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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 September 23, 2006 10:07am
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Very very convincing rain drops on the floor. Just a small though however, not to say that this isn't very well done. Unless she's wearing clothing that is water resistant, the rain should be absorded into the clothings instead of splashing off. Maybe you wanted her to look totally drenched with the excess water dripping off.
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tzor
Registered: January 2006
Location: Wading River, Long Island, New York, USA
Posts: 73
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Sat September 23, 2006 3:10pm
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Nice weather effects!
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krom1415
Registered: August 2006
Location: Oakfield Kent UK
Posts: 33
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Sat September 23, 2006 8:37pm
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Love the rain effect, and a great painted mini too,
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cdukino
Wyrd News Monkey
Registered: August 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Posts: 939
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Sun September 24, 2006 10:43am
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The rain looks great. Really adds atmosphere. Wonderfull painting as well.
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supervike
IPMC
Registered: September 2005
Location: The Corn State
Posts: 4,935
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Sun September 24, 2006 1:01pm
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This is something I have been wondering about for some time....I have never seen a mini look to me like they are in the rain....until now. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me....But what else should I expect from the "Reigning (raining) Iron Painter Champion!! Good work.
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Nathan Caroland
Super glue and kittens don't play well together ...
Registered: August 2005
Location: Woodstock, GA. USA
Posts: 8,353
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Mon September 25, 2006 1:54am
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You've got a hell of a creative streak in you Noel and one that I think you should continue to explore as it really sets your miniatures off IMO. The rain is a neat effect and rather well done and the first time I've seen it. Seeing it now, I can see some other situations for it, and perhaps some tweaks to it, but hell, I like what you did.
Good color choices. The mud splatters look good though if there is any other type of weathering I don't much see it, though I'll have to go look up Jim's definition for this theme as otherwise, the rain would certainly count otherwise.
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Skya
PaintSmith
Registered: March 2006
Location: Chicago burbs
Posts: 692
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Mon September 25, 2006 2:50am
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I had thought about darkening some of the cloth areas to make it look like she'd been in the rain a while and they'd soaked up some of the water, but then I decided that the rain had just hit and was coming pretty much straight down until a gust blew her coat open.
Having had a chance to pull back and look at her from a fresher perspective there's a few tweaks I'd make, a bit of darklining and such, but that's really not suprising given the fast paced nature of this challenge.
I have been thinking about how to pull off a nice rian effect ever since the VIC piece with the thief perched on the rooftop. I need to see if I can find a way to pull off that concentric ring ripple effect that you get from rain drops in an otherwise still puddle. I think it may require sculpting it on teh base and then doing layers of the water effects on top of that, because teh water effect stuff just doesnt scult well. It's either gooy or solid rubber and almost nothing in between.
Didnt even think to look back at the definition of the theme, I heard weathered and thought, "ooo a perfect excuse to try that rain effect I've been thinking about for forever." So yeah the mud is the only thing other then the rain that I actively 'weathered'.
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DrEvilmonki
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 557
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Mon September 25, 2006 5:10am
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Wow, what a great idea you had there. Love it.
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Malebolgia
News Monkey
Registered: December 2005
Location: Groningen, the Netherlands
Posts: 3,241
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Tue September 26, 2006 9:54am
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That rain idea is just fantastic and well executed too. I also like the mud on her clothes...awesome. Paintingwise I also like it a lot, except the gold. That looks a bit too yellow for my taste.
For concentric rings you could use a small tube made from a thin material (brass for example) and dip it in the still wet resin/water effects and slowly pull it out. The surface tension should help you out and give the ripple I guess.
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EricJ
Ancient Malifaux Spirit
Registered: August 2005
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 6,005
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Tue September 26, 2006 2:01pm
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Theme: At first I thought the piece looked a touch sloppy, with an odd effect to it, then my eyes adjusted and realized you had added watter actually dripping off her, which I really find quite brilliant. A nice interpretation of the theme, along with the muddy effect at the bottom of the cloak you've done a nice job here!
Technical: You have a bit of a glare from your lighting going on in your photo, so I expect this shows better in person than photo, but the blending looks good for the most part, but maybe rough in a few places, but hard to tell if it's just the photo. Nice color choices in this one as well. I think the boots look a touch flat and could have used another layer of highlights
Overall: Took me a second, but then the mini grew on me, the raid effect is new and I like seeing things I haven't before, so I congradulate you there and give extra points, nice work!
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Ritual
Brush-licking monkey
Registered: September 2005
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 3,436
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Tue September 26, 2006 5:41pm
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Theme: Brilliant and creative idea with the rain. Well pulled off, too.
Technique: Excellent. Not much more to say.
Overall: A brilliant piece! Very unique. I like how you made the base where you can really see the rain smattering down on the muddy ground.
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Ritual
Brush-licking monkey
Registered: September 2005
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 3,436
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Tue September 26, 2006 5:46pm
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Theme: Brilliant and creative idea with the rain. Well pulled off, too.
Technique: Excellent. Not much more to say.
Overall: A brilliant piece! Very unique. I like how you made the base where you can really see the rain smattering down on the muddy ground.
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Wren
Registered: October 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN.
Posts: 1,641
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Wed September 27, 2006 10:03pm
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A wonderfully creative approach to presenting a lovely sculpt and paint job. I'd enjoy seeing a posting outlining how you created the rain effect some time. I especially like the work on the face on this one. If you're interested, I tried doing the ripple effect idea a few years ago, you can see my attempt here (http://www.coolminiornot.com/99214). I used Realistic Water, and pressed concentrically sized plastic tubing (the protectors that come on the ends of new brushes actually) into it once it was set. It didn't make as much of an impression as I'd have liked, so I also painted the ripples with gray paint. I couldn't figure out a way to do it with Water Effects, either. It hasn't stood the test of time, though, as the Realistic Water just shrinks and shrinks. I just tested out the technique I had used on a sample base I poured with Future a few weeks back, and looks like it worked a little better with the Future. Would probably work better still if it was more freshly poured. An experiment with some CA on the end of my ripple tubes looked like it had potential, also.
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mlavanish
Registered: September 2006
Location: Wilmington, DE
Posts: 12
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Thu September 28, 2006 6:22am
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Great job Skya. I was thinking of doing almost the exact same thing with my ogre, but then decided sunburning would suit the piece a little better. I will definitely have to try this out on a piece in the future.
To get the ripple effect, I was thinking of actually sculpting a negative of the ripples and then molding the water effects over that. Then remove, inverse and add other watery details. It would be tough to get good concentric circles, but I think it can be done.
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Djudja
Registered: June 2008
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Posts: 9
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Fri January 23, 2009 3:33pm
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WOW!
I felt cold for a second.
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