Freya: All Together

I finished her arm and glued it in place today. I have some touch-up to do, but apart from that she's done until her plinth is ready to be based.

She's not my best work ever, by far. But even so I think I'm fairly content with her. Or possibly just to be done with her.

15!

Finished off the well over the last couple of days.

That's the final version. It took a few steps to get there. For starters, once the slime dried it was a little too light:

So, I glazed it with a darker green before putting in shade and highlight. Then I put the water effects in the well. This is just after the water effects went in, so it's still cloudy.

It worked pretty well. I learned how to get bubbles out of Realistic Water (scoop them out, don't try to pop them). However, there was an issue. It cracked when it dried. You can see it as the really bright spot in the well.

So, I decided I wanted some more slime on the water anyway. So I mixed some up, put it over the surface to hide the crack, and then put in just a touch more Realistic Water to make it look like the slime was at the top or just under the surface of the water. I'm pretty happy with the overall results. I like the item enough that I'm thinking I need to come up with some kind of game to build around it.

Also spent some time working on Freya's arm. I'm hoping to finish her this weekend.

Well of Chaos: Verdigris, Slime

So, today I started by putting the verdigris on the metal bits. Also did the gem towards the bottom...decided it was black onyx.

So, with that done, I want to put some of that green muck that grows on the edges of or in shallow water, because eventually there will be water in the well. I took some heavy gel, added green paint and some extra fine flock for a bit of texture. Here's the mix just after I put it together:

Then, it was wait until it dried to see how it looks. It looked pretty good; the texture came through and the color went to the color of the paint when it dried. I decided that the color I chose was a little too dark and desaturated, so I did the next batch using a brighter green.

On the left is the original mix, and you can see how much darker it got. On the right is the new mix. I also put some on the well.

Once it dries, if I don't like the color I can paint over it. If I do like the color I can hit it with some quick shade and highlights. Then, I'll put some wet effects into the well, and this will be done. I could experiment with the wet effects first, but it would just be putting some into a different container and seeing what it does. May as well do that here.

Airbrush Interlude: Well of Chaos

I started on a piece of Bones terrain I'm hoping to speed paint and finish this weekend. I'm also going to use it to try out some ideas on making shallow, swamp water for use on a project I'll start in a little while.

Here's the figure with the base coat air brushed on.

Then, I shaded, tinted, and highlighted. Also base coated the bronze and shaded that. I'm going to experiment with some verdigris on that. 

Freya: Boots

Worked on her boots today. It went about as well as I expected - it was a big pain. :p But the result is adequate, even if the ruffles(?) are still kinda silly.

Now I just have to do her other arm and get it in place, then touch up. Then she'll be done, but it'll be on to her base.

Freya: Putting pieces together

Got a fair bit done today. Finished off the pauldron, painted her glove, and shaded and highlighted the bodice and skirt. All this was so that I could glue her cloak in place.

My favorite thing about NMM is when you put that last bright white highlight on there, and it all just comes together. 

I need to do a bit of touch up around her hair where the pieces were glued together. Then I'll get back to her boots. I also think the gold and the green cloak are not quite playing nice, but I think I'm just going to leave that as it is. She's not going to be my favorite piece over, but she is coming along. 

Freya: Putting shine on the gold

I didn't get much time in on her today, but I started putting some shine on the gold.