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Post by Sanguinary on Jan 31, 2006 13:54:00 GMT -5
How many people post on www.coolminiornot.com ? I just want to see how the rest of the world views the level of painting in our group. I have not tried it yet, but I am going to post a few guys tonight. I found James' minis(one of them is mine).
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Post by thatguyjames on Jan 31, 2006 14:10:10 GMT -5
I have three models up on the site thus far.
I think coolminiornot is a cool site for getting some general feedback on your work, but you have to keep everything objective when people rate you. In my opinion, the best thing to do is to take whatever score you have and increase it by at least a whole point, if not 2.
It's one thing for da boyz to look at your stuff and say what they like or not, but when you're being displayed next to the juggernauts of painting, people like Rune (Kaple), Cyril, and even some of the bigger paint studios, even a decent paint job begins to look a bit bleh. The key concept here is keeping a thick skin.
Right now I average around a 6.5 which isn't all that bad considering. I figure in a year or two if I try really hard I might get something up near the 8's.
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Post by MajorSoB on Jan 31, 2006 14:10:21 GMT -5
I am on there already as Braveheart712.
I haven't posted in a while, but it is a good site. You will find a wide range there from the 'tards to the uber painters. (Love that word "'tards", thanks Norton!!!)
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Post by Sanguinary on Jan 31, 2006 14:18:32 GMT -5
You 52 pics already . Nice.
You have some really good scores up there.
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Post by thatguyjames on Jan 31, 2006 14:58:42 GMT -5
Doug, if you don't mind I may ask you to help me photograph my ultramarines after I finish them for escalation league. My ghetto setup on my desktop will not be sufficient to capture the sheer awesomeness that is a land raider.
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Post by MajorSoB on Jan 31, 2006 16:49:10 GMT -5
No prob James, I have a "ghetto setup" as well, wish I had a better camera, mine is only a 2.0 megapixel. Anytime you want help let me know, also I can clean up the photos and color balance them in photoshop as well. I know some of the users at CMON use GIMP (freeware) to do the sme thing.
Thanks for the comment Mike. There is alot of cool stuff there while alot of it tends to be unrealistic for gaming purposes, unless you are Courtney.
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Post by MajorSoB on Jan 31, 2006 17:20:50 GMT -5
Something fun to do on that site too is to go into the galleries and look at the worst ranked mini in each category. Some of them are freaking awesomely bad and wrong!!!!
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Post by Iron Warrior on Jan 31, 2006 20:36:11 GMT -5
James whats your name on coolminiornot?
Doug your stuff looks like crap. J/K they look nice even your early stuff but whats with all the dragons?
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Post by MajorSoB on Jan 31, 2006 21:42:06 GMT -5
The dragons are my old D&D crap. I told you I played 1st and 2nd edition, that's what minis looked like "back in the dark ages".
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Post by Sanguinary on Jan 31, 2006 23:34:11 GMT -5
James whats your name on coolminiornot? Doug your stuff looks like crap. J/K they look nice even your early stuff but whats with all the dragons? Its the same as his name on the board here.
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Post by Sanguinary on Feb 1, 2006 18:45:40 GMT -5
I put my first PIC up there. ITs under the same name that I have here.
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Post by MajorSoB on Feb 2, 2006 23:45:54 GMT -5
Looks like you mini got blasted. You will find that there are some harsh critics on that site. I know your mini looks better in life than that picture shows, unfortunately people rate you on what they see. There are some good tutorials on the site on how to photgraph your work, and if you want I can show you a few photograhic techniques I have used some sunday after the league ends.
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Post by Sanguinary on Feb 3, 2006 7:29:35 GMT -5
Yeah. They are tough, but it is good for me. I need to get painting better. I am going to start working on some nice pieces rather than squads.
The pictures are a little out of focus. I will have to practice some more at home.
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