5/19/2014

Belit


After painting Valeria now it is turn for Belit, the queen of the dark coast. This miniature is from Reaper and sculpted by Denis Mize, a fantastic sculptor well known for his chicks in chainmail who sadly is no longer among us.


I painted this brunette in blue with a dark skinned tone to simulate her life sailing the seas on her pirate ship. For that I used Vallejo Model Color Light Brown 929. The shield is a decal from LBM for 1/72 greeks that I found in the warp of my wardrobe. I could have gone with a freehand painting but I am laaazy :)
 

Mize's minis remind me to some of Tom Meier's because of the delicacy in the sculpting of her face, hair, chain mail and jewels. Everything is so tiny and so well sculpted that I feel afraid of spoiling the miniature with myr rough painting!


In the shot below the miniature's pose looks weird but I think it is because of the angle in which the picture was taken.


Here you have a comparison between Hasslefree's "Valeria" and Mize's "Belit". As you see there is a big difference between them. Belit looks like a giant next to Valeria. I wish miniature sculptors made the figures of the same size and not 25mm, true 28mm, 28mm, heroic 28mm and so on.


Now off to paint the third and last girl, Red Sonya. This one will be a Denis Mize's again.

8 comments:

  1. Too much clothes... according to Howard's description :P

    Nice model by the way.

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  2. Beautifully painted! I have to admit, when I read ".Queen of the dark coast." I started singing the theme from Flipper in my head.

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    1. I don't know that song. I looked for it in Youtube and only found one by Manila Road. Is it that?

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  3. Endakil's right about the attire - maybe she's been up to the chilly North to meet the parents ; )

    Great job - might have to dig out my Conan novels again...

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    1. Maybe she copied Sonya ;)
      I read Conan's books as well John Carter's from time to time when I feel like reading sword fighting and high adventure.
      Cheers,

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  4. Lovely mini and lovely paintjob. Besides, nice choice of character, I'm really delighted :)

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    1. Yes, I think the model fits very well into the Belit character, although she has too much clothing :)
      Cheers,

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