Thursday 30 July 2020

CCLXX. St. Christopher, the Cynocephalus Mummy

This boxed saint is inspired by Eastern Orthodox representations of St. Christopher with the head of a dog. 


In other news, I've upgraded my camera. The trusty Olympus 'idiot' that served me for many years is now retired and replaced by a Canon EOS 250D. I'm still getting used to the wealth of options this thing has. It's so, so, so nice to be able to take higher quality photos.   




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Today is the last day you can enter the Miniatures Without Borders charity raffle. All money collected from the tickets is going directly to Doctors Without Borders. You can enter here: LINK, and the video below is a gallery of the prizes donated by artists from the Inq/AoS28 community.


10 comments:

  1. The best of these yet - terrific!

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    1. Thank you! It's definitely somewhere at the top so far for me too.

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  2. Super evocative miniature photography, what lens are you using? Fantastic how a better camera can highlight your painting skills.

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    1. Cheers! A poor camera can hide a lot of bad things about a paintjob, but it also hides a lot of the good. It was high time to make this step.

      The lens is Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM. Since I'm not ready to cash out on multiple lenses just yet, I wanted the one I buy to be versatile.

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    2. Thank you, good to know a standard zoom can capture miniature detail so well. Looking forward to seeing more of your work captured with the new setup.
      And another question if I may, what is the cobblestone surface underlying the current campaign's table? It has too much depth to be a printed neoprene mat. It really suits the rest of the terrain.

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    3. It's a plastic gaming board I bought second hand and have no clue of the manufacturer. There is no brand on either the boards or the packaging. It consists of 2'x2' plastic modules which can be clipped together from underneath.

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    4. Awesome, that's enough to to start searching for. Thank you for taking the time.

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  3. I commissioned the Cynocephalic St. Christopher, it is everything and more than I ever anticipated after finally getting around to approaching Ana about it, seriously still overjoyed looking at this piece of art in person.

    So I just wanted to leave a comment here for any future readers of this post.

    If you have thought about a potential commission, or have procrastinated on it for any length of time (like I did).

    Then I would urge you to just go contact Ana on the new site. Start a discussion and bounce around ideas. It is a wonderful experience and you will not regret it.

    And I know I've said this in several places and times already, but thank you Ana. Very much so :)

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