Monday, May 06, 2013

Carte Blanche

To put things in perspective:
There's this guy I once saw a documentary about. He paints miniatures. Like miniatures of  miniatures - tiny tiny sculptures, fractions of a millimetre high.

Some would fit in the eye if a needle. Some are smaller. He paints between heartbeats - the extra blood in the fingertips during a beat makes the brush wobble. A brush made from the hair from the leg of a mosquito no less...
True story.

Now. This canvas is a whopping 9 times 12 mm. Huge by his standards - he could probably fit the entire roof of the sistine chapel there.

However, I'm not that guy - so I struggled quite a lot getting this at least vaguely right.

I don't think it's going to get any better than this. At least I'm taking a step back at the moment...
I'll try try to get some better shots tomorrow though.

Anyway - I give you the illustrious mr. John Blanche.







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14 comments:

  1. Lasgunpacker6 May 2013 at 23:25

    Fantastic work, particularly when you see it at miniature scale.

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  2. Christian Schwager6 May 2013 at 23:49

    Shit, man! That is awesome on so many levels :)
    I bow to you, Sir.

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  3. Logan6 May 2013 at 23:58

    Alter! Ähm...Man! This...is...absolutly...great! This is one of the greatest and coolest and most epic things I've ever seen. This is an epic of epic epicness! :D *needtoshutmymouthnow*

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  4. davetaylor7 May 2013 at 03:14

    Awesome! Great job!

    Cheers
    Dave

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  5. Dai7 May 2013 at 04:08

    Emperor's balls, that is fantastic!

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  6. Kelly7 May 2013 at 05:30

    Yay! You used my idea! I'm honoured that I was able to make a contribution to this work of art, even in the tiniest way. Brilliant execution. WAAAAYYY better than could ever have been imagined.

    Now... if only we could get "Saint Blanche" written into the 40K fluff, somehow...

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  7. Janushedemann7 May 2013 at 08:56

    Hi Mate,

    This is really an impressive feat of work!
    When you consider the scale and detail of this painting, is just really stunning :)

    Title is epic btw ;)

    Cheers

    Janus

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  8. J.E.7 May 2013 at 09:48

    Thanks a bunch guys!

    And thank you Kelly and Lasgunpacker for suggesting Blanche!

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  9. Manus7 May 2013 at 13:15

    HA - brilliant!

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  10. CMDante8 May 2013 at 20:14

    Great job - very impressive miniature replica of John's work! I'm sure he will be very impressed flattered when he sees it!

    Cheers,

    CMDante

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  11. Mordian7th14 May 2013 at 01:23

    Just found your blog and am going through the archives - I'm LOVING the work you're doing and this is definitely outstanding. Keep up the great work, man!

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  12. Don Hans14 May 2013 at 12:40

    Very cool - nice tribute! /Hans

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  13. J.E.27 May 2013 at 08:48

    Thanks guys!

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  14. Aaron11 April 2016 at 12:21

    Omg.

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