Finally filling in this model after ages. It's legitimately the last Neverborn model I needed for my collection. I actually completed this model in under 48 hours (blister to photograph). It was a fairly simple model to paint, with not a lot of distinct surfaces.
I tried to duplicate the box are on this one, mostly because I liked the color scheme. One specific note though is that I used a little gold metallic paint for the highlights on the yellows to create a little more sparkle and pop. I've never done this sort of thing before and I have to admit that I kinda like the effect. I might use this again on something else.
This is my Neverborn version of Lucius, because let's face it, he's supposed to be more Neverborn than guild. So I inverted the typical color scheme by having predominantly purple instead of red. I really enjoyed painting this model despite the rather static looking pose. He's so regal and prancy looking.
Somewhat speed painted. I had a lot of fun with the details of this model and just experimenting. She's a swampy/messy sort of lady so going crazy with wet blending was a logical choice. I tried to make her hair look greasy and her skin look dirty and pallid. I added a little rust to the needles as well just to emphasize the wetness.
Loved painting these. Quick and easy, but nice details.
Terrible join lines that I didn't properly clean up, but I got these done under the wire. They are actually great models, but mine felt cursed. Multiple times they ended up falling off my paint can mounts.
This is unfortunately not a final shot of the Brutal Effigy I painted for my friend Lisa. I forgot to get a picture of the final version. I had redone the hat brim and touched up some colors further. So if nothing else, here's a placeholder picture for a model I eventually finished.
I sort of painted this for Iron Painter round 3, but honestly this last couple weeks was a mess for me personally and found myself trying to get something done quickly. I also just was vexed by this model a bit and ran into a couple challenges while painting it. Honestly I could do a long write up, but I'm unfortunately exhausted and just getting pics posted tonight and moving on.
Speed painted, but with a caveat. I did 1 per night, and completed each in roughly 80 minutes of painting (primed to done). The third one took a little longer just due to surface area. They were an interesting practice though. For each one I started by picking 3 colors as my base tonal palette, and then I proceeded to channel Matt DiPietro to #PaintBravely. I just started laying down paint over the whole model working back and forth and adding in colors as I went. I didn't focus on one area too long. In the end I found that I really enjoyed the process of painting more than normal. I wasn't thinking as much as feeling my way through which color I should use.
Here's my round 2 entry for Iron Painter. The theme was "Water, Water, Everywhere..." and I put together this idea for it. These are waterbending brothers, standing back to back, fighting off an unseen enemy. I'm pretty tired, otherwise I would do a lot more write up of this. The entry was due tonight and I just got it in under the wire. If people would like to see WIP pics or know more about how I did anything here, just leave a comment.
Bigger project than I originally thought it would be. Not my best effort, but I like how the overall "red horseman of war" thing worked out.
So this was my entry for round 1 of the Wyrd Iron Painter competition this year. You can read all about round 1 here. What follows in this post is just a bunch of random thoughts about my entry and the competition in general. No offense is meant to anyone, and none of this is meant as whining. Just reflection.
Online-only painting contests are tricky things. There were obviously a bunch of really good entries in this competition. I placed #53 out of 175 that actually submitted entries. The stats are all on the Wyrd forums. That puts me in the bronze tier. The tough thing about these sorts of online-only competitions is that voting becomes very obfuscated and getting feedback even moreso.
I noticed that almost all of the gold and silver tier entries were dioramas to some degree. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it does sort of reinforce to me that I wasn't aiming for complete competition level by sticking to a properly based model. I will definitely say, the #1 place entry was fantastic.
This was just a weird model. Weird pose. Not a lot of "features" to it. No appropriate reference material to figure out what to do with it. So I just ended up experimenting with color on it. I tried to evoke a more otherworldly appearance to it.
Another one done. This model was going ok, but there was a key point that I was working on it that reminded me where one of my own personal strengths with painting is: Color.
Collodi crew finished! After painting so many puppets and putting their magic strings on them, it was really satisfying to finish up Collodi himself and put his own controlling strings on to have the puppet master done.
Vasalisa! Despite some serious errors and gaps in assembly, I managed to correct and hide the problems and clean it all up.
