Crouching Goblin with a Crossbow (Chainmail)

So I now realize that when you are picking out figures to paint, make sure that you realize that a crouching goblin is going to be really small. This was kind of a pain to paint. I played with the lighting to make my picture lighter, but I am afraid that the intense lights gave a little glare off the figure (and I used a matte finish for it). I have blown this up for you to see all the glory (or mistakes). One of my pet peves is tiny pictures of figures where you can't see anything. I figure I am going to have to start finishing bases before you guys are happy about my figures, but I think for the third minature that I have painted this isn't all that bad. Any comments are welcome. (update: well I tried to take a better picture from honza's article since I really don't think that this is a 4.5 mini.. Of course looking at the picture, I don't now if it turned out all that much better other than removing some of the glare which made it look glossy..)

Posted: 5 Jun 2002

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paintwidow
I think you're getting slammed because you've been brave enough to post such a large picture. Personally, I can see neatly painted teeth, you've shaded the finger nails, and the skin has a nice subtle shading (check out the ridges on the hand). This would be a 7 from me if you got rid of that gloss. Nice job on a tiny mini! :)
27 Sep 2003 • Vote: 6
skeeter
The gloss is sad - but I disagree with having to " non-black" a mini's base - I have purchased, assembled and primed (in black) a whole orcish army - it looks great in black on a green table ! I will eventually paint all the mini's and "base" them - but I can quite understand why some people choose to keep the black bases.
23 Mar 2003 • Vote: 7
Aschul
It really is just the gloss that's hurting it. If it had a matte finish it wouldn't look bad at all.
25 Oct 2002
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