Freya: Skin

Put a base coat on her skin today. Found a couple more rough spots in the process and tried to fix them as I went.

I'm still debating colors for her. I'm considering making her blonde, but I think she may really want to be a red head.

11!

Yes, it has been quite a while. I went to GenCon. Then I got back from GenCon and came down with a case of con crud. I am feeling better now, and got back to painting today.

And today, I finished off the wizard. The staff is not awesome but I'm pretty happy with the rest of it. I tried doing a bit more with the staff, but the bit at the top is kind of a shapeless blob, so I gave up.

I have also been working on Freya. Yesterday I got some green stuff on to patch bubbles and other surface imperfections.

Today I put a primer coat on her to check for spots that need more attention, and partly glued her together. The wizard is in there for scale - you can see she's about twice the size of the figures I usually do.

Her back is going to be covered by her cloak, which is why it can get away with being pretty ugly. 

And there she is, striding down the runway. I haven't decided what I'm going to do for a base with her, but I am certainly tempted. She just so looks like she's showing off the season's new styles in armor.

Her other arm and cloak would be very difficult to paint around, so I will paint them separate and glue them on when everything is done.

Wizard: Robe Border

I didn't have a lot of time today, but I did get the rest of the border on his robes base coated. Still happy with the color.

Wizard: Robes

Shaded and highlighted his robes. The red bit on the hem is a color test - I was debating between the red and yellow, was leaning toward red but was concerned how it would play with the purple I used to shade the blue robe. So, I tried the red on a small section. I'm happy with it, so that's what I'll be using. I also filled in that pouch on his side, there. Still need to shade and highlight that.

Wizard: Eyes, Hair, Robes

The eyes on this guy are really tricky. They're recessed in under his hood and there aren't really eyeballs in there, just sockets, so you have to fill in the shape on your own. So, they're far from my best eyes ever, but they're done. I'm much happier with his hair. The robe just has a base coat. He has a smock thing kinda down between his hands; I might switch to do that next because it's going to be hard to get to and Imay mess up other stuff in the process.

Wizard: Skin

Shaded and highlighted the skin on this guy. I'm not thrilled with some parts of it and was going to mess with it some more, but then I remembered: Speed paint. Move along.

Next will be his eyes and hair.

I'm still working on cleaning up Freya, and it is coming along. Pictures next time, maybe.

Bases and a wizard

Yes, it's been a while. I've been working on some stuff I can't post pictures of. However, I've wrapped that up and am on to some other projects.

I'm still working on cleaning up Freya. No pictures, but it's still in progress. Soon I'll be on to paint.

I am a sucker for preformed bases.So, when CoolMiniOrNot did a Kickstarter with bases, I went in on it. They showed up yesterday. Unlike the other pre-made bases I've got, these are two parts - an insert, and the surrounding rim:

So, you can paint the insert separately and when it's done, glue it in to the other bit.

So, I painted one up. I'll put a figure on it later. I'm pretty happy with it. There was some mold lines that had to be cut off, which left some not as nicely sculpted bits. I don't think I'd use them for competition pieces, at least not without a lot more practice in cleaning them up and making it look nice, but for gaming or such they're great.

Also, while my husband was away over the 4th he found some figures I'd painted years ago for some friends to use in gaming. They're awful. Truly horrible. So, I'm going to take some of my Bones and paint them up as replacements. I've started the first.

These are going to be gaming quality, so should go pretty quick.