FnordCon Painting Contest

philreed · 07-19-2019, 04:34 AM

For those of you who participated (or just want to see pics), here's the info on winners:

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/J...n_2019_Winners

ColBosch · 07-19-2019, 05:03 PM

I'm happy HBS made the Honorable Mentions! I'm really proud of how that piece came out.

wolf90 · 07-19-2019, 08:09 PM

I might be a wee bit biased, but yours is number one in my eyes!

<grin>

D.

Cat · 07-19-2019, 08:58 PM

The whole field of entries was really good and hopefully the turnout inspired many others to take up the paints to bring a larger field of inspiration next time!

sparky00 · 07-19-2019, 09:13 PM

I'm really impressed with how well your "speckled" technique comes out.

Awesome.

sparky00 · 07-19-2019, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ColBosch

I'm happy HBS made the Honorable Mentions! I'm really proud of how that piece came out.

Justifiably so - it looks great. I love the fade to the lighter "belly" color.

Fantastic job.

ColBosch · 07-20-2019, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf90

I might be a wee bit biased, but yours is number one in my eyes!

Ha! I honestly hadn't considered that.

What I love most is that each of the winners of the photo portion used a different technique. Richard painstakingly cut out tiny stencils and painted with an airbrush. Cat does some sort of dark magic with spray cans. Jean-Francois went with careful shading. And I built up layers with washes and drybrushing. There's no one "best" way to paint; just do whatever feels most comfortable to you, and the results can be surprising.

Cat · 07-21-2019, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ColBosch

Ha! I honestly hadn't considered that.

Always play to the crowd!
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There's no one "best" way to paint; just do whatever feels most comfortable to you, and the results can be surprising.

Yuppers! I've always been a huge fan of 'do whatever works for you' style of painting rather than going by somebody else's book>
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CON_Troll · 07-29-2019, 06:15 PM

Good thing I wasn't judging this. I would've bashed my head against the wall trying to decide. They all look excellent to me.

07-19-2019, 04:34 AM	#1
philreed I do stuff and things. Join Date: Aug 2004	FnordCon Painting Contest For those of you who participated (or just want to see pics), here's the info on winners: http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/J...n_2019_Winners __________________ Battlegrip.com, my blog about toys.

07-19-2019, 05:03 PM	#2
ColBosch Join Date: May 2007	Re: FnordCon Painting Contest I'm happy HBS made the Honorable Mentions! I'm really proud of how that piece came out.

07-19-2019, 08:09 PM	#3
wolf90 Join Date: Jun 2010	Re: FnordCon Painting Contest I might be a wee bit biased, but yours is number one in my eyes! <grin> D. __________________ Proud sponsor of Ogre KS $4.5k Sheet #3 - Bringing the Vatican Guard, a Tiger-striped mercenary unit, and of course pink GEVs, to a game near you! Orders may be placed here.

07-19-2019, 08:58 PM	#4
Cat Join Date: Dec 2016	Re: FnordCon Painting Contest The whole field of entries was really good and hopefully the turnout inspired many others to take up the paints to bring a larger field of inspiration next time! __________________ All-Purpose Gaming Blog: Goblinhall

07-19-2019, 09:13 PM	#5
sparky00 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Parma, OH	Re: FnordCon Painting Contest I'm really impressed with how well your "speckled" technique comes out. Awesome.

07-29-2019, 06:15 PM	#9
CON_Troll Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, FL. Please forgive me...	Re: FnordCon Painting Contest Good thing I wasn't judging this. I would've bashed my head against the wall trying to decide. They all look excellent to me. __________________ "How do you know it's an OGRE Ninja if we can't see it... Oh, right..." John H.