This is Atrox, another Arena Rex figure. There are a number of beasts; I don't think I've painted any of them first. I have blocked in the base color. I'll soften the lines between the orange and the white, then stripes, then shade and highlight, then details. I'm hoping this one goes pretty quickly.
Finished up this guy. I will finish the other three that I have put together; not sure if I'll do the rest right now or not. Glad to have settled on a color scheme, though.
Got some shading and highlighting on my prototype. I think the highlights need to come up more, but it's better. I think I'm happy with the color scheme overall.
I got back to these guys today. This is the initial color scheme I tried, as a reminder:
I like it, but not for these pieces. I do want that chlorine gas look, though. So, this is what I'm considering now:
This is just base colors blocked in, so it looks quite flat. I'm going to sit with it for a bit and see how I feel about it.
Base coated the swords and got them attached. They need shading and highlights, and some cleanup.
I think I'm finished with the coat. I added another layer of highlight, did some detailing, and then some cleanup. Next I need to decide if I'm going to do the swords or the bases next.
Remembered to put highlights on the borders of his belt. Yay! Got some more shadows and a round of highlights on the coat as well.
Got the metal on the belt and his pendant done. Forgot to highlight the edges of the belt. Going to have to try to remember to do that next time. Got a round of shadow on the coat.
Shading and highlighting on the boots and belt, and undercoating the metal bits there.
Worked on his pants. They might be done, or I might knock some of the highlights back down. They're...a lot.
I added more shadow area to his skin and darkened the shadows some, and then did a brighter round of highlights. I've also base coated his coat. I think I need to do a little more with the face. I'm also debating if I want to make the coat darker.
I've been painting but doing a bad job of posting. Anyway, I've been working on these guys for a little while. The one guy has a potential color scheme blocked in.
I like the colors in general, but...maybe not for these guys. It's pretty bright and cheery. I think I want that sickly chlorine yellow-green, so I think I need to ditch the teal and go all green.
Did face details, hair, and a base coat on the belt of the goth boy. I don't love the face, at least not under the photo booth lighting.
Also, here's the whole group of Morituri:
Zahra and Sereqet, done. Having a bit of a problem in that with the whip attached (it's metal, not resin) she's off balance and falls over on the scorpion. Haven't decided what to do about that yet. I might try to find some very tiny magnets, or I might glue her on after all.
She's done, including sealer. I wanted to give the sealer time to set, so next time I'll trim off the pin and she'll be all set.
Got her hands attached, finished painting them and the bracer on her left arm, and got started on her weapons. One more session, I think.
Finished her clothing and got a base coat and shading on the leather/armor bits. There's actually not a lot left to her. Three or four sessions, maybe.
Here's the scorpion rider. I've based the skin and done a first round of shadow.
When she's done, I'm going to clip off and file down the brass rod I'm currently using to hold her up while I paint her. I don't think I'm going to attach her to Sereqet - the beasts can be used without their riders, and the riders can dismount and remount during a game, so I'd rather keep her as a separate piece. That'll be great until I break and/or lose the figure, but I'll live with that.
Is it good? No. Is it good enough? Yup. Anyway, Sereqet is done. I still need to do the rider before I'm going to call it a complete figure, though.
