Hi everyone :) Today I'm going to talk a little about something you might have seen popping up if you're on twitter. It's #TharivolAndFriends - an initiative created by @Tharivol (hence the name!) to help us see how people can interpret the same miniature in different ways. As I mentioned, this was the brainchild of Tharivol, and he put a lot of work and coordination into it. My small contribution to its creation was a conversation we had while the idea was still in its infancy, after I'd painted the Reaper Miniatures Zombie Dragon. This was a miniature that Tharivol had also painted recently, and we had an interesting chat about the different ways a single miniature could be interpreted. If I may be so bold, we had both painted the miniature well, but the finished products were completely different. When I first started painting minis I almost had the feel of miniatures being like paint-by-numbers, but this just goes to show how much of painting a great mini is in the design and concept. Good painting skills are important too of course! The concept behind #TharivolAndFriends was that a group of miniature painters would get the same mini, and throughout July they would paint the miniature however they were inspired to. At the end of July/beginning of August we would then be able to see all the different choices people had made. The first step was to choose a miniature, and this was done by Twitter poll. Reaper Miniatures was chosen as the manufacturer because they would be within the budget of most painters, and a number of their minis were pitted against each other. The overall winner was this Xiloxoch Naga. Photo copyright Reaper Miniatures. Now, I'm not going to show you lots of the nagas people painted for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I think that the honour of showcasing the miniatures should go to the person who came up with the idea, and secondly I don't want to pick and choose because I think it would be unfair to people who took part. I will show you my version, because I think that's fair enough, but I strongly encourage you to head over to twitter and search for #TharivolAndFriends. There are lots of beautiful miniatures under the hashtag, and I know that Tharivol is planning to bring them together in some way in the near future. I've really loved the spirit of inspiration rather than competition that has been generated over the last couple of months, and I'm excited that I've heard a rumour that this will be repeated in the future...
I've also been inspired by this in another way, and am in the process of developing something which can work alongside this. Keep an eye out for my Tuesday blog post where I'll announce it properly, but I'm hoping that it will be a way of encouraging mini painters of all experience levels and further building the community.
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