Jack: Eyes. Ban-Luca: Skin.

 I detailed Jack's eyes. It's helped make him a little less creepy. Still kinda creepy.

I also got a base coat on Ban Luca''s skin. I found a bunch of casting flaws in the process, and tried to clean them up as best I could. 

Jack: Face & Hair. Ban-Luca.

I got back to Jack today. I got highlights and shadows on his face, some lip color, some eye color, and base coated his hair. All of those parts need more work. On his face I want to give him some freckles and then add some glazes to give it more depth. The eyes and hair need to be finished. I went this way so I could see some of the colors together before deciding how I wanted to finish the skin.

I think I'm going to finish the eyes first, because that blank stare is just creepy.

Also got primer on my next small scale project. This is Ban Luca, an Arena Rec figure. I want to get the Arena Rex figures that I have partially put together painted and finished before I forget what all the weapons go to, She's going to be frustrating because of casting quality, so look for a table top quality paint job on her.

4!

 Finished up the male drider today. He's not great, but he's fine for something quick that started out as a flesh tone test.

Drider: Rest of the base coat

I finished the commission I was working on and got back to my own projects today. I didn't feel up to serious work, so I put a base coat on the rest of the male drider.

I originally had the sword and shield prepped for NMM, then decided...I don't want to do NMM on the bent sword. He's going to get TMM. It's going to be a rough paint job, but so far I like him anyway.

Drider: Flesh tone test, part 2

I didn't have a lot of time tonight, so I worked on adding some quick highlights to the male drider to finish my skin tone test. I settled on some highlight colors for both the lighter and darker base, and I have settled on a set that I'm happy with.

3!

 So here's the wood elf, actually finished this time.

Also got back to Jack today. This is just roughing in a first round of shadows on his face. I think I like the placement, but I'm going to give it some further thought.

Wood Elf: Done...ish. Driders: Flesh tone tests.

I finished up the base on the wood elf today. She'd be done....except I forgot I'd gotten a little of the green from her cloak on her cheek, and forgot to clean it up. So, I have to do that next time, and then she'll be done.

I've also been experimenting with skin tones for a commission that I will start soon. Here's my test pieces. This guy has two base skin tones, both of which have been shaded.

And another one, with a couple more base skin tones. No shading here. I'm not going to use either of these, so I'm not following through on them now. 

I plan to finish these off eventually. I'll probably leave them with their half and half skin tones, though.