Orlando: Blue tunic, belts. Lenore: Dress

Continued on with Orlando's tabard, which was fixing the shading on the back so it looked like the same item witht eh same shadows on both sides, and moved on to the highlighting. I think it's done. I also started on the belts and shoes. They need more highlighting, but once that and the various belt buckles and other metal bits are done, the main body will be complete and I'll be on to the other pieces I haven't attached yet. Oh, I did attach the scabbard today.

And I put a base coat on Lenore's dress. Dunno if I love the teal, but I'm going to go with it. Probably.

Lenore: Hair. Orlando: Shading blue.

I started with Lenore's hair. I wasn't sure about blonde for her initially, but I'm feeling it now. I have indeed decided to ignore her eyes, since you can't see them without looking from weird angles.

I'm not sure what other colors will be for her. I like going with colors I don't often use on projects like her. Maybe some teal?

I also started the shading of the blue portions of Orlando's tabard. I have another layer or two of shadow to go.

Hmm. I'm noticing on his back, I've got shadows that are pretty much unrelated between the yellow and blue sides on his mid-back, there. That, of course, doesn't make any sense. I will need to go back and look at that as a whole and see what needs to be changed. Maybe look at the box art for reference. I also noticed  from the box art that I think the lower loop of the belt is supposed to be wider on his right hip than I currently have it painted. I've kind of made myself a line for where I think the edge of the belt is meant to be, and I'm going to use that as a guide for parts that I'm going to re-paint as belt, and so am not going to shade and highlight as part of the tabard.

Orlando: Highlighting yellow. Lenore: Detailing skin.

Continued on with Orlando, putting the highlights on the yellow parts of his tabard and some of the yellow freehand. I'm pretty happy with the result.

And then I put some shading and highlighting on Lenore's skin. I tried using dark green in the shadows, but I think it works much better with olive skin tones. I need to do a little cleanup of the highlight on her lip. Also, while she has eyes sculpted, they're buried under her hood. To see them you have to tip the figure up. So, I'm considering not painting them.

Orlando: Shading Yellow

What time I had tonight got partially taken up with things like fixing my visor after the screws came loose. But I did carry on with shading the yellow parts of Orlando's tunic.

Orlando: Tunic. Lenore.

I've decided to bail on texture on Orlando - I just want to get him finished. So, I've painted over the area that I started texturing, and then started w first round of regular shading. I'm hoping to get him finished off quickly, though I'll probably have to stop for a bit for the commission pieces that are coming (they are delayed a bit).

I also started on Lenore from Hasslefree. This should be a quick, fun paint. She came with a slotted base, so I've put some flock on for texture then glued her to the base. Now I will ignore the base until I'm done with her, then I'll paint it and put some flower tufts on. Maybe a butterfly.

What about making a dent in my Arena Rex guys? Don't worry, I have the next one of those picked out and will start on putting him together soon.

4!

Finished up the giraffe today. Yay!

Giraffe Man: More bits

I'm going to try to finish the giraffe man tomorrow. Today I finished the beads on his necklace, base coated the staff, and did a couple other bits.