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#1 Captain jOE

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 11:20 AM

This is the second mini I've painted for an up and coming D&D campaign. This one was a small comission job that I did for a friend.

Sarin the ninja elf will be a strange dual personality elf (he swallowed a fairy.... I didn't make the backstory up, the client did) who more or less fails at being a ninja but is a loyal companion to Harken and company. I originally thought about doing more of a traditional black ninja scheme. But the client and I decided that it would better fit the goofy character by doing a "white" ninja look. I then took one of the most competent assassins color schemes and applied it to this mini.

He was a lot of fun to paint, and I'm pretty happy with how the white turned out. I don't know if I care for the glowing eyes (it was especially hard to pull off because one of them is covered) but that was one of the most important things for the client to have on the mini. So I rolled with it and did the best I could.

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Comments and criticisms are welcome.

Thanks for looking!

#2 Inarah

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 12:47 PM

I think it came out really well.
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Posted 03 August 2012 - 05:02 PM

Aha! I can actually make out the "glowing eyes." I really like the texture of the cobblestone/flagstone base, by the way, and the way it nicely fits into the "frame" of the 25mm (?) square base. The white looks really nice, and works well with that rich red lining. I really like the subtle differences in browns on the leathery portions. This looks like a very impressive figure (even if it's for a goofy character ;) ).

#4 lubo_dragonbane

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 05:58 PM

u did a great job on both of them and they look great next to each other. i have that same elf mini just not started yet been busy working my dnd groups minis for the next campaign.

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 07:08 PM

Love the color scheme

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#6 evergrin

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 11:49 AM

I like what you do with 'white' and careful addition of bolder color. I like the sophisticated look of your figures. Nice work.

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 11:49 AM

Love the white! I've painted (once in typical elf ranger greens, and another in midnight blue/black) that same mini twice, for two different characters, and I love seeing how dramatically different yours is. You really pulled that white off well.

#8 Captain jOE

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 12:57 PM

Thanks for all of the compliments guys!

Glad the color scheme turned out good. I didn't think I could go wrong with Ezio's color scheme, but you never know how it will translate to a model sometimes.

@Jordan Peacock: not to toot my own horn, but I was pretty proud of the browns on this model. I used all kinds of colors. GW Scorched Brown, GW Khemri Brown, RMS Bloodstain Red, RMSClotted Red, and GW Bestial brown were all employed.

I'm gonna be real sad when my pots of Scorched and Khemri brown are used up. Those two work super well with each other and produce a nice leather look.

A final note to those reading: GW Ceremite White is stinking awesome. I haven't dealt with the Reaper whites, but that white worked awesome on this model.

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:22 PM

I like the misty feel of the cape and the red/orange contrast very nicely with the gray/white. The gem also looks very nice.

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:28 PM

I'm gonna be real sad when my pots of Scorched and Khemri brown are used up. Those two work super well with each other and produce a nice leather look.


Coat D'arms still makes the old school GW colours under different names, if that helps you find equivalent substitutes.

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Posted 07 August 2012 - 05:42 AM

Beautiful work. :)




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