In-between work and being hacked to death in Dark Souls I managed to get a little more of the latest RBG dwarf finished. Still some polishing to go but it's pretty close to done.
It's been interesting playing around with NMM again. So many beautiful examples of the technique out there (especially Nakatan - definitely one of my favourite painters these days) that it can be tough getting a satisfying result when comparing it to the work of others but I'm giving it a crack...
As if I didn't have little enough time to paint already - I had to make things worse by purchasing this bloody game...
Whilst I'm certainly not a gamer I will still pick things up for a little after work stress relief if they sound particularly cool, Dark Souls probably wasn't the wisest choice... The game's been punishing me for about 7 hours now with no stress relief in sight. That said - it is horribly addictive and I guess enjoyable in its own fashion.
I included a couple of videos - one a cool compilation of bad guys (mute it though, the music is god awful) and a second of some painful scrote narrating his journey through the tutorial stage - it is amusing if you can deal with the guys 'nails on chalkboard' voice...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
It's always interesting taking photos during the paintjob, things that you thought fine look rubbish and vice versa. With me, I think I stop looking at a part of a miniature once I've decided it's finished and can therefore miss things that I'm forced to look at in a photo. With this guy I was quite happy with the face and had considered it finished but I can now see that the lining around the eye is too dark and I'm either going to need to lighten it or create a bit more contrast around the nose by darkening the shadows. I'm also not entirely sure the fur works, I think some nuances of another colour are needed. and maybe some deeper shadows. I do like the shield though so it's not all bad.
On a side note - I believe this is one of the dwarf sculpts Tre discontinued from the RBG line. No idea why, it's a great little sculpt, far better than I thought it was before starting on it.
