Takhi: Spear

Did the metal ends of the spear and started on the ribbons. Attaching the arm is making it both easier and more difficult to paint - easier in that I don't have to hold it while I'm painting it anymore, harder in that I'm having to move the figure in weird directions to get all the angles and some of them are still pretty hard to reach. It's been harder keeping him from leaning, and holding the figure upside down is a little scary as I think he's going to fall right off one of these times.

But I'm almost done! Just the ribbon and the feathers and then touch up. And then, of course, his base.

Takhi's Details and Base. Hunter's Shading.

So I decided what to do with the talisman on Takhi's base. Then, with all the stuff on his main body done, I glued his other arm on.

I think having the other arm in place helps a lot. I also got in some work on his base today. I had planned to cover the top of the wood with some textured paste, leaving just a 1/4 inch border around the edge, but now I'm thinking I kinda like it this way and putting some plants right along the bottom edge of the bard might be good enough.

Since I had to set Takhi aside while the glued arm was setting, I got back to work on the hunter by darkening up the shadows.

Going to have to go back and smooth some of the transitions.

Takhi: Feathers and Other Details

Continued working on Takhi's details today. Did the feathers and some other bits. The last thing (other than his arm) is the talisman on his back, and I'm having trouble picking colors for that that work for me. I might end up going a completely different direction tomorrow.

Takhi: Beads and Details

Got back to Takhi today, and worked on some of the details of the sculpt. Today it was another string of beads, and then a base coat on the hilt of his knife and the thing on his back.

I'm going with bone for the handles, mostly because putting in yet another brown did not work out that well. I suppose I could go with a very dark brown, but I have my doubts.

Takhi: Leather Highlights

Yay! Finally got back to Takhi. I worked on finishing off the leather today, which meant adding the highlights.

I'm pretty happy with it. Now I've mostly just got details and touch-up to do on him, which means I better get cracking on his base.

Also, here's a group shot of all the gaming minis I did that will be finding their home next week.

Hunter: Shading

Back from Origins and back to painting! I'm going to try to clear some of the half-finished stuff off my table. Remember this guy? I'd been planning to do a diorama for competition with him. Well, it wasn't going to be a very good diorama, so now I'm just going to finish him up.

I think not using this piece for competition is a good idea. Just starting on the shading, I'm finding that getting to all the spots is a challenge. He'd be very frustrating to do to a competition level. So, I'm going to aim for good gaming quality and practice with his base. I'll still put him on a swamp base, just a smaller one. That'll be some good basing practice for me.

10!

As expected, finished Anwyn today. She's not awesome but will do adequately for table top.

I'll get a group picture of the whole batch after these have some sealer on them.