Final?! I was to involved in painting to take photos, just wanted to get ‘er dun, so I skipped all the middle posts. The skin and sword was identical to the plaguebearer unit, but with more care taken and more layers.
Unfortunately, I’m still a little disappointed with the paint job. I was hoping to enter this model into Crystal Brush in April, but he missed the mark by a bit. The freehand isn’t good enough, the cape is supposed to be “fire lighting”, but it doesn’t work at all and the base is really plain. The paint job is competent and looks great, but it isn’t my best work.
That’s ok though, as I have a back-up entry for Crystal Brush…you’ve seen it here already, and you can guess if you like, but I’m going to keep it to myself until I get back.
I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to paint for the back of the cloak. I knew I wanted something to “obscure” the fire-lit part of it, but nothing else. I pulled out my tablet and Sensu brush/stylus (totally a product placement, because it’s fun) and doodled a bit until something came together.
When I translated it to the cape though, it still wasn’t what I wanted. It doesn’t cover enough, and it isn’t “intricate” enough to cover enough.
Lastly, some basic OSL. 🙂 This is pretty easy – paint the fire, paint the skull and hand and then apply a layer or two of that Lamenter’s Yellow. Done!
