Bourbon Street Sophie

[pae]

Hey everyone!

The time has come for me to unveil the mini I've been working on for the majority of this month. I didn't keep track, but I'd venture a guess that I put in somewhere around 40 hours on it.

I'll be packing this one up and shipping it to Reaper very soon, and it will be one of the Sophies up for auction sometime in early 2007. I think it might go for a little more than what it would have gone for in a blister. :P

This is somewhat rare for me, as I usually don't keep track of what I use for colors when I'm painting. This time I did, because I figured people would be interested. Everything listed here is Reaper Master Series paint.

The skintones (and wings) were as follows:

50/50 mix of Dark Skin and Rosy Shadow
Rosy Shadow
Rosy Skin
Rosy Highlight
Fair Skin
Fair Highlight

The hair was this:
Golden Blonde base
Oiled Leather wash
Golden Blonde
Linen White
Pure White

The dress was this:
Deep Amethyst (with a little bit of black)
Ritterlich Blue
Sapphire Blue (whit a touch of Ritterlich)
Deep Ocean
Marine Teal
Jade Green
Spring Green
Lemon Yellow
glazed with Marine Teal and Jade Green
shadows cleaned up a bit with Deep Amethyst.

I have some intermediate shots of the dress that I can share if you are interested.

The stockings went through multiple iterations, but I think in the end it was mostly linen white, pure white, and glazes of a mixture of pale indigo and rosy flesh.

Comments/critiques always appreciated. Also, don't be shy about asking questions either. :D

http://www.fingolfin.net/minipics/bss_final1.jpg

For larger pictures and 4 more angles, go here (http://www.fingolfin.net/minipics/bss_final2.jpg). This is a 515kb file and is 800x5440 pixels.

Also, feel free to vote on this one at Cool Mini or Not (http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=141035)

Thanks for looking! :D

[cdukino]

Looking great flynn.

[gi6ers]

Fantastic!

On the wings did you do the spots then glaze over the top?

[Hinton]

Wow. That looks simply amazing!

Excellent work, flynn.

[Maestro]

Marvelous piece Flynn! I love the crisp colours!

John

[Skya]

Damn, boy. That's frigging awesome. I'm beginning to think I might need to start using bourbon for paint water.....

I will add a brief criticism that while the Sophie herself is drop dead gorgeous, the lamp post doesnt seem quite up to par.

[Duende]

Wow! I love the green of her dress! She's beautiful!

:hypnotize

[Nathan Caroland]

Very nicely done - I like the spots that were done on the wings myself, really brings some interest to them.

[Malebolgia]

AWESOME paintjob. The softness and smoothness and colors are fantastic man. Top notch job!

[Wren]

The greens are fantastic! That's my favourite colour, and it's wonderful to see it done so nicely on a mini I really like. I also agree with FF that the subtle spots on the wings are a great way to add a little interest there, and they look very natural. Lovely, lovely work on the whole of her.

I do have a question, though it's not about the painting per se... is Pape and Danforth an interesection in another city than Toronto, or is this a reference to Toronto for reasons which are escaping me?

[pae]

Thanks everyone!

CMoN is currently hosed, which is why the link is broken.

@gi6ers -- The backs of the wings were basecoated and then given some basic highlights before I put the spots on. Then I glazed the crap out of the wings. I was hoping it would make the spots fade toward the lighter parts, and it worked pretty well.

@skya -- I agree about the lamppost. I thought about leaving it off completely.

@wren -- Toronto is the Danforth & Pape intersection I was thinking of. I didn't want to do a New Orleans intersection for fear of being too cliché. The reference(s) are pretty obscure. First, there's a section of an instrumental Rush song ("La Villa Strangiato") called "Danforth & Pape". Second, there's a Kids in the Hall sketch where they make reference to that intersection.

[Wren]

Ah, thanks for the explanation, I appreciate it! It just caused me to do a little double-take on an unexpected reminder of home when I saw it, then I checked your location and got curious about why someone from Colorado Springs was painting Toronto intersections. Then I figured, well maybe it's like how every town has a Main Street and an Elm Street and so on, but a quick Google search suggested Pape and Danforth was pretty Toronto-specific, so I thought I'd ask. Now I'm all nostalgic and homesick. ;->

[Jabberwocky]

Simply amazing!! And thanks for the recipe and the various bits. I love it when folks do that!

[Duende]

flynn,

Here's a fixed link for anybody here who wants to go vote on it:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=141035

:)

[Stupidcow]

I love every millimeter of the painting on her. Even when the pics are so big she still look so smooth. Its heavenly.