#Asteria

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thick prairie
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Well this is going to be a really long project, also because for once I'm doing things properly and start from basing and composition rather than doing these things after I've painted the piece. So far I'm done with the planning and I've scratch built the base structure, in the next days I'll add colors, textures and vegetation, plus, on the left side, a little cascade and a puddle (open to feedbacks on this point as i am not sure. Other option is to put a cute fox as if she was going out from her hole in the rock), then I'll actually start painting the model to fit the scene

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warm raven
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Already following 🙏🙏

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I like the idea so far, idk what would make the story more alive, maybe give her a reason to have her sword like that, as if she’s preying for something or just got jump scared 😅

marble oyster
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This lower rocks and base just asks for some stream. And it adds life to the scene. But. I saw that so many times... I like the fox idea more, also adds sense to her pose. Don't know your idea for a whole piece but it gives me a Camelot/ Arthurian vibe, and the base already looks similar to this image 🙂

PS: I see in the background the whole Kimera line, how do you find the signature series range? Have some favourites? 🙂

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pseudo slate
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If the puddle gives a sense of direction (horse footsteps?) then I'm all for it.

thick prairie
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Thanks for the feedback guys! Yes the idea is her pointing/turning toward an opponent, but that's obviously something you should imagine out of scene...as for the water i have to keep thinking about it, anyway if there's gonna be, it will be a shallow puddle with stuff like dead leaves and roots around.@marble oyster about the kk line so far i pretty much liked the pisarski and the cartacci set but is something you can live without. On the other hand i loved the Karlsson's one, especially dark honey, gold79 and the blue/blacks. I also found the skintones and the greens in the masclans/tenebrae set very cool and useful colors

thick prairie
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Finally a little update...not enjoying too much all this extremely small texture building, but I've embarked the path and gonna end it eventually 😅

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pseudo slate
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Lovely horse hair 👍

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(it's not every day you can say that with a straight face 😉 )

warm raven
terse forge
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Fantastic work in the texturing so far! ❤️‍🔥

thick prairie
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Thanks guys 🙂

scenic thicket
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Looks amazing so far! Where is the model from?

thick prairie
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Ty@scenic thicket , it's from the latest Kimera kickstarter

marble oyster
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Look so good 😊

thick prairie
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Keep progressing...the armor is just a few mins sketch but i needed a break from the rest 😅

warm raven
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😍

thick prairie
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keep working, still plenty to do

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worn vine
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Dang this is incredible. Raccoon really ties the whole piece together 😂

terse forge
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Amazing stuff! 🔥

thick prairie
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Thanks 🙂 @terse forge @worn vine

thick prairie
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today's dump 😅 slowly taking shape

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warm raven
thick prairie
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Thanks 😊@warm raven

fresh lava
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I love how you say this is going to be a really long project and 12 days in it's already at a level that i struggle to comprehend

warm raven
marble oyster
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If I want to get motivation bust / depression (depending on the mood :D) I look here. Great so far!

iron sky
thick prairie
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Thanks everyone ☺️ i still have plenty to refine and tune up around 🙂

thick prairie
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Armor refining...still not done and it probably took longer than the whole previous stages

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warm raven
thick prairie
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Thanks 😘@warm raven tbh I'm exhausted tho, I can't wait to get done with that and move onto a more relaxing project

warm raven
thick prairie
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Yea I'm trying to push myself for the upcoming major competition, i hope it will be worth the effort...scaling from bronze to silver/gold in the master category seems to be a really steep jump in smc and mss

thick prairie
marble oyster
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Do you mind if I share a little advice critique? Looks great but I have a problem with one element 😉

thick prairie
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Of course go on! 🙂

marble oyster
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I know it is still WIP but maybe you will find it helpful. I don't fully like this part. I know this part is the "burned out" highlight of the sun or something but it's too uniform for me. And this darker place near the neck. I know there is gold trim between plates but I will count it like one surface so probably you should stretch it even out of a trim? Hard to see exactly angles in between plates.
And remember I'm not an expert, just sharing my thoughts about what feels not right 🙂

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thick prairie
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Hey bud sorry i forgot to answer but these have been tough days at work 😖 i get your point on the thing and i can say that I'm sold on the extension of the light, but I'm working to give some green tonal variation around the midtones, so hopefully that'll feel better after 🙂 as for the dark part, i smoothed a bit the intensity but I'm leaving it there as a counterbalance for the shadow on the lower plates, as it helps the eye to separate the two sides of the figure