The Royal Dick: Journey to ReaperCon

[Daryk]

That infantry trooper is amazing! :)

[abou]

And there we go: The Royal Dick.

[ISD]

Oh wow

[Daryk]

Beautiful! :)

[God and Davion]

Nice. Good luck in ReaperCon!

[agen2]

Wow,great job.

[klarg1]

OK, I went and looked at this beauty in the show room. Spectacular job!

The lighting looks spot on perfect in person.

[Daryk]

Glad to hear real life lives up to the photos! :)

[abou]

BTW, Klarg's piece is very cool as well. I grabbed some photos of it. He had a really cool idea and I may have to steal it.

[Daryk]

Are photos posted somewhere? :)

[abou]

I will leave it up to him, but I think it is super clever.

I took a gold medal in the Ordenance category for my Highlander, which I am told was "very purty" by the Texas judge. Only silver for my barbarian guy, but I got great feedback and learned some lessons. I was close to two golds, but once the judges explained what was up, their decisions made sense.

[Daryk]

Congrats on the medals!  And I'm glad to hear the judges explained their reasoning in terms that made sense.  :)

[klarg1]

BTW, Klarg's piece is very cool as well. I grabbed some photos of it. He had a really cool idea and I may have to steal it.

By all means. I’d love to see your version.

[abou]

It is a really cool piece that you put together, klarg1.

[ISD]

 

[Daryk]

That's gorgeous! :)

[klarg1]

Boy the Forum really doesn’t want me to post pictures off my phone. I’ll see if I can post a few other views later.

At length, success:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=86052.0

[Gorgon]

Both the Barbarian and the Highlander turned out absolutely stunning. The lighting on the Barbarian in particular really blows my mind. Congratulations on the medals, well earned!

[abou]

There is a local painting competition by me this weekend. Since the barbarian's base was the weakest element and dragged the piece down, I took it off its original base. That was pretty nerve wracking, but I think worth it.

I created a new base on a plinth I bought and sculpted a rock formation out of cork sheets and Milliput. I added some more highlights to the NMM and hair, got to use my new bottle of Dirty Down Moss, and even tried my hand at a cast shadow.

[Daryk]

I don't see how the original base "dragged it down", but the new one looks good too!

[abou]

I don't see how the original base "dragged it down", but the new one looks good too!

There were a couple of points brought up in regards to the old base:

The first was that it was too big and lacked focus.

The second was that all the tufts seemed to detract from the theme of the piece. And I used those tufts because the base was so big compared to the miniature.

The third was that the tufts weren't painted: essentially, with a mini of that caliber, EVERYTHING gets painted.

So when it comes down to it, composition is not something to skimp on. Verticality, staying on theme, lighting, etc is all very important. It was a good lesson because basing still gives me trouble; however, I keep improving.

[Daryk]

Makes sense, thanks for the explanation! :)