Takhi: Base Update

I got a lot of work in on Takhi's base over the last couple days. Here's where it stands. I'm going to take another look tomorrow and see if there's any more changes I want to make, but I think it's pretty much done.

Takhi's Base

Here's an update on Takhi's base. It's coming along steadily. Next will be ferns and such, but I will need to paint them before applying them.

Hunter: Done!

Well, his paint is done, anyway. I need to put together a base for him. Going to play with  doing a swamp base. He's pretty rough - the blending is terrible - but he's done, which was the goal. And from arm's length he looks fine.

I've also done some work on Takhi's base, but failed to get pictures. That'll have to wait for tomorrow.

Hunter: Face, Hair

I did get a little more done on Takhi's base today, but was unable to get pictures I spent most of my time on the hunter, working on his face, nails, and fur. I think I'll go back and make his fur darker.

Takhi's base, Hunter Highlights

So I've been working on Takhi's base, mostly planning layout and practicing techniques. Here's a shot of a potential composition.

Takhi is behind the base rather than on top of it, so he will look bigger in the final composition. That's a squirrel on the left. I will not be using that actual squirrel, it's just there for test purposes.

Here's the base with some additional rocks glued on.

This is the vegetation I'm thinking of using as a tree after it's been painted. Not too bad, eh?

And these are test boards for moss. It's texture that's glued on to the base and then painted. The one on the left is painted; the one on the right is just glued and waiting to dry. The surface is a mix of two different sized flocks glued on with Elmer's that's been mixed with green paint. I plan to put that moss over a large part of the base.

Last, I got in a little progress on the hunter. I've highlighted his skin and did a bit of smoothing. Not a ton; I'm not trying to make him a super smooth competition piece. But I am liking the way he looks.

Takhi and His Base

Did the cleanup on Takhi today. I don't think you'll see a lot of difference from yesterday's pictures. I'm gong to look him over for anything I missed, but unless I find something, he's done. Well, he needs sealer and then he's done.

I'm quite pleased with him. The only thing that is questionable is how the saturated green on his staff draw attention away from the main body of the figure, but I'm hoping once he's on his base (which will have a lot of bright green) that will balance that out some.

Speaking of his base, I started painting it today. It's meant to be like a hill that's mostly dirt with some rocks sticking out. I'm going to put lots of moss, ferns, and foliage on it, in hope of giving it a ;woodsy undergrowth' sort of look. We'll see how that goes. My basing skills are not great.

Takhi: Staff

Did the highlighting and shading on the ribbons on Takhi's staff. It's pretty much down to clean up now for him.