Yuan Yuan Part Deux

HOLY CRAP two updates in a week?!  Well I'm dooming myself to stop updating here.

They guys at WAMP took a look at my first photos and gave some recommendations to consider.  Tried to re-shoot the miniature at a higher angle and softer lighting, also I decided to re-do her eyebrow.  Images are a bit darker than I would normally go for.  However the images I normal ygo for are clearly not doing much for me.

Yuan Yuan

I've loved this miniature from the first moment I saw it.  Angel Giraldez, the studio painted for Infinity and several other companies, really is fantastic.  His technique is spot on and the speed at which he is able to finish figures is frightening.

Overall I'm very happy with the painting on this figure.  She was part of my exhibition at NCMSS 2011 show.  The judges did not find the piece as compelling as my Duke Gerard, and I contend that is the due to the base.

I built three bases for this figure, and I probably should have kept with the first one.  The figure screams "saboteur" to me and I decided the first base did not line up with that theme well enough.  But now I have no idea what this base is supposed to be.  Hooking up an undetonated bomb to a "laptop" the size of most desk top PCs now?!  On a far future themed model...

Yeah this was a brilliant idea!

Guild of Harmony Mae'Viir Dark Elf Sorceress

That's right not ashamed to blow her up this large.  Yes she doesn't actually look that great, but it's what I did.  When I first saw this figure from Guild of Harmony I was really interested in her.  By the time I finished painting her I thought I did a pretty good job.  Blown up like this I'm seeing all sorts of issues.  The details on her are not as "crisp" as I'm used to now.  And her eyes gave me numerous on going problems.  Had I taken the up close shots a few weeks ago There would have been some serious re-working last week ahead of the NCMSS show. 

edit: Huh...  Apparently I blew her up a little TOO Large for the blog formatting.

NCMSS 2011 Show

Yesterday MamaGeek, Shades and I,  (all members of the Virginia Mini Painters Group from WAMP) met up at the National Capital Model Soldier Society annual show in Annandale, VA.  Each of us brought several pieces for the exhibition. 

I entered 6 pieces into the SciFi Fantasy Advanced Painters exhibit and was awarded Gold for my Reaper Duke Gerard piece, shown on the left.

MamaGeek was awarded a well deserved  Gold in the SciFi Fantasy Advanced Open exhibit for her "Visiting GrandPa" Piece.  This is a really impressive diorama.  Although her pictures of the piece are fantastic, they do not do justice to the overall execution.

Shades put both of us to shame with exhibits.  He was awarded silver in the SciFi Fantasy Advanced Painters exhibit for his Kroot Ox, but his exhibit in the Wargame category was outstanding.  A complete Lizardman Army, Malifaux goblin force and a Freebooters Fate pirate goblin gang.  The whole exhibit was awarded a Gold as well as best in show for Wargame. 
 
I'll be posting individual shot of my exhibit pieces over the course of the next few weeks, maybe actually get semi regular updates on here again.

While there I ran into several of the guys from the Yahoo Groups DC Area Mini Painting Club. A club that I joined when it started, over 10 years ago.  But I haven't made any of the painting sessions in a LONG time and I'm planning to change that.  Painting in a group setting, and getting instant critique and feed back on pieces, really helps the end product and overall technique.