GG 2026 Wood Elf Hero - GG2026 Journey

[Geroak II]

Coming along nicely.

Regarding gems, I'd just like to say that photos are merciless in revealing even the smallest of mistakes (or "mistakes") you wouldn't be able to make out with naked eye alone. Personally I follow this simple rule of thumb: If it's something you can fix - go for it. If it's impossibly small detail to fix - leave it. I probably haven't taken a single pic of my miniatures where I didn't find something to fix or something "I should've done differenty".

Zooming in on your elf, his circlet and gem on it looks very finely detailed.

as the shields show, my freehand is not great, so I'll have to keep the tabard design simple. That will be the next step I think.

I'd like to politely disagree - they look very nice and IMHO stylistically fit the theme you're going for perfectly. See what orkwrangler said above.

 

[Raedwald]

Thanks guys.

After seeing the close ups I was really thinking I must go back in to correct, while knowing there was a 90% chance of just making it worse.
So that's very good advice, thank you!

I do agree, stylistically the simple Pictish symbols pleasingly do work well with the theme. Cheers.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Close up photos regularly reveal embarrassing details… so long as the overall impression works, you should not be embarrassed! The model is looking amazing!

 

[The Serene Badger]

I get it with both photos and my magnifying glass - the amount of things I've spent ages fixing, then realised it's only visible under magnification. I mean, if anyone took it on themselves to scrutinize my models under a magnifying glass and then be rude about them, they'd be getting a boot up the bum (or at least some grumpy words). Constructive criticism and advice is always very much appreciated though, I've got lots to learn.