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[Leader of the Rats]

Nice mini to paint, quick and easy. Unfortunately mine had a terrible cast mistake on his face, I did my best to clean it up but the right eye is pretty much nonexistant. I considered resculpting the whole face but I just didn't want to spend that much time on it. Practiced my freehand with the tartan. Turned out ok I think. New metal recipe, don't think I'll keep it. Comments, critism and suggestions welcome.

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[Sanael]

Nicely done! I'm a fan of the subtle color palette. Very sepia tone, which is pretty cool.

I would like to see a brown wash of some sort to mute the tartan a bit, because right now it looks very very new--and very modern/synthetic dye new--while the rest of the mini is very weathered and natural. That aside, the tartan is amazing; I don't usually see sooo much plaid detail, mostly just two colors crosshatched over a basecoat. So it looks great, just a little out of place with the rest of the piece.

In the side-view photo, his right-hand cleaver looks pretty good, with lots of contrast between the flat and the edge. His other metal plates are pretty flat, though, so I see what you mean about the metallic recipe.

[Metalchaos]

I'm not a fan of the big rings on the blades. Maybe they are just too big.

[Endakil]

All the awards for that tartan :)

I feel like Metalchaos about the rings.

[Leader of the Rats]

Ya the rings were also an experiment, pain to paint. The cloak does look better with the brown wash, thanks Uber-Mensch

[Metalchaos]

I think the cloak look awesome this way. Do you think you'll post more pictures with the brown wash done?

[Darius Glenwell]

In regards to the tartan. It should have continued on the inside of the cloak. I like the metals on the blades. But the golds need more shadows and much more highlighting. The blue on the skin seems a bit overdone. Taking a closer look at it. It all needs deeper shadows and higher highlights. Seems very muted. But just my thoughts is all.

[MamaGeek]

Nice work overall, although the tartan needs shading in the folds of the cloth. It is still cloth, even if it has a pattern on it. Next time paint the base coat and shade it before you paint the pattern on top. Then shade the pattern. It's a real pain. (Believe me, I know! My last project was Andrea Miniatures' Rob Roy, and I hated that mini before I loved it. I almost threw it out my kitchen window! Haha!) Still, it is well worth the time and effort if you want beautiful kilt work!

[Leader of the Rats]

After this heat wave I'm going to take some of these suggestions and try them out. I'll update with pics. Thanks everyone.