Coolminiornot Second Competition Figure       I got 9th place with this miniature. A position I'm very pleased with considering the level of quality from the other competitors.

One thing that is noticeable on miniatures is the definition of the female face. In the majority of cases these are sculpted as finer and thinner than the male face, more the shape of an almond. A fine example of this is Steve Buddle’s Amazon, (Sculpted for the Coolminiornot competition) which shows great bone structure, and does not have the heavily defined features of the Ursakar Creed miniature. So for this miniature I had to make the paint define the face rather than rely on the sculpture. Once again I used Dark Flesh as a basecoat, mixing in Dwarf Flesh for the primary colour highlight layer. I worked up the highlights by adding more Dwarf Flesh and then Elf Flesh to get the final highlights. As you can see in the picture that in order to define the eyebrow ridges, I worked downwards in a “V” shape leaving a central line on the face, that helped to indicate that the forehead was furrowed. The result has given the face a very determined and somewhat fierce expression.