Relic: Skin, Hair, Clothes. Class minis.

I've been having a problem with motivation the last couple days. The pieces I have in progress just aren't appealing to me, so I'm not feeling all that interested in working on them. So, I'm going to treat Relic like a speed paint exercise, and try to do adequate quality as quickly as I can. I was going to try to finish her all at once this afternoon, but I got a late start and then had to stop early. So, I'll try to get her done with one more sitting.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Abdel. I might try to push through, or I might change up his color scheme to something I like better - yes, I was using colors outside my comfort zone on purpose as a personal challenge, but it's not useful if it translates to not working on him at all. 

The other thing I worked on today was starting a set of figures I'm going to use as demo pieces in a class I'm prepping for next ReaperCon. In time, it will become clear what the class is about.

Relic: Shading skin

Not much progress today; I got a late start. I worked on shading the Relic's skin.

Abdel: Rethinking colors. Bombshell Babe Relic #4.

Today I went back and tweaked the colors on Abdel just a bit.

I've switched to a less saturated orange, and moved to more of a beige than yellow (though on the figure it still looks pretty yellow). I don't love it yet, but this is better. A little less painful to look at.

I also started a figure from the Box of Pre-Primed Minis. This is Relic #4 from the Bombshell Babes kickstarter (the first one).

She had seriously fuzzy primer and a lot of scratches from when I cleaned her up. I put on a couple coats of brush-on sealer to try to reduce all that. In any case, this is a pretty simple sculpt that shouldn't take long to paint up. I'd been thinking about trying zenithal priming once again with this figure, but then I realized she's not going to have much that's that interesting going on with her shadows and highlights because she's so simple - no drapery or anything like that. So I'll save that experiment for another day, and just paint this one.

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Finished up Infelix today. He needs his coat of sealer still, but other than that he's done.

I also blocked in colors on Abdel. I like the red, I'm fine with the yellow, but I'm not sure about the orange.

As you can see, I also changed his eyes to blue. With the warm colors on the rest of him, going with a cool color for his eyes will make them show up that much more.

Infelix: Loincloth, straps, boots. Abdel: Face, mane.

Continued on with Infelix, finishing the loin cloth and going to the leather straps and his boots.

He's coming along pretty quickly.I might try to finish him tomorrow, or I may not. I did just notice I haven't done his nipples yet...got to remember that detail next time.

I also started on Abdel, working on his face and mane.

I worked from a couple reference photos for his face. I don't love it - there's meant to be texture that isn't showing up well, especially in the white areas. I also think I need to soften up the edges of the stripes a little, probably with more texture. But before that, I think I need to get some color on the head wrap to see how things will go together. I may block in the color everywhere else before messing with the face more. Still haven't decided on colors for his clothing. Hmm...I might need to cut back on the shadow area on his mane, too. It looks like beige with white highlights than white with beige shadows.

Infelix: Loincloth

I didn't get a ton done today, but I did move along on Infelix. I've shaded and highlighted the red bits, and base coated the blue.

Infelix: Face, Hair. Abdel: Basing Face

Finished the detailing (OK, the cuts) on Infelix, his face, and went on to his hair. Also started on the loin cloth. For the blood, I used a specialty paint from Games Workshop that's designed to be blood-like. It has the color, stays a little glossy, and is kinda sticky so that you can use it to make dribbles without it actually dripping everywhere.

I started Abdel by getting a base coat on his face and mane.