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The mushroom thing that's been going on? The word champion is quite close to the swedish word for mushroom, champinjon. So it's been the standing "joke". Not that it was especially funny, apart from finding new words for all the post headlines.
First time I've tried out working with non metallic metallics. I can't say I'm especially fond of it. It looks good from one certain angle. The illusion is really there. And then you move your head and it looks kinda weird. Almost like when you take off your glasses while watching a 3D-movie.
All in all I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. The model in itself is awesome, and there are no dead spaces you need to "hide" or anything like that. It's just "paint". The exercise in painting black was especially fun, if you find frustrating to be fun.
Originally I had a pretty blueish black, so when highlighting that I added more blue. The problem was that the blue I chose was pretty cold, so when the final highlights came on it looked really really off since the cold hue made the illusion that it was further back.
Color theory 101 |
I'm gonna hit it with some matt varnish later today (especially on the base). So if you spot anything you think I should correct, now is the time to do it. I'll go and submit it tomorrow!
Very nice job on this! I definitely approve. :)
ReplyDeleteWow!This piece was impressive, is it at GW Stockholm you are going to participate?
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it's at GW Stockholm. Was there yesterday and handed it in. If you're there on Saturday, look for the dude with the bigass-camera and say "Hi" :)
Yeah, I will try to find you, coming in with both my kids so I might be trapped just inside the door. I guess there will be a lot of people there.
ReplyDeleteHow did your mini do in the Finecast competition?
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