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Sublime work OP. Love the sheen control, the glossy coffee.
Since they're clearly a warhammer 40k fan, a recent discovery of mine for mini painting: artist gouache or artist watercolor are awesome for pin-lining and recess shading the way oil paint or enamels are often used for those tasks, but only water is needed instead of white spirit. And they're indefinitely "editable" with a damp brush / qtip. The only downside is that you need to varnish to seal the watercolor before painting over it. A black and a burnt umber alone will get you really far. Make sure the gouache or watercolor use a gum arabic binder.
Demo of the technique from 3:30 - 5:20 (strong Italian accent warning, closed captions help me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vHDq3NJj4E
Not directly related, but one of the more impressive artists I've seen along these lines. Each photo has a bit of a story to it:
https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemice.bsky.social/post/3mqty4y...
https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemice.bsky.social/post/3mpqrsc...
You might find this interesting
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New gift for my SO unlocked. I’ve been getting into 40k minis recently and they helped me with a space marine, so maybe a Rolife set will push us both over the edge! Thanks for sharing!
This is very cool and inspiring! A hobby I could totally lose myself in. However lately my near sight is going and bending over a bench to do intricate work kills my back. I recently spent 2 hours replacing the charge port on an iPad and afterwards I couldn’t stand straight for two days.
I like this London miniature artist: https://slinkachu.com/work Kind of the Banksy of very tiny guerilla urban art.
Excellent work with the tiny cafe! I'm enamored of miniatures like these. Very different vibe but Alan Wolfson [0] makes gritty, grimy urban environments that I have a soft spot for, being from NYC.
Amazing work!
This reminds me of this youtube channel[1] that I used to watch a lot during COVID where the author animates miniature scenes with their hamster.
Very nice. Seems you found yourself what I imagine to be a deeply relaxing hobby, which also offers new challenges all the time. Congrats !
Amazing work!
It’s time that I want paint miniature of dnd to take small break at the developer work. Help to mantain focus? Anyone can suggest getting start guide? I have also a resin 3d printer
I'm sure you know Thomas Demand, the German artist who works with miniature models of crime scenes. if not check him out. Also the Austrian artist Bernd Oppl works with miniature architecture, but he uses the models for his videos and installations
Warhammer is looking different these days
Ah neat, my daughter likes to do this too, with Rolife. I let her borrow our camera with our 105mm macro lens to take artsy shots of her builds, and it was a fun learning and creative experience together. Highly recommend.
Also, dust and hair at that scale looks hilariously huge, so you might want a cleanroom. :-/
I have one kit from Rolife half-assembled for over an year, and I don't see myself finishing it anytime soon. But, man, they look so beautiful. Even more when built carefully, like this one.
Unrelated:
> My to-go order is always just an Americano.
Yep, same for me. But not because I like it, it's because most places around the world call themselves "coffee shops" and don't know how to brew any kind of drip coffee. I've been to a few coffee shops that had drip coffee makers on display and they told me "we don't know how to use it" or "it takes too long to brew, so we don't use it".
As everyone is sharing their favourite miniature artists I’m going to share Bobby Fingers, who makes the best videos on YouTube IMHO.
The Jeff Bezos boat would probably appeal to this crowd, although it is by not remotely miniature.
The tiny newspaper and individually assembled tulips got me. There is a strange amount of joy in details that almost nobody will ever notice unless they stop and look closely.
I’m afraid to imagine how many hours and how much effort went into this, but it’s really damn cool.
The German artist Frank Kunert builds amazing miniature models which he photographs on large format camera. Absolutely love his work.
Very nice. I love the "mirror shot" and the one with the two stools in the foreground. Very fair prices for the coffee :D
My personal litmus test is a pourover not an americano because I usually don't go for the espresso-based drinks.
Lovely work and photos :-)
When I was a child I'd spend many hours building, painting, and then distressing Airfix models, and then I went on to make my own spaceships from scraps. Ugh, how many times I would accidentally cut myself with a scalpel, lol, or drive my mum crazy with needing more of those little pots of paint.
Just typing it out brings back such fond memories. None of my grandchildren are interested in such things :-(
Thus is reminiscent of how early View-Master storybook reels were produced.
There should be some scale for comparison just to wow people more. I think that most of us underappreciate how really tiny models are.
My wife collects and resells these miniatures.
It is quite fascinating. It's kind of like Warhammer.
Wow, so beautiful (and I say this as a tea drinker :-)
I like the acidic coffee sign in the miniature cafe.
Super cool. Love these kinds of posts.
Great to see a hobby AI can't do yet.
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There is an essence to humanity in this type of work: "I'm doing this because I enjoy the way it makes me feel and nothing else". It's inspirational and I love looking at it. Keeping doing what you love, it also brings joy to others.