IP 6 Semi Final (RD 5)

[Moavoamoatu]

That's funny. I was taking painting classes with Jérémie Bonamant Teboul and José Manuel Palomares yesterday and today. They hadn't finished their Games Day (french one) entries and were working on them for sunday !!!! That's crazy.

[Brushmistress]

That's funny. I was taking painting classes with Jérémie Bonamant Teboul and José Manuel Palomares yesterday and today. They hadn't finished their Games Day (french one) entries and were working on them for sunday !!!! That's crazy.

Crazy, but not at all unusual for them. I know that the Arwen Jeremie painted for Games Day Chicago 07 was done in 10 hours the day before the show. I've got two entries on the table that have no paint on them yet...I'm not even done with conversion & assembly and Games Day is May 9th. I'm really cutting it close, but that's what I always do. I painted the Samurai Ogre in the final 40 hours (no sleep) before Games Day - the resin in the fish pond was still wet when I got in the car.

[TheBugKing]

Hey BM,
Do you have any other shots of the tree on your Samurai Ogre piece? I'm curious to see how you did the transition from the trunk to the gypsophilia.

[Moavoamoatu]

Ambrose, you just have to use Milliput or a similar putty. Just drill the trunk to glue the gypsophilia branches in the holes (a 1mm driller is enough) and then use any kind of putty to make the transition (I was too lazy to make it on one of my trees though as my entry was rushed).

[TheBugKing]

Thanks Eric, I am curious about how Jess made it look more then the process. In the pictures it doesn't show how the joins look. It's obviously supposed to be a cherry tree and they often have large nodules where the branches attack to the primary trunk.

That is what I am interested in seeing. Especially if Jess added a bunch of formerly trimmed branches.

[Brushmistress]

Hey TBK - I'll try and post pics up here some time this week, though I can tell you this was my first try at a tree, and it's a bit sloppy (it's the only GD piece I still have).

[TheBugKing]

Hey TBK - I'll try and post pics up here some time this week, though I can tell you this was my first try at a tree, and it's a bit sloppy (it's the only GD piece I still have).

Thanks BM!!!

I really appreciate it. Even if it's your first try I still tend to learn stuff from other people's attempts.

[PaintMinion]

Well, I'm off and converting! Saw the movie now and despite the depressing scenes, it was pretty good. I have a good mini...but not quite the movie look I want, so I'm cutting up a Tom Meier figure. ((((shudder))) And then there's the sculpting part that I have to do to match Tom's work....ehem, so why did I join this contest again???

So buzz all you want "B"s! I am feeling my Yankee Doodle Dandy! And I love macaroni!

[Bexley]

Macaroni in the song isn't pasta, and despite being considered a patriotic song, was in fact sung by the British in mockery of Yankees.

[PaintMinion]

Macaroni in the song isn't pasta, and despite being considered a patriotic song, was in fact sung by the British in mockery of Yankees.

Well, I know that, it's about fashion and being "all that", but that's the point...you can't mock me with it! Americans took it to heart and began singing the song with pride, and thus most Americans still know and sing the song today.

But my converting goes well...though I haven't started the hair yet. Dang Mel Gibson and his unbraided pony tail. I'm singing Yankee Doodle as I chop and swing that file....

So, it's my theme song, but not my inspiration. No girls, no ponies, no feathers.