For your viewing pleasure, a highly converted dark elf lord (which you may have seen before), but primed, so you can understand the flow of the miniature better.



oh, and I figured I should mention that it's on ebay for sale here... you know, in case any of you decide you really need a hero to lead what I assume are your huge dark elf armies you all have.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI....cSELL.m315.lVI

More models to come- finishing up a corsair lord, a black guard lord, and a standard bearer.

That model is very sexy. You've done a fantastic job.

Owaria

He must have been converted to Slaanesh, then.

[/Elan mode]


Superb job, Rogue. I like the weapon.

Why are you selling such a beautiful model?

Burro Boskov

Rogue-Gladiator! Hooray!

'Tis a lovely model indeed. My only criticism (not that I could do better, obviously) would be that something seems to be a little off with the positioning of the legs - as if his hips are displaced slightly forwards from the base of his torso. I don't know if it's just the 2D image making me think that, or possibly the thickness of the robes/tabard/thingy over his thighs...

Quite cool. Looks somewhat stocky for an elf, but still very, very nice. As for that Druchii army (shifty eyes) ...

That is hot.

*Shrug* It's good to know someone thinks it's decent....

Having posted the picture on coolminiornot.com, it currently has scored 4.5.... I'm honestly pretty despondant about it at the moment, and somewhat angry, because while I don't think it's more than 6 or 7 on there, I think that my work is better than some of the sculpts I've seen on there which completely lack composition. But, what can you do but get back to the bench and get back to work? I'm currently working on s few mehods that will signifigantly help my sculpting scores on there.

Back to the drawing board.

I think it looks good :). I couldnt sculpt my way out of a paper bag :P .

Not at all. Looking at the site many of the mini's that get higher scores are painted. So I don't think you are getting marked down due to your modeling skill. More that its not painted. It is a damn good model. No doubt about that.

Chris

Yeah, people tend to rate higher on coolimini when the thing is painted. Human eyes like pretty colours, what can I say? Once it's painted up, I'll wager that the score would go up.

Except you're selling it. But, I mean, IF it was painted up. Thing. You get what I mean.

Its a great model. Don't be discouraged by cool mini on a site that large your bound to get people who quickly judge things without looking at them closely. You should have no trouble selling that mini. Great job by the way! I'm sure there are many dark elf generals waiting for a hero.

Thank you for the compliments, all. I truly appreciate what you have said so far. While I am less than pleased on the results of the miniature so far, I have sat down and reconsidered a few options that lie before me on the path of sculpting, and I have come to the conclusion that I can make my works truly great if I begin to use a few more techniques than what I have so far. While I have never been a big fan of some of them, such as press molding, I think that I can make works comparable to scibor (look him up on CMON) if I just bite the bullet and swallow my pride. It would seem my strength is in the composition of the miniature. If I would but add the intricacy that my works deserve, I think they would be something amazing...

I may be posting something in the painting and modeling section showing some other works I'm doing. My favorite at the moment is a black guard hero, converted from the bodyguard of the head haunco of the Dark Eldar. It's quite tasty, and includes a mini dragon head and more skulls... SKULLS!

Stay tuned.

That's really impressive.
Its a shame you're selling it, i'd love to see the finished article fully painted

eh, I really don't paint, I just like to sculpt. I love small scale human forms- it allows me to see the piece fully, and not get TOO tunnel visioned on one part.

I'm actually working on a commission right now for an ogre tyrant, and the piece is looking rather snazzy, if I say so myself. nothing says bad like a severed giant's head on a japanese style banner.

Did I mention I sculpted the backside of the giant's severed head?

Oh, and a Lesson of the day:

Dremels Rock.

Out of curiosity, do you do commissions regularly? How about for foreign clients?

I'm not really into Warhammering the peasants at the moment, but if I ever get back into it, I am generally dissatisfied with the stock character range...

May we possibly see a picture of said tyrant. Im starting an Ogre army and any inspiration is good, since I don't like the current model GW has.

Burro Boskov

P.S. I did it!

Project log up in painting and modeling- has a link to my photobucket, with lots of images. Check it out.

@ Bene: My (Commercial?) email address is ajpaulette@gmail.com . If you have any further questions on conversion work, you may reach me there. as a short answer to your question- yes, I love doing conversion work for anyone, including out of country pieces. If there's a paypal account, there's a way, I always say. Okay, I don't actually say that, because that would make me a consumer whore, but you get the idea.

And it's great if you don't want them right this second- as you'll see if you check out my new photos I've uploaded, I've been doing a lot of studies lately that, once I'm finished with them (seeing as I've barely started most), they'll make my sculpting drastically better.