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I painted the bust of Ithur the Spider Queen for the “Kingdom of Insects” Kickstarter campaing by Karol Rudyk Art. The original concept art was prepared by Fran Garcés, and Alexander Belov of PREYcollectionSTUDIO is the author of the sculpt.

It’s a very interesting model for sure! And I liked the concept of the sculpt, which is pretty much alien, scary and disturbing.

While the original concept was interesting , I had my own idea. After browsing Pinterest for some inspiration, I wanted my Ithur the Spider Queen to connect the alien insect form with the human. That is why I used both organic fleshy colors and alien carapace-like painting in my interpretation of this model.

While I know that my interpretation of this model differs from the concept art of the Spider Queen, but I think it was still worth it. I managed to capture my own interpretation of this character and had a lot of fun painting her.

If you ever get a chance to paint your own version of the Spider Queen, don’t let the number of all the parts of this model discourage you. There’s a bit of assembly involved. But as you can see from my photos, the shape of this bust is pretty complex.

And if you paint your own versions, please let me know. I will be happy to see what you’ve done with this great bust. 🙂

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Of inspiration and references – Babayagha, the black mother

August 12, 2020 Ańa Leave a comment

Many miniature painters don’t address the subject of inspiration or references, but in fact they are very important to their creative process. First, they help to imagine details, then it also helps to make progress.

How I process inspiration and references

For me this is the most important, because usually I mostly know what mood I want to achieve, I can feel the main colors, I’ve got the main picture – a leitmotiv. But to make the figure deeper, more believable, I look for more details. I sincerely encourage you to create your own reference base for your models.

Let me explain how I processed my inspiration for the Babayagha, the Black Mother model from Karol Rudyk Art.

Babayagha, the Black Mother

“A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest… because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.”

Terry Pratchett

This is the leitmotiv that I had in my Pinterest folder with cool themes for future reference, and it was obviously the connection for me.

As you can see, my model is modified and has four hands instead of the original two. Ths idea came up during a conversation with my friend Benathai.

I checked where I would like to put light on model:

Lighting check for Babayagha, the Black Mother — My tests of various lighting directions for Babayagha

I completed selecting the colors…

…. and looking for details:

Reference for Babayagha, the Black Mother

The most difficult part is painting the face. That is why I was looking at for pictures of actress or a public person. Especially if you are a beginner in painting faces, thanks to this you can find many shots of such a person and create a character study.

This time my inspiration was Emma Watson:

Emma Watson as inspiration for Babayagha? Who would have thought? 🙂

So now, having all the refrerence images collected, I could start painting and you know what I came up with. 😉

More pictures

If you want to see some more pictures of my Babayagha, here they are:

I hope to have a chance to paint more of Karol’s models in future. 🙂

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Karol Rudyk Art store opens (and Gorthang is available)

Link November 24, 2015 CofC Admin

We were waiting for Karol to open his store, so Gorthang the swamp master dragon can be purchased. So now is the time! 🙂

You will find the dragon at the Karol Rudyk Art website.

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Gorthang the Swamp Master – I want this dragon!

November 14, 2015 Ańa Leave a comment

You may remember the dragon that I saw at Hussar 2015 and posted to my Instagram stream. Yes, the huge one from Karol Rudyk Art!

#dragon #painter #HUSSAR 2015 – with dragon by Karol Rudyk

Now I know that its name is Gorthang the Swamp Master, and thanks to Karol I finally have some better photos than the ones I took at Hussar. Check them out:

Gorthang the Swamp Master - dragon from Karol Rudyk Art — Gorthang the Swamp Master – dragon from Karol Rudyk Art

I am not going to encourage anybody to purchase this model, as it’s going to be an expensive thing, but in case you are interested (and it’s worth it if you can afford the cost), contact the author at Karol Rudyk Art.

I still believe I will get my chance to paint one some day… 😀