Lich Lord Asphyxious by Mengu

Description	:	Haven't been posting for a while, not because I haven't been painting, but mainly because I'm not liking most things I paint, or because I often have to rush them. With this one I was able to take some time. It's the first time I dabbled in bronze. It's a base of Parasite brown mixed with Cadmium Maroon, with a touch of Brown liner. I shaded down to brown liner, highlighted up to parasite brown, then elf flesh, then linen white. Another experiment was the golds. I decided to use VMC dark yellow as a base for the gold. I'm always told to never shade yellow with black, so... I shaded yellow with black. I added black very gradually to the dark yellow. I used a very thin dark green glaze to help blend and add some interest. Then I highlighted adding linen white to the dark yellow. The Skirt was a huge expanse of color, so it was not easy to blend. When it was done, I decided to add some free hand to break up it's monotony a bit, and used a slight variation of my bronze color for the freehand. The floating souls were an attempt at making them seem like they were flowing. I tried to use the concept art as a basis, but without the right background, it doesn't have the same effect. In hind sight, I should have gone with a different approach. The eye on the weapon is supposed to be a draconic eye. So I sat down and looked through a bunch of dragon paintings, and tried to pick an eye that I liked. In the end, I decided I didn't completely like any of them, and used aspects from a few eyes to make my own. Any and all feedback is appreciated as usual. -Mengu

Poll results:
Number 2 overall.
First Place: 4 votes
Second Place: 15 votes
Third Place: 2 votes

From:	Mario (DocItalicus)	(Sat 12 Nov 2005 01:54:33 PM CST)
Impressive paintjob overall. What I like: the cloak's blending, the bronze color (some highlight needed), the weapon (the metal and the eye are wonderful). What I don't: the bronze freehand on the vest, the gold, the souls (less "quality" vs the rest). Excelent job

From:	jimbob1066e (jimbob1066e)	(Sun 27 Nov 2005 02:46:21 AM CST)
Howdy - LOVE the cloth work, myself. Great way of tying all the colors - peace

From:	Adam Prentis (kukn)	(Sun 27 Nov 2005 08:45:51 AM CST)
The Bronze is amazing. As is teh green, perfect blending, smooth texture... the figure itself is so cool too.

From:	christopher octive (monkeyman7x)	(Sun 27 Nov 2005 11:10:53 AM CST)
The bronze looks awesome, great take on the model. Only bad point for me, is the gold. But otherwise, OMG.

From:	Susan Wachowski (paintminion)	(Mon 28 Nov 2005 03:06:41 PM CST)
good blend on skirt, better blend needed on flowing skulls, needs contrasting color of flowing skulls to stand out, love the sharp and cool details!

From:	Michael Stubbs` (LavronYor)	(Tue 29 Nov 2005 06:03:00 PM CST)
Mengu, excellent job on the cloak, the NMM, especially on the weapon, and the eye. Toruk would be proud. Bronze however is a much browner/greener metal and if it highlights to white, your gold should be lighter too. Still, very excellent work.