#Spellcaster-Along (Sept - Oct)

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delicate hound
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Which Witch is Which? If you have a witch, wizard, sorceror, or other personage of magic using abilities that needs some color added to their life, you're in luck! Post it, paint it, and get extra points.

STANDARD HOUSEKEEPING RULES :

You may prep your mini, this includes, gap fill, assemble, purchase and prime ahead of time. Paint should only be applied during the time-frame of the PAL.

Anyone can join in on the fun. Just share your mini first and paint within the time frame. Request your points in the point request channel by following the pinned post on how to ask for points.

You can't submit the same mini for multiple PALs or other multiple events. And units minis can't be split among the different PALS if they are identical .

Have fun and be nice to each other. Share some wips and some laughs.

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@tired solar @tough harbor @tired swallow
Ready? Set.....

tired solar
azure viper
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Nice

tired swallow
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Ohhhh I love her!

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Don't have them printed yet but I'll do one (or all) of these guys

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tired solar
fathom ember
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I'm in with the witchhorn bust from mindworks.

jolly summit
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I should find a spellcaster somewhere...

fallow obsidian
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Small but mighty squirrel mage

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native ice
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I'll join this one. Got to pick something from the backlog

jolly summit
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This will be my spellcasting piece of rock

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azure viper
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Looks like a Cragheart from Gloom/Frosthaven.

jolly summit
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It is...spoiler... 😄

fathom ember
prisma lantern
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Got lots of options. Will probably join this one. Not sure with which.

delicate hound
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That is such a good model

sage snow
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!join

zinc kernel
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Hecate goddess of witches for this then

azure viper
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Do you remember?

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It’s September, gonna try to start my witch tomorrow.

velvet tundra
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Which witch should I pitch 🤔

minor juniper
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I should probably start looking at existing PALs before I start painting something...

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He'd be a perfect fit

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zinc kernel
zinc kernel
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Working on the backdrop

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Basically just burnt umber to create rock textures etc which i can glaze over, mostly painted with sponges and rags

fathom ember
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First wip

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jolly summit
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Spellcaster is on its way to the gaming table.

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azure viper
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Started base coating, made me realise how awful this PVC sculpt is 😛

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tired swallow
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You guys are all getting started, now I'm stressed out, still haven't even had time to print mine 😂

zinc kernel
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Some paint on today, the skin underpainting before the oils is still too dark though

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delicate hound
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That's an awesome model

zinc kernel
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Yeah this was the model that triggered my interest/move to display painting

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So, finally painting her

zinc kernel
azure viper
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Starting to look real nice

azure viper
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More work on this horrible sculpt today. Good thing we did this PAL so I could muster the strength to paint it 😛

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I just can’t ever get these PVC sculpts to look nice

fathom ember
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Seriously.

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Fuck those chains.

azure viper
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Fuck this mini, at least I don’t ever have to paint it again.

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Her legs are like twice the height of her torso…

fathom ember
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Working on the cloak.

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minor juniper
fathom ember
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Finished!

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tired swallow
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Wow 😍😍

zinc kernel
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I really like the texture on the robe and the hints of purple

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And the cool contrasts on the skin

fathom ember
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I'm very happy with it, especially the hood. And thanks for noticing the cold shadows!

zinc kernel
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Just started the oil stage on the legs, fairly happy with them

fathom ember
mint zodiac
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Joining with a one handed spellcaster

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zinc kernel
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Painted the crown

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delicate hound
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That patina is pretty

high iris
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In order: primed (9/1/24); progress (9/15/24); finished (9/14/24).

The Myconid I finished at an earlier time.

Can someone remind me if I submit for points here or in the other channel?

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azure viper
autumn escarp
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Gots a wizard!

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native ice
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little mushroom is doing the shuffle

tired swallow
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Finally got the witches printed!

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woven fractal
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Gonna enter with this dude

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azure viper
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Cool dude

woven fractal
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He was a free promotional mini for the Loot studios arkham horror release

native ice
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Making progress.
Think I might change the mask on the tall guy to black, as it's getting lost in the yellow currently

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oak folio
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my piece

autumn escarp
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I love that bog witch figure so much!

tired swallow
oak folio
high iris
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What are the rules for multiple submissions? Is it one and done or could I paint another caster for this pal?

(I misread the dates and thought it ended this month but with another month I am thinking I could add to the scene).

jolly summit
high iris
autumn escarp
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Starting to come along.

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native ice
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Calling these done apart from the bases

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prisma lantern
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Thinking about doing this shaman orcy creature.

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native ice
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Bases done. Calling these complete.
Only a few more and I'll be done with the cthulu wars minis after... a decade?

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zinc kernel
prisma lantern
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Just putting colors down without really putting efford in blending. Pretty much how I used to paint on canvas. Have to see if I can still pull that together. Just having fun really.

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tired solar
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Calling this done except for basing.

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minor juniper
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like if I didn't know we're on a minipainting server I could easily mistake it for a painting XD

zinc kernel
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The original painting is still better

minor juniper
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tbh I prefer the colours on your version

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anyway, sick paintjob

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how many hours did it take you?

prisma lantern
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Done. Decided not to spend double the time to smooth it all out. So painterly it is 🙂

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zinc kernel
naive vortex
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Shall start this lil fella soon

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native ice
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reminds me of orko

naive vortex
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you cant see but hes a lil bird under there

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i painted a larger ver a while ago

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so im gunna change up the colours for this smaller fella

ancient saddle
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I just started painting this model, I hope it counts!

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high lava
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Gonna start this model I printed literally years ago

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dim tree
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Druid for DND!

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naive vortex
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can't be blue or purple as ive already got mages for those

delicate hound
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brown and green

naive vortex
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oo whcih bits

delicate hound
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... yes 😄

naive vortex
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lmao

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i used green on the other one

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so avoiding green blue and porpl

azure viper
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Sounds like it’s time for yellow

naive vortex
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dont do this to me

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have mercy

native ice
woeful geyser
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Ogroid thaumaturge! Who said a wizard has to be frail? :)

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native ice
woeful geyser
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Damn, when the stop-buying-along ends, I need to get a Skeletor mini.

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He's just too cool.

native ice
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someone here recently did an outstanding skeletor

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it was mahuti

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don't know where he got the mini from though

woeful geyser
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You can 3d print all kinds of stuff nowdays.

woeful geyser
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It's my first time doing a paint-along, so tell me: if I fail to finish it in time, do I lose points?

native ice
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Nope. Just don't get the bonus points

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Or you can ignore the points entirely like myself, and just do it to keep yourself motivated 🙂

quasi knoll
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Going to give this dude a shot.

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devout saddle
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Got this little halfling warlock to paint

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tired swallow
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First time painting again in like two months- I did an awful job with support removal, but am liking the color combos so far

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native ice
dim tree
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Super duper quick dnd mini.

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tired swallow
autumn escarp
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Finished this guy up. Pretty much. Probably going to go back over his text.

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prisma lantern
# zinc kernel The original painting is still better

Not sure I agree. The origional is obviously an awesome painting with awesome colors. Yours is also awesome. I rather like the more popping colors and contrast on yours for a miniature. Think medium really matters here for what I would concider best.

naive vortex
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Finished off this lil guy

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Decided to go for a bit of a colour swap from the one I did last year

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devout saddle
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A warlock and his demonic summons.

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elfin ridge
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I'll paint an old Fateweaver. Going to use him as a Daemon Prince since he's so small compared to the current one. Just need to make up a base that will raise his height a little bit too (he's 1/4" shorter then a current DP, and that's counting his staff).

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slim condor
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I'll try to do the Akadh Magician from Relic Blade for this

slim condor
woeful geyser
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Some progress with the ogre

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wheat agate
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Im in with this MD2 mini

ancient saddle
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Still plugging away!

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slim condor
ancient saddle
cunning yarrow
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Lets start. Im painting this

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tired swallow
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Making progress- I am so proud of the bases, and these eyes are driving me absolutely insane, who woulda thought that 32mm makes for some EXTREMELY small eyes

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tired swallow
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Finished! They look better irl, the eyes were an absolute nightmare and I refuse to change them at this point, but I really love these models- might print them again at a bigger size

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cunning yarrow
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Finished

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tired swallow
native ice
cunning yarrow
cunning yarrow
slim condor
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Some progress today

glacial dock
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Late start, but here's my sorcerer

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ancient saddle
wheat agate
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Stopped on this today

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high lava
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Finished

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tired swallow
woven fractal
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My painting motivation dropped off like the mariana trench at the beginning of this month, but I think just going ahead and calling this guy done might help revive it a bit. Might repaint him in the future, who knows 🤷‍♂️

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quasi knoll
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Changing to this version.

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slim condor
woven fractal
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Thanks, all the swirly cloth he has going on was equal parts fun and frustrating

slim condor
cunning yarrow
surreal minnow
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been working on cyreni for the last week 🙂

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slim condor
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Oooh nice colour scheme!

slim condor
surreal minnow
woeful geyser
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Finished the ogre!
(Do I request points here, or in the points channel, with a note it's a paint-along?)

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tired swallow
woeful geyser
surreal minnow
native ice
surreal minnow
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the bleached yellow, yeah

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the trim will be blue steel

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it's just sketched atm, so more the color

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is it too bold?

native ice
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personal choice: not a fan of the colour. The teal and the orange work really well together, and then the yellow is bright without a focal point and does not complement either other colour

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I would stick with a darker colour to draw the eye to the orange again

surreal minnow
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fair, thanks for the feedback 👍

native ice
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I actually like the inside of the cape - black with orange light highlights might work well

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that way you're incorporating the highlight into the "colour triangle" on the mini, without it being as strong a highlight

glacial dock
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Finally getting some work in on this one

surreal minnow
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grinding on... closing in on refinement 😅

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sticking with the cloak, makes the back of the model more interesting

mint zodiac
glacial dock
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Getting closer - any thoughts on trim color for the cloak? Also how i could work that red in some other places?

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native ice
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IMO: go with a burnished gold. There is a lot of red in it so it will offset the green, and you can shade down to a red away from your lightsource

glacial dock
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Also is going to be part of this warband if it makes a difference

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Other ones are still wip

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So I'll try and incorporate some things there too

surreal minnow
glacial dock
surreal minnow
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I have the same mini but from rivals of harrowdeep

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surreal minnow
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here's mine ^^

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glacial dock
glacial dock
mint zodiac
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Done

elfin ridge
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Done this monstrosity

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surreal minnow
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alright, done!

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slim condor
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look at those squid bros

glacial dock
quasi knoll
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Really unhappy with this one. But here it is.

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native ice
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Looks fine to me. Why unhappy?

quasi knoll
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The splotchyness

glacial dock
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Absolutely fighting me every step of the way today

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Did the face like 3 times. Don't like the glow on the book. Still haven't decided on the trim or the scroll caps.

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It's getting closer though

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Hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday

slim condor
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Looks rad!

glacial dock
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Calling it here i think

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If anyone's got any tips for the eyes let me know. Something feels off about them, but everything else i tried was worse

native ice
# glacial dock If anyone's got any tips for the eyes let me know. Something feels off about th...

If you're looking for C&C, the reason for it is ||because the area directly around the eyes is brighter than the cheeks or brow, which are typically the highlight places on a face. It would make sense if you "dirty" the mini up, as that is a natural result of dirt on someone's face. The quick way to fix that would be to add pigment powder around the mini to dirty it. Otherwise, I would say adding a touch of wash directly around the eye to darken it (but not the eye itself) would make it look more natural||

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copied from google: Your light should look like this, because of the staff glow

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||see how the eye socket is darker||