Blood Maw WIP

[JanSyr]

Hi there,

this is my interpretation of Blood Maw (heavily inspired by Bohun´s version). I hope you like it:











After recovering from KSII, I will definitely invest in a decent DSLR.

Cheers,
Jan

[warchild40k]

Very nice! I like the pallid grey tones on this guy and the sticky wet look of the mouth is awesome. Great job!

[sawbones]

looks very good, terrifyingly realistic

[AndyS]

Looking great JanSyr. Do you mean yours was inspired by Sorn's. I believe that was by the Mighty Seb. Not Bohun. Not enough random lines and colours for it to be a Bohun!

[JanSyr]

Thanks everyone for your kind words!
@AndS: you are right, I was inspired by Sorn´s pictures - so my kudos goes to Seb, I guess.
I learned a lot about the using of my new airbrush, blending techniques and the use of gloss varnish for a proper wet effect.

Cheers,
Jan

[SteamHammer]

Great work. Very natural looking (for an unnatural terror of course).

[deadlydeceiver]

Looks great and very inspiring.

I learned a lot about ... the use of gloss varnish for a proper wet effect.

Your experiences on that matter would highly interest me.

Best DD

[JanSyr]

@deadlydeceiver : Thank you very much for your comment!
In the past I never applied enough coats of gloss varnish to achieve a proper wet effect. In addition to this I applied it out of a spray can, with the result of less to no controll of the layering process. Since I´m using gloss varnish out of a dropper bottle (in my case it´s from Basecrafts) and applying three to six coats by brush, I´m more than happy with the results.
So there is no wisdom of the old ones which I rediscovered, but sometimes the little adjustments results in great improvements.

Cheers
Jan

[yxalitis]

Nice paint job, although I think the head-neck join is a bit too obvious.

[The_Minsk]

I think you have done a good job on this what are you planning on doing for the base?

[JanSyr]

@The Minsk: I have done a wet land/bog base (with secret weapon`s tree stumps and a muddy vallejo water effect). I will post some pics of the finished model next week (when the new camera of my girlfriend arrives ).
@Yxalitis: You are right about the neck-join, but even after treating it with plastic putty it´s still visible. In daylight it looks much more naturally than on the pics, so I´m fine with it.

Cheers
Jan

[JanSyr]

Hi guys,

it´s been a while since my last post, so I thougt I have to change that. Today I show you my cabinet with finished and not so finished minis !
Please just ignore the dust...problem will be tackled tonight !






Hope you like what you see,

cheers

[devilution]

Wow nice collection ! I like the talos allot ! Nice paintjob.

[Malachi B.]

Since u good at painting, and speakin as a newbie that admire minis paint in at high standards, I would try to increase contrast. Between lights and shadows. Above all cheers dude, very good job!

[JanSyr]

Thanks everbody for your nice comments!

@Malachi: You are totally right, I really have to push the contrasts on my minis. Hope I will improve with the next ones (Norse Trolls)!