Slaanesh Champion by Mergram

Description	:	First of all, I made a little conversion work on this guy. I cut off the body at the waist and then re-assembled it slightly twisted to give him a more dinamical look. I also twisted his right leg to give the effect he was turning left. Finally I cut the shield and partially re-sculpted the hand. The painting was a pleasure and I tried a lot of new techniques. The armour was painted in a mixture of Shadow Gray, Fortress Gray and Skull White or Chaos Black. The clearest parts are SpaceWolves Gray. The head is painted in a mixture of SpaceWolves Gray and Shadow Gray, with some Skull White in the clearest parts. His left hand is supposed to be holding a light source. I am not sure the effect is well shown in the pictures, but I am quite happy on how it looks on real life... The Gold NMM is made with a mixture of Chaos Black, Bestial Brown, Snakebite Leather, Sunburst Yellow, Bleached Bone and Skull White. A very thinned layer of Goblin Green was applied to give the gold a more real appearance. The Sword is painted with Chaos Black, Fortress Gray and Skull White, and then a very thinned layer (feather technique), of Bestial Brown. This mini is part of a diorama, and that is the reason it has no base.

Poll results:
Number 4 overall.
Second Place: 3 votes
Third Place: 4 votes

From:	kevin deming (primeval)	(Sat 08 Jan 2005 11:35:54 PM CST)
Nice gems and I like what you have done with the gold NMM, it has a unique look to it.

From:	Mike Pierce (slorak)	(Thu 13 Jan 2005 04:20:35 PM CST)
The gold plates look really nice. Deep and rich. Skintone on the face looks a bit rough as does the metal on the shoulder guards.

From:	robert m crum (eallenpo)	(Mon 17 Jan 2005 12:41:16 PM CST)
I like the color scheme and pose you have. The gold parts of the armour are well done and have serious depth. I want to see the diorama!

From:	Javier Ruiz (Mergram)	(Tue 18 Jan 2005 05:48:23 AM CST)
@Slorak: I don't know why it looks rough at the upper parts of the mini, but I guess it is a camera effect, because in other pictures it doesn't look so rough (it is painted more or less at the same level than in the rest of the mini...) You can see more pictures here: http://www.telefonica.net/web2/mergram/Paladin.html

From:	Mike Pierce (slorak)	(Mon 24 Jan 2005 12:40:32 PM CST)
I took a look at your site and the pictures are much better there. I can't really complain about picture quality as mine usually suck pretty bad! :) I really dig your gold. Cheers, -Mike

From:	jimbob1066e (jimbob1066e)	(Thu 27 Jan 2005 03:44:20 AM CST)
Lovin the gold!