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thanks I am proud of her, and I am very happy that you like it too ... She lie on my desk too many times, and I got used to her.

I promised to write when I paint the next naked woman OK, you can make fun of me, as I approached painting this mini for over a year. During the last holidays I even took her to a painting convention searching for helful painters who could suggest me any ideas for finishing her. My own idea was impossible for me to finish, so in January I paused the works, as I knew I wouldn't succeed at my idea of shadowy early evening atmosphere. I received a few sweet suggestions, even a funny idea of a scene with a knight climbing a rope to get into the eggshell. But I was unable to turny any of them into a full image, so fearing another failure I didn't return to painting this one again. But later, after Mahon showed me how to paint skin with glazes, I knew that was what was missing and when I had a free moment I got down to this project again. The idea of a dark eggsgell came from Illusionrip, and I initially fought hard not to follow this suggestion and do it my way, and paint it as a realistic eggshell. But when I started shading the eggshell, I realized Illusionrip was right, so thank you for the encouraging kick! I know that I was unable to save many parts of this model after my first attempts, but I will be happy to listen to your opinions. Maybe they add something new, because the author is never fully objective

Thanx for your opinions To me Artemis is only an image of inspiration, like women in magazine washing a car only in bikini (or withot it) @Orkydave: I voted on Alice too @Stupidcow: about more light on the mane of her helmet: I think that is point of style or liking. A had no idea what size the miniature would look on photos, and how should I trat this size of miniature. Should I paint her like a big mini or normal - small, especially when painting highlights. If she would be seen as a large model I could go for more subtle highlights and shadows, but a smaller model requires stronger shadows and highlights. It seems people treat her as a large model, so I think I did it right with my play-it-safe approach and not too harsh shadows and lighlights. I also didn't know if I would manage to do well with stronger or more shadows, and I was afraid of overdoing them. I know you suggest a different approach to lighting, but I assumed that if she's outdoor, the shadows shouldn't be too deep because the light is dispersed. And what should I do about her face then (if there was more shadow on her body) - it should be in more shadow too. And would it still be interesting? I had too many doubts and witout revealing the miniature before submitting her I couldn't get more help. The shield is further from her body on the front than on the back, so I could place more shadow there, but I don't know if it would be right for the front. I don't know if I did it right because I still don't know enough and haven't seen enough to confirm or deny, but the advice is appreciated because I'll try to be bolder with my shadows the next time I am just finishing a miniature I started a year ago and I think I also got lost in intensities of lighting on her. Maybe you could suggest something for her as well? I'll really appreciate it!

Hi all Smile that's what kept me busy for the last days. It was finished some time ago, but I couldn't reveal it because it was my entry for the Femme Fatale II contest. But here she is: ARTEMIS @Hasslefriesian Thank you Kevin for this beautiful mini!! I managed to take the first place in Simply Scandalous category, and even the Best of Show with this mini. I think it's also thanks to Kev's talent Using a few tutorials about colors and Illusionrip's advice about using glazes, I painted Artemis. On the female dwarf I tested what does one do with these techniques, because I felt that whole body would be a challenge for me. And it was The rear part was painted the last, and I think it can be easily noticed, which makes me happy because it means I learned something in the meantime. The first thing to do was to stop using the dilluted floor wax which I used for better adhesion and improving flow of paints, but it made painting with glazes more difficult because I always damaged the 'shall-like' layer while applying the next one over it. This made achieving smooth transitions much more diffucult, but I noticed the source of this problem... at the very end of painting. The design of her shield was taken from a Greek platter, which can be easily recognized on the photos provided below. I am attaching a few photos which were used by me while seeking inspiration. I considered them potentially helpful for deciding upon color scheme and style. They're trash, but maybe somebody has any use for them 1.photos 2.photos 3.photo I hope you will tell me what could be better