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King Ulrik Flamebeard
08-15-2006, 06:48 AM
Something I did for a friend, a birthday gift. She loves Night Lords and is a med student, so this made perfect sense. =D


If I was to redo this, what would I change - the battle damage on the UM. It is too much in places and unconvincing but I needed something to show that he was hurt/wounded instead of him just laying there. I am not good with battle damage and the GW way of "black with silver over the top" isn't all that convincing.

Oh well, I think she'll be happy with it - or at least hope she will.


http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9279/presentpz6.jpg

[Unfortunately the picture is rather grainy, could be the size but think my photo skills played a part too.]

I do have an overhead shot that I couldn't fit into the montage -

http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/71/img0011ml8.jpg



KU

vincegamer
08-15-2006, 09:57 AM
so, is he dying from lack of oxygen because his backpack was blown off?
I don't really see the damage you're talking about.

King Ulrik Flamebeard
08-15-2006, 05:51 PM
Er, not quite. His backpack would not fit properly with it on he would practically look as though he was sitting up. So I decided to leave it off; the damage are the black looking lines on the Ultramarine - like I said not entirely happy with it but too late now I am afraid. Need more practice.

KU

Nathan Caroland
08-15-2006, 06:26 PM
Not bad, but I think you've done better. I think since its a display piece you should have taken a larger base into consideration in order to tell the story a bit more properly. A good piece altogether though.

King Ulrik Flamebeard
08-15-2006, 07:41 PM
Well it was the only base I had and I am taking this to Denmark - small it was the less chance of damage. But I suppose on a bigger base it would worked better perhaps.

Thank you, have done better and I tried to use VGC but the blues did not like to stay where painted at all. Odd.

KU