Painted it quickly for a friend. Really fun to paint. Also this is my first try to post something here on CMON in a loooong long while to see how it works
Excellent mini. The face of the eagle is really eye catching. The only constructive criticism I would offer is that although the way you photographed this mini creates dramatic shadows, which really makes it look great, the edge of the tip of the eagle's beak is obscured in shadow. At first it looks like the front part of the beak is missing! It needs an edge highlight if you're going to photograph it with this setup. Also, what is in the background - a computer monitor or something? It doesn't look right to have a 21st century, life-sized computer monitor as a backdrop for an ancient elvish warrior mini. You need a proper backdrop. I also think that the base could be improved if the grass looked more realistic - painting sand or clay/epoxy doesn't look as good as flock/static grass, in my opinion. You could have done one more (very thin) layer of edge highlighting one shad lighter around the edges of the gold armour and the feathers to make your model really pop. All these minor criticisms aside, I think your model is very dramatic and well executed.
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