This week is five random 28mm fantasy figures that I have been slowly chipping away on.
These are the remains of a box I got from Chen two or more years ago and are either players of NPCs.
So we've got some kind of sword-armed folk musician (a lonely child, alone and wild, a half-elven magi's son...). I see I did a sloppy job of his pants. Arrgh. Good help is so hard to find.
Then alcoholic Pavarotti, who was a fun figure to paint.
Then some kind of magic user or lady priest with a cool crook.
Buddy here was also a magic user who I gave a darker paint job too, thinking he could stand in for a vampire or other villain. I've no idea what happened to his face. I kind of think that is a trick of the lighting I was using cause he looks fine in person.
Finally, there is this dragon-borne dude (or lady?). I tried using some water colours on this figure (specifically the skin) but clearly I have some things to learn about how water-activated pigments play with subsequent acrylic paints! What a hassle! Another handful to go and I'm done this project.
5 comments:
Always good to get to where you can see the end in sight of a project. Nicely done Bob
Thanks Terry. I think there are six more figures left. I find adventurers hard because of the sheet number of decisions that have to be made about colours. Gimme 100 guys in identical tunics any day!
Careful what you wish for! I have all my Battlelore figs still to paint.
Nice job on the tartan on alcoholic Pavarotti.
do you use some sort of clear-coat or varnish after painting? I wonder if that might reactivate watercolours...?
I have some acrylic inks (from Holdbien) that I use for picture painting that can be diluted and look sort of like watercolours, but being acrylics do not reactivate if wetted again. I've not yet tried using them on miniatures, but in a discussion a while back I learned that others have used them for washes on miniatures...?
Interesting! Yes, the clear coat may be the culprit. I also find that. sometimes, the liquidated I'm using interests with the light to create wonky photo effects.
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