BB: Orc Head

I didn't feel up to working on all that armor today, so I did the orc head instead. I thought about grossing it up a bit, but decided that would probably not add anything and be more of a distraction.

BB: Jewelry, Armor

Finished off the gold bits and base coated the armor. I'm hoping to be done with her by the end of next weekend. I feel like I'm making good progress.

It's unfortunate that the main view of her will be from the back, as it's not the best angle for her.

BB: Clothes, Leather, Gold

Shaded and highlighted her outfit today. Also figured out why her face looked off - forgot eyebrows again. So I put those in and also deepened the shadows on her cheeks a bit. I also did the leather bits and the base coat of the gold areas. I see from the pictures I missed the edge of one of those and will have to go back to it.

She's coming along. Not as fast as I'd like, but they never do.

BB: Eyes, Hair, Clothes

Gave Barbarian Barbie eyes, did her hair, and started on her clothes...such as they are. I'm pretty happy with the hair, for once. Her face looks weird in this picture, though.

BB: Skin shading and highlighting, face

Finished the shading on Barbarian Barbie and put on highlights. Also moved on to her face, but didn't finish the eyes. That means she looks a little...odd. I'm pretty happy with her skin, but may go back and add a couple brighter highlights in a few limited places.

Barbarian Barbie: Shading Skin

Started the first round of shading her skin. I wanted to get farther, but while I was putting in the shadows the hole under her sword arm was driving me nuts, so I stopped to try filling it with a couple dabs of glue. Then while I was holding her upside down so the glue would stay put while it set, she fell and her sword broke off again. I had to glue that back on too. Then I had to clean up and smooth up the glue spots...

She's not a terrible cooperative figure so far.

Diorama: Putting it together

With the king done, tonight I put together the diorama pieces that are done. That was the club, the mounted heads, and the king himself. This was stressful, as an errant drop of glue or a failure to get something straight before the glue set could have ruined the whole piece. I think I made it through OK, though, and here's the result.

I'm pretty excited to see it coming together.

I also started working on the other main figure for this diorama, who I am calling Barbarian Barbie:

Once I started painting her, it became clear this figure has more issues than I thought. There are some other gaps I should have filled with green stuff. They're not visible unless you hold her upside down, though, so I'm going to leave it and hope for the best. I also found more surface roughness which I tried to cover with sealer.

Then there's her outfit, which is highly, highly improbable. I didn't notice until I started painting her that there's absolutely nothing holding that bra in place. So, I'm just calling her Barbarian Barbie and having a good laugh.