former.
I might make a start on Wolfgang and Kurt. Struggling to find any pics of Sean Myles other than Real Thing stills - does anyone have any? Any other requests? I have quite a long list...
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How about doing scenes in a 'cold war steve' style?
Hubble would be a timely one? :)
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Doylo has already mastered that approach (though I might’ve preempted it with Osama Bin Laden climbing a seacliff above a great white shark).
I was actually thinking that reminiscing about men in Lycra trousers with Japanese writing on it and huge chalk bags might be quite a nice antidote to arguing about kneewear...
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My latest effort, a Corten steel garden sculpture.
https://flic.kr/p/2jW1r2e
I frustratingly appear to have lost the ability to find bb code on Flickr...
Nice Yoss, how about a Jerry taking part in the tv show you bet?
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That's ace Nik!
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My latest effort, a Corten steel garden sculpture.
https://flic.kr/p/2jW1r2e
I frustratingly appear to have lost the ability to find bb code on Flickr...
Nice Yoss, how about a Jerry taking part in the tv show you bet?
That sculpture is hardcore.
Re Ben & Jerry - I quite like that idea, but you’ve got me thinking about 90s climber Big Brother, or I’m a 90s Sport Climber - Get me out of here! Have been working on Wolfgang and Kurt and Alain Robert today.
“Jerry goes to the diary room...“
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Back once again with a Lord Of The Rings Keeper Of Dungeons:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-snh0F8hTfQ4/X6PmuV0q_7I/AAAAAAAAA5M/NIiTs4uF9S8vfp7AAP0-7AJvlB7baHvagCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/keeper1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nL0ogb49k5E/X6PmuIRcVII/AAAAAAAAA5I/-R0p47PbCfoWlXlaBN4NHx9PnzKGfuo0ACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/keeper2.jpg)
Colour concept was "cold".
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Been climbing 1-to-1 with too many tall fuckers recently, so I'm getting in touch with my inner dwarf:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ouxSIct5NUs/X7kGE_oV8hI/AAAAAAAAA5k/QODgJMyEjPUoAASbwReK8psEzwwBYmEewCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/pistoldwarf1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDuqq97yFi0/X7kGE9rMAnI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ENO3dJHGsiwd1cz0tJ9rM6lmSM9JOAizQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/pistoldwarf2.jpg)
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That dwarf is cool.
Excellent as ever Matt 😁
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A few years back (2014) I shared my first attempt at iPad sketching and the drawing that grew out of it. Long gone from the forum now as that Flikr account died.
Anyway, I never finished it. I’d intended to make a full painting on the pad. Well, Lockdown happened.
Thought I’d share the progression from sketch to portrait.
(https://i.ibb.co/RSF1F9g/B1-E49-A4-B-E584-4975-BD8-B-AEC6-E800-DD57.jpg)
Thats where it started.
Leaving it at this point, I think:
(https://i.ibb.co/pj6pwwT/1488-E4-A4-17-D5-4-D46-B279-E69-D44-D568-D7.jpg)
I can’t shake the underlying “Comic book” style, if I use colour, though.
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I would try using a grey for the teeth rather than very bright white, and possibly the same for the eyes. They’re usually slightly in shadow and they jump out of your picture a bit.
I spent ages earlier this year trying to develop a new illustration style for characters and ended up abandoning it because I couldn’t get the eyes right. Mine was less realistic than yours, but the principle is similar.
You’ve also got quite a lot of stuff going on - fine lines / texture / soft blending. I generally find thinks work better when you restrict your options / tools. Your image might immediately look better if you swapped to monochrome. Less is generally more.
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I think the neck is brilliant.
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Yeesss!
Ta.
You don’t know how hard it is to people to give you feedback or critique. I’ve been trying to get this portrait out for six years. The real reason I keep putting it down is knowing it’s “wrong” and getting frustrated. The iPad is a new medium for me and I have always struggled with colour. I can pencil sketch or charcoal, even ink, a portrait but despite repeated forays into airbrush, oils or Gouache, I’m limited to landscape or still life. I know I have a tendency to pick overly vibrant colours (I do the same when photo editing) and it just doesn’t work in portraiture.
I spend hours, with a rule, checking dimensions and proportions against source and colour matching. Doesn’t work. My brain is off. I suppose there’s not much pastel, subtle or muted about me; crashing through life like a Pamplona bull on uppers.
Anyway, I re-drew the teeth, entirely in greys with an ivory cast, there’s no white even in the eyes, then I stuck the whole thing under a grey wash and erased the wash over the black behind.
And it was still borderline garish.
So I stuck it through some filters (I love this about working electronically, as long as I refrain from acknowledging that it’s “cheating”).
I’m including the source material, so you can see that I am slightly hamstrung by the reality of her very bright eyes and teeth.
(https://i.ibb.co/NyMtSfy/F17332-DD-EFC5-4-CEA-B589-9-CC4553-E2-E7-E.jpg)
I’m also finding harder because I haven’t faithfully tried to reproduce one of the photos. I quite liked the pose in the bottom centre, but if I sketched it at that angle, it looked really odd in isolation. I liked the angle etc in the centre shot, but wanted it without the glasses etc etc.
Under the wash:
(https://i.ibb.co/6rt8L1M/6-B666-FE1-2-B83-40-FB-A50-C-D8-B509-ADC0-BC.jpg)
Filters:
(https://i.ibb.co/wJcdsVH/0-ECFA418-2-B05-4-B4-E-B1-E8-BFC308-B2-CCDB.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/5chsSND/626-C2-BFD-D3-D0-4349-8433-63-CF9920-DF1-A.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/2gkhNwp/A232074-B-9494-4537-83-DB-C0-D9-CB5-B39-B5.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/yh8jTw5/6684-C933-C5-F6-4-DF2-B301-FE88-E95-E685-E.jpg)
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I think it works better monochrome. The lower line of the lips is very pronounced, mainly because you’ve not added any shadow below. In the pics (apart from the ones with lots of frontal flash) she has varying degrees of shadow between lip and chin. I think adding that would make the mouth look more natural.
Also, the hair. In some areas you’ve smudged the hair a bit. I think this works better than very discrete / sharp single lines. The hair on the RHS facing looks better than on the left for that reason (I think).
What are you doing this in, Procreate?
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The bottom one works well, there’s still something slightly out of line about the look of the teeth and the top hair section above the black area looks slightly out of position to me?
FYI I know sweet fa about portraiture in general or drawing on an iPad.
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OMM. I don't want to be too critical but this might help. From when you've first posted versions of this picture, I've thought there is something slightly off about both the proportions of the features in relationship to the face, and the relative angles of the facial features.
For the former, I think maybe just a bit more shading around the face, especially the left side of the image would help. In the reference picture, she has the shadow of her sleeve there.In your digital painting it looks like a bit too much cheek making the face look a tiny bit wide and the features a tiny bit squeezed together.
For the latter, it might be worth drawing some precise lines through the eyes, nose, and mouth on both the reference image and your painting and see if there's any discrepancies. To me it looks like there is a slight extra tilt in the mouth, and the right hand eye (viewer's pov, not her's) is either very slightly dropped down or angled down.
There's plenty of good stuff like the skin tones, overall balance, neck subtlety etc as others have said. And actually it does work well in monochrome, maybe just a bit more atmospheric (ugh, the cliche!)
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OMM. I don't want to be too critical but this might help. From when you've first posted versions of this picture, I've thought there is something slightly off about both the proportions of the features in relationship to the face, and the relative angles of the facial features.
For the former, I think maybe just a bit more shading around the face, especially the left side of the image would help. In the reference picture, she has the shadow of her sleeve there.In your digital painting it looks like a bit too much cheek making the face look a tiny bit wide and the features a tiny bit squeezed together.
For the latter, it might be worth drawing some precise lines through the eyes, nose, and mouth on both the reference image and your painting and see if there's any discrepancies. To me it looks like there is a slight extra tilt in the mouth, and the right hand eye (viewer's pov, not her's) is either very slightly dropped down or angled down.
There's plenty of good stuff like the skin tones, overall balance, neck subtlety etc as others have said. And actually it does work well in monochrome, maybe just a bit more atmospheric (ugh, the cliche!)
Too critical? Try growing up with a mother who’s a pro, oft commissioned, artist.
You were spot on.
I would never have drawn guide lines on a paper project, totally missed the point that I could stick them on a different layer and switch them on and off on the pad. I was using the stylus and my thumb... Luddite!
Lifted the lines from the centre bottom photo and altered it to the correct angle.
Yep, mouth was skewed and her left eye too low. Below with guides and the corrected pupil position. You were also correct in that I’d been gradually increasing the width of her face, as I went, leaving the features pinched. This is already shaved back to the correct width:
(https://i.ibb.co/yRMZjYP/F96-B3-CBC-0-AE4-49-AE-97-AE-CCDC4-EC88924.jpg)
Took a little exploring of the editing tools, but I moved and blended the features, then re-drew the pupil.
(https://i.ibb.co/tq4Bth7/2-F9-A53-C7-7-D9-F-46-E5-BBF9-C84291-ACA7-F9.jpg)
Then I thought about Yoss’ “less is more” comment. So I dialled it all back, for a more Rembrandt (?) (ish) feel.
(https://i.ibb.co/9q60BcJ/C356-C83-F-3-FEF-45-ED-8-D9-E-931927045-C8-C.jpg)
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Good effort OMM, definitely improvement.
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Some vaguely old skool vibes for the geeks in the house:
Chaos Plaguelord
This is a model by Avatars Of War, but is a direct correlation with Games Workshop's style for Chaos warriors of Nurgle - the Chaos God of plague, pestilence, death and decay. Fitting, huh. Nurgle's traditional colour is a sickly rotting green, but I flipped this idea over and painted the armour in a bruised purple, with only the tabard in green, and used a dark turquoise plume and some verdigris to bridge the tones between that and the purple. I'm quite pleased with the result, having clear recipes for the purple and copper helped.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--v_9p8dGDjo/X9Crw5s1o0I/AAAAAAAAA6Q/fDh2YFFOak4Wmx2Ts3aJk5Krt8YJOByqgCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/chaoslord1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EtszEwdwYhw/X9CrxAoMDaI/AAAAAAAAA6M/XYtarZS2pI06Ix_jQd2C_K7ZYlUhEru5wCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/chaoslord2.jpg)
Goblin Hack 'n' Slash
A Goblin Hero from Gamezone Miniatures. Again quite comparable to Games Workshop's old/mid-skool style (not their modern rubbish), but even more charicatured. This was....variable to paint. Most of it was okay, the weapons were really fun getting a strong blended metallic, but the hood did not turn out as planned... My red recipe was b0rked with not enough red in the mid-tones, and the complex folds and creases were exactly in between "textured enough to be effectively washable" and "clean enough to be easily blendable". So I'm not fully happy with that but the overall vibe I'm okay with.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WtrFXOtb78/X9C0Sxc8Z5I/AAAAAAAAA6o/Zx0KwBLZMwk-SvNH19M8QFGWjR37VC1rACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/goblinhero1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AzaWJ45DM9E/X9C0NunJGgI/AAAAAAAAA6k/uEy36n7aoXADjisXlWtk6QRH22IclqZRQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/goblinhero2.jpg)
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I actually like the goblin’s hat, it just seems more faded and worn. Fabrics don’t fade colours evenly, so in ageing they both change colour and shade.
Love the oxide detail on the axe, too.
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Is the overspray deliberate? ;)
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Always enjoy seeing these. I haven't painted Warhammer since my teens (not even remotely to this level!) but these make me miss it. How long do you reckon something like that goblin takes you Fiend?
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Thanks guys. OMM - yeah I don't mind the finish on the hood, but it's not as vivid as I wanted. I am chuffed with the other dude's axe though, a prominent part of the model and I think I got the balance right between brightness and weathering.
RobK - too long. I'd say most of these take me maybe 15-ish hours, plus procrastination time? I'm constantly trying to speed up my painting but still end up faffing on some bits...
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Ok, advise sought.
I did this sketch when I was 14/15 and it’s lived in my old art folder ever since it came down off the classroom wall.
Typically for me then, it started as a doodle on the back page of a textbook, in a different class. I then cut the page out and glued it onto a bit of scrap paper to alter the composition before sticking it (with tape) into the standard black paper frame of a 1980’s “O” level art class.
I’d like to salvage it, the backing paper has wrinkled and distorted, but that can be easily replaced. My question is, there is quite a lot of brown discolouration on the sketch it’s self. I’m thinking this is because I used a bare finger to smudge the pencil at the time, instead of a sponge, and the oils left on the paper have developed that patina over time. Does anyone have any ideas how to remove it? Obviously, without destroying the pencil underneath.
(https://i.ibb.co/HhmsSCw/8608-F057-DFCB-4963-9-C16-4-A924960-FCBB.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/q5tSFM9/620-EC3-BA-5-E6-D-48-A5-AD6-A-6340-D0-EDAF0-A.jpg)
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I would leave it, the discolouration etc, gives it character, value etc. The marks from the finger smudging are intrinsic to the way you worked at the time and in my mind add to the drawing, A new frame will maybe give it the fresher look you are looking for.
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Wait for one and two come along at once....
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--gXFKkjjpBU/YBFakKhcmSI/AAAAAAAAA74/MTxfz6W3Ij0808TmR5hhjpuGH20BWLvxACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/hellknight.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S35NhlGfMxo/YBFakJcXWyI/AAAAAAAAA78/GiPDIFbGbFo6_vHTGPJGS01nIKp4G9RIACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/hellknight2.jpg)
Some exotic knight dude or dudess from Privateer Press.
The colour scheme was inspired by Hellpoint (http://"https://store.steampowered.com/app/628670/Hellpoint/"), a cool sci-fi soulslike game I was playing over Christmas. Yes the armour is kinda fancy, yes it was a paint in the arse to paint, but no those two aspects are not related! The actual armour painting was pretty simple (dark turquoise base, black lining, two translucent purple highlights, one brighter purple highlight, lilac edge all over, pale cream edge on the sharpest points), but repeating that over the whole thing did my tits in, and that would have been the case for any colours.
It's just like all those naff Youtube videos floating around: "INSANE HACK TO PAINT AMAZING SPACE MARINES QUICKLY OMG!!!" which show you how to do a lovely swift kneepad in 10 minutes.....and then all you have to do is to repeat that over 38 other sodding armour plates 🙄. "Draw two circles....now draw the rest of the fucking owl" etc etc.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HKyv2yUT0X8/X-xkR8WPM7I/AAAAAAAAA7U/fpXXGYCP7jECDtvE_xSu3_g6FQSEAF3aQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/sorscha1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ9eI16qzt8/X-xkR2VL6dI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/ADTu4ZrHj3s5nGmxgVnqC4Ca8ZXOU78SACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/sorscha2.jpg)
Kommander Sorscha of the Khador faction, from the Warmachine game, by Privateer Press. One of the earliest "classic" figures from this company, despite the somewhat goofy pose. The traditional Khador colours are red, black, and gold. So I went for blue-grey and steel-silver ;).
Next toy soldier will be vaguely topical. You have been warned.
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Nice, Fiend.
Middle daughter did a bit of Warhammer painting at scouts before Covid. The little lad (9) has shown an interest in having a go. Are there starter kits or something that he can have a go at?
Any recommendations?
He's not particularly artistic, but can follow instructions and has an interest in fantasy/sci-fi
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Now then! Good question. As you'd expect it's a bit of a minefield, in terms of pricing, small-child suitability, and whether you commit to the homogenous Big Hobby capitalist mega-corp that is Games Workshop.
GW do have all the charm of Adidas-Red-Bull-Diamond, BUT they are mostly very good quality and have lots of choice for getting the poor wee buggers hooked on toy soldier crack as soon as possible so the parents go bankrupt trying to pay for the addiction AHEM I mean starting out easily. Alas true old skool Warhammer has been replaced by some naff, indistinct, designed-by-committee toss called Age Of Sigmar although there's still some potentially decent models to paint in that. There's also the added benefit that the GW Youtube channel has a lot of decent tutorials for basic painting.
Starter kit examples:
Paint sets:
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/40k-Paint-and-Tool-Set-EN-ES-2020
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Aos-Paints-tools-Eng-spa-port-latv-rom-2018
A few models and a few paints:
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marines-Paint-Set-EN-ES-2020
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Necrons-Paint-Set-EN-ES-2020
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Scast-Paint-Set-Eng-spa-port-latv-rom-2018
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Nhaunt-Paint-Set-Eng-spa-port-lat-rom-2018
^^^ These are based on the "Two armies and a rulebook game starting set" so are limited just to the featured armies. The "Next Steps" bit on the website has a good selection of ""budget"" options for adding models but is also only limited to those armies, so if he wants to have a choice and paint a different style of model, the Start Collecting sets are worth an expensive look:
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000?N=1125463923+2917003483&Nr=AND(sku.siteId%3AGB_gw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_gw)&Nrs=collection()%2Frecord[product.startDate+<%3D+1611825000000+and+product.endDate+>%3D+1611825000000]&view=all
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-Age-of-Sigmar?N=647457687+1593255432&Nr=AND(sku.siteId%3AGB_gw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_gw)&Nrs=collection()%2Frecord[product.startDate+<%3D+1611825060000+and+product.endDate+>%3D+1611825060000]&view=all
(Copy and past since UBB code has wanked up the links)
For other manufacturers, the way forward is a lot less clear. There are LOTS of them but very few if any have a consistent and easy to grasp sci-fi / fantasy range. Possibly the best option is Privateer Press and their Warmachine / Hordes game systems, which aren't too pricey and have lots of single models available, albeit tedious to search through:
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/warmachine/?sort=priceasc
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/warmachine/starter-sets/?sort=priceasc
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/hordes/?sort=priceasc
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/hordes/starter-sets/
(You may have to hunt independent online retails and/or Ebay to get their stuff)
For individual models with a Warhammer Fantasy feel, there's a couple of good smaller companies:
http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/tienda/en/
https://avatars-of-war.com/sh/en/
Delivery might be slow but some of the sculpts are good. The Dwarf, Chaos Warrior, and Goblin I painted above are from these two.
Paints etc from other manufacturers:
GW do good paint sets and a massive range of paints but their paints are expensive and variable in coverage. Also some people prefer the dropper bottles so here's some well-reputed alternatives:
https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-washes-etc/army-painter-warpaints/warpaints-starter-paint-set-new
https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-washes-etc/vallejo-paints/vallejo-paint-sets
Similarly for brushes:
https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/brushes/army-painter-brushes
Element Games is 10 mins drive from Chez Fiend so feel free to give them some support :)
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Now then! Good question. As you'd expect it's a bit of a minefield, in terms of pricing, small-child suitability, and whether you commit to the homogenous Big Hobby capitalist mega-corp that is Games Workshop.
GW do have all the charm of Adidas-Red-Bull-Diamond, BUT they are mostly very good quality and have lots of choice for getting the poor wee buggers hooked on toy soldier crack as soon as possible so the parents go bankrupt trying to pay for the addiction AHEM I mean starting out easily. Alas true old skool Warhammer has been replaced by some naff, indistinct, designed-by-committee toss called Age Of Sigmar although there's still some potentially decent models to paint in that. There's also the added benefit that the GW Youtube channel has a lot of decent tutorials for basic painting.
Starter kit examples:
Paint sets:
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/40k-Paint-and-Tool-Set-EN-ES-2020
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Aos-Paints-tools-Eng-spa-port-latv-rom-2018
A few models and a few paints:
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marines-Paint-Set-EN-ES-2020
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Necrons-Paint-Set-EN-ES-2020
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Scast-Paint-Set-Eng-spa-port-latv-rom-2018
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Nhaunt-Paint-Set-Eng-spa-port-lat-rom-2018
^^^ These are based on the "Two armies and a rulebook game starting set" so are limited just to the featured armies. The "Next Steps" bit on the website has a good selection of ""budget"" options for adding models but is also only limited to those armies, so if he wants to have a choice and paint a different style of model, the Start Collecting sets are worth an expensive look:
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000?N=1125463923+2917003483&Nr=AND(sku.siteId%3AGB_gw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_gw)&Nrs=collection()%2Frecord[product.startDate+<%3D+1611825000000+and+product.endDate+>%3D+1611825000000]&view=all
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-Age-of-Sigmar?N=647457687+1593255432&Nr=AND(sku.siteId%3AGB_gw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_gw)&Nrs=collection()%2Frecord[product.startDate+<%3D+1611825060000+and+product.endDate+>%3D+1611825060000]&view=all
(Copy and past since UBB code has wanked up the links)
For other manufacturers, the way forward is a lot less clear. There are LOTS of them but very few if any have a consistent and easy to grasp sci-fi / fantasy range. Possibly the best option is Privateer Press and their Warmachine / Hordes game systems, which aren't too pricey and have lots of single models available, albeit tedious to search through:
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/warmachine/?sort=priceasc
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/warmachine/starter-sets/?sort=priceasc
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/hordes/?sort=priceasc
https://store.privateerpress.com/games/hordes/starter-sets/
(You may have to hunt independent online retails and/or Ebay to get their stuff)
For individual models with a Warhammer Fantasy feel, there's a couple of good smaller companies:
http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/tienda/en/
https://avatars-of-war.com/sh/en/
Delivery might be slow but some of the sculpts are good. The Dwarf, Chaos Warrior, and Goblin I painted above are from these two.
Paints etc from other manufacturers:
GW do good paint sets and a massive range of paints but their paints are expensive and variable in coverage. Also some people prefer the dropper bottles so here's some well-reputed alternatives:
https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-washes-etc/army-painter-warpaints/warpaints-starter-paint-set-new
https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-washes-etc/vallejo-paints/vallejo-paint-sets
Similarly for brushes:
https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/brushes/army-painter-brushes
Element Games is 10 mins drive from Chez Fiend so feel free to give them some support :)
Not sure if you grasp this, but it’s probably easier and cheaper to get into Cocaine as a hobby.
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Paint sniffing as a compromise?
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They're all child-friendly acrylics alas.
And yeah Games Workshop makes splashing out on new 5.10s, Gorilla Chalk and a couple of bouldering mats seem like a budget option.
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Thanks Fiend :2thumbsup:
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They're all child-friendly acrylics alas.
And yeah Games Workshop makes splashing out on new 5.10s, Gorilla Chalk and a couple of bouldering mats seem like a budget option.
You probably have a local casino, if you want to wean yourself off the habit, without resorting to narcotics...
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They're all child-friendly acrylics alas.
And yeah Games Workshop makes splashing out on new 5.10s, Gorilla Chalk and a couple of bouldering mats seem like a budget option.
You probably have a local casino, if you want to wean yourself off the habit, without resorting to narcotics...
Or follow the 'investment' thread? ;)
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VACCINE'S READY MOTHERFUCKERS!
Topical eh! A great and characterful sculpt from Forge World that was one of the most fun figures I've painted - having a lot of variety on one model meant I never got bored painting too much of the same thing. I particularly enjoyed choosing some appropriate colours that I don't normally paint, and also painting the soft pale curvy tummy with gentle highlighting.
Feel free to share this far and wide as I'm chuffed to do something relevant to the current bollox times...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IMklk3AQrAQ/YCWIgI-_u0I/AAAAAAAAA8c/lF6TaS5mv58iBHHnh_tdKltgGM1qdkBHQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/vaccine1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9UBMNpwLaLY/YCWIgEdEG-I/AAAAAAAAA8k/kQgkh-BHtiQv37auGHWBeD5mDQE0mWiTwCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/vaccine2.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sRnnbC-q5nQ/YCWIgI4d7HI/AAAAAAAAA8g/BVQEbWP7eBsOwiFKb0lwdaRqzcWrfEc4gCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/vaccine3.jpg)
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Oh, that's GORGEOUS, nice work.
Got a link to where people can buy the model? I think I've got friends who might want one. Lots of folks seem to be getting back into tabletop RPGs during the pandemic.
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Thank you :)
And yes, sure do, only comes in a pack of two with another model, and is expensive, but...
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Necromunda-Rogue-Doc-and-Gang-Look-Out-2020
Forgeword's whole Necromunda characters range seems really nice, full of detail.
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FFS!
The little lad and I bumped into Fiend this morning and I completely forgot about all the advice from Fiend that has led to Jack enjoying painting little plastic monsters.
Anyway. Thanks Fiend. Now that he knows that you are the painting figures guy, he was really pleased to meet you.
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Awwww that's cool :). Please say "nice to meet you" back from the Painting Figures Guy (am tempted for a mini-revival in this heat...).
Nice to see you again and guess who turned up an hour later...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160046142428623&id=666738622
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Hey, relevant to your interests?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/31/how-games-workshop-grew-to-become-more-profitable-than-google
Ah, memories -- White Dwarf magazine, where as an impressionable young person I first encountered the snark of David Langford ...
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Hah, cheers. I've been on hiatus since winter, trying to get my climbing back in shape instead. Will get back into it tho.
Langford wrote the science fiction and fantasy book review column for White Dwarf from 1983 to 1988,
Some serious old skool days when White Dwarf was a more general gaming mag and not just a pure GW catalogue. Modern Warhammer is a very different and mostly unappealing beast...
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Very slick Fiend! Bringing back good memories of friends in 6th form dragging me into their games and running around the woods in costumes armed with foam weapons. (Oooh er).
Been meaning to post in this thread for ages but struggling with Flickr account passwords and posting pictures here directly got the better of me.
So apologies for Insta spamming but here are some links to drawings what I done.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfS8P-XBjPV/?utm_medium=copy_link/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj-o5Snj-p2/?utm_medium=copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeOaDh-HTFs/?utm_medium=copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUyg2dWg2_S/?utm_medium=copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EIsnqj_sj/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Nice. I like the shadow on the second link especially.
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Seems to be a suitable season / current weather for this so might as well share a couple:
Female Dwarf!
This was inspired / encouraged by an ex-partner who I'm still in friendly contact with online. She is Scottish and ginger, hence the hair colour and, well, Dwarfs are almost was grumpy as Scots...
I struggled a bit with the face on this and of course the camera picks out the roughness and varnish issues perfectly 🙄 But I'm really happy with the metals and colour scheme.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CC3pgYMlLCA/YZN4kCFgt5I/AAAAAAAABAE/u4OKuZAdBD4y4DeUbCt1vHbewJ8O6fuxwCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/femaledwarf1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9WMXr4nDt8I/YZN4kH-9adI/AAAAAAAABAA/vR0YqmK7GbsAYwUPKBLzE9ohXuiLup2_ACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/femaledwarf2.jpg)
Green Wizard!
This model is actually Sharkey (aka a covert Sauraman) from GW's Lord Of The Rings range, but I just liked the model itself and painted it as a normal wizard. The painting isn't quite as smooth as I'd like (I get bored on large uni-colour areas!), and the varnish a bit gritty, but I'm pleased with the colour scheme.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9JdQf30S57w/YZN3UyV2rYI/AAAAAAAAA_w/rRtBNiOIav8pkylRegivAvnmrVGw3YRwgCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/wizard1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-66B9CnxOfzk/YZN3U-Hn0DI/AAAAAAAAA_0/JynwBLAp3aQNF1tv0qBsofbkhBbUwBC5ACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/wizard2.jpg)
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That's a really nice job that, love the robes! I've been thinking of getting back into painting some little geezers recently myself tbh, not sure what to get? Maybe some forge world marines cos then I'll spend ages carefully painting em.
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Don't do it Wellsy, it's a shit idea and really contrary to effective training, remaining active, glory AND grades etc etc.
P.S. Forgeworld Space Marines seem pretty nice yeah.
P.P.S. https://teamshambler.blogspot.com/2020/05/painting-tips-and-tricks.html may or may not help.
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Doctor Ork Sez Get Yer Fucking Booster Ya Cunts, Cos If Your Vaccine Refusal Makes You A Statistic The Government Uses To Justify Another Lockdown, He's Gonna Rip Off Your Balls, Hack Off Your Limbs, And Play Fucking Golf With Them After Da Surgery's Closed. And Get His Pet Squig "Omi" To Piss On Yer Face.
(Yes it's a bit verbose, but Doctor Ork might be even grumpier than usual).
(This one's dedicated to jab_happy and also Will Hunt who inadvertently forced me to get another orc/k...)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdcEIqwqm1kJPqSB3jM9IXYrPCKZV57KVX7IoBHLvaq8bN_pdqKPZ8h3o0Cj5pQpuUrNxt1YlU_ABBYl0OHuUI-BXIPVcx0U9vt1m1yz8ci01GCMGwdbTLjbM-JvCgQnuGkRiZ8MNb99iAwYBSLBcO5EuUoJhQFfqb7NeHQcTLkMlE2BFIcOMNxg4rYg=s16000)
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The colour scheme is the same as Vaccine Bitch earlier in the year. Only the number of syringes has changed....
https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,25088.msg629447.html#msg629447
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New UKB avatar there.
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Drew this the other day of Pen Y Pass YHA, where I spent a few seasons.
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Fiend - you've drawn me out of hiding just to say how incredible that paint job is!
Top, top marks. :2thumbsup:
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Drew this the other day of Pen Y Pass YHA, where I spent a few seasons.
I liked this!
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Love Dr Ork Matt!
and the YHA (once I'd worked out how to make it big enough to see)
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Cheers guys, Dr Ork loves you too! He's doing a special mates rates festive discount on replacing limbs with a bionic heavy autogun / drill bit bionic combo if anyone's keen.
Nice drawing Dr Norton - it just needs a gridlock of stalled English cars trying to get into a £30/day Pen Y Pass carpark that's been full since 5:59am, and a bunch of Welsh locals shuffling along keying them and kicking off wing mirrors....
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Drew this the other day of Pen Y Pass YHA, where I spent a few seasons.
Great work, like the minimal approach, although the clear sky is unrealistic :)
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Thanks guys. It certainly is an idealised image...
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The usual bollox, in lieu of any sort of challenging climbing / training....(although I think I did these slowly and sporadically enough to not detract from my rehab, at least).
Two models that aren't Warhammer but closely resemble Warhammer Chaos factions - Nurgle sorceror first with the usual rot and decay (albeit a bit less gruesome than normal, and maybe a hint of Tzeentch in there??), and Khorne warrior second with traditional red / gold armour.
I was trying a few focused painting styles - really rich and sharp red on the warrior, and pastels, colour fades, and stippling on the sorceror.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-8TgxkDkWwUgU0S3SLf3K64WJOqqDJSg9USJGUWVDSOCvjXszrb4WboAHAgJC6ZH9xB8ERe0-6WHR1s-8IWrIyK3DLvDIlndHLHjTpl-M-eXH1ymkFtGuKzI8k3N1nkEZHlafXtX0tl-uXNf-ULWFUlV33KxLcQvhkffwg8liUZWu6f47IPG1z364_Q=s16000)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDPrC1984fnDvI1GnLVKM1svTWBcgaTiLFMsAE03cBV3UDkd-Jv8XWQ320Wz__y-qgVoYtmO34huP5FwGyUwm7WL573SsAZhttPkMMngROMfYoLDh5vod76XlSezySvrjmnhSAwpl2lc76h9dj6zSc29c0dRQBQy4xCpP3QBI5yKyVAOMSQzCa4IlWPQ=s16000)
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It would be nice if the forum software would actually post images at the correct size instead of inflating them to some random size it pulls out of it's arse ::)
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What's better than a Dwarf in power armour??
A Dwarf in power armour with a flamethrower, of course. Next question!
Really happy with most of the painting on this one especially the armour. Quite unhappy with the photos which for some reason decided to pick out all the -micro-roughness from the varnish and other imperfections as if they were the main focus 🙄 Although at least it got the colours spot on.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxP9gH2_JhHVp6jRZvMk3hx0m62wpo9qC6vSyNWjvtddJ1BV6QkxQP_LLeGKfgJUR-faAU-_agOMqZw2UyDZTl6-ERKUxUAsrxQBZPwWM1uKa6MsE16rbCTJSukteHju6VcRE5z6EvAisKEpv88CQ-bmAtPPkkOcHepv18txwrMmB8L3gikTJm2CR8bQ=s16000)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfWhaJpNA8gXV7BhAYwpP6ogW4N3sIMeP9db__GolCUdtSXIuKtZsDp6Vc4RfkBU0ovfMHRYjcNxu3VJ5-anoa5WWxRV1K75xmM1s5y0GyeykdnpUfiB8vHawwTEDOoiSrfIh5ymSKkCzRpRK1U1s0xI1FaJf9iSjplhiihNMaPt2or2HtVpUcFH64Xw=s16000)
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Special Wellsy's knee recovery commiseration triple edition:
(aka I'd *much* rather be posting about climbing)
((aka don't get lower limb and upper limb injuries at the same time whatever you do))
(((aka I'm dreading to see how badly UBB's auto-image-sizing bullshit will fuck up the pictures this time)))
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiJbO5syfBaAT7cEHXEt0ThXW73okQSCdvzX19q4O8Ol6p0VSze_S2iyoX0LEUTyPSxYKBIzkpn36W4aLtlhADQbDgbqR7bwJMjfcMEfT2fyURxXg0GQBOyNdCygL-zUrlmJ4fiR7FfiCxJl4y95ncSOmfBJGkWXptr3M2dwpFGBIuw6c0ReVwhgdF6g=s16000)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5lw-tu7n195nPyMm7bsuEB5vy4pfcZnKt7JtrUjIrCzIyzS_F-CWDk0FMsLXxGOwlkraAcYTIW87cOtEQPuuZm05pP8FjaJToS3lf_m20iK7Gj0JUb5g-Rg6GSsZc4CmnbY9HRx8m0H1bVHdv8cEz9Tff3qkYKosO8_RnCWAYku4aRdxSDL-_gLbEHQ=s16000)
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Hopefully the last one for a while but I think this dude is pretty fun so whatever:
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfCZB05impT367GaJMmgYF6y7umLxg-kS2KVOfCM-pk-kBBxdjuC5FVweq5MNwLbrnL26WbIiJyz_zFTa-sFT2KzPKqln-hW8uD1W7J0OUT2lSxAJUWdsi-b6_xFmHNe9eO465aMXh51yUiPcMSzGBl00tGxec6ZW1KFTz897l7M6JnACTNKCXfEgqA/s16000/orkkom1.jpg)
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I always wonder how big these guys are, need scale!
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I always wonder how big these guys are, need scale!
Here you go:
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nv4vwwS1Jd0yyhAWyiF6JmAgYtQhR4Z9YwWijjxefpAVq0WKwXqoHhzqXqWV1xGlJv1QXd7n-JbA7N-LMXH0LR83quOemGnFPs8XjiwkP38nBzIZeZfzVd2L_fwDGJ9Wczyne2qTIxEK1MJ97ZNAcwp8z1GLJ7jn8k2uvrQk6Ew4csUUrs5UZqdVlA/s16000/escherscale.jpg)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNupqN86tyR0pmw-hYPhvpucO7jUzxxOzVEqcps6nfPyPsNqujNQPR10Rnp_7V2oXj0S7p3-zdAQy6uZy2B-91uDefYWa9miumwtXOOutrLjPkfPz8sPWMNu9OmFAinCLPR4uBv1nyTEqTCRNPGyuxhYj_BMmF-tJgianf0rVypdZXctOmaXtLIkRb2w/s16000/marinescale.jpg)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuo7fHeWEIdVtBT2LyaBcvW0_MAu6bvbtAkic4NZNLYwN6XWn3LWAlsAfmdmp1ObakIG7SgaYeoqVDIBZy47pCwMt51Q5HMxax2v8tmvDEW4lPI_0eUOsZyUMXGBoH7buP6vJ6sFpAGIYDDXGhi0pqojifmNT0Pp3OWFHbZwTzDYR6gBvfc8COuUavg/s16000/orkscale.jpg)
Disclaimer: I've been wearing 2x reading glasses to paint them since 2017.
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shit the bed. You must have a steady hand, I guessed they were at least 2-3 times that size.
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shit the bed.
Nearly happened last night, this was the curry I ordered:
Devils Naga
Phall style dish cooked with tiger naga chillies, giving a very evil hot & tasty flavour
They're not wrong. The sauce looked like just pureed chillies. I managed 7 mouthfuls including 5 bits of chicken over 45 mins and had to bin the remaining 2/3 of the dish.
Anyway, yeah, they're smol. I do have decades of practise though, and high quality small brushes (Windsor and Newton Series 7 sizes 00 and 000 for the fine details). I definitely can't paint any detail work after coffee as I'm too shaky ::)
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Do they see use for gaming, or is it purely for the love of art? Gorgeous work either way.
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It's purely to obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul. No gaming, i did try years ago but kinda went for a lower-powered army (Dwarfs) and wasn't very good at it. It was entertaining doing quicker army standard painting though. These current ones take a loonnngggg time.
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Fiend, your painting is excellent. Really impressive stuff. I've been painting some little lads and lasses myself of late, and used them in some games too
(https://i.ibb.co/Y39TdPV/Received-284935750479273.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/F4S8FwW/20220328-225313.jpg)
Nothing like fiends but okay enough!
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Nice one Wellsy. Strong squad look. Is that Infinity (at a very vague guess)??
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Yeah, brilliant game. Getting in a couple of matches a week right now which is cool. Very different from 40k or anything like that. Skirmishy and quite cyberpunk in vibe
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It’s been a while since posting but…
just delivered this at the weekend…
https://flic.kr/p/2nSF2ko
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Yup he's cool!! Nice one.
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That's well cool