jondalar

Meh

Yeah, 72% and 5* geek rating! Though mostly disappointed as thought thread was about Bruce Lee..... The REAL man!!

Well if his "tool" is small enough to paint things on the head of needles, it's no wonder he's so good at it. Maybe he's ambidextrious to make up for it?!

They look excellent, where did you get the pics from? Me thinks the 2nd one is a must have. (notice lack of comments on Duende's morals! )

:You_Rock_ Major kudos to you! She's gorgeous and the tiger is fantastic. How much is she going to cost?! Did you sculpt the base yourself?

Sorry for my cr*p paintshop skills! Think the general idea is clear though. [ATTACH]33[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]34[/ATTACH]

Or this?!! - Quote :- "place base on a plinth to hide the batteries (put them under in a hollowed out space), dunno if it'd work ok, but the theory is sound." Meant hollow a section of the underside of the plinth out, drill hole for the wires, attach battery holder into the recess and bob's your uncle. Seen same sort of thing in an old edition of WD. Some bloke did a light up Balrog and put batteries underneath.

That's amazing! @Hinton, blister plastic and a 40mm base?! couple of LEDs (white or red), place base on a plinth to hide the batteries (put them under in a hollowed out space), dunno if it'd work ok, but the theory is sound.

Happy xmas! http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=0212320003

This is the latest thing on my paint bench, not bothering with anything complicated on this one, just wanted a nice simple, straightforward job before Santa brings a whole bag of Hasslefree and Rackham goodness my way. I'm painting his other arm/backpack/banner seperately! His shoulder pad, which doesn't show up very well in the pics, is GW golden yellow, his armour is ultramarines blue, inked with blue, then highlighted up to Ice blue. Bit bright for an Ultramarine, but wanted him to stand out a bit. And ultramarine blue is dull. Any comments/suggestions welcome, especially on the basing front! Thinking cork or slate, possibly in a bit of a mini diorama with traitor guard below him. http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/jondalar_minis/matts_captain_sicarius_WIP2/

The commander on te left is really nice, me thinks i'll be getting one of them! the one on the right looks like the old SM commander, bar the robe! So are GW releasing a whole new set of sculpts for the DA or just re-hashing old designs? We gona see more of the Fallen and Cypher?

Well i've finished two models, kalee from hasslefree and a kelt warrior from rackham. Used a cork base for the first time ever, though went a bit mad and ended up doing 20 odd in a few hours. just got to get them painted etc! The warrior needs a coat of dullcoat to reduce shine, but really chuffed with how he turned out. please follow links below and i'd appreciate feedback! http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/jondalar_minis/matts_kelts/ http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/jondalar_minis/matts_hasslefree_models/

welcome alaric, very cool work, look forward to seeing more.

Remember she has a good teacher guys!!! Lol, on a serious note, really proud of what you've done Ayla, just keep it up, keep practising and dont lose heart!!

cool, i'll try that, thanks. if get in difficulty can i pm you?

ah, no, sorry, thought you meant on the musician! in that case, no that's free hand! needs tidying up though, not happy with it. sorry, getting confused, been on a painting frenzy last few weeks!

lol, tattoos are freehand, scabbard is sculpted. but thanks anyway! :laugh:

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/jondalar_minis/?start=0 more photos of various things. too much hassle to post them all, so please feel free to browse and post comments.

a balaclava and a shovel would've been scarier!

this is me, up the woods building a deer hide. and my, how good am i looking?!! :guns: [ATTACH]29[/ATTACH]

welcome ayla!! post some pics, already told you, your models are good for first ones! @ duende:- dont know what you mean?!! :laugh:

That was excellent. though agree with duende and FF, need more!

I dunno if it's just a personal experience, but no-one's left comments to my work. People have voted, but without feedback I'm left guessing as to why score is what it is. I know it'd probably put alot of people of voting, but it's a shame that if you vote you have to leave a comment, even if it's just a few words.

I go through stages with my painting. I've had periods where I haven't painted for upto 2-3yrs. Mainly because life has interfered, girlfriends haven't given me the space or time to do it, I haven't been able to afford to buy models or there's been no models that have been to my taste. Only knowing about GW's miniatures for such a long time meant I was reliant on them bringing out new stuff I liked. I also seem to paint alot more during the winter, as in the summer I'm out till late most evenings or away camping. Since discovering the huge plethora of manufacturers and the huge variety of models, my enthusiasm has shot up, and I'm painting more models than have done in years. In last 2 months I've done roughly 30/40 miniatures with more in the pipe work. These forums have encouraged me in many ways, both with having people to share an otherwise, in my experience, quite isolating hobby (no-one I know locally paints) and seeing the standard of other peoples' work, which gives me something to aspire to! So thank you!! I agree with Ritual's comments about CMoN, I've only posted one model on there, and obviously I was hoping my work would be quite highly placed, but looking at the other work on there, and looking through unbiased eyes I can see my work actually isn't that high a standard. Which is fine, because it has stopped me just using the same techniques I've been using for years and actually push myself to improve more. Which in the long run can only be a good thing.

[ATTACH]26[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]27[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]28[/ATTACH] here's some more WIPs. gota finish hogarth's shield, and generally tidy both minis up!