Brother Meredith
Lord
The colours you achieve on your models are next level! Do you have any plans to enter this into a painting competition?
A slowly growing Waaagh!
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Tex
Baron
Thank you so much! I'm tempted to enter it in next year monte san savino show here in italy, but i confess i'm worried about carrying it around: i've already built some sort of safe carrier, but the beast's ankles are VERY weak and the rider will definitely increase the weight and inertia stressing them.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Best of luck if you do enter at Monte! Heard great things about that show and would love to go, but don’t have the talent required… 
Hope you manage to engineer some means of taking the weight.
Hope you manage to engineer some means of taking the weight.
Tex
Baron
It's indeed a great show, with an OPEN formula, i.e. there is not a limited number of awards, which is quite appropriate, considering the wide variety of entries scale-, lore- and style-wise.
I only hope that the final result can meet my expectations: i never invested so much time and efforts in a mini and on top of that this one is for a good 70% a very personal creation...almost a milestone in my hobby career😬
I only hope that the final result can meet my expectations: i never invested so much time and efforts in a mini and on top of that this one is for a good 70% a very personal creation...almost a milestone in my hobby career😬
Michael Stockin
Lord
I am sucker for well done rocks. They are so much more than grey.
Double thumbs up.
Double thumbs up.
Michael Stockin
Lord
Tex
Baron
They're inclined inward...considering the moss on top they'll be fully protected from any dropping.
There will be lichens, though
And a war-chicken turd at best😁
ManicMan
Lord
do I comment that technically, it is a photo? ^_^
Mostyn
Baron
You may have a point
but then I'm all for backhand compliments!
Michael Stockin
Lord
peak:
Tex
Baron
Thank you, I'm glad you appreciate these small touches
I lost count of the splash/wash/glaze treatments given to these rocks, but I think they're now spot on.
I used some oils in order to enriche and enhance the shadows, but they dried a bit too light for my likings: in the end I darkened them witha light coat of "wet effect" by Ak, ensuring that it dried matt: this definitly gave a really "stone-like" finish to the surface.
The soil is almost done, as well...too bad the holidays are now over: they were proving to be very productive
I lost count of the splash/wash/glaze treatments given to these rocks, but I think they're now spot on.
I used some oils in order to enriche and enhance the shadows, but they dried a bit too light for my likings: in the end I darkened them witha light coat of "wet effect" by Ak, ensuring that it dried matt: this definitly gave a really "stone-like" finish to the surface.
The soil is almost done, as well...too bad the holidays are now over: they were proving to be very productive
Tex
Baron
Ready to get the vegetation: this will take some time, as I'll have to make some tests with dried natural moss first: the idea is to get a yellow-ish finish, rather than the vivid green of modelling foam which i usually put on my bases.
I'll also have to paint some preserved micro plants i collected in the garden and some artificial ones, plus modelling some mushrooms and some small pines (hoping that there'll be some room for them😅)
I'll also have to paint some preserved micro plants i collected in the garden and some artificial ones, plus modelling some mushrooms and some small pines (hoping that there'll be some room for them😅)
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Michael Stockin
Lord
Most excellent, it sort of reminds me of an artist from I was younger that did fantasy art in what looked like water colours, he did a LOTR poster.