Daniel Clift... wow

[ManicMan]

Just looking through some old stuff cause I'm trying to get a decent idea to just finish off this one model.. it's annoying cause I really feel it just needs a little something but... oh well..

And I came across some work of Daniel Clift, who I think enters the Golden Demon 89 (this is from WD 117.. they appear to credit Mick Beard and Richard Kernick in the contents, but then show some of Daniel Clift in on the pages.

anyway.. And I was kinda taken back by.. He has clear easy to read (well, a bit tricky with photo size but what you can see and some closes up show easy to read) lettering on his figure rims.. but these are Epic Marines..

some of this work looks impressive for full scale but at epic scale.. yeah.. it's pretty damn amazing really.

Just wondering if anyone knew if he went into the field or anything.. some of the painters were kinda head-hunted by GW, some it was just a hobby.

 

[MichaelStockin]

There are some capable 6mm painters out there for sure. 3mm too.

Are they decals?

 

[Brother Meredith]

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iMuiYa0pznJ1GeTkcf8GHLHdc35S79PbXKZ0LggQRIf_P2vwmq8YErU6xaH6M-Twoin2xhMu9LuzHQJ4Vat6ywX4TNQtEAbWQxA9pSkkKuBJbbQjlF-dCNN607OU5pHvVTXUPkm6UZd1/s1600/6-933c017a7e.jpg

*Squints*

 

[ManicMan]

Better scan

I know you can get some great painters are different scales, you do good 15mm stuff.. but.. some of this for 6mm.. kinda amazes me.. I don't think my eyes were EVER good enough for that..

 

[Geroak II]

That's some seriously detailed painting. I've been interested in trying to paint some smaller minis lately and this thread made me remember a thing called 'rice writing' and now I'm thinking if buying a technical pen for some tiny details would be worth it. Hmmm.

 

[ManicMan]

don't know the term. I do have some paint pens (pens which are loaded with acrylic paint) and some fine liners (but I can't remember where I put the black, though have all the others in the pack). but yeah. sometimes you can see something really good and its to aspire to, sometimes it's to know you could never be that good.. but as long as you don't get all down about it, it's all fine ^_^;

 

[Geroak II]

Sorry for highjacking the thread, ManicMan!

Rice writing is literally art/skill of writing on grains of rice. To this day I'm not sure if it's an elaborate scam or a real thing, despite photos google search shows....

So, inspired by excellent work of mr. Clift, I tried out texting on 20mm base rim. After somewhat strong start it sort of fell apart, but since this was done simply out of curiosity and as challenge for myself (and I'll be painting over the text anyway) I didn't bother tidying it up. Done in one swoop using just white paint, text is about 1 or 2mm in size.



Snotling I painted a while ago is the smallest thing I've tackled so far, though quite a bit larger than 6mm.
Zooming in is pretty brutal - no way human eye sees all the mistakes camera reveals. Colours are not quite as vibrant as IRL and whether it's skill issue, lack of decent light or my camera to blame, I have no clue.

sometimes you can see something really good and its to aspire to, sometimes it's to know you could never be that good.. but as long as you don't get all down about it, it's all fine ^_^;

Couldn't agree more. Inspiration is fine, comparing to others is usually pointless.

 

[ManicMan]

Thelonious Monk or the Miles Davies renamed version?

I know what you mean about close inspection with zooming ^_^ the number of times I've got something I think looks really good, then zooming in and stuff you see all the little faults.

Not really hijacking if this work is inspiring to do your own work and stuff

 

[Geroak II]

Was listening to Davis while painting it. Well spotted!

 

[symphonicpoet]

^Oh, that makes my St. Louis heart happy. I should go play some Miles. And paint, but not at the same time.

 

[Brother Meredith]

You guys heard of Willard Wigan?

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[Geroak II]

Wow. I was expecting that to be some jazz musician (and was fully ready to embrace this thread turning into forum's unofficial jazz thread), but that was really something else. Man's art and attitude are equally inspiring. Cheers for sharing the vid.

 

[ManicMan]

of course.. and this is gonna fly over alot of heads, I'm trying to see If I can find a Porsche 935 in 28mm scale... really start up a jazz thread..

 

[Geroak II]

Yep, flew over my head alright. What's it about?

On a different note, this little piggy...


...is a pain to photograph. Sorry for garbage quality pics, this is the best I could do.

While nice break from 28mm and offered interesting challenge, just as I was hoping for, I had a breakfast at epiphany's -moment here; In short, I'm going in the opposite direction than I should. If I want to paint details it's bigger scale rather than smaller where it's at.
Pretty obvious when you think about really. Anyway, some food for thought for me looking forward, I suppose.


28mm, 10mm and 3,5mm to eyes respectively.
Since I can't find anything smaller to paint in my collection this ends my challenge/experiment/whatcamacallit.

 

[symphonicpoet]

We could use an unofficial music thread. But yeah, that was awesome! Inspiring stuff.