olliekickflip Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Hey guys, here is my version of Njal Stormcaller that I finished last week. I did a light effect coming from his eyes as if he is casting one of his spells, hopefully it looks right!! Any comments or critiques are welcome!! I didn't put snow on the base because I am auctioning him and I figured it would be easy enough to add snow if the person wanted it but very hard to remove it if they didn't want it. The base is from Jeff Wilhelm's Dragon Forge Design...they are super nice!! http://coolminiornot.com/235811 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y137/olliekickflip/WIP%20Photos/Njal-Frt2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y137/olliekickflip/WIP%20Photos/Njal-Frtlft2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y137/olliekickflip/WIP%20Photos/Njal-lft2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y137/olliekickflip/WIP%20Photos/Njal-Bk2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hfran Morkai Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 That is one nicely painted Njal, and I really like the glowing eye effect, looks like it took some time to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Nice mini, but I would remover that online-auction link if I was you. I can already hear the mod´s meltas heating up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliekickflip Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ha ha, auction link removed!!! Yeah, I did the glowing eyes because I thought it would be kinda fun and also with all the grey....light skin coloring and white hair, there was just nothing that made you focus on the face. The blue fixed that and really only took a few minutes to do. I did one version that was a lot lighter and it really wasn't conviencing so I added more saturation to the color and I think it works better. Hopefully it is believable!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Chaplain Astador Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 He's one intimidating version mate! Definitely the best one I've seen to date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadskær Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Very nice version of Njal! I love the wholeness of the model - the colours really fit well together and creates a complete look :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A17roolz Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Amazing. Every Psyker should have glowing eyes, it just heightens their coolness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replica Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 VERY cool, i love the eyes, but i really love the natural tones on the bone and wolf pelt, very nicley done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timboli Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 :D looks very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseychaoslord Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 brilliant im spechless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironking Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 awesome - how about a link to WIP... Also can you tell me how you painted him? from priming up - (ie what you used for priming) and also your color mixes / ratios etc. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevik Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Superb! Although I have to say, if you wanted people to focus on his face, you perhaps shouldn't have done such a fantastic job on the wolf's head above it (twisted logic I know) - that's the bit that really grabs the attention for me, it's absolutely beautiful. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidWulfen Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 That is nuts man, wow. you need to tell me how you did the armour cause thats how i wanted to paint up my wolves and it looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brother Hastatus Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Wow, that's absolutely amazing!! I know you were waiting before adding snow, but I think you should add it regardless, as it would make it even better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratoKhan Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Amazing model. I really like Njal. Any WIP shots? By the way, the Psyber-Raven is one of the best familiars I've seen to date. Excellent work. Did you sculpt it yourself? +EDIT+ Oh, I'd never noticed it was on the GW model. Oops. +EDIT+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Lord Mjolnir Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Simply awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakiq Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Didn't like the model when I saw it in GW's colours. You've certainly done it justice though and I bet the sculptor would be proud. Really nice job. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Sha'son Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I am a fan of the glowing eye effect. very nicely done. I like the natural hide color you did as opposed to the tendency to do a dyed hide. Although some of it does kinda blend in together. For your metal parts did you use a NMM technique or real metallic paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliekickflip Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Thanks for the comments guys...sorry I didn't respond earlier. For some reason it was not allowing me to post so I had to revalidate my account!! Anyways, I have no WIP's, I painted this one two fast! ha ha As for the armor colors, the basecoat was 1 part Space Woves grey, 1 part Kommando Khaki and 1 part Shadow grey. Then I did a general highlight of more Space Woves Grey and some Vallejo Silver Grey (its almost white but not quite). Then I washed the entire armor areas with a mix of Devlund Mud wash and a little bit of Shadow grey. I was carefull to let it go mostly in the cracks. Then I just came back with my original colors and blended up for the highlights and down for the shadows as i saw fit. Except for the addition of the Vallejo Silver Grey, it is the exact same mix as GW uses. It just looks a bit more natural I guess. As for the Metalics, I used true metallics on this one..in many ways though, true metallics are painted in the same was as nnm. I uses standard "flat" colors to shade and metallics to highlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 good to have you back... the colours certainly don't look like 'eavy metal's puppies... the khaki really tones down the blue-grey... there is something about different photo set-ups, and editing that really changes the tones though... i've seen the same minis on different pages of White Dwarf that look completely different... keep up the good work... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliekickflip Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Yeah, its funny how the pictures can differ...I find that depending on what time of day my photos will look completely different. You just gotta do the best you can and then post the good ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel of justice Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Magnificent, 100 time better than the heavy metal miniature love the runes on the armor and the fact the model feels alive and looks alive. I hate the runic head of the force weapon but what can you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechSpacewulf Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 The eyes are amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliekickflip Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Yes, I like my minis to look like they could just walk off the table! Guess thats just my style. I do enjoy however the bright cartoony look as well, I just cant seem achieve that myself...some sort of mental block I guess! ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Beautiful model, the eyes are stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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