Lorna the Huntress (FFII entry)

[WolfDreamerNZ]

I ran a bit short of time with her but I am pretty happy with the result! Hopefully these are better pics and not so contrasty as the others...

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/%7Ebeowulf/lorna1.jpg
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/%7Ebeowulf/lorna2.jpg

I painted her once before to represent a sea elf character Scott was playing. Her before shot:

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/%7Ebeowulf/Coral1.jpg

I've submitted her to Glen's Crappy Mini or Not... :laugh:

[Eastern Front Studios]

excellent work wolf the tartan looks really good

[Stupidcow]

This is a big improvement! Only problem I can spot is that the cork base needs more work to not look like cork. Maybe that's where you ran out of time?

[WolfDreamerNZ]

EFS: Thanks! - First tartan attempt so I'm glad it came out as well as it did...

SC: Yeah basing and pelt/tail weren't as I would have liked them...but live and learn eh?

[chonk34]

I like it. I've been eyeing that particular mini for a Barbarian army I'm planning. Hopefully I can come up with a paint job as nice as the one you've done.

[Hinton]

Just out of curiosity: do you post over at CMoN and, if so, what name?

[matty1001]

Muchos Improvement! I really like the face paint and the checkered shawl thingy.

[Wren]

Oh my, that's quite a lot of progress between the before and after, congrats!

[supervike]

The skin is great on that little lass!

[vincegamer]

amazing progress.
Great tartan too.

[GunjiNoKanrei]

Huge improvement!

Skin, warpaint and tartan are excellent.

How long was it between the two?

[Duende]

I'd be interested in that too. Are the photos dated? Great improvement too, by the way!

:)

[WolfDreamerNZ]

Thanks for all the compliments - I'm pretty happy with her...the base was where I ran out of time - the cork was primed with her - and has several layers but not enough contrast to be complete - you are very correct...


CMON - I have posted a few under wintersrainne - a few of my really early pics aren't there - but most of it is....
http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/page/1/submitter/wintersrainne

As for her face - you couldn't really see it in the pics - so here is a closeup....her eyes are open (and green no less). The pic is from an earlier WIP but her face was finished....

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/%7Ebeowulf/lornaeyes.jpg


Time wise - I had a look...

I started painting in Oct 03. Coral (the before pic) was my fifth mini ever painted in late Dec 03 - early Jan 04 (very slow painter). Lorna was painted in Feb 07 and was my lucky 30th mini. So time wise - a long time but there was 18 months where I painted nothing in that gap...easier to look at that in terms of how many minis.

Hope that helps!

[supervike]

How the heck do you keep track of how many you have painted? Thats amazing.

[vincegamer]

well, when you've only painted 30 and you've thought to keep track...
WD will lose track when it gets into 3 digits.

[WolfDreamerNZ]

Keeping track was easy - I had a website with it all organized - still have the site - just isn't online right now - so I went back and counted my pics... :laugh:

[Thryth]

How the heck do you keep track of how many you have painted? Thats amazing.

I keep track :(

(approximately 67)

[Skya]

I keep track :(

(approximately 67)

How the heck do you aproximate a number as specific as 67?

[Thryth]

How the heck do you aproximate a number as specific as 67?

I started painting miniatures in the 80's, but dropped-out of it for the later half of the 90's and (aside from a few in 2002) only picked-it up again in 2006.

Along the way I believe that I have misplaced some. 67 is a best guess.

Only the stuff that I have done in the past year (12) are anywhere near decent looking, however. At least I think so. :)