zFiend Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Wow. Those are some damn fine looking minis again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoil Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Wow. What fine work! Did I say, wow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Bah, missed this one. But wow, that really was worth it! Now the shadows are rich and complex and the sausageneyness has gone completely. I also really like how you did the chains. That's a seriously solid trio!Sidir is also looking splendid. The cherry wood tone on his base is just amazingly spot on. The only (very minor) weakness I feel is the scabbard. That brown works in small details but the scabbard is kinda big and somehow unbalances the colour scheme a bit. I think if it was a bit richer and darker it wouldn't look so out of place. But here I have to say that I'm also affected by the sculpt as I feel that the scabbard is a bit weird and dominating strangely.Really love the shadows on his robe, though. Very well done! And the turban rocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehMik Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Holy crap, man. That freehand on the wastrels and Sidir... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) I am the thunder. Edited September 1, 2015 by dgraz 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Man get out. That Ototo is amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Daaamn dat helmet blending... Well done on the source lighting too: it's a very painterly effect, but doesn't come off feeling strange to me. I'm now curious to see more in the same line! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Well done on the source lighting too: it's a very painterly effect, but doesn't come off feeling strange to me. I'm now curious to see more in the same line! Thanks. I didn't mean for it to be quite as painterly.....it didn't look that strong to me, but the picture really showed it. Now that I've seen it in the picture I'll probably go back and touch it up some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 The hat is crazy! I also seriously love the tetsubo and the green parts and the white (haha, so basically all of it!).The only thing I'm not sure about is that OSL - I've always had huge trouble with OSL on white since the light shouldn't darken the surface it hits and white is often so bright that putting any colour on it will darken it. Not really sure how it should go, though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Thanks. That's my limited experience with OSL coming through. I think it looks pretty good everywhere except his flesh and the white.....I'm gonna have to work at it some more. The little that I did on his mask isn't too bad....I went very sparingly there because it was farther away....I should have done it more like that everywhere. Not sure how to fix it other than just starting over....which now that I put him together I'd rather not do (I painted his body separate from his arms/tetsubo).....I'm thinking to fade the blue out a little more along the edges, and maybe hit the blue with a white glaze a few times to bring it back towards white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I very much appreciate the honest criticism.....I've gotten some good things here lately and it's helping me to get better. The Wastrels are definitely better now than when I first posted them. Keep it coming, thanks a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hmm, I think something that might work on the white to imply the OSL more smoothly would be to imagine shining light on white surfaces (if you want to change him) - it essentially changes the quality of the white. Perhaps subtly wash/glaze most of his shirt with a kind of cream to imply sunlight or lamplight, and then go brighter blue-white on the nearer edges? Or, as I look at it, fade the white into the blue, and lighten the blue overall... Dangit DGraz, now I want to experiment with this a bunch too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) I didn't want to do the same type of 'blossoms on the branch' pattern for everyone, so I went with a more 'blossoms on the wind' pattern for this one. Edited September 1, 2015 by dgraz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Wow looking cool, must crack on with my Yan Lo now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antebellum Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Finally read through the entire post. I have to say your work is some of the most coherent and well done that I've seen. Keep it up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Stunning work once again Dgraz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 All haggard and foreboding in the front and then pretty pretty princess on the back? :DBut seriously, I really like the interplay of the different elements here and the white is again wonderfully executed. I'm also super fond of your colour scheme and it works just excellently here. Thank you for posting, once again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Crotchety old men like pretty things too Thanks....and you can give yourself at least partial credit for the white. I'm always on the lookout for 'sausages' (wait, that doesn't sound right). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 I'm always on the lookout for 'sausages' (wait, that doesn't sound right). Oh it sounds right alright. It sounds like exactly what she said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybarite Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Green and yellow isn't my favourite colour scheme. But they are very well painted so they still look awesome That's a very good looking Yan Lo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Torakage, Chiaki, and Izamu. Edited September 1, 2015 by dgraz 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otylia Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 WOW!! The basing on the Torakage.... is that a freehand? It's a freehand isn't it? Stunning execution. You nailed it. They all look amazing, but I cannot stop staring at that base! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Thanks. Yeah it's free-hand....I enjoy free-hand stuff...the flags on Izamu were fun. The Sidir on page 10 shows that kind of basing a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Love the color scheme. The paintjob is excellent (as usual with your work). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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