Gryphon!

[bladespark]

Well, I hope Keith will forgive me for using his gryphon as something of a prototype... *chuckles* Anyhow, the colors came out nicely, the blendng and drybrushing worked well, and the only thing I'm not 100% happy with is the gloss coat. The next one I do might be matte. We'll see.

Anyhow, the moment you've all been waiting for... (er, well, probably not, but here we go anyway...)

http://bladespark.topcities.com/shadowgryph1.jpg
http://bladespark.topcities.com/shadowgryph2.jpg

Pretty, isn't he?

Comments

[asciiskull.livejournal.com]

Very pretty...

[bobkat357.livejournal.com]

very nice job I am almost done with a wolf panit by number hehe but I am uisng oil panits and am going make it my own here is the pic I am baseing him from http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a153/bobkat357/wolfbygrandmom.jpg Rob the Dane

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Ha! So much for what I thought might be a semi-unique colour job for my own. Just last night I came up with black for the body with 'flaming' wing colours something like yours. Great minds thinking alike? Strange..... 0_0

I LOVE the wings on yours, very beautiful blending...

I know what you mean about gloss finish. I dislike the way it usually washes out detailing (like drybrushing). It tends to look gaudy too. And yet Windstones have a nice sheen, somewhere between gloss and matte in some figs (though I bet that's more from the metallics). I have a matte spray that isn't so matte, and gives a slight gloss. It tends to do the same thing as gloss if applied too heavily so I have to be less zealous in its application. ;P

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Ooh, by the way... I saw your post RE: wanting a more red metallic, and have a suggestion that might help.

Try basecoating the intended area with a deep red plain acrylic first (which may need in turn a deep coloured basecoat of black or more likely red-brown to ensure a rich red). Apply the most red metallic you can find on top of this and it should improve the color, particularly if you don't apply too thickly (and let some basecoat come through). I do this for gold regions (using a yellow shade) to make the somewhat thin and dingey gold metallics come out more yellow-gold when desired.

You could also do a thin red paint or ink wash overtop I imagine.

Hope that helps!

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Ooo, good idea! Thanks.