Once again winter is here, and with it, the annual painting challenge! As with everyone else around here, I have been trying madly to assemble and prime figures to get ready for the challenge, however I have had both work and video games distracting me, so I have less than half of what I wanted prepped ready for the challenge.
Once piece though that was ready was something I picked up from a patreon that I immediately fell in love with and had to have. It is from Great Grimoire and supplies monthly fairy tale themed STL files for 3d printing at home, and this was from a few months ago and I have been itching to get to work on it.
The girl was very tiny when printed the first time (as was the cabinet) with the base being less than 40mm. At that scale it was correct for 28mm, but just seemed too small, so I reprinted it scaled up to a 55mm base, so the girl is actually 30mm tall just to get enough size to deal with the details that were there, since it is not for any game, and just for a display piece, scaling up really didn't affect anything.
It is amazing how many great Patreons and Kickstarters there have been for STL files over the last year, so this is the first of many 3d prints that I will be painting up this year.
With all that over, I have finished my traditional day 1 figure, so will be back in a few days with more.
Oh, this is fantastic Byron. Love it. I really like the muted tones of the background/armoire as it makes the little girl stand out. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteThanks Curt, and yeah that was the idea, to really make her different than the background. I still think it would look better with the green glowing out onto her back and the floor (with it coming forward to the edge of the base but leaving the shadow of her legs showing bare wood) BUT the boss spoke and killed that idea... and since it is for her, I kinda had to listen (for once).
DeleteWonderful piece Byron. I
ReplyDeleteCan’t decide if the creatures are threatening the girl or being controlled by her.
That is nightmarish!
ReplyDeleteFantastic painting.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding model but the painting work is superb
ReplyDeleteThanks Benito, it was a lot of fun to paint. Which seems to oddly be the case for many non-purpose (non game) figures.... not sure why
DeleteOutstanding painting - very impressed
ReplyDeleteThat is a fantastic and atmospheric figure and very well painted! A great gift surely!
ReplyDeleteAmazing work Byron! That's a excellent albeit a creepy sculpt!
ReplyDeleteGreat work, the blue and white on the girl contrasts nicely with the cabinet and spectral hands.
ReplyDeleteLove the grim -dark Alice in Wonderland vibe
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, I thought you might like this piece.
DeleteA beautiful nightmare, Byron! I really envy you the printer (I have enough difficulty with 2D printers - yearn for the old simplicities of the dot matrix).
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to seeing more entries like this. First class painting effects.
Thanks Noel. The printers are at a point now that almost everyone can use one. They are still a bit finicky at times, but most of the time they just work. And the pay off for the times you do have to fuss with it are worth it.
DeleteVery nice Byron in particular the green hue on the grasping arms looks particularly earie.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Great piece, and loving that its all printed as well! So a real creation! Nice work!
ReplyDeleteCreepy piece, nicely done
ReplyDeleteFantastic work Byron...and a rather chilling scene...even the stuffed rabbit seems ominous...well done.
ReplyDeletethat looks amazing as always Byron. Have to check out that patreon
ReplyDeleteThat is superb, has anyone won the Challengers Choice on the first day ?
ReplyDeleteRegards KenR
Thanks for the very kind words Ken, but if anyone did the best paint job on day one it was Martin. His paint job is amazing and silky smooth.
DeleteSuper brushwork Byron!
ReplyDeleteSuper creepy and super painting! Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Byron, that is both horrific and fantastic, well done.
ReplyDeleteTHis is very creepy, closing all wardrobe doors tonight before bed. Brilliant
ReplyDeleteVery nice paint job Byron! The 3D print came out fantastic as well!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking vignette Byron!
ReplyDeleteThat is exceptional
ReplyDeleteCheers
Matt
Oh wow, that is incredible.
ReplyDeleteI actually prefer the work on the armoire over the girl or the eldrich horrors. You did a smash-up job getting ir to look like wood varnish. Care to share the paint recipe?
Sorry Robert, I honestly don't exactly know... I have a pile of various vallejo browns and just applied a bunch of them randomly over the armoire in thin glazes. I then washed it with agrax earthshade, which is kinda like my Franks Red Hot sauce, in that I put that shit on everything!
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