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Printmaking experimentation update: pasta machines do totally work for tiny drypoint etchings.
I made a small hand-colored edition of my pasta machine prints. Image area of 5.5cmx8cm, edition of 5. Plexiglass drypoint and rag paper scavenged from the recycle bin.
Some tiny paintings in progress for Art Brownie at Gallery50 in Toronto. I’m excited to do a miniature art show. The theme is Summertime, and I’m making bugs.
My finished paintings for Art Brownie at Gallery 50 in Toronto. These pieces are now available via their Art Brownie site.
Competition Stormcast Eternal
A Stormcast Eternal Liberator I painted for my local antics branch for their local competition. I decided to base my stormcast on the celestial knight with the dark blue armour and white shoulders. For the celestial wolf I was inspired by Knight-Venator’s Star-eagle with a orange belly and gradually darker blues, I also carried this on to the hammers smoke as to represent the same magic is carried in the soldiers hammer. I added a scroll to the shield and a purity seal to the shoulder just to make more interesting to paint. For the base I tried to imagine what the celestial knight’s homeland would be and the first thing I could think of was the twilight woods from “the edge chronicles”. With that I designed a floral base with snow to show a cold but flourishing forest as to also compliment the celestial knight’s cold design.
This was my first competition piece I have done and I have to say I had a lot of fun putting it together, designing and painting it, even though I dislike the design of the Stormcast Eternal (sigmarines). I hope I can try something like this again hopefully with something I am more interested in.
Lord of the Rings: Balrog Miniature
Over the weekend I painted a balrog miniature for my local gaming store, Atlanic Games.
When painting the miniature I had a lot of doubts over the design and how I would paint it. My main concern was over how the flames on his back and the cracks in his skin would look when paired with the black skin. This was enforced when I looked over others versions of the model where I thought the flames and cracks where not as prominent as I would of liked. However after I applied the dry brush of grey and white I think it really brought the whole miniature together into one cohesive whole with his skin looking like cooled lava.
Unfortunately the original miniature was missing it’s flames that go on the bottom of the base. I plan on looking round the store again for them and if I don’t find them I’ll try and make some new ones.
Artist: Firbet Makes
Old Wood Elves Squad
A set of ten old wood elves my older brother owned and gave to me, so I repainted them.
I repainted an old collection of wood elves I found for my first practice at miniature painting a long time ago before I created this tumblr account (like 6 months ago). I used the standard Games Workshop Citadel painting system of; base coat, wash, 1st layer paint, 2nd highlight layer. As this was my first painting experience with this system The lines on the cloaks are very prominent however I think this gives them a stylised look.
I created a diorama base for all of the models as I wanted a set of scenery that would make a nice background for displaying them and for taking pictures. I went with a forest setting as I thought this would be fitting of the wood elves.
Terror Geist Miniature
I finished this model a while ago however I never got around to posting it.
I painted this for my local games workshop's flying painting competition. I personally love dragons so I bought this ages before the competition.
I had painted a bit of it but I re-painted a lot of it and re made the base so that it look more dynamic. As the dragon stands on higher stones at the back of his feet I tapered the base so that it would look more natral like he was crawling down a hill or rocky mountin. This was the first time I have tried lightning and gore strings so they aren't done the best however I think the gore was done pretty well.
I came joint second in the competition so I was pretty proud! I was aiming for first for the next competition ;) . (I'll post that some time soon)
Gorkanaut Repair Shop: Runefang Competition Winner
I've been busy for 2 months working on a deathskulls gorkanaut for my local games workshops runefang competition. I came first place!
I tried out a load of new ideas on my model (not all of them worked). Some examples would be LED's, you can see the switch on the back which powers a small LED inside the belly and there is another led inside the small scrap shop under the gorkanaut. I also used chains and barbed wire for the first time which I think really added to the scrappy look of the whole thing.
I painted the gorkanaut in the colour scheme of the deathskulls clan which usually graft together their vehicles with pieces or other vehicles. With that in mind I added a large amount of guns and random weapons on to the gorkanaut so it looked scrapped together.
Christmas Chaos Warshrine Present
As he is a D&D dungeon master I decided to paint him a big monster for his campaigns so his battles would have a bigger impact. I placed magnets in the shrine so the priest can be removed and placed on a different base so different models can be placed on the shrine or you could have an encounter with just the priest.
I painted it with a purple and blue colour scheme as I wanted the shrine to have a garish look and complement the bright gold trim. I also painted the trolls underneath a cool grey so the would blend into the base as if they where no there (like they are unwanted), this really contrasts with the garish shrine sitting on top of them.
For the trim I found out this new way to shade and highlight it My previous method was: Retribution armour - Seraphim sepia - Gehenna’s gold - Liberator gold However the shade was never dark enough so the highlights never came through, so I came up with this new method which makes really deep shades and a really realistic look. Base: Retributor armour Highlight 1: Liberator gold Highlight 2: Runefang Steel Shade: really watered down Screaming bell For the shade you have to be very careful and treat it like a layer so you cant wash it all over the miniature but rather selectively paint the areas you want to be shaded.
For my present I got a bunch of paints :).
It’s been a while since I last posted on here as I’ve had to do so much to prepare for uni and I wanted to spend a peaceful time with my family at Christmas.
Competition Model Shrine Spider
Finally finished my model for a local gaming store for their competition. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out even though there are a few parts I could improve.
I wanted to paint an arachnarok spider as patterns stand out beautifully on its shell. I decided to alter it to make a shrine spider as goblins worship the arachnarok spiders (and it would be fun to paint)
Lost the battery to my camera so I had to use my phone for the pictures, hopefully I’ll find the battery soon and take some nicer pictures and close ups.
I won my local gaming stores over 16's painting competition! Found my cameras battery again so I've taken some better pictures of my model entrant.
Pink Insect/Slime Mutileth
Came second in my local GW’s open christmas painting competition with my Pink Insect/Slime Mutileth. This came out way more over the top than I originally intended, however it was really eye-catching on the shelf with the other models.
https://www.facebook.com/GWHereford/posts/1728688723842469
Yncarne, Avatar of Ynnead
A commission I did a while back for my local gaming store at the time. I find blending whites really hard so it’s pretty spotty. I do like what I did with the frost around him though.
Sakura Mistweaver Saih
A gift from one of my housemates for Christmas, I love the model itself. The colour scheme I used looks way better than I thought it would, it’s based off cherry blossoms as I haven’t painted a lot of pale coloured models.
Converted Mecha Carnosaur
Converted and painted this guy over 2 months for a local painting competition. Didn't win, but I'm still happy with the results.
Mainly wanted to practice sculpting and converting models as I haven't sculpted a lot before. Also wanted to try out doing some NMM on the tank and dino. Not sure how well the NMM came out but I'm glad I tried it.
Colour concepts for my next warhammer model “Alarielle the Everqueen”
Took way longer than I thought to get all of these done.
Alarielle the Everqueen
Finally finished my Everqueen, I was meant to get it done by Christmas, and it came out really nice. Based Her colour scheme off of a succulent and cactuses with the red spike edges and cactus lumps.
Mainly wanted to practice my blending which I still think is my weakest point, maybe because don’t have enough patience for it.
Finished painting the core set of the Dark Souls Board Game a while ago. Only now gotten the chance to take some good photos of it!
Went for a simpler, faster look for these miniatures so it was a lot of drybrushing and shading. I didn’t want to spend months wetblending these minis.
Tried to make all the miniatures as game accurate as possible so no bright colours for me :(
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Finished the phantoms expansion for dark souls the board game. Was pretty cool experimenting with a limited colour palette to paint these suckers.
Painting the black phantoms was especially satisfying.
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