2nd ed. RatOgre

[FatherNurgle]

Hi there!
For the first time in years, I actually managed to finish a mini completely, and I thought I would share him with you guys!
Please bear with me, I never painted skaven before, so this was my first go at it, but I'm pretty pleased myself.

Please enjoy





And then I just couldn't resist putting a smileyface on his gutplate



Please tell me what you think

Daniel

[Melifaxis]

I think you ruined him with the smiley face, but great job with the brush!

[Chairface]

I disagree. I love the smiley face! My only suggestion would to go over the fur with a very very watered down black ink, to get some more of the detail out. Beautiful fig!

[Bonehead]

The smiley is funny.
You should also highlight the reds and the yellow just a little bit more.
Cool looking mini and a nice base.

[narkotic]

The smiley is ok IMHO, nice paintjob. You could have considered to paint a black atomic sign (3 triangles) on the yellow belt though (watch out mutation!)

[Sallacious]

Oh for sure... a radiation sign would rock!!
Smiley face made me laugh though... so its good too.
I agree that you should do a wash over the fur. The drybrushing is too pronounced... perhaps another highlight on the red as well. Great job though! The base is well done!

[sean newboy]

Very cool, scary to think that u have been playing since 2nd ed and just finally finished a mini.

[Munkey]

Not keen on the smiley but nice work, always thought that fig was made for BB.

[Darkson]

I like the smiley.

[bound for glory]

very nice paint job. and i like the face.

[FatherNurgle]

First, thx to all of you! I can't wait to get the rest of the team finished ... although this might take some time
Secondly, I'll try and answer some of your comments.
I actually tried doing something to the fur several times, but as the sculpt is so absolutely horrible, all effort was lost. I washed it, I went over it very gently with almost no paint on my brush, and I even tried painting detail on ... but all of it turned out like shit, so I finally settled for this one.
I know that the highligts seem very subtle, but actually they stand out just a little more IRL. I wont defend it though, as this is just my style (coming from DK, most of us paint in earthtones and with subtle highlighting), but perhaps it should have had a little more ... I'm satisfied though
I thought about putting on a radiation sign too, but i settled for the smiley as I couldn't stop laughing at the thought of a giant rat beating people to a pulp while they stare at his gutplate in awe.

And Sean, I don't remember when I started to play BB (but it's quite a while ago), but I've been hooked on GW since Rogue Trader. I have finished other minis (and teams/armies) before, but only few of them to this standard, and much of it not even worth showing ... but that's hopefully gonna change now. But I'm a very slow painter, and I've got loads of other stuff to see too as well ... but I'll try to improve

Hope to post some more pics soon

Daniel

[horekim]

Not bad painting for a guy from Ærø I would say

RUHE

[Sixpack595]

looks great! I'm with you on the shading, leave it alone. I allways thought people went too far with the highlights. I prefer a more subtle, more realistic effect.

[sturmjarl]

Great job,
For you comic book fans out there...you could add a drop of dripping blood on the forehead of the smiley ala. "Watchmen"

[Tritex]

I think smiley gives him a little character although may be better suited to a goblin or orc....(It is hard to resist a yellow circle though without thinking 'ACID')

I know what you are sayig ref the detail on the fur but Chairfaces suggestion of a light wash gould wour - if only to define the more muscular area's such as chest & bicepts.

I live the face though and the base is very good...Well done!