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My photography skills are lacking, but here is a little diorama I made this last week. This is only the SECOND diorama I've made, so please be gentle. I'll be slowly adding in pictures of miniatures. Maybe just one or two a week. I'll probably be making a few collages, too, just because I need the practice.
Besides fantasy figures, I also paint Battlemechs for Battletech. I don't paint/play Warhammer.
The barbarian is from Reaper: Maskarr Stoneskin, Warrior 04011
The mage is from Wizkids. It came from the Female Tiefling Sorcerer pack, I think. One of those, anyway. I don't really like the Wizkids miniatures very much. In this case, her more delicate build made a nice contrast to the big beefy warrior. Unfortunately her facial detail was garbage, so I wound up doing the bare minimum on his face as well. Which is a pity because this is one of the finest sculpts I've seen from Reaper.
I'll try to remember to list the minis in case anybody else out there paints them and wants to know who made what.
Comments (12)
Tracesl
cool, well done
LyleAryn
Thank you
jdwtrxk
Nice to see the old tabletop figures still being painted and used - can't tell you how many hours we spent pushing little people around mats, buildings etc. One i remember from a convention was a full scale 25mm Battle of The Alamo. Lots of well painted minis, beautiful terrain and beer! Think there wee eight or ten 8 foot tables needed...
Cool Mini Or Not was a great forum for high end painters to show and discuss. I learned a .lot of techniques like NMM (Non Metal Metallic) that went to good use before the eyes made it impossible. I think it's still around but most postings are Warhammer 40K and a smattering of historical 54mm and above. A lot of the really good artists from the early mid 2000s have long ago moved on to freehand painting or 3D. The later is this communities gain :)
The best minis in my opinion were those by Dark Sword and for those for the game "Confrontation." I have some from DS's house painters acquired through trade or commission.
Really good start Lyle. Keep it up and enjoy. Had a stash of unpainted minis I could have sent but they went to eBay. Still have the ones we used in campaigns though the 1/35 armor is crowding them a bit. It's amazing how fast collections grow even without the need for Warhammer or military armies and you can only have so many display cabinets.
If you need bases i can set you up. Have lots of good wood like mahogany, cherry, etc. in rounds, ovals and octagonal. Use them under all sorts of things but primarily for armor models and dioramas. Not a business - I give away more than i sell and some of these can take six or eight hours to finish from raw timber. No spray-bombed MDF.
The terrain is on you :)
Really neat to see minis again. Thanks!
LyleAryn
Thank you! I got quite a pile of shame, and part of Bones V on the way, so I gotta try to get through at least some of it, lol. I've been painting a while now. I think I should get out something a bit better than my cell phone for the photos. No macro setting on my phone.
Thanks for the feedback! Expect to see more soon!
daggerwilldo
A friend of mine once called my 3D style 'diorama's. Now i see what he meant. Although, i have it much easier. Seeing this makes it clear the amount of work that goes into real diorama's. What a wonderful endeavor. Keep up the good work.
LyleAryn
Thanks! I've already got plans for another one.
Saby55
Excellent work my friend 👍🙋♂️
LyleAryn
Thank you!
starship64
This is very nice work!
LyleAryn
Thank you starship!
Koala44
Good idea, and amazing realization.
LyleAryn
Thanks! I'm glad you like it. It was a lot of fun to make, too.
JohnnyM
Nice work! You did a great job in this! :-)
LyleAryn
Thank you, Johnny.
STEVIEUKWONDER
This is formidable art!
LyleAryn
Thank you! Expect to see more, too!
giareg
great job posing
LyleAryn
Thanks! It turned out pretty nice.
shadownet
Cool
LyleAryn
Thanks, Shadownet!
RodS
That's pretty darn cool! I can imagine painting these to be rather relaxing - almost like a Zen thing... And to get great results like this would make it even better! Looking forward to seeing more!
LyleAryn
It is a fantastic escape. I have some finger shake, so a lot of my earlier stuff was figuring out how to work with it, until I arrived at a style that I find aesthetic, and could be happy showing to people.
Thanks for the feedback!
RG19
Freastalaítear ar bhricfeasta!
LyleAryn
Thank you very much.