so... is Shevatas left or right handed ?

Conan painted by Martin Grandbarbe ( Work in progress )

so... is Shevatas left or right handed ?

Zelata & the Wolf look horribly bad, I hope this is the exception to otherwise awesome sculpts.

I agree, it looks more like a miniature of a stone statue than a person. In particular the front of the dress is flat and the pose is quite boring. The face is also very lacking in detail, like a worn stone statue.

Sure, but from what I have read they increased the price so they could make harder plastic models, and part of the marketing of the game is the hiring of a very talented sculpting team. The sculptor credited with Zelata has done some really great work for other companies.

The sculptor is listed as Gregory Clavilier, you can see some of his other work here:

http://miniset.net/sculptor/gregory-clavilier


All the CMON games are pieces for a board game too at a similar price with high quality miniatures than this particular sculpt.

Hiring a bunch of sculptors capable of creating boutique figures waiting for Golden Demon winners to paint them up kind of loses it's appeal if they aren't measuring up to the detail of the average $3 miniature from Reaper Bones collection.

I agree concerning the lake of texture on the dress and the standing position which could be better. Althought I clearly don't have the level, I really would like to see the face painted by a good painter. I'am sure the expression could be great with good shades.

Even artists have off-days.
Or maybe he wasn't paid his usual rate?

Or perhaps you confuse "weak" sculpting with "simple" sculpting.
Not every mini needs every detail sculpted to super-Rackham quality to be an effective representation of the subject.
Zelata doesn't wear full druid-like regalia, skulls, feathers with an emroidered tunic of a thousand pleats and many-colored beads; she's a simple witch who lives alone, poorly and patiently in a hut away from civilization. She eats frugally and drinks heady beer. I'd almost say this figure has a little too much ornamentation for the character.

You can read more about Zelata in "Hour of the Dragon," the most epic of the Conan stories.

I think you are missing my point. It's not about exactly what details are on the miniature or that they should have used my example instead. The example was just to contrast what is possible on a miniature that retails for $8 that is a one piece figure. My complaint centers around having a pose that looks like an expressionless old woman staring at the TV while chopping vegtables for a salad. With no facial details and a dress that is unnaturally flat. Even simple dresses generally create folds in the fabric as they fall down. Even simple characters can have some sort of details on the face. Here is an example of a figure dressed very simply while still having an amazing amount of details in the face and clothing and a more dynamic pose:



At any rate, if you think the Zelata miniature looks great, then I doubt we will ever see eye to eye on the matter.

Everybody's a critic ;)

Just remember, these are pieces for a board game, not boutique figures awaiting the brushes of Golden Demon winners. These are great for being just board game pieces.

Even artists have off-days.
Or maybe he wasn't paid his usual rate?

Or perhaps you confuse "weak" sculpting with "simple" sculpting.
Not every mini needs every detail sculpted to super-Rackham quality to be an effective representation of the subject.
Zelata doesn't wear full druid-like regalia, skulls, feathers with an emroidered tunic of a thousand pleats and many-colored beads; she's a simple witch who lives alone, poorly and patiently in a hut away from civilization. She eats frugally and drinks heady beer. I'd almost say this figure has a little too much ornamentation for the character.

You can read more about Zelata in "Hour of the Dragon," the most epic of the Conan stories.