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Yesterday, I finished the Dark Sword amazon. The result is okay, not great; I suppose that means I may have raised my expectations a bit, however unintentionally. Or maybe the sculpt demanded more precision with larger 'cloth' and skin areas needing smooth blending, smaller details, greenstuff for the hair, etc. Either way, I spent a little too much time on it and started to get slightly tired of working on it, but at least it's finished and off my table.
I also picked Carinth back up, and in between those tasks slapped some Grey Liner on armor areas of 3 men-at-arms and 1 knight, all Grenadier, Julie Guthrie. Well, the knight might be otherwise, but, whatever. They all got some pumice paste to hide the bases, too.
Carinth has a lot of stuff going on with details in the sculpt and OSL, so she may get a new WIP thread. Maybe. I don't want the photos and posts to distract from painting or make it feel like 'work' again. On the other hand, I could probably use some feedback on some of the challenges I've set for myself on this piece.
Hmmm...decisions, decisions...
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Raising the Bar, One Notch at a Time
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Darklord commentedEditing a commentI find that its rare you can spend too much time on a mini, too little maybe. That is of course in terms of artisitc time rather than overusing precious spare time! -
#2waghorn41 commentedEditing a commentLooking forward to seeing these minis. As DL says you can spend too little time but then I think you can spend too much time by trying to improve something which you just don't seem able to - and risk ruining what you've already achieved. But hey, DL's the expert, I'm just wag...
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#3GreyHorde commentedEditing a commentSomehow, after bouncing around indecisively for some months, Carinth was finished in June or July and made the trip to Gen Con. Placed 3rd in Reaper manufacturer awards. I asked several friends, excellent painters, all, for critique and suggestions. As a result, Carinth is now back on my workbench, waiting for 'upgrades'. I will try to post pics before and after. The plan is that I do not get to call it done, but rather keep tweaking until they call out "don't change a thing".
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