N1SB Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hope your Everchosen contests are going well. Here was an entry at our Warhammer Store (in Hong Kong, what I jokingly call the older brother to the famous 500th Store). NOT MINE, but I hope you see why I'm posting it here: So at 1st, ok, beautiful highlights and shading, non-metallic metal. Then we looked at his cape and loincloth and noticed he freehand painted those designs. And then...we looked at the back of the model, and I apologise for my hand shaking as I took this photo: The centre depicts, we believe, the bridge of his/Horus's flagship, The Vengeful Spirit. Beyond the technical virtuosity of this painting, it's just this idea like he teleported directly from there and the little tear in the space-time continuum persisted as he exited, and you see a rippling image of where he came from, depicted on his wavering cape. Here's the best part of the story: the painter is a mystery to us. Perhaps your Warhammer Store/FLGS experience is similar to ours...you pretty much "know" everyone. Even if you don't remember their 1st names, you recognise the guys, "oh yeah, him, with the face and the neckbeard." We don't know this dude, word is he was just some random who dropped off the mini, then walked away. Being in Hong Kong, we have nicknamed him "Akuma", like the Street Fighter character. Because he just appears and destroys the final boss, the Raging Daemon of Hong Kong. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357369-daemonic-god-tier-abaddon-an-everchosen-entry/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Excellent work. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357369-daemonic-god-tier-abaddon-an-everchosen-entry/#findComment-5353825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 The cape is awesome, but the rest looks kinda boring. Not a fan of those gradients on the armour. Also, this is quite a bit of interpretation lol The centre depicts, we believe, the bridge of his/Horus's flagship, The Vengeful Spirit. Beyond the technical virtuosity of this painting, it's just this idea like he teleported directly from there and the little tear in the space-time continuum persisted as he exited, and you see a rippling image of where he came from, depicted on his wavering cape. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357369-daemonic-god-tier-abaddon-an-everchosen-entry/#findComment-5353859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closet Skeleton Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 The cape is awesome, but the rest looks kinda boring. Not a fan of those gradients on the armour. The face is too tonally close to the armour. The gradients have a great pencil sketch effect but that has lead to a sacrifice in tonal contrast. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357369-daemonic-god-tier-abaddon-an-everchosen-entry/#findComment-5353999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 The cape is awesome, but the rest looks kinda boring. Not a fan of those gradients on the armour. The face is too tonally close to the armour. The gradients have a great pencil sketch effect but that has lead to a sacrifice in tonal contrast. Exactly! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357369-daemonic-god-tier-abaddon-an-everchosen-entry/#findComment-5354000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 The cape is awesome, but the rest looks kinda boring. Not a fan of those gradients on the armour. The face is too tonally close to the armour. The gradients have a great pencil sketch effect but that has lead to a sacrifice in tonal contrast. If you save a copy of the pic and run a black and white filter over it, the whole thing looks the same shade of light grey. Shame really, it could have been a true masterpiece, at the moment it's merely incredible and awesome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357369-daemonic-god-tier-abaddon-an-everchosen-entry/#findComment-5354003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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