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Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 13:16
by mahon
Check
this thing and
this one.
Both are selling well - using the season for Wood Elves...
but people left comments like this:
Jambot13 wrote:Rating: 6
I know that in the art world some forgeries display as much artisitc skill as the origionals, but at the end of the day they are still copies and just excercises in technique. They have no real artistic merit, and I don't see your mini any differently. You've taken the Highborn concept and pulled off a far less compotent and cohesive job. You have some other cool and imaginative stuff in your gallery that I like but this isn't amongst them because the execution is not great and the ideas aren't yours so they don't pull it up. (Sorry about the double post, my finger slipped).
or this:
Degra wrote:Rating: 7
first of all a quite good one - although i´m not to happy with the sculpting of the hair - the look like big sausages
and it´s not very creative to copy a style of a coming up mini ;-( and why don´t you sculpt everything? - for a score of 9.0 you should have, at least, made the weapons and the face or even everything as it isn´t painted up. so this are my critics - but i really like your style, especially the cape with the well-known "sciboresque" pattern - but to put on nearly every mini you convert seems a pit to much (thinking of space marines and all sorts of elfes you made) oh a long comment... - keep it up, but try to become more creative
g´day degra
Do you agree? What do you think?
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 13:29
by Trovarion
both? I think it's the same mini ^^
I have to say I don't really like it. most of it is badly sculpted (the hair is too thick, the tree doesnt look much like one, there are mouldlines visible - on the legs and the bow!! - and the area where the sword is joined looks not good as well) the patterns on the clothing are sweet, but i think it utilizes some kind of negative that you press the stuff ( you can even see the fingerprints on the back) in and there you go, because compared to the rest it's 3 steps up.
130 dollar? no way...
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 13:40
by mahon
AFAIK yes, the patterns are just pressed.
seems that people are not patient enough to wait for the "official" WE highborn.... and he used this fact well
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 14:57
by Skrit
I like it for the fact I couldn't do it and it looks great to me. I've seen better sculpts okay, but I think they are being a bit harsh...
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 15:01
by Trovarion
but everyone can remove the mouldlines...
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 15:01
by mahon
Kinda my opinion - they are a bit too harsh. Technically these conversions deserve more than a 6 IMO (which one of them gave) and about the fact they are just copies or closely inspired by something already done - well, that's marketing
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 15:09
by Skrit
Yeah, he is just playing into the WE hype, I can hardly blame him for wanting to make some bucks!
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 15:16
by Trovarion
yeah, and everyone needs to know himself how much he want to pay, but HONESTLY - personally I would be ashamed if I sold a model with that many mould lines visible... :/
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 15:19
by Skrit
hey, if people see the lines and bid anyway it's their problem, not his! But I agree that if you sell these kinds of mini's you should pay a little more attention!
RE: Inspiration, or ....
Posted: 22 Jun 2005, o 18:34
by ToMaZ
I was just thinking: Why pay 130$ for a mini that is a copy of a model that's going to be released in 2(??) months. I don't see any logic in that
I would just wait for the original model. The original looks nicer, and if I want it to look different I use my own greenstuff and High Elf + Chaos warrior sword (as a matter of speaking)
Now on to the comments: I think they are a bit harsh. The mini deserves a 7-8 IMO... ok the moldlines would bring it closer to a 7. But I can understand the 6 because it basically is a copy. So it's not an original idea.
* And I still don't get why the bidding goes up to 131.50$....*