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finalist UK GD entry 2006 of Holger Schmidt
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:13 am
by traveller
Another great painted mini of Holger Schmidt, a german painter.
Here his finalist UK GD entry 2006.
http://www.fantasy-miniatures.de/vostroyaner.htm
... nice other stuff at his website, too.
Traveller
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:48 am
by l_dauguet
I saw that on CMON and couldn't believe people rated 8 something
It's superb.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:35 pm
by kithor2002
WOW- what a great mini.
This mini is superb painted and detailed a lot.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:45 pm
by Chairface
The tabbards are phenominal. A great mini.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:46 pm
by Leipziger
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:13 pm
by Tritex
Incredible!
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:53 am
by Darkson
Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice piece, and a helluva lot better than I'd ever manage, but it doesn't "do it" for me, though I can't pin down why exactly I'm not totally impressed. I'm not that sure on the shading on the horse's gasmask(?) - seems overly "busy", which is the only comment I can definetly make, but overall it just doesn't "work" for me.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:47 am
by War-Child
Darkson wrote:Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice piece, and a helluva lot better than I'd ever manage, but it doesn't "do it" for me, though I can't pin down why exactly I'm not totally impressed. I'm not that sure on the shading on the horse's gasmask(?) - seems overly "busy", which is the only comment I can definetly make, but overall it just doesn't "work" for me.
I tend to agree with you Dark. There's something about it that makes the whole piece fall flat for me. Not sure what it is either.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:04 am
by fen
I agree with DS, I just wasn't impressed by this it's a high quality job, but... eh... I probably wouldn't look at it twice.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:06 am
by Mordredd
Same here (though I hasten to add it is still a very impressive paint job.)
Personally, I don't like the horse's gas mask. It just doesn't look right. Especially as the rider isn't wearing one himself.
And the horse's front left foot makes the pose look very unnatural. No horse would ever put its foot down on a rock like that. It'd be an instant broken leg.
Final thing (that I can place) that makes it look wrong is the coat tails/cloak. If it is meant to be coat tails then it needs a split; all long cavalry coats have them. If it's a cloak then it shouldn't be there in addition to the coat on his shoulders. Either way it is too smooth in comparison to the heavily wrinkled coat.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:58 pm
by hoomin_erra
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:35 pm
by Mordredd
Fair enough; but who was Indigo before Indigo was Indigo?
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:49 pm
by Darkson
Ginger Rogers.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:51 pm
by Darkson
Nah! I'd to have needed to say "it's stupid, and what would you use it for?" for that.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:51 am
by NightDragon 2
I reckon its the horse Darky, I mean Indi, or whatever! The highlighting is too OTT. Still a lot better than I could ever do though.
That is a beautiful paint job.