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My first mini post to this site :)

Nikmal

First Post
Just thought that I would post these and see what everyone thinks..

here is a link to some photos of some of the minis I am working on at the moment.

http://jlamkin.photosite.com/

The spider is Shelob from the GW line. I liked the size of her and decided to use her as a Gaint spider in my D&D game, instead of shelob. I am also thinking of painting the bilbo and coccoon Frodo that came with it along with Shelob and stick them all in a Diarama.. and keeping the same paint job that I have for her. I think it would look cool... especially with all the thoughts and ideas running through my head for the dairama now :)

The Leprechaun is from the Leprechauns by Reaper. I really am liking how he is turning out too.. I still have to do the base, as with most of the minis I am showing you guys/gals in this album :)

The Minotaur is a WIP and needs to have some more things done to it such as the base.. the feet and the belt.. and a few odd highlights and shadows.

The Female elf with bow is definately a work in progress.. and needs alot to be done yet.. but I thought that I would post it any way :)

The Burgomeister is one of my favorites.. and I have some touchups to do on the belt and a few things like the face and suchbut I am really loving how he is turning out as well. I love this especially for an NPC in my campaign right now.

The fighter is turning out really well. I have to do the base on him but I really like the colors and most of the shading and highlighting as well. I think he turned out well and is one of my favorite paint jobs thus far. I just wish the camera did not photograph this so badly as it did.. it is not nearly as shiny as the photo implies.

The Hobgoblin/goblin dude was painted for a freind of mine for his character in my game. I think he turned out well. I am going to paint the base black for utilatarian purposes but other then that he is done. as well.

I wish my camera was a tad better.. and I had finished the bases before doing this.. but I just got into a mood and decided that I should put something up here to show my efforts... though I am kind of embarrassed seeing as how well everyone else does.. in comparison. Especially with most of the photographs that are so well done with the labels and such to protech thier work. I am going to learn how to do that I guess.

I am looking to buy a new camera.. one that I can use better controls on.. such as a Digital SLR (being I actually went to school for photography and all) once I get that all I need to learn is how to use the software to edit my photos and such :)
as always any comment welcome of course :)
Thanks in advance
-jon
 

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Very nice paint jobs. A couple suggestions (as opposed to criticisms, since they're aren't necessarily improvements) :)

Definitely spend a little time on the bases. Even just painted a solid color (dark green, grey, or black are favorites) makes a big difference to the look of the figure. You might consider an old AOL CD as a base for Shelob. Flock it with sand and tiny rocks, paint it black, then drybrush some grey (Assuming she'll fit on a CD).

The minotaur is looking good, but when you highlight and shade, you might consider lightening the skin a bit more, while leaving the recesses shaded. The extra constrast would really make the muscles, etc. pop.

It's hard to tell from some of the pix, but you've got some nice shading and detail work going on there. Good stuff! :)
 

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