This is my first bust. I chose Figone's lion for this, as it is less intimidating than a human for large scale to start - next up is a human! I imagined this lion as whimsically day dreaming about a fantasy world. He's attached to his base by a magnet, so I can change that later if I want. I also took this figure as a practice for mostly-monochrome (used a range of blues, whites and black, instead of a single blue). Paints are by Reaper, and a few S75 and Vallejo.

  • Herman aka Glitterwolf

    Amazing! Great work!

  • John Margiotta "BloodASmedium"PLUS

    Real smooth work.

  • Kara Nash

    Some wonderful patterning around the face. You must have really enjoyed this piece.

    • Rhiana, "Cyradis"

      He was wonderful to paint! I'm usually quite slow and he flowed extremely well from start to finish. I don't know if it was the limited palette or the figure itself, but it was quite pleasing.

  • C S

    Awesome work, love the monochromatic tone you went with. I think I saw this on the Colorado Miniature Painters page if I’m not mistaken? Anyway thanks for favoriting!

    • Rhiana, "Cyradis"

      Yup! I did it for their bust painting event earlier this year.

  • Steve Haydon (Forté)

    How did I miss this one on here. Love the textures and colours.

    • Rhiana, "Cyradis"

      Thanks! He was my first bust, and first mostly-monochrome. Glad you like it :)

  • Dan Pollart

    Cool... i like this monochrome lion ;-)

  • Bran

    Pour un premier buste et un premier monochrome c'est une vraie réussite !!

    • Rhiana, "Cyradis"

      Merci pour le compliment! Been a long time since I used French - thank you so much!

  • Roman LappatPLUS

    Really beautiful work!

  • Sergey Popovichenko

    Great job with color and contrast! Gold!

  • vincenzo gambinoPLUS

    nice work ! gold !!!

  • Vladimir_Golubev

    Gold!

  • davidg100

    This is an interesting and well done interpretation of this bust ! Gold

  • Flo « FFF » Rochet

    Lovely one! Gold