Aquila: Blue Cloth & Linen

Finished the blue stuff on Aquila by adding highlights, and then did the linen on his forearms and lower legs. Leather straps next, I think. I still need to fix his eye. I forgot about it.

Aquila: Blue stuff

Got a start on the parts of Aquila that will be blue. These are base coated and shaded. I need to fix his left eye, I think.

Aquila: Skin, Face

 Finished Aquila's skin and face. I think maybe some of the cloth next.

14!

Finished the park today! It's not anything super special, but it was a nice little 'don't think about it real hard' kind of piece.

That will likely be it for things I get finished this year. It's possible I'll manage to squeeze in Aquila, but I'm not going to push for it.

I managed to hit my goal for this year (1 figure completed per month) plus a bit, so I'm happy with that. What about next year? Well, I think 2 figures a month, especially now that I'm doing more large scale stuff, might be too much to hop for. But I might be able to do one and a half. That'd be 18 figures next year. I think I will try for that. So, goals:

1. 18 figures complete in 2025.
2. 5 person squad for each faction I've got in Arena Rex. This is actually most of the way there; I've got 5 guys for something like 3 of the factions.

Everything else, I'm just going to paint what I feel like. I don't want to commit to a any more of a particular brand or size than I already have. I would like to do some more construction this year, either a building or a diorama. Not sure what exactly, we'll see.  

Park: Bushes, Statues. Aquila: Shading Skin.

 Finished and added a couple more pieces of the park. I have a couple bushes left to do, and then this piece will be done. There are some potted plants that go with it, but I don't think I'm going to attach those. They'll work better as scatter.

Then I got back to this guy. Got some shading on his skin.

Park: Shrubbery

Next part: The shrubberies that go around the outer edge. They're done and attached. There are some additional pieces to them that I just primed, and there are two statues that go between the shrubberies that I base coated tonight and need to get shade and highlight.

Park: Centerpiece

Still working on the park. Everything on this base piece is done now (though I have a bit of cleanup I have to do), and I also started the base coat on the hedges that go around the edge.

Park: Ivy, Water

 Did the ivy on the gate, and finished the water. 

Park!

I've set Nyarlathotep aside for the moment. Instead, I'm working on this terrain piece, which is a small park. There are some bushes and such to be added that I'm going to paint separately.

Nyarlathotep: Teeth and Stuff

So I did the cleanup, then dry fit him to his base, then realized that he wasn't going to line up with all the spots for his feet as intended. So I filled on the spots that weren't going to line up on the base and painted over them and cut off the tabs on his tentacles and painted over that. Then I base coated his teeth. Probably going to shade and highlight the teeth next while I think about whether I want to put a glaze on the tentacles to bring the colors together a little more.

Nyarlathotep: All Tentacles Based

 Finished the base coat on all the tentacles. Well, mostly. You might spot a couple white areas or areas where the color is quite thin. Those are places where I changed my mind on what color they should be, and I will take care of it in the cleanup step. Which is what I'll do next.

Nyarlathotep: Look, it's all tentacles.

 Did base coats on the worm-like tentacles and started the last set. I think the bright flesh color for the pink tentacles might be a bit much, but it's better once I get the brown on the rest of them. I might end up putting a tint across everything to pull it together anyway. We'll see. I need to finish the base coating, then do a lot of cleanup, and then decide whether to apply a tint or not.

Nyarlathotep: Tentacles

 I've determined there are three types of tentacles on this guy: ones with suckers like an octopus or squid, segmented ones like an earthworm, and smooth ones. I started with making his tongue purple, then decided more of that color should be on the figure, so I painted the squid tentacles the same purple. I might try to make the segmented ones earthworm-colored, because yuck. 

Nyarlathotep: Starting

 Next project. This needs to get done in a hurry. I was struggling choosing colors. I ended up at, well, it kinda reminds me of some of the monsters from Stranger Things, which appear to be plant-based, so...green. And it has some tentacles that have suckers like octopus tentacles, and I found some pictures of red/orange octopi, so...maybe some orange?

So with that, I decided to start putting some color on there and see where it went. We shall see.

13!

 Guess who's finished!

Rayko: Various

 I did some cleanup, shading, and highlight on the amp(?) thing. Did not spend much time on it as it's not very visible. Then I worked on highlights on the shoulder strap. Part way through that, I decided the highlights on the leather needed to go up a bit, so I added a little bit of white in the brightest areas. Then went back and finished the shoulder strap. There's a couple places on the strap I'm not entirely happy with so I might revisit them at some point. Next, though, will be finishing the guitar.

Rayko: Right Sleeve

 Finished the other sleeve on Rayko today. Next I think will be the little amp(?) thing on his hip and the shoulder strap. Still hoping I can finish this week.

Rayko: Sleeves

Back to Rayko today. I did highlights and shadows on the metal on his left sleeve and then did the first highlight on his right. I also decided to go with black for the rest of his shoulder strap, so I put the base coat on that.

Going to try to get him finished this week.

Duelist: Skin

So I had some wine with dinner, and realized that I wasn't in good shape to work on Rayko tonight. So, I did a base coat on this guy with some new paint I bought and need to test out. So far I like the paint, though I haven't done much with it yet.

Rayko: Left Sleeve

 I got highlights and the base metal on his left sleeve. I think I'm going to do the shade and highlight on the metal on the sleeve and the harness panels next.

I think those little panels on the sleeve that I'm making metal probably should be more cloth or leather. Don't care, I think with this guy bringing in more silver is the way to go.

Rayko: Panel Highlights

 Got highlights and the base metal on the leather panels on his harness. Had to really fight with those lighter purples. They do not want to blend nicely. I might have to go back and futz with it a little more in some spots.

Rayko: Sleeve Shading

I finished the base coat om his left sleeve, and then shaded all the purple bits.

Rayko: Bigger Leather Bits

I'd been waffling on what color to use for those leather panel things on his harness - purple like the gloves, or black like the straps? I went purple, and I like it. Need to finish the base coat on the left glove next, then shade and highlight.

Rayko: Straps & Rings

 Highlights on the leather straps, the front of the guitar strap, and the metal rings.

Rayko: Torso

Highlights on his torso/stomach, and the last of the straps. Next I'll do highlights on the straps and rings, I think.

Rayko: Shoulder, chest

 Finished his shoulder, did the upper chest. Just one section left on his skin and then I'll move on to the rest of the leather harness and then the gloves.

Rayko: Ribs, Shoulder

 Worked on the right side of his ribs and his left shoulder. Did not manage to finish the shoulder; it needs more work. Chugging along.