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Painting Contest VOTE! (Patreon)

Published:
2020-07-24 22:16:17
Imported:
2022-06

Content

The entries are in! 



GO VOTE HERE! 

 https://www.m3dmprints.com/painting-contest-1 


Thank you painters! They are truly beautiful.

Mia Kay

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Comments

Michelle Oakes

These are all so amazing, I have to ask, after this vote who ever did 22 please tell me how you did that base or where you got the file please! Great job!

Zaxus Lanterus
>>40952824

Hi, there! #22 is mine. So, first off, that base is from Printable Scenery, but it isn't free and had to be purchased, although It comes with 7 different bases of various sizes. It is also supportless, and was only 9.95 usd, which isn't bad at all. They have a lot of cool stuff, and it's pretty much all supportless. Also, that item was especially nice because I could split it and grab a ton of scatter terrain off of it, like shroom clusters and rocks I just made an Imgur album here that goes over the process! http://imgur.com/a/ra4ebCD

Michelle Oakes
>>40952824

Wow, thank you so much for sharing the great info and pictures! You did a stunning job on all of it and the shroom is super cool, I am a sucker for blue/purple anything. Good luck in the polls and you got my vote!

Richard Gallerno

The submission by Zaxus Lanterus is certainly well done and I'm not trying to say that anything about this submission is unethical, but I wonder if the rules should state that contest submissions should include only content from M3DM. Although it is painted beautifully and the colour choices are wonderful, using a base designed by Printable Scenery might give an unfair advantage... I believe we should have the freedom to create our own bases but they should be home-made and not include stl files from other creators.

M3DM
>>41024150

This has been asked before, and I permit it as long as it complements the main model. Painting contest entries may be a diorama with files from any creators. It allows for some really incredible and creative entries. Entry #8 also has really beautiful scenery. :)

Anonymous

Amazing stuff!

Zaxus Lanterus
>>41024150

As somewhat hypocritical as it may seem, I actually agree with you, Richard. I would prefer the painting contest to just be of the minis in question with either no base or the decorated base provided. However, past experiences showed me that if I wanted to win, I would probably have to use a base, and a damned good one. I only ever wanted to win one time, and I really need it to be this time for reasons I will not go over. That's it. I might paint more stuff in other contests for funsies, but I'm not going to enter them, just show them off... and maybe go over how I did them. I have nothing against how Mia wants to run the contest: it's her contest after all. I think it's a valid way to run a contest. She's totally right that it can create some really beautiful works. It just isn't my preference.

M3DM
>>41024150

"However, past experiences showed me that if I wanted to win, I would probably have to use a base, and a damned good one" This makes little sense to me. Here are the past painting contest results. This painting contest winner didn't have a base at all. https://www.patreon.com/posts/37638920 This one is the base provided, nothing custom. https://www.patreon.com/posts/36563638 This model has a very simple custom base. It is not why the entry won. https://www.patreon.com/posts/35366584 Though your base was whimsical and stunning, I am confident it would have done just as well without a base.

Zaxus Lanterus
>>41024150

My sincere apologies, Mia. I suppose this is a case where what I thought happened and what actually happened was skewed. This is my fault and I have no excuse. I also wanted to do an OSL effect on this piece. I try to practice a new technique every model in an attempt to master it. I don't look back on a model and fondly remember how good it looked or how much people liked it, only what new techniques I learned or used. It's probably the only real joy I get from painting, but it makes every model take much longer and be mentally taxing, which is why I paint so rarely, now. The pumpkin golem was my first use of a wet pallete and wet-blending on a model. The dancer was my first attempt at trying to make a more 3d effect using colors and shading for skin tones as well as non-metallic metal--even though I only used it on the small gold bangles. I was going to try my hand at doing a sky-earth non-metallic metal effect on the cyber angel, but that was in the prime of my printer going haywire and fell through. This time I really wanted to practice OSL, as I have never done it to any significant degree: only little things like glowing eyes or chests, and only in a single color. To really practice it, I decided I would need a large base with several light sources. I spent several days looking for an appropriate free base and mushrooms, but couldn't find anything that I liked. Google found those. They were perfect, so I bought them.

M3DM
>>41024150

No harm done! :) I love that pumpkin golem so much! Sitting on my desk right now actually! It is cool to see you progress as a painter. I look forward to your future projects very much <3