Bailey
A Fixture
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly
I just finished up my version of Olfo Fastfeet from Andrea miniatures. He's 1/35 scale but since he's a halfling he's still only about 30mm tall. The whole scene grew from him holding a lantern and my desire to do a really strong OSL effect around it, basically have it be the only light source and have the rest of the scene in darkness. I still needed to do some contrast in the dark areas, so I painted all of them in a monochromatic blue-grey. I liked the idea of setting him in a dark forest but once I'd built the base and put him in it I realized he still needed something else, something ominous in the darkness just beyond the lamplight. So the whole scene took on a Mirkwood from The Hobbit feel, however it's not meant to exactly match the scene from the book.
This past weekend I took him up to San Jose and entered him into the painting contest at the Bay Area Open where he won best in show. The group running the painting competition is attempting to create a circuit of events teamed up with various conventions, culminating in their dragon slayer competition where the winners of the various circuit events can compete for their ultimate award. In 2015 they'll have events in Las Vegas, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Sacramento, and even across the pond in London (hopefully more as time goes on). They're open to historical figures as well as fantasy and sci-fi. They're still new so I wanted to give them a little advertising plug here. If you're near any of their competitions I recommend checking it out and entering some figures. They're still building the website so check back periodically for more info.
http://draconicawards.com/
Here's a quick look at how the main figure progressed. Starting with the face I worked one section at a time, trying to use the placement of the highlights and shadows as well as the intensity of those highlights to mimic light coming from his lantern.
He was a fun figure to work on and I really learned a lot about OSL from this project. I hope you enjoy the end result!
I just finished up my version of Olfo Fastfeet from Andrea miniatures. He's 1/35 scale but since he's a halfling he's still only about 30mm tall. The whole scene grew from him holding a lantern and my desire to do a really strong OSL effect around it, basically have it be the only light source and have the rest of the scene in darkness. I still needed to do some contrast in the dark areas, so I painted all of them in a monochromatic blue-grey. I liked the idea of setting him in a dark forest but once I'd built the base and put him in it I realized he still needed something else, something ominous in the darkness just beyond the lamplight. So the whole scene took on a Mirkwood from The Hobbit feel, however it's not meant to exactly match the scene from the book.
This past weekend I took him up to San Jose and entered him into the painting contest at the Bay Area Open where he won best in show. The group running the painting competition is attempting to create a circuit of events teamed up with various conventions, culminating in their dragon slayer competition where the winners of the various circuit events can compete for their ultimate award. In 2015 they'll have events in Las Vegas, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Sacramento, and even across the pond in London (hopefully more as time goes on). They're open to historical figures as well as fantasy and sci-fi. They're still new so I wanted to give them a little advertising plug here. If you're near any of their competitions I recommend checking it out and entering some figures. They're still building the website so check back periodically for more info.
http://draconicawards.com/
Here's a quick look at how the main figure progressed. Starting with the face I worked one section at a time, trying to use the placement of the highlights and shadows as well as the intensity of those highlights to mimic light coming from his lantern.
He was a fun figure to work on and I really learned a lot about OSL from this project. I hope you enjoy the end result!
