posted by roman, jarhead, kong

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

Aloa jungle visitor!

This time I am about to show you one of my recently finished figures.
It was done for the Russian Alternative Battle 4.

Unfortanetly it did not place as the contest was very though, but the judges did a great job and I am sure it was some hard work to decided who wins. Well done! Congrats to the winners! Thanks to the team behind the contest for another one of their cool competitions. Don't forget about the Spring Angel 2013 contest!



Now back to topic: My entry for the comp.
The contest's theme was "Undead" and I really love to do undead stuff.
I had a cool model lying in my drawer, one exclusive Vampire queen on horse by CMON.
I really wanted to paint that model for a long time and this contest gave me the right motivation and the oppourtunity.

The concept of the base was pretty easy for me. I wanted her to ride over a graveyard, but with her pure pressence ressurecting the corpses around her. For the Undead coming out of the earth I used some of CMON Zombicide plastic Zombies as I really do have a lot of them. I think anoyne has of those who ordered the game.


Meanwhile I decided to not finish her for the contest. I'd rather would do another idea I have in mind with a vampire lady and started building up the base for the - in my eyes - better idea for such a contest. Somehow I failed to really do more than the base. Was busy with many other things and time went by without something happening at all.


... but the second idea never was getting further. After I realized that, I decideed to head back over to the first Vampire project and so I did. One to two weeks of concentrated painting made me finish her just in time for the contest's deadline. During the progress I did not really felt comfortable with the original sculpts head/face. She somehow looks the same direction as the horse and her face was somehow strange to paint. While she was already painted (not finished, but in progress) I decided to switch the head and give her another character. I took a female figure from great sculptor Steve Party and made a copy of her face using PK blue fast. It worked well but I knew I have to resculpt the hair and the upper shoulder areas. And so I did with the use of Magic Sculp. I primed the new stuff with a brush and Vallejo Surface Primer White:


I then finished the paint work on her and was satisfied with the result. I knew I could have spent some more hours on some parts. I wasn't really happy with the red dress, but I decided her to be finished as the time was running short. I hope you like her!
















I also took a photo in the cabinet, done with lightning by the camera. I often do so lately as I am never sure which photo (photobox/cabinet) shows the right picture of the figure in real.


I planned to sell the project on ebay soon, but a private collector from the US, who really fell in love with the piece was pretty fast and bought her for his collection. Many thanks at this point to you!

I am in no form dissapointed by not winning something with her in the contest. I still know some places I would like to have improved and there were so many great entries in the contest that winning was not an option for me with her. Honestly ... great work all together over on the RAB4!

Let me know your thoughts, ideas or minds by hitting a comment!

So far, keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes
Roman

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

No eggs in here!

Massive Voodoo wishes everybody some relaxed Easter season days! We hope you enjoyed the days with your family and loved ones!

During the last weeks and in between the two painting classes I was able to finish some fun projects.
I did build a base for explanation on the first painting class and painted it. Unfortanelty the demonettes I have painted during the classes are both planned for another project, so the bases I did build up on the class were still searching for a figure to be put on.

I did find a GW plastic High Elf for one of the bases. Not a fency paintjob but a joy to finish something again. Worked on him for about 3~4 hours.




Another one was a Chaos Cultist from the 40K Chaos Army. He was the first figure I had planned to be put on the base of the High Elf, but he did not really fit right. So he was painted pretty quick with a gaming base and tons of textures in his worn out clothes. Work on him was about 3 hours.

Somehow the photos in my photobox come out way too bright lately, but here you go with a cabinet shot that shows both models in a more realistic way on how they look in real:



Hope you like them - both of them will sooner or later hit ebay!
Keep your eyes out! If you are interested in making one of these pieces yours in front of an ebay auction feel free to write an email to me!

Best Wishes and keep on happy painting!
Roman

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Time is flying by and soon we got to prepare our trip to the US.
As I am having some smaller classes at the Adepticon I also got to prepare a lot of stuff and pack it carefully to take it with the plane. I am even not sure why I am telling this, maybe I am just too nervous about that all :D

Let's get it on with a look on my table again.
I am finishing the comissioned Space Marine, but won't show some photos anymore as I want the finished model to appear in an online contest. Time is flying by here too, ai ai ai.

There has been a long painting night - last Friday where a lot of things were pushed forward. One was the idea to get that massive Slaanesh project further. I really enjoyed some hours digging in my bitzboxes to build up some characters that will find a place in the whole scene. In the end it all shall be a big praise to the God of Sins and Lust. No porn, promised!

As I was asked to write a little more about the progress of the demon project I decided to summ up my work of it, every once in a while. The whole idea is still in an early stage. 2 demonettes are kind of done, they miss some final purple glazes, but I will do that in the end when all comes together. The big demon still needs some blue in its skin and well, yes, the other ones need colour too ...

I started to bring up a basecoat of dark metal (was it warplock bronze? Oh yes it was, just saw it on the photo) to the big Slaanesh demon. This was kind of frustrating as there are way too many small areas that I did not want to forget.


While I worked some basic stuff on the Slaanesh Beastman I put some more work in the demon's horn and purple touches to its skin.



The next plans are to really darken down the base and bring in some more dramatic light/shadow work to it. After this I want to work on the demons skin and start the leather and the clothing, before I do those damn metal parts again :D

Funny, when I think back how the model started. I already felt "Oh, oh!" this is kind of huge ... back in those days:


... but discipline and madness will guide me through this project.

So far from the demon ladies ...
Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes
Roman

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Hello bananalicious painters!!

It is time to say goodbye to the bananalicious times for now!
The Contest is official done!

We want - again - thank everybody who took part or supported the contest.
You made a great time for everybody, except the judging team :D

Congratulations again to all the winners - your parcels will be shipped in the week ahead. This is the last big burden we have to carry to make you happy.

If you are interested in having an overview over the whole contest you can find it here:


Enjoy your easter season days and make sure there will be another BANANALICIOUS PAINTING CONTEST - episode 2013. Sharpen your brushes and make this a year full of painting to be prepared when the apes play the coconut bongo drums for you again.

Thanks to everybody involved and connected to the contest!
Thanks for a great time!

If you liked the contest and want so say thanks for the work and time we put in you can do so in form of a donation:

posted by roman, jarhead, kong