Abdel: Stripes. Noxious. Class demo #2.

I found a photo of some patterned cloth to use as a sample for Abdel. I started putting the first round of stripes on. Didn't get very far, but I'm slow with this kind of thing and got a late start with him.

I finished my second demo figure today. Here he is:

Here he is with the first one:

And lastly, I've been prepping another gladiator figure. Finally got him mostly put together and patched up today. This is Noxious:

He's also got a shield, but that will go on last.

Abdel: Glaze. Class Demo #2

I glazed Abdel's highlights with some clear red to put the red hue back.

I lost more lightness than I'd have liked, but I haven't decided if I'm going to try to tweak it some more or not.

In the meantime, I also put some shading and highlighting on the 'shirt' - that little bit in the middle of his chest. Next I'll either futz with the turban some more, or else go on to the orange robe. I may try putting a pattern on it.

I also started on the next demo figure for class with a round of shadows.

Abdel: More Highlight. Class Demo 1.

Did the next round of highlights on Abdel's turban. Next will be glazing it back to red.

Also did the highlights on this class demo figure.

Abdel: Highlights.Class demo 1

I added a first round of highlights to Abdel's turban.

I'm going to go with another lighter round of highlights, then glaze them back to red. That's why I'm being fairly generous with the highlight area and sloppy with the transitions - I know I'm going to be glazing it all over later anyway.

I also put in a little work on one of my class demo minis:

There's not enough yet to show what the class topic is, but it'll become clearer as I go.

Abdel: Shading turban

I continued shading Abdel's turban today, taking the shadows to blue and adding a darker bit in the very deepest parts.

The blue makes the red pop more, and it will have even more pop when I get the highlights on.

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Finished up the relic today. I like her, for all that she was a quick paint on a badly prepped mini.

I also got back to Abdel today.

This is just a first round of shadow on the turban. The next round, I'll go to blues for the shadows. Also, I decided to stick with the colors as they are. I still don't love it, but I'm going to push through it.

Relic: Most everything else

So, it has been a few days. I wasn't feeling motivated to paint, so I took a break. Now I'm back, and I got to work on finishing the relic.

She's mostly done. I might go back and pick out the ties on her pants, I might not. Other than that, all I have to do is finish the base, which I should be able to get done pretty quick tomorrow. If I wanted to try to perfect this piece, or at least get it closer, I'd start by cleaning up some of the lines on the swords. They are pretty sloppy right now.