https://www.paintingbig.net/blog daily 0.75 2019-01-13 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/2019/1/13/leman-russ-wip-blog-part-2 monthly 0.5 2019-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547402242316-7RCOFW4C2E9Z1RS3BX9B/image.png WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 - Leman Russ WIP Part 2 In Which There is Much Ado About Basing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547402391608-Q2WYBJU5CBZOYSEM1WG9/21_front_progress.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 Here he’s still blue-tacked onto the base, and I’m getting a lot more done on the armor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547402787217-0W2QV5J10HBFRSOVDJET/22_side_progress.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 Chest-on shot as I get even more of the armor completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547402887629-TOA9NXNT5Q3MPV81F1OA/23_lemandone.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 Sword attached, and base started! Now he can really murder some traitor Marines… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547403030366-EPFAIEIKQWIQP9FP0D6F/24_base_inprog.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547403393402-NG7E28ROPPUAI4XP8N0P/25_basetop_finished.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 Smaller gaming base almost completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547403870443-HPFPPHX1BGS455BHBWDE/image-asset.jpeg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 Gaming base complete! Almost done… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547404050400-F8N0UQIKEAQ37VTKCNZ1/30_face_bigbase.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 Big Base In Place! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547404096124-X9QF2IJG9YPQZLVKVG6S/31_back_bigbase.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 I was able to put more of the red/orange touches on the back where the scarab and Thousand Sons emblem were carved into the stonework. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547404161705-M3BISIRHHKSYNVF9HNYW/32_above_bigbase.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 From above. Love the dynamic composition of the model with the base. Everything done here except the parchment and one column! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1547404216927-AKX42PTCO3EFIBGZJ13D/33_Leman_best.jpg WIP Blogs - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 2 DONE! https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/2019/1/6/gw-forge-world-leman-russ-work-in-progress-part-1 monthly 0.5 2019-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546829823758-UQ5WA4XNTSZ52XYWHU1A/16_NMM_belt.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 - Leman Russ WIP Blog, Part 1 Because Space Wolves are cool in a wolfy sort of way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546830015654-OLCBS2X0N7S8WVJWY3WB/1_cape_base.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Here’s the start of the cape! I base-coated in an off-white and then did a heavy wash of Reaper Mountain Grey from the Bones paint line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546830353103-NVUZAU5DG7RRHO2OWFQ5/2_cape_shading.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Here’s the cape posing with its shadow color, Mountain Stone. :) Was easier to prop it up for the photo than to hold it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546830600906-5VSIC6N7HEOHVDSU1FIZ/3_cape_highsdetails.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Highlighted the fur, glazed the whole thing a bit lighter, and painted the accessories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546830692335-BXKWF2G3Z2SYHADK7O7W/4_cape_finished.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Finished cape! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546831321560-S93Y8H2KRF11LQBCF2EV/5_face_detail.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Face detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546831425309-RAMWLLMVUTZ9U0NYGZA1/6_accessories.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Wolf Accessories! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546831653720-11EOW7Q1XC4CC2IN5MEH/7_NMMstart.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Starting the axe, the handle wrap and NMM on the geometric side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546831804524-5Y8T7OPEGDEI90KBN4RG/8_NMMsword.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Gold NMM on the sword, close-up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546831989416-KTXVCXFP9B5NA4PHBPG9/9_axeswap.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 NMM on the cool wolfy heads, and more on the sword. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832137800-QWSU7PVTVM468WE1EUZT/10_shieldcape.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Shield and cape together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832166475-3GK50UPFXNH8T57OG5RT/11_shieldcape_on.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Shield and cape blue-tacked on to check fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832298673-FN5DMB1PQPL0F2NQWO11/12_chestNMMstart.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 The detailing on the armor on this model is just flat-out fantastic. Hellish to paint, but fantastic. You hate it, and you love it, and you really can’t decide which you feel more until you start humming Fenrisian battle hymns under your breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832403728-FG71QWBM386N72ZSYQU8/13_shoulderschest.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Got through a bunch of the leg and chest and shoulder stuff, couldn’t resist tacking his head on to see how it all looked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832589057-LXYQ70HD9X1RMO7TCLX7/14_shoulderpelt.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Leg armor and blocking in the wolf pelt and head on the hip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832789301-R6NEIB06HO1FUN5YX1JH/15_holsterattached.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Holster on! Now he can shoot someone! Well, he could if he had hands. D’oh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832843751-VLAV1FY7NQL4XNBTNFSE/16_NMM_belt.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Belt NMM not for the faint of heart. Don’t try this at home, kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546832895089-YKE9FAQS5NPEJZ9EBK8N/17_peltdetail.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Little better picture of the pelt and head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546833003924-JFRUN6KJGUWQ2LRX4ROJ/18_testaxefit.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 Testing the fit before I snip it off the sprue! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546833040416-8XSPWW664JAVAWYH1D0P/19_forceaxe.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 A little blurry here, but you can still see it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546833082712-5TRU46T4Q0Z54ZA9TO6N/20_axeattached.jpg WIP Blogs - GW Forge World Leman Russ Work-in-Progress, Part 1 “…and my axe!!” https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/2019/1/4/overwatch-soldier76-work-in-progress-part-two monthly 0.5 2019-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546618467660-1BIPUGXQCO3YETB2XUR3/27_blue_allstages.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two - Soldier WIP Part Two! Wherein we tackle lots of leather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546618647679-XQI4JGP9ONK81Z0G2JN3/24_Glove-gun.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two A close-in detail of the glove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546618883777-VU0UDKS9W6L2DMROL1G5/25_leatherexample1.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two This one was useful for studying the seams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546618943162-D8H3GZO8KV1T66TXOB0L/26_leatherexample2.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two This one really helped me understand how to break down the pattern, and it was even a jacket, so it was a perfect reference. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546619144528-Q47WR7P6XOECP8LBWCX0/28_grey_allstages.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546619327830-UDQEKIMSIP7B5OO0OB7C/30_backleather_start.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two Starting on the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546619517406-ZL8J12T3QOP4Q2U1D9NW/27_blue_allstages.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two Mapping out the blue, all stages visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546810663463-GS3549X9FAE4DZUL0WGH/29_blue_sleevecomplete.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two Blue sleeve, complete! Whew. That was a LOT of work, but I saved the jacket for last because I was really excited to work on it, so I really didn’t mind. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546810723693-U42CGO9JWMI5TD7OKKRI/31_red_allstages.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two Here’s the start on mapping in the red on the 76. The red strips along the side were too small to go with the spiderwebs effect, but the numbers were big enough and I was really happy with the effect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546811050669-2L5ZMSGA06D18EACX1O8/32_jacketback_almost1.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part Two Jacket leather, almost done! https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/2019/1/1/overwatch-soldier76-work-in-progress-photos-set-one monthly 0.5 2019-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546381708950-99X5OWC1RIN0GVEF5U5K/9_Soldier_necktexture.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One - Overwatch Soldier:76 Welcome to Part One of my work-in-progress gallery (plus commentary) for Soldier! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546381945127-2LV6RQYAOMLXXDJF9X30/1_June2016.JPG WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One - June 2016 My first ever painting session with Soldier! You can see how the statue originally came, black and bronze with a faint green wash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546382244331-AGUQ9P8VJJV4PSLIXKRR/2_Soldierface.JPG WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One - Fall-Winter 2016 Through Fall/Winter of 2016-17 I worked on Soldier very sporadically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546382796514-8REMX3I2T1009Z9OK0A1/3_Soldier_face1.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One Hate the neck pattern? Ignore it and work on something else! A time-honored artistic tradition. ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546383210098-XDARP2814ANVL8V5LMQF/5_Soldier_white2.JPG WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One I WILL BEAT YOU, PESKY NECK TEXTURE!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546385045921-G01MCY7APWJ8Y76RYENH/6_Soldier_frontwip.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One Really started blocking in all the colors here. I was to later regret my choice of the darker metallic on the gun. Though it matched the way it looks in canon, I would have been much better off just painting it the same light silver and using washes, glazes, and weathering to darken it, as I did with the rest of the metals. Eventually, I painted over the dark metal and did just that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546385154970-DLLXSU1HVS6N6NZ443VV/8_Soldierback_basecoat12-2.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One All colors are blocked in at this stage and I’m ready to get going on shading, highlighting, textures and details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546385427234-SLM4USFUDOZU8HR2VZ6I/9_Soldier_necktexture.jpg WIP Blogs - Overwatch Soldier:76 Work-in-Progress, Part One VICTORY!!!!!!! https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/category/Overwatch monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/category/paintingbig monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/category/paintinglittle monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Warhammer+40K monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Statue monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Games+Workshop monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/1%2F6th+scale monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Overwatch monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Leman+Russ monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Forge+World monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Space+Wolf monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/blog/tag/Soldier76 monthly 0.5 https://www.paintingbig.net/gallery daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546570201764-ZK7MXOCL909VTN86UNB9/Soldier_frontfull.jpg Gallery - Overwatch Soldier:76 Statue - Full View Full view of the Soldier:76 collector’s edition statue repaint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546570201764-ZK7MXOCL909VTN86UNB9/Soldier_frontfull.jpg Gallery - Overwatch Soldier:76 Statue - Full View Full view of the Soldier:76 collector’s edition statue repaint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546569515559-SKJBOVCP1NVS9G2T2AN5/IMG_1984.jpg Gallery - Overwatch Soldier:76 Statue - Front Detail You can see lots and lots of work-in-progress photos of Soldier and read about my process and challenges in painting him on the blog here on PaintingBig! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546569931657-1ICNOD5WGBQWP54V0T2A/36_Soldier_backdetail.jpg Gallery - Overwatch Soldier:76 Statue - Back Detail A closeup of the leather texture on the back of the jacket for the Soldier:76 Collector’s Edition statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546568626055-7Z1MBR9GM34XTM60E4C6/lemanside_best.jpg Gallery - Forge World Leman Russ - Front View Games Workshop Forge World Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves, resin model with double base in 28mm scale (but he’s quite a bit larger than 28mm since he’s a Primarch—essentially a demigod). Russ is a Warhammer 30K model, which is why the Thousand Sons iconography on the base is red rather than blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546568898568-AG231UPW8VR9TPXZ2EBV/lemanback_best.jpg Gallery - Forge World Leman Russ - Back View Base view of the Forge World Leman Russ. This was a commission model. Fun fact, it was also limited palette—the colors on the base are all mixed from colors used on the model itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546569257154-ZII1J3Y2CUJ48ZCV8091/lemancape_best.jpg Gallery - Forge World Leman Russ - Cape Detail Leman Russ, cape detail. The cape was the first thing I painted, and it was a lot of fun with all the details. I wanted a pale cape but not pure white, which I thought might be too distracting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546574943857-PGRN3RWH5V5R0QXSOW7U/varghar_left.jpg Gallery - Confrontation Wolfen, Older Work - Left Side This is Varghar from Rackham’s Confrontation range, painted a long time ago, want to say 2012? Still one of my favorite Wolfen models; I really liked the whole range and own almost all of them in original metal. All of the Wolfen are around 54mm, though Confrontation’s original scale was, as I recall, 32-35mm on average. With the base pictured here he’s around 70mm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546575463653-L2EZ4GI7SDXHIFPTKUVM/varghar_right.jpg Gallery - Confrontation Wolfen, Right Side - Older Work Varghar, Confrontation Wolfen by Rackham, right side photo. Around 70mm from base to the top of his neck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641522678805-E2CR81RH1NKYGACC4CGA/IMG_5076.jpg Gallery - Freebooter Holiday Miniature A limited edition holiday sculpt from Werner Klocke’s Freebooter Miniatures. I started this ages ago and finally finished it when I dug it up out of my collection in 2019! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641522893167-6YW7QZ3X8IN3HWR3KKUD/IMG_5071.jpg Gallery - Freebooter Limited Edition Holiday Miniature, Back View Freebooter Limited Edition Holiday miniature, back view. Dragons are something I’ve been drawing since I was very young! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641523125768-Y6U64GLL87BSMHXCV7CZ/DarkSwordDwarfBarbarian.jpg Gallery - Dark Sword Miniatures, Dwarf Barbarian A Dwarf Barbarian I painted on commission for Dark Sword Miniatures in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641523336964-19GE4ZG5R9ZSXV1F7T81/DSknight_side.jpg Gallery - Dark Sword Male Warrior Painted on commission for Dark Sword Miniatures in 2019. I had decided to push myself on the steel NMM on this figure, and ended up liking it so much that I put the extra freehand on the back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641523479460-DO6G3HMUQBYQUB8N5GJN/DSKnight_face.jpg Gallery - Dark Sword Male Warrior Face-on view. I really liked how the very dark skin tones came out on this guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641523554029-FQ99K7D85KID6NGYLB6X/DSKnight_back.jpg Gallery - Dark Sword Male Warrior, back view Back view. Given the African skin tone, I really wanted to go with a lion motif. :) This is one of the rare 28mm that I’ve been really happy with in the last several years; usually my favs are the bigger models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641523978282-2K1ASTDZTOI4YKAVEVN0/MrGrumpy.jpg Gallery - Mr. Grumpy This bust was sculpted by Kirill Kanaev and was the students’ project during the two-day seminar he taught at Reaper in 2019. Mr. Grumpy is not generally considered one of my best works by others, but I disagree, mostly because he’s a landmark model for me (the true metallics breastplate earned me an “Excellent!” from Kirill, which I treasure). Sadly, the metallics make it hard to get a great photo of him! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641524683398-7TQ2MPFBTT6MKIZMFLM7/Sacrifice_frontview.jpg Gallery - Sacrifice - Front View Sacrifice is a bust from Dark Sun. Though many people dislike the nudity, I felt that I managed to de-emphasize it and focus on the things that I really loved about the model, such as her expression, the cloth, and the dagger. That Damascus blade drove me absolutely nuts, by the way. I thought I could do it in NMM, but it was much better in true metallics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641524895975-XAVVO39ODC1ZNA7M3D8A/Sacrifice_backview.jpg Gallery - Sacrifice - Back View Back view of the model. She really is connected to the base by only that one tiny point on her cape! This model was finished for the 2019 Crystal Brush (the last one they did). We didn’t win, but we made the final cut for photos put up for voting, which was my goal at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1641525035420-F4UFXL9NQHXN2NPTHOMU/Sacrifice_back_closeup.jpg Gallery - Sacrifice - Back, WIP Freehand Closeup A work-in-progress closeup of the freehand and cloth texture on the back of Sacrifice. The patterns are based on carved detailing from Moorish architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1642719636786-ZJAVDKEH7390BO32FAX2/IMG_6703.jpg Gallery - Severina Raine - Games Workshop - commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1642719863432-MQTMEGWQE3DCZCX01BKY/IMG_6710.jpg Gallery - Genestealer Cult Patriarch - commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1642719970275-4KKBL9MCSSX4XY1I48D3/IMG_6714.jpg Gallery - Hera Models Elf Bust - Dark Elf with Dragon Tattoo https://www.paintingbig.net/about daily 0.75 2021-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1638481642610-GAUNL7UMUFS4XA7MFEC8/Dragon_tr_500px.jpg Find My Stuff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/1546315736676-D5089YDGUXILJG166C6A/Anne_biopic.jpg Find My Stuff! - About Anne Anne Foerster is a multi-national and international award-winning model painter. She was previously employed full-time by American miniatures manufacturer Reaper Miniatures, where she was the Staff Painter and Paint Line Designer of the now-famous Reaper Master Series Paint Line for over 17 years. In 2020 she moved to the west coast during the height of the pandemic to be with her now-fiance. Committing to a full-time career as a creator, Anne now spends her days constructing content for her beloved Patreon as well as Twitch and YouTube. See below for details, links and schedules! https://www.paintingbig.net/new-page daily 0.75 2019-01-03 https://www.paintingbig.net/landing daily 1.0 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/5c2938ce-a74d-46d7-86c7-b37bb88f377a/Anne_biopic.jpg PaintingBig - Explore Your Creativity Anne’s mission is to cut the frustration out of miniature painting so you can get more enjoyment out of your hobby. She strives to break down topics so that students can really understand WHY their paints and tools act the way they do. A better understanding of concepts and techniques frees YOU to explore your own creativity and to take your painting to any level you desire! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/19f26ec2-73f9-483b-b8f3-835d1f991286/SacrificeWIP_backdetail.JPG PaintingBig Sacrifice from Black Sun Miniatures, Back Detail. The designs and stitching are all freehand detailing, with the patterns based on Moorish architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c1a5b7f8f5130c41ff2a801/19203391-97df-4a72-853b-3ae119c4e1ae/BiesBust_WIP1_smaller.jpg PaintingBig An early work-in-progress shot demonstrating the grisaille technique of underpainting on the skin. Limited Edition Bies bust from Ignis Art. https://www.paintingbig.net/patreon daily 0.75 2022-01-06