the philosphy of iconage

[alvericff]

I was never once able to field a full Space Marine army. Ever. I owned one certainly, I was just never able to play an actual game with the whole thing. The reason for that is very simple. I never finished painting the damn thing. The reason for that is simple too. I couldn't for the life of me stop myself from devoting as much time to each regular

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[rightxhere]

I just realized I hadn't yet commented, though the other day I'd left the page open to come back to leave a comment. Slack.

Anyway....

First of all, I knew a guy a couple of years back who painted figurines/models for Dungeons and Dragons. I was always awed by them because I knew how much work went into the painting of them. When we were younger, my older brother would paint his plastic army men. They always looked so realistic and amazing. I tried it once, but apparently I didn't have all too much of an artistic sense of style back then lol Do you have any pictures of your models? I'd be interested in seeing them if you did :)

I can tell from the work you've put into your icons (and what you wrote in this post) that you've put a lot into these, and they're simply stunning!

The artistic styles you're undertaking and the processes you're using with them is unique and creative, and makes your icons a joy to view. I've especially enjoyed seeing your icons submitted to mitchellstills as you use crops and techniques Id never otherwise thought of myself, nor seen too many other places....and they work. You've taken to icon making like a duck to water :)

[alvericff]

=] I get way too fancy with them sometimes. I see some of the simpler icons produced by folks and I think they're great, but invariably I end up lifting parts into multiple layers and bathing them with different effects. I can't help it. The process makes me smile as much as the finished article.

I don't have any pictures of them. I've never been that good at photography. =P The most important thing about painting models is becoming good at producing smoothness. Which is why I gave up on GW's white paint long long ago. =P Gloopy mess no matter how much you thin it down.