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Title: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Nicholas Ball on August 05, 2013, 07:38:32 AM

I've finally finished this for Kulmbach, hope you like it

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Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: bussy on August 05, 2013, 07:58:09 AM

Nice and cute !

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: böckchen on August 05, 2013, 09:01:24 AM

Very beautiful!
I love these small stories, but especially in 30 mm ...

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Glen on August 05, 2013, 11:20:27 AM

Wow! Well done! Lots of little things to see here - the faces, hair, the reflection in the glasses, the stripes on the pants and leggings, the texture of the knit sweaters. Oils or acrylics? What scale (I have the impression from Wolfgang that it's 30mm)?

Glen

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Nicholas Ball on August 05, 2013, 04:13:40 PM

Thank you all for the kind complements.

Glen it is 110mm from Benedict of Junipur miniatures. All  painted in water mixable oils.

I paint in layers, wet onto dry and blend as I go.

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: marko on August 05, 2013, 04:22:51 PM

It is really stunning work Nick - more impressive to me based on the sheer size as well, tough to hide things on a figure of that size.


Mark


P.S. Might this be Jupiter Miniatures rather than Juniper? 

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Nicholas Ball on August 05, 2013, 04:50:58 PM

Yes Mark, dyslexia is my middle name!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D   Sorry bout that, hope I haven't confused too many. :o

It's a lovely figure, highly recommended.

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Brian on October 08, 2013, 05:39:36 AM

Silver! yep Silver at Euro as light direction was wrong!!!   

Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Nicholas Ball on October 08, 2013, 08:03:40 AM

To be fair to the Judges ;)   it appeared to be Grandpa's hair that really  let it down.

I have since revised it and I think it is a vast improvement,  so as I said to the Judge at the time, I agreed with the Silver, good call ;)

 ---- Then I said Bast**d   ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Title: Re: Grandpa's Little Ballerina
Post by: Brian on October 09, 2013, 02:28:15 AM

And the gold? this lovely painted figure ;)