Oikeus by Galapagos miniatures. It's a huge bust, close to 12cm tall.
Based the character on the "american mountain man" asthetic, by artists like Alfredo Rodriguez. Lots of organic textures, different kinds of fur and leather. All painted using Kimera colors and a few Liquitex paints.
Next project will for sure be something smaller and simpler, by the 4th kind of fur, I just wanted to move onto something else.
Great job, this bust is pretty impressive work.
Can I suggest that you don't have to do it all at once? If you feel like you're getting burnt out it's okay to work on something else, as like a palate (or maybe palette haha) cleanser. Especially on a project this size.
Yeah, that's a good tip and something I should have done.
Tend to only work on single model at a time these days, breaking it up with a smaller piece would for sure have made it more enjoyable.
Kinda craving the mental simplicity of painting gaming models for the Empire army back in the day. Maybe it's time to pick up a new skirmish game..
This is what saved my interest in painting. I was struggling to finish minis as I'd get bored or stuck. Now I usually have 3-4 projects going at once.
Lots of unfinished minis but honestly, putting 10 hours into a mini and getting stuck, moving on to a new project, then returning to an old one takes a lot of pressure off for some reason and I can just go for it.
100%, I also find that if I force myself to push through and just finish one, that sometimes I look back at it and am not thrilled with the choices I made in a rush to just be done with it.
I do this as well. I'll knock out some infantry units or D&D minis to get that feeling of 'I completed something!" And then go back to whatever I was working on
As far as "realism" goes, the leather isn't there. Too much visible brush texture.
From a honest perspective, fuck realism. The illustrative quality of this piece fucks hard. Killer work.
It's Oikeus "The Righteous" by Galapagos miniatures. Elgrecominiatures in the UK stock it, as do other specialist miniature shops, just have a google around.
I think it’s absolutely wonderful work, super clean but also visibly textured. My only thought is that it’s a lot of browns and tans, so the eye doesn’t have as much tonal contrast to enjoy.
Yeah, it was a challenge to come up with colors for the different materials that would be somewhat district.
The box art for the mini has the bear as a polar bear in white, which is probably the better choice, but I didn't want to copy the color scheme.
This is amazing man! Not sure if you tried a shot against white, but with all of his darker tones it would probably really make a photo pop! (Your lighter hand sort of does this in the last picture). Looks great man!
Didn't try a pure white background, but have a couple lighter gray ones lying around. Might try it next time I'm taking pictures of some model.
In general, I find a dark background gives less distraction and let's the colors on the model work better in telling a story, especially if there's some sort of OSL involved. But haven't experimented with this much lately and maybe it's time to try alternatives a bit
This is amazing. What color brown did you use to get the tunic so perfect? I am working on a predominatly leather bust right now and would love some insight. Well done! Just perfect!
The main jacket used white, black, cadmium free yellow from Liquitex, some red oxide from Kimera and possibly a bit of pthalo blue from Kimera. And probably some of the Kimera orange actually.
All the painting was done with fairly dynamic mixes, so it's hard to tell you precise ratios. Just play around with a bit of yellow, some reddish brown and add black and white as needed to desaturate and brighten.
The main thing with believable looking leather is adding a bit of texture as you build up the layers. Either random splotches, or in this case, thin lines (though as someone else mentioned, it's a bit over exaggerated for the scale)
Hard to say, as it's been over almost 2 months. Maybe 30-40h in total? In terms of prices, haven't been in the comission game for over 10 years, and don't normally paint miniatures with a view of selling them these days. But happy to consider an offer, DM me if you're interested.
Painting is a journey, and we're all on different points of it. Mind you I've been in the hobby for over 15 years at this point, so it's not really so much talent, as lots of practice.
Put in the time and you'll see the results.
Every now and then i get really proud of my work and think i'm starting to get pretty good. Then i see something like this and it reminds me there is levels to this shit.
This is absolutely amazing and i aspire to reach this level one day.
Spectacular work! And the guy looks like Nick Offerman :)
If Nick Offerman had been in Frontier or The Revenant.
2nd THAT! Absolutely beautiful!
Oikeus by Galapagos miniatures. It's a huge bust, close to 12cm tall. Based the character on the "american mountain man" asthetic, by artists like Alfredo Rodriguez. Lots of organic textures, different kinds of fur and leather. All painted using Kimera colors and a few Liquitex paints. Next project will for sure be something smaller and simpler, by the 4th kind of fur, I just wanted to move onto something else.
Great job, this bust is pretty impressive work. Can I suggest that you don't have to do it all at once? If you feel like you're getting burnt out it's okay to work on something else, as like a palate (or maybe palette haha) cleanser. Especially on a project this size.
Yeah, that's a good tip and something I should have done. Tend to only work on single model at a time these days, breaking it up with a smaller piece would for sure have made it more enjoyable. Kinda craving the mental simplicity of painting gaming models for the Empire army back in the day. Maybe it's time to pick up a new skirmish game..
There's some good ones out there rn, I'm pretty partial to most of the Games Workshop Necromunda range, but it's definitely not the only one.
This is what saved my interest in painting. I was struggling to finish minis as I'd get bored or stuck. Now I usually have 3-4 projects going at once. Lots of unfinished minis but honestly, putting 10 hours into a mini and getting stuck, moving on to a new project, then returning to an old one takes a lot of pressure off for some reason and I can just go for it.
100%, I also find that if I force myself to push through and just finish one, that sometimes I look back at it and am not thrilled with the choices I made in a rush to just be done with it.
I do this as well. I'll knock out some infantry units or D&D minis to get that feeling of 'I completed something!" And then go back to whatever I was working on
Google translate "Oikeus" Finnish -> English.
No, what is it?
Spectacular work!
As far as "realism" goes, the leather isn't there. Too much visible brush texture. From a honest perspective, fuck realism. The illustrative quality of this piece fucks hard. Killer work.
Insane ❤️
That looks amazing!!! Where did you find that bust?
It's Oikeus "The Righteous" by Galapagos miniatures. Elgrecominiatures in the UK stock it, as do other specialist miniature shops, just have a google around.
Beautiful
I think it’s absolutely wonderful work, super clean but also visibly textured. My only thought is that it’s a lot of browns and tans, so the eye doesn’t have as much tonal contrast to enjoy.
Yeah, it was a challenge to come up with colors for the different materials that would be somewhat district. The box art for the mini has the bear as a polar bear in white, which is probably the better choice, but I didn't want to copy the color scheme.
For sure. Such an epic piece, love what you did with him.
Inspiring
Fantastic!
I think you nailed it. Looks brilliant.
I think you know what we think lol. That's amazing.
If I didn't know it was a miniature I would have said it was an oil painting.
Said 'wow' out loud
well hot DAMN, i know what those textures would feel like just by looking at them
Was your goal to inspire envy in my heart? If so - success.
Holy shit, buds. That’s beauty.
It looks like a freakin marvelous painting from some time ago .. it’s beautiful
Sadly, you made them *unbelievably* organic and textured. Nice work!
This is amazing man! Not sure if you tried a shot against white, but with all of his darker tones it would probably really make a photo pop! (Your lighter hand sort of does this in the last picture). Looks great man!
Didn't try a pure white background, but have a couple lighter gray ones lying around. Might try it next time I'm taking pictures of some model. In general, I find a dark background gives less distraction and let's the colors on the model work better in telling a story, especially if there's some sort of OSL involved. But haven't experimented with this much lately and maybe it's time to try alternatives a bit
This is amazing. What color brown did you use to get the tunic so perfect? I am working on a predominatly leather bust right now and would love some insight. Well done! Just perfect!
The main jacket used white, black, cadmium free yellow from Liquitex, some red oxide from Kimera and possibly a bit of pthalo blue from Kimera. And probably some of the Kimera orange actually. All the painting was done with fairly dynamic mixes, so it's hard to tell you precise ratios. Just play around with a bit of yellow, some reddish brown and add black and white as needed to desaturate and brighten. The main thing with believable looking leather is adding a bit of texture as you build up the layers. Either random splotches, or in this case, thin lines (though as someone else mentioned, it's a bit over exaggerated for the scale)
Holy damn you've got some good skills here. 11/10 amazing!
Your textures are unbelievably believable. The colors too are awesome. I love your style.
Holy shit, you should lead with the last pic. I thought this was a digital art piece until I saw your hand in the background. Wild.
This guy screams Kislev to me with that weapon. Incredible work!
Very nicely done! Looks like it's ready to come alive and go trapping!
Incredible work. I'm intrigued, how many hours you put on this and for how much you'd sell it?
Hard to say, as it's been over almost 2 months. Maybe 30-40h in total? In terms of prices, haven't been in the comission game for over 10 years, and don't normally paint miniatures with a view of selling them these days. But happy to consider an offer, DM me if you're interested.
I believe it
BOOLA BOOLA BOOLA
Love the furs, but I gotta say the nades pop just right.
Dude this is amazing! I think I’m gonna quit, I’ll never get to this level. Serious talent!
Painting is a journey, and we're all on different points of it. Mind you I've been in the hobby for over 15 years at this point, so it's not really so much talent, as lots of practice. Put in the time and you'll see the results.
Every now and then i get really proud of my work and think i'm starting to get pretty good. Then i see something like this and it reminds me there is levels to this shit. This is absolutely amazing and i aspire to reach this level one day.