A slight break from book review posts! I’ve been working on this big beastie the past couple of days and finished him off today. Lord Commander Eloth took the day off for the kiddos birthday and we had a good old fashioned painting session while he was at school.
I am overall rather chuffed with how this turned out. The wings especially.
As with most animals for this army – coming from the realm of beasts and all that – I took inspiration from some of the ‘beasts’ in our world and looks at photographs of Barn Owls for colour and patterns. They’re such beautiful birds and this model is certainly showing off in the ‘Wings’ department so doing something other than basing off a real bird felt like a tragic waste!
The wings aren’t an entirely accurate depiction of a Barn Owls, but that’s the source of the inspiration for them.
I am actually really pleased with a lot of how this model turned out and feel like I have ‘levelled up’ when it comes to this army as a whole!
I’ll just have to wait until autumn comes again so I can make some more leaves for the bases as this monster of a base used up my last lot! Still, gives me a bit of breathing room to paint some more members of the army – and an excuse to get some more Space Marines done… hurrah…
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18 responses to “General on Gryphon”
Absolutely gorgeous painting Jenn – the wings are stunning, but I’m also loving the peach tones on the talons, and the contrast of the rich reds & purples of the rider with the naturalistic tones of the feathers is just perfect… Superb job mate 👍👍👍
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Yeeee~
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment.
I appreciate the compliments~
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! You have every right to be proud of that one, Jenn!
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Thanks a lot for the encouragement, I can feel my ego growing!!
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Very cool paint! Barn owls are much more distinct than i thought. Very beautiful markings. Beautiful painting. Well.done!
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They’re so darned pretty when you look at them closely.
Thanks for the compliments~
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Amazing job! 👍
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Crikey, Jenn, that’s absolutely brilliant! 🙂 And barn owls are my favourite owls as well!
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Thank you very much.
They are very beautiful birds.
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Those wings look great!
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Fantastic job on this one Jenn and as much as I love the wings and the rider those talons really caught my eye. A superb piece! 🙂
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Thank you most kindly.
The talons are mostly contrast black with some hardcoat over them – sometimes the ‘cheap’ tricks are the best!
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Those wings are fantastic- great work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks so much~
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That detail on the wings and that barding tho, DAMN.
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Brilliant, you should be very proud. I love the way you’ve shared the inspiration for the painting scheme too.
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Sorry Jenn I missed this little treasure,nice work!!
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[…] think my ‘crowning achievement’ this year came in the form of the Cities of Sigmar General on Gryphon, this is one of the biggest models I’ve ever tackled and I am still mega-proud of the wings […]
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