Scale75 - Dark Elf

Heya!

Finally finished and in time for the contest. ;) 

Vote on Putty & Paint

Vote on CMoN

Hope you like him.

p1per

Fallout scene 1.wip

Hi folks,

this time i´m painting a little fallout diorama for a friend, it is rusty, its toxic and it should represent the harsh conditions in a wasteland.

Still a lot of wip, the sculpt isn't too great and I have to cover up a lot of badly cast areas too. Progress is slow but it's getting in the right direction: onward!

stay tuned for a rust tutorial on this base! rust is done with REAL rust...not paint.

keep on happy paintin'

Nathelis

Welcome on board, Markus

Hi,

some of you may know me from diverse forums or my blog DarkSpawn's Corner.
Sleipnir and Nathelis asked me if I would like to be a part of this blog, so I'm very happy and proud to say: yes and here I am.

For all of you who don't know me, here are some facts:
My name is Markus, I'm born in 1981 and I live near Koblenz. I'm a sculptor and painter, more or less. I'm in the hobby since 2011, before that I built military model kits and so on. I've got the idea of sculpting because one of my favorite busts was everywhere out of stock. So I tried some sculpting clays like Fimo Air, Milliput etc. and sculpted my first bust. From this day on I couldn't stop and sculpting is now a great passion for me. Sometimes I switch back to my brushes and try to paint a bit.

Here are two pics of my projects I got finished in the last time, not much but I'm working on more. ;-)

The crusader bust in the middle was my first sculpt and the first mini I got painted.

So far
Markus

Painting a freehand: Laurel wreath

Yesterday I've found some time to continue with details on Melissa (and her immortal Schnauzers). Just a few hours left till completion. Finally...

I have the strong feeling to start something else BUT I have to resist to ever finish her. In the past it was always the same: Starting a project full of motivation. Then, there was a strange feeling to start something else to not get bored or to realize an idea that popped in my mind. But I've promised myself to stop working on different projects at once. And it works! (So far).

Back to Melissa.

To fill the space on her cape I decided to add another simple freehand as an additional nice detail and for practice. There were just two basic freehands that I've painted before. So here's my 3rd one.

Step 1: searching for a draft (use google i.g.)

Step 2: painting a rough sketch.

I've started with a circle to get the correct shape and used a simple trick to not paint it over and over again. I' ve just used a wet brush and draw lines until satisfaction. If its like I like it I've grabbed the other brush with paint on it and simply followed the watered line.

Step 3: Working out details
For this I've used the color recipe Nathelis has shown a while ago over at the brushbrothers forum, just with some tweaks. I'm sure he'll share it on this blog too.

Step 4: Cleaning work and final lights

Sorry, pictures are not the best. Just be patient and wait for final pictures of this project to get a better view.

If you've missed previous WIP's of Melissa feel free to check them here, here and here.

Have a nice weekend!
Arne

Dark Elf - WIP Update 4

Heya!

Almost there!

I'm not allowed to post final pictures before the images have been approved by the jury of the contest I want to enter him but I got one last b/w WIP for you. :) I still have to cleanup some areas and if I manage to do and get one in time I will add a "companion" to the base. ;)

p1per

Dark Elf - Base WIP 3

Heya!

Started working on the banner the other night. It's not finished yet, still need to smooth out some lines and I also want to add a pattern to the corners... once I figured out how the pattern should look *lol* ;)

Anyways here a picture:

p1per

Say hello to Arne

Welcome (back) to Miniature Fairy Tales!

I'm proud to present you our latest news around this new blog today. We're growing, like a real family.

Many of you may know me and my works from my "old" blog, Painters Delight, or numerous forums around the world wide web. For some weeks now, Nathelis, P1per and me are chatting mostly every day via Skype. Mostly about miniature painting. As time passed by we got to know each other more and more. Shortly after Nathelis and P1per launched this blog, I was interested in being a member. So... today I'm in and ready to share my WIP's, thoughts and finished showcase-projects with you.

Let me introduce you myself... just for those who didn't knew me by now ;)

My name is Arne. I'm aged 28 for some days now and live together with my wife and 2 kids near Hamburg. My painting-biography is rather short as I'm back into this hobby for just a few years now. Back the days I was playing Warhammer and Confrontation. Painting miniatures was more or less a necessity instead of a joy. Some other hobbies and, of course, the growing interest in girls let me quit this path to have more free time. 15 years later I started painting miniatures again. I never really stopped thinking about playing / painting again, but somehow there was always something more important than a new hobby for me. Back in 2010 I painted my first miniature after the restart. Today, 3 years later, I could show off a hand full of miniatures painted in a continuous growing showcase quality.

You'll find those works soon in our gallery. Feel free to take a closer look at those and watch out  for actual and upcoming projects on Fairy Tales Miniatures soon! Here's a small display of my latest works, made for the MV Bananalicious contest:

So far
Arne

Dark Elf Base - WIP 2

Heya!

Just wanted to show a little progress on the base for my Dark Elf. It still needs more glazes for color variations as well as lights and shadows but here's how it looks right now.

p1per

Cat Stark base wip: Painting a stone wall

Hi folks,

yesterday I painted the stone wall of Catelyns base. took some hours but i´m really satisfied how it turned out.

 This is the palette (VMC) I used:

The trick in my opinion is a first lightness sketch of the wall, so that you have a zenithal light source (can be done via wet in wet sketch or AB) and then apply very thin layers of glazes to the single stones in different colors. So you get a natural variety of stone colors. This is how it looked after that steps:

After that every single stone needs to be shaded down (according to his position on the wall, so upper stones least) and then pure white can be used for highlights. To darken the recesses between the stones I used a black wash I applied carefully only to the areas where needed.

this is a time consuming work, but well worth it in the end!

Nathelis

Catelyn Stark with Base wip

Hi folks,

today I was doing my favourite part about miniature painting: base building. Actually there wasn't a lot to do, since I found a good stone wall that i recently bought from Figone. It fits the mood and style of this miniature perfectly + also really nice the 28mm true scale. So this is the first impression of the miniature and the base together (both with just some color sketches). Now the real work (fun) begins!

keep on happy painting,

Nathelis