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[Hillbilly Carl]

Hey guys, I'm painting this up for a competition over at another forum, WAMP. It is a charity painting contest where once the entry is finished it is auctioned off on e-bay and the proceeds go to a charity. I'm doing a diorama using Avatars of War figs. I've been doing a WIP log for the last couple of months on a couple other forums so I'll just post all my pictures up to this point:






The above pictures show the general layout of the diorama and the startings of paint on the Beastlord.

Next I focused on the Beastlord:

I didn't like how the fur/hair on his back turned out in these pictures.





Some more progress on the beastlord, I re-did the fur on the back and cut off the banner poles.






The finished Beastlord:




I also got some work done on the dwarf, the pictures lose some details but the colors are pretty accurate. I still need to add some highlights and shadows to the shoulder armour and I need to decide on how I'm going to finish off the guns.




That is my progress thus far, any tips or crits are welcome as are words of encouragement too! It is for a really good charity that does research into stillbirths and miscarriages and how to prevent them which is something that hits really close to home with me and I'm sure a lot of people. The deadline is March 28 so I'm going to have to get a move on if I want to finish in time. I'll keep everyone up to date on the progress.

[SeanyPrawny]

Good work man. Really good. Such a good cause too, can't wait for the finished piece.

[Varnu Heartleaf]

Wow its looking really good so far HB Carl

Love the fact its for charity really great idea.

And I like your choice of mods too, they're two of my faves from Avatars'

I'm sure you'll have it done in time.

Great work

[Hillbilly Carl]

Thanks guys, the encouragement is appreciated. I've posted the latest update on both the Coolminiornot forum and WAMP (another painting forum) which are both very active and I've barely had any replies at all and here I get 2 within a few days.

[SeanyPrawny]

Thats because we lurve you

[Varnu Heartleaf]

See that's the beauty of a community like Lost Glade
Everyone is friends with everyone and as such we enjoy postin on eachothers stuff

Plus like Seany said we luv u man

[Hillbilly Carl]

Aw shucks, thanks guys. I got some major work done on it last night, I just have a few finishing touches left and then I'm done. It feels really strange to have this finished, I've been planning and working on it since October so it is hard to believe that I'm actually going to make the deadline! I'm also kinda sad to have to sell it, maybe I'll bid on it! I'll post the link to the auction when I get it up.

[SeanyPrawny]

Sweet cheers mate. What are you hoping it'll go for. I know its not for personal gain but u must want it to go for a certain price range

[Hillbilly Carl]

Done! All I need to do now is stain the wood and spray a sealer on it. I might add a few grass clumps as well but the painting is for all intents and purposes finished.

[SeanyPrawny]

Wow man that is sweet as... am sure it'll fetch quite a price on auction. Really impressive.

[Hillbilly Carl]

Thanks, I'm hoping it will sell for at least $100. I doubt it will get that high but I can dream. One of the guys in my local league (If you frequent Coolminiornot you'll know him as ScottRadom) is going to auction it for me and he said he wants to bid on it too. I'll post the auction link when it goes up. I'm also going to put it on Coolminiornot to get it some extra exposure.

[Varnu Heartleaf]

Wow love the finished model it looks so good. I'm sure it'll go for $100 no probs

Great work HB Carl, as always.

[Hillbilly Carl]

All done for real now, it should be up for auction soon:



I also have it up on Coolminiornot and so far it is doing great at 7.9 after 20-some votes. If you want to vote for it I'd appreciate it, here's the link:

http://coolminiornot.com/246268

This post has been edited by Hillbilly Carl on Mar 29 2010, 04:54 PM

[Hillbilly Carl]

Here is the auction link, the picture isn't showing up in this thread because the forum that it is linked from is having server problems. Hopefully it will be back up soon.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...em=270554818578

[Hillbilly Carl]

It sold! $103.50. I am very happy with the result. I also got feedback from Felix Paniagua (the guy that sculpted them) who said that of all the Avatars of War Entries he liked mine the best! You can check out the rest of the entries here:

Avatars of War Gallery