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Pes !
@pesren.bsky.social
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Miniature painter: loves painting high-contrast & shadows, and an all-around enjoyer of art & nature! Glad to have you here~ Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/pes-paints-games Gallery: https://boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/all?userid=2247512
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 8d
Boy this was an incredibly tough model overall, but he's now complete and very menacing looking! From Monster Hunter World, here's Radobaan painted:
#bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #monsterhunter #monhun #steamforgedgames
Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...
Picture of a hand-painted model of the Monster Hunter World monster Radobaan, a beast absolutely covered in bones & spines, with a glowing eye and face visible on the left side of the screen.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 11h
Great job Aaron! Haven't done this one yet - I love the definition you got on his skin/scales. Very fun looking~
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 11h
Great work all around on these! The color choices are absolutely on-point for what they'd look like in-game.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 21h
Gradually refining how intense I want the highlights & black-lining/shadows to be on simpler human models. From Death May Die, here's Buck Hall painted!
#bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #horror #lovecraft #cdmd
Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...
Picture of a hand-painted model of the Cthulhu: Death May Die investigator Buck Hall. A sheriff-star-emblazoned fella with two pistols and a belt with ammo/holsters on it. Painted with a fake shadow beneath him.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 3d
Man, yellow is tough and you made it look so nice and unassuming here. Well done John!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 3d
explosion looks awesome, well done!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 4d
I was pretty eager to tackle this one due to the fun color scheme and liking the character, 'happy with the result! From Marvel United, here's U.S. Agent painted~
#bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #thunderbolts #usagent
Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...
Picture of a hand-painted model of the marvel antihero U.S. Agent. He's vaulting through a battlefield with a tire and bags. I paint with fake shadows so it looks like one side of him is in shadows and he's casting them over the ground/tire.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 5d
Wow that side shot really helps contextualize the full design. That thing is crazy and you did a great job with 'im. Well done!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 5d
Looking great Bren! For wood I often find that oranges make for good wood grain/highlight contrasts to the brown. Darker orange for a subtle contrast, orange-yellow for a stronger one. Good luck~
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pesren.bsky.social
Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 8d
Boy this was an incredibly tough model overall, but he's now complete and very menacing looking! From Monster Hunter World, here's Radobaan painted:
#bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #monsterhunter #monhun #steamforgedgames
Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...
Picture of a hand-painted model of the Monster Hunter World monster Radobaan, a beast absolutely covered in bones & spines, with a glowing eye and face visible on the left side of the screen.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 8d
Good luck with the TMM, it's looking great so far!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 9d
Absolutely gorgeous! Great shot Tommy =)
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 10d
Frankly I think this guy is a menace!

Very creative and well-executed, nicely done Kaz =)
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 10d
Could easily be complete already, looks great! =)
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 13d
This one's going to take a while and will certainly be a bit tedious, but I'm hoping it will be awesome once finished!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 13d
Working on a bigger project now so time for a flashback post! I remember working -so- hard on this lovely lady at the time, and I still love how she looks on the shelf. From She-Ra, here's Flutterina painted!
#bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #she-ra #motu
Picture of a hand-painted model of the Masters of the Universe character Flutterina, perched on a twisted tree branch with a vine running around it.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 16d
Beard stubble looks fantastic, great job on that!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 16d
You got it! Part of the advantage here is some areas I can leave almost untouched from their base coat + shading (Panel 3 is almost exclusively blacklining/shadows).

Then I want the eyes drawn to the arm/suit/lapel, so I focus two intense layers of blue on that area specifically, and I'm good!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 16d
Continually refining my process for flashy highlights; here's complete & in-process for a character based on Bill Nighy. From Death May Die, here's Craig painted!
#bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #billnighy #lovecraft #horror #cdmd
Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...
Picture of hand painted models of the Cthulhu: Death May Die investigator Craig Adamson, based on Bill Nighy. He's holding a tablecloth/towel and pointing a shotgun at his foes. Four-part collage of my process painting Craig. Details of each step are discussed more in the blog entry link if you're curious!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
Right? It's nuts sometimes, you look at the 2D art, try to apply the colors and it just doesn't look right.

Iron Patriot's tricky since I did it in metallics and black-lined before that, but his pose is simpler than Cap's here at least!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
Super cool! And once again your basing is awesome~
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
Looking great! I understand not wanting to rely on contrast/Speedpaints (I don't want someone to see my mini and say "that's 'Slaughter Red!'"), but you can get a lot of color depth by starting with them and doing acrylics over them, or using the contrast line to tint an existing base coat too.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
Love it - those mid-transition trees are truly a thing of beauty!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
Thank you so much! =) For me it's android so Google Photos has a (pretty bad) collage feature that worked well enough only because these were four similar-size photos. Whenever I've done more complex collages, I have to use a third party app, sadly!
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
For sure! one of my buddies was really surprised that I'd started Morbius with a purple coat. At least occasionally I'll do more of those in-process pictures in case it helps folks see how I go about the process.
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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19d
Oh right all the spikes on the back of it. Makes sense... but yeah, good presence on that mini. Good luck!