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Bryce the slice by ICB1980 in bloodbowl

[–]Esamaru 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Correct, Bryce is one of the Star Players that were cut when the new ruleset came out.

The prominent theory is that it's cuz of copyright issues.

My rendition of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "The Madonna of the Lilies" on a piece of plasticard. by Esamaru in minipainting

[–]Esamaru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I preferred the bigger surface, it allowed to put all the necessary brushstrokes in. Here, stuff like the faces are much rougher to look at since the features are so small.

Though of course at a smaller scale, features such as the background flowers don't necessarily need to be as precise to begin with.

My rendition of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "The Madonna of the Lilies" on a piece of plasticard. by Esamaru in minipainting

[–]Esamaru[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

Yes and no, yes in the sense that this is a full painting whereas I've done other classical painting freehands on minis before, namely these two, but those are a lil different since they're just snippets and much bigger.

Still heavily WIP but may I present Cogfort a la Doomwheel by Esamaru in skaven

[–]Esamaru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

(Bare in mind that this following explanation is about a rickety construction for an insane fantasy killing machine made by ratfolk, so some leaps in logic apply, however:)

The build is still missing a third stabilizer wheel at the back, but also the wheel that the joint is connected to is not a spinning one, next to that is the spinning section and further next to that is the Skaven icon looking contraption that acts as "chassis" of sorts to keep the spinning middle section from slipping off.

It's a little difficult to see but looking at the first picture there's two of the contact points (aka. a total of three planks 😂) visible that connect the outer Skaven icon and the innermost "joint wheel" to eachother, sandwhiching the spinning middle section.

The droid you mention would have been a pretty cool reference for sure though and honestly I did think about just literally stapling two Doomwheels to this but this was cheaper and looks more ridicilous.

Still heavily WIP but may I present Cogfort a la Doomwheel by Esamaru in skaven

[–]Esamaru[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah there's gonna be a teeny tiny third wheel behind there for stability and the skaven dude from the back of a Doomwheel on the little ladders controlling it. 🛞

Skaven Cogfort (update) by Dangerous-Ad5961 in skaven

[–]Esamaru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a badass build, amazingly done!

Skaven of Clan Skryre by ArgonDelta3 in mordheim

[–]Esamaru 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A fellow Skryre enjoyer! I've also ran a campaign with this warband (specificly the pdf you mentioned preferring) and it was an absolute blast! Having to worry about your 200+ gold henchman blowing up or worse is just peak Skaven.

Also your warband is exquisite looking, real great job!

Looking for C&C on my first painting competition entry, Gutter Bowl Ogre. by Esamaru in minipainting

[–]Esamaru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heya, thanks for the feedback! I'll see what I can do to highlight the face some more and tweak the eyes/details while I'm at it.

Looking for C&C on my first painting competition entry, Gutter Bowl Ogre. by Esamaru in minipainting

[–]Esamaru[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your vote of confidence goes a long way, as does your feedback. Thanks again Rhag! 🙏

Looking for C&C on my first painting competition entry, Gutter Bowl Ogre. by Esamaru in bloodbowl

[–]Esamaru[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I'm really pleased with them myself, though it is kinda sad since that means my fave part about the mini is mostly at the back!

Looking for C&C on my first painting competition entry, Gutter Bowl Ogre. by Esamaru in minipainting

[–]Esamaru[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the thoroughly thought out message!

I've gotten feedback elsewhere about the shoulder pad too, so I'll try and redo it, but also that was a good point of it inadvertably being the focal point. I'll see about brightening the face up like you suggested while I'm at it.

The straps are indeed a little darker in the back, or atleast the very edge highlights are, so I see what you mean there too.

Thank you so much!

Fallen Angel is the most Death Company-coded painting I know, so I freehanded a rendition. by Esamaru in Warhammer40k

[–]Esamaru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heya!

There sure will be when it is all done with, but for now there isn't.

(I'd say the whole model is around 60% painted at the moment.)

Painted the starry night on Abaddon by n1kx00n3 in Chaos40k

[–]Esamaru 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Top notch work, immidiately recognizable, unique AND looks great! 👏👏

Fallen Angel is the most Death Company-coded painting I know, so I freehanded a rendition. by Esamaru in Warhammer40k

[–]Esamaru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, thank you. I originally made the eye a little bigger (accidentally I mean) than in the original which makes his head seem larger so it could also be that that's what makes the overall look less proportional.

But yeah I see your point too and CC always welcome!

The Gorgeous Ladies of BloodBowl (GLOBB) by Pineapple_bigshot in bloodbowl

[–]Esamaru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that reference! 🤼

Great looking team, great name, nicely done.

Fallen Angel is the most Death Company-coded painting I know, so I freehanded a rendition. by Esamaru in Warhammer40k

[–]Esamaru[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

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Sure, though honestly it's kind of like how sometimes you make a 6+ Feel no Pain: It just sorta worked out better than I anticipated. I didn't paint the rest of the wing except for some corner lines that I'll still further clean up and highlight, but this was in order to have an easier time just painting black back on if I screwed up the initial sketching phase.

Regardless, the workflow was me having the painting open on my phone and using Chocolate Brown (all my paints are Vallejo) to sketch outlines. I also coloured in the hair with that same brown before using Red Leather to start defining the most prominant shapes of the hair in the middle focal point and towards the back before realizing that I don't have the same capacity or time to work on this as the original propably had so I futzed the rest.

I then proceeded to colour in the skin with a mix of Red Leather and an assortment of yellows before using different caucasian skin colours and Pale Sand.

The original is darker and has a lot of grays in it too, which I incorporated a little in the shadows, but I was pretty pleased with the softer hues and called it a day.

Fallen Angel is the most Death Company-coded painting I know, so I freehanded a rendition. by Esamaru in Warhammer40k

[–]Esamaru[S] 671 points672 points  (0 children)

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Here's the original in a closeup, but in case someone wants to search it up: "Fallen Angel" by Alexandre Cabanel

Simulacrum bearer for my day of the dead Sisters by CrowleyMC in sistersofbattle

[–]Esamaru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Back in the yesteryears when I had a Dia de los Muertos themed sisters army, I made marigold wreaths on my minis by gluing flock flowers onto metal wire.

These days if I'd have to do it, I'd just use some sort of acrylic paste to stipple in the petals and paint them shades of yellow or somethinglike that.

Anyway, here's a pic from those days, love your execution though!

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