RE: [Not-so-OT] Insane figure painters

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:

> G'day,
>
> >FYI, I used the feminine because some
> >of Beth's work still has me shook.
>
> While freely admitting my sanity is in question and as much as I'd
love to
> wallow in the glory.... its actually easier than it looks to do little
> tricks like the Kangaroo on your ship. For instance your kangaroo is
little
> more than a smooth curve (back and head) and then a tick (legs). Same
with
> all the little details I paint, you find a simple way of producing
something
> that's close enough to fool the eye in to making the connection. I may
be
> insane, but I'm also fairly lazy ;)

Indeed. It's more a matter of suggestinga shape than actually painting
it. All my NAC troopers have a union jack on their shoulder. People get
very annoyed at that. Thing is, it's not actually painted _correctly_,
it's a bit simplified and looks LIKE a union jack enough not to warrant
further investigation ;)

Similar tricks apply to painting banners for 15mm french napoleonics
etc.

Cheers,

  Derk
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