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Brad Maynes

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  1. I suspect there may be more in July, but here's the end of the Explorer's Society Starter Box. I haven't finished the basing, but everything from here out is tufts, etc, not painting. I'm still a little uncertain that Mr. Ngaatoro is "done". I'm pretty happy with how the shading of the vest came out with the stripes in the folds, but I chickened out on doing the usual highlighting from the lighted part (upper left as you look at him) to the more shaded part (bottom right). I wasn't sure I could make it work and look right with the stripes. I should probably try, though. I'll post more if I touch it up. Anyways, here they are! Oops, one quick funny story - I was "done" with Mr. Ngaatoro, and was really disappointed in the face. It looked ... not great. Nowhere near as fearsome and intimidating as he should look. Then I realized - it's hard to look intimidating without eyebrows!!!! Yeah, oops. Edit: Wow, those are crappy, blurry photos. Sorry!
  2. Although we are both clearly beginner players, disregarding the Insignificant rule to render the scenario playable certainly didn't seem game-breaking in favor of the Explorer's Society - the Arcanists took the first game in a romp. We'll see how things go after the Watchmen nerf.
  3. This was me as well. I have a full table (plus, a bit) of terrain now, with seven buildings and a river painted, and four more buildings in progress. Also got to play my first (albeit Henchman Hardcore) game other than a con demo! Very fun! Apparently my playing with them can be detrimental to your squad's future survival - the whole Arcanist starter box nerf announcement happened shortly after my game!
  4. Here's the fellas for this month, just two relatively Hopeful Prospects. There's a chance that I'll get Tannenbaum started by the end of the month, but I can't imagine I'll get him done. Got pulled away on terrain building and painting for quite a bit, but should be back on track at least somewhat next month.
  5. This month, I'm turning my attention to the Explorer's Society Starter Box. I've got one Hopeful Prospect done, but for tufts and vines on the base, and another one started. I don't know that I'll be able to knock out the whole box this month, but we'll try!
  6. MG, in case I wan't clear enough about this around my critique comments - I REALLY liked your entry. Your color sense on the OSL was really on point, and your brush control is great. If you work a bit on highlight placement, your stuff is really going to be incredible!
  7. Now that voting is closed, here's the conclusion of my May commitment: It didn't do great, but it was a good exercise for me to spend that much time on a single model.
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    Hawkoon, this is such an interesting take for me. As I said above, I think that this is an absolutely unbelievable entry. That said, I think your comment is fair and accurate - I think it just highlights the difference between me and someone who actually really thinks about art and composition. As a primary gamer who likes painting, I see this entry as near-perfect. The technical skill is amazing, and it looks like exactly what I would expect it to look like - a bit ball of metal and various metal attachments. It wouldn't for a second occur to me to think "jeez, if you're painting this for competition, there should be color contrast in addition to value contrast", and then either change the scheme, or paint a different model that would let me have color variation as well. This DEFINITELY isn't mine, but I'm glad you helped me learn something extra from it!
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    I like that there's clearly a light side and a shadowed side on this - the light is clearly coming from the front right (from the model's perspective).
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    Good job getting the rust where the rust goes on this - it gives the back and underside of the mosquito's tail end a great, textured appearance. I really like the choice to leave the metal on the wings fairly bright - it leaves me with the feeling that their rapid movement keeps them polished bright due to "sanding" from the particulates in the air that they hit while moving so fast. Cool!
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    For not having a ton of metals on him, the metals that are there are super well done. Again, good use of two different types of metals without looking garish. I might have been tempted to go either a bit lighter or a bit darker on the wood color just to get more contrast between that and the bronze-y metal. As it is, a quick glance (like my first one - ahem!) might not even notice that there's two different metals here. It's a great model and a paint job that does it justice.
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    Probably the most atmospheric of all the entries. I'd never try this (mostly because I couldn't do this good a job ), but you do a great job of it. This guy is clearly fighting in the moonlight, and you'd never put him anywhere else. Fantastic.
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    I think you've got too many photos here. Many of them show the same/similar views, so they don't add information, but make the entry feel overwhelming. The contrast on the model is great, and really striking. The placement of the highlights is confusing, though. If you look at the horse's upper leg wraps and the neck wrap barding, you have the sides of the neck wrap highlighted to the same high value as the tops of the upper leg wraps - is the light coming from the side or above? Still, super evocative and looks great.
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    This isn't my favorite of the Envy's, but it's not off by much. I like that you can imagine this paint job in the dark at the Crossroads - he's maybe in torchlight? Even the iron/steel surfaces look to have a little bit of warmth in them. This is a much more atmospheric take, and I like it more the more I look at it. A little more contrast on the human wouldn't hurt, though.
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    There's some really good YouTube videos on it. I am not a photographer at all, and found out that you really don't need to dive that deep into your phone's functionality to get WAY better results. Lyla Mev (sp?) in particular has a good video on it. She uses different apps, but all free.
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    This is a cool-looking model, and you do a nice job distinguishing between the metal of the gun and the "mount". I think a bit more contrast on the metal surfaces would help it read a bit more metal - as is, it's kinda mid-tone-y.
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    This is a really great paint job. The OSL is a nice touch, but not distracting from the metal. The shades on the metal are plenty deep enough, but I think I'd have been tempted to go a bit higher on the highlights. The metal looks super smooth, but doesn't read as being very shiny, which is a little distracting since you'd expect those two to go together. That's nitpicking, though - it's an amazing job. And in a month? Great work.
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    Most of the entries are either uniformly clean metal or weathered metal. I really, really like the contrast between the clean, clearly well taken-care-of blade and the weathered armor of the horse. It really tells a great story that he has the armor because he knows he has to, but he really thinks that the weapon is the part that matters.
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    I think your camera let you down a bit here. I really like this paint job a lot, but even zoomed in it was hard to get a good look in a few of the photos. Contrast is good, colors are rich - I think I just would have gone with something with more metal surfaces for a metal-based contest. That said, it doesn't change the fact that this is a striking paint job.
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    Oh, GW, I just can't get away from you. I'm always a sucker for getting painted/colored metal to read as metal. Nice job on it here.
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    Now this is an Envy that's been through some things. Nice weathered appearance on the metal, while still reading as metal. I love the highlighting on the hat - good contrast while still reading as a dark color.
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    The effect on the sword is striking, but I found it a little hard to tell whether it was meant to be rust, glare effects or magic. Don't forget to put metal on his buttons!
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    Good work on the black metal of the maul/mace/big blunt object/whatever. I struggle with highlighting enough to give contrast, but not so much that it ends up looking grey. You sure ended up on the right side of that - it looks great.
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    Nice job on the highlighting on the left (as you look at it) inside of the bell. It's easy to forget that this surface should have a pretty high highlight as well, and they look great.
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    This is fantastic. I know that flat surfaces are meant to look the way that you have done them (dark towards the light, light away), and I've tried them that way any number of times, but I've never been able to make them look believable. Yours are incredible. As I said on the last entry - seeing this makes me feel like I shouldn't be entering this.
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