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vincegamer
Esq.
Registered: August 2005
Posts: 1,363
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Well, if the theme were "basing" you'd have it hands down.
It's an excellent job, but the mini seems to take a back seat to the base.
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Jubilee
Silly Goose
Registered: August 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 333
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Fri March 9, 2007 11:01pm
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The base is really awesome. The hair seems a tad flat to me. But wow, that base is awesome. How did you make those rocky edges?
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cdukino
Wyrd News Monkey
Registered: August 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Posts: 939
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Sat March 10, 2007 4:22am
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The rocky edges are from a course curk platter you put underneath a pan. Those are much courser then the corks you put in bottles and quite essential for this rocky edge look. I break of the rough shape with tweezers (not cutting it at first as doing it this way will give you a rougher look, again important for that rockt edge look), Then I fill in some gaps where I don't want them with little cork pieces cut to shape and putty. Finally I cut some edges with a scalpel where I think it needs a bit more and make sure the origional cork edges aren't there anymore so it 'sall cut and breaklines where I made them. Add sand at places... voila
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cdukino
Wyrd News Monkey
Registered: August 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Posts: 939
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Sat March 10, 2007 4:27am
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Oh there is no editing comments here. Ok double post then. I admit I went a bit nuts on the base so I was in danger of overpowering the miniature a bit. But I basically decided I didn't mind once the base started turning out nicely. Didn't want to replace it with a less elaborate one to make the mini stand out more as i liked the setting like this. The blue background might not help much in having her stand out, but it was the best colour to have the fig come out overall. So I just left it. The hair could have been done with a few more sharp highlights. I did go from rather dark brown/red to bright orange, but all transisions are done relatively soft. That was a deliberate desission as i liked the softness of it. But it does make it look less popping on a picture.
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Stupidcow
Iron Ladies' Punching Bag
Registered: June 2006
Location: In My Pots of Paint
Posts: 485
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Sat March 10, 2007 11:46am
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One of the best basework I've seen. Amazing!
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callumrice
Representin the Euro's!!
Registered: September 2006
Location: Scotland
Posts: 702
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Sun March 11, 2007 3:01pm
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I actually found it hard to make out the tartan at first, very hard to paint though obviously. Great base and NMM on sword though.
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Duende
Where am I again?
Registered: August 2005
Location: Chambersburg, PA
Posts: 2,082
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Mon March 12, 2007 9:36am
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That basework is on eof the best I've ever seen!
I also had to look up on Wikipedia what a Nac Mac Feegle was. I see they're from Terry Pratchett books, which I've heard of but never read (yet!). A kind of twisted parody of Smurfs.
Now (just to give Cindy something to worry about) I have to decide how I'm going to interpret the theme "Flesh of a different color) considering blue is different for a human, which is what the bare mini was supposed to represent, BUT blue is considered normal for a Nac Mac Feegle thus not different. Hmmmmm...... got to give this some thought.
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cdukino
Wyrd News Monkey
Registered: August 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Posts: 939
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Mon March 12, 2007 10:08am
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True, for a Nag Mac feegle blue is natural but it sure ain't a normal colour for nemain :P Then I can always say it isn't a Feegle, just inspired by it... and voila within a few words it's all differnt and unnatural again... there :P
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callumrice
Representin the Euro's!!
Registered: September 2006
Location: Scotland
Posts: 702
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Tue March 13, 2007 5:41am
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@Duende, I had the same dilema with my own model. My first idea the flesh is different but for the model it was perfectly natural, so I had to go extreme! Youll see what I mean when its posted.
Nice explination cindy!
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vincegamer
Esq.
Registered: August 2005
Posts: 1,363
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Wed March 14, 2007 3:10pm
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I just realized what makes this not feegley to me.
There's nothing in the mini to give a sense of scale.
She's just a blue woman. I'd buy the feegle thing if you had put her standing ona a boot or carrying a cow (though that would have been very hard indeed).
Oh, and like they said, blue isn't different for feegles, but I have overcome that problem with my KDSF
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cdukino
Wyrd News Monkey
Registered: August 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Posts: 939
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Wed March 14, 2007 3:30pm
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Well actually she IS just a blue woman to start with. I just named her Feegle to have it made a bit more sence to me as i struggled with the theme (I had a more fun idea but that one was to timeconsuming to pull off in the time I had as it included heavy conversions and multiple miniatures). I needed some slight logic even if it was just for me, as I never really liked just slapping on a wierd color on a miniature for no other reason then making it a oddity to fit the theme.
So I made it more or less a tribute or reference to Pratched, more then actually creating a feegle as such. I just love the Feegles... best thing Pratched ever created... I prefer them even above Luggage and Rincewind 
It had actually occured to me right at the start that if I did a true unmistakable feegle it might go against the theme (as the skin wouldn't be unnatural then sort off), so I did not force myself to make it unmistacably feegly (like putting cows or huge bottles of liquor on the base  )
I even doubted if I should name her what I did now for those reasons or even mention my inspiration... but thought what the heck, as long as i'm having fun (like with going nuts on the base ). And I had mentioned my inspiration on the WIP thread anyway already.
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matty1001
A right sexy bugga
Registered: August 2006
Location: Andorra been and gone...Italy next!
Posts: 1,218
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Wed March 14, 2007 6:24pm
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Stunning base! And a great model. I never knew what a Feagle was until now, you learn something new every day!
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Queeny
Registered: March 2006
Posts: 40
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Thu March 15, 2007 2:51pm
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Beautiful work, I really like your color choices. I especially like her clothing.
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TAB Studio
Registered: May 2006
Posts: 103
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Fri March 16, 2007 11:26am
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Solid work here! Your sword is great and the conception is admirable as well. Does she have a Scottish brogue. The house hold here is addicted to pratchett I am not all about them but they knew your concept right off. Hair color is spot on for me nice highlight tones.
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krom1415
Registered: August 2006
Location: Oakfield Kent UK
Posts: 33
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Sun March 18, 2007 9:08am
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That base is lovely, didn't notice till I read the posts, I like the hair colour, its rich and deep. Great mini and you have done a fine job, love the face.
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DrEvilmonki
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 557
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Mon March 19, 2007 12:34am
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I really like this and I don't think the base is over done at all.
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orkydave
trying and learning!
Registered: January 2007
Location: Coventry, Englandshire
Posts: 238
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Mon March 19, 2007 8:00pm
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Fantastic stuff, Love the base too!!
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Malebolgia
News Monkey
Registered: December 2005
Location: Groningen, the Netherlands
Posts: 3,241
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Tue March 20, 2007 6:19am
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Ah, my opponent! 
Terrific piece Cindy. The blue skin and red hair work wonderful together and they convince me as real. The base is very, very, very cool and wonderful too, but I do think it is too big and the miniature kind of drowns in it (no pun intended). I would have added another rock for her to stand on so she would stand out more. Now she blends in too much.
The NMM is very cool. The tartan could use some more work I think.
Terrific job! I think yours is better than mine, but at least I'd know I've lost from an excellent opponent and excellent miniature
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Beelzebrush
Grumpy by default
Registered: January 2006
Location: Derbyshire, England
Posts: 284
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Tue March 20, 2007 8:10am
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Nice idea with the Nac Mac Feegle theme it's great fun. It's really well done too. The base is lovely... heck the whole thing is lovely. Very nice work!
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Thryth
Registered: March 2006
Posts: 763
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Tue March 20, 2007 9:13am
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Wow. Really great painting on the skin and hair. Great complementing colors, too.
Great work on the base.
Certainly one of the best this round, and in so little time!
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LavronYor
LavronYor
Registered: August 2005
Location: Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Posts: 487
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Tue March 20, 2007 9:24pm
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wow, awesome job. I like everything.
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Nathan Caroland
Super glue and kittens don't play well together ...
Registered: August 2005
Location: Woodstock, GA. USA
Posts: 8,339
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Wed March 21, 2007 1:17pm
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And the sharks circle .. (hah).
Beautiful work Cindy though I've come to expect that from your pieces. Smooth and blended well and of course the base seems to have taken on a life of its own.
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Skya
PaintSmith
Registered: March 2006
Location: Chicago burbs
Posts: 692
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Wed March 21, 2007 4:05pm
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Absolutely gorgeous. Like a mix of an Indian Goddess with a Celtic one. The highlights on the hair may be a little soft, but they really seem to fit her and they definately give enough feel of depth for the stylism to be an assent and not a drawback.
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supervike
IPMC
Registered: September 2005
Location: The Corn State
Posts: 4,932
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Wed March 21, 2007 4:34pm
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I've come to expect amazing pieces from you. You haven't let me down.
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Wren
Registered: October 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN.
Posts: 1,641
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Thu March 22, 2007 10:45pm
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I'm not familiar with the Feegle inspiration for this, but that doesn't stop me from seeing how wonderful a job it is. I love the hair in particular, both the colour and the handling of it. (I've seen very few versions of Nemain's weird hairstyle that 'work' for me.) The base is lovely and natural, and I don't find it overpowering at all, there's something about Nemain's contemplative pose I've always felt almost requires a bit of scenery. One of my faves!
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sjakkie
Registered: June 2006
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Posts: 4
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Sat March 24, 2007 9:50am
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Wow.
Now there's more to say I guess. I really like the base, it's not overpowering the miniature, while it's still very elaborate. The highlighting of the hair is very good, without using that many straight white highlights most people resort to. Not too fond of the sword though. Good overall choice of colours, not that I expected any less of you. Good luck in round 2!
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Duende
Where am I again?
Registered: August 2005
Location: Chambersburg, PA
Posts: 2,082
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Wed April 4, 2007 12:26pm
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Well, since I wasn't sure if she was a Nac Mac Feegle or Nac Mac Feegleish, I split the difference. Excellent job as usual, Cindy. Of course the base is beautiful! I still stare at that every time I look at this.
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