IP stuff from my current effort...

I'm working on another Red Box Games miniature and just thought I'd show a few steps along the way for what it's worth.

I mentioned in my previous post that I've been trying the priming technique where the miniature is primed black and then lightly airbrushed a lighter colour from the direction of the "lightsource" to place the highlights in the correct locations and begin the blending process (check out Thomas David's Miniature Mentor video to see how well it can work). I used it a little differently this time around as I only wanted the black to remain in the deepest recesses because the miniature is so small.

I also finished the base first because I keep painting miniatures only to put them aside without basing them (kind of a pointless exercise). A good idea in theory but I'll probably just end up with a heap of miniatureless bases lying around instead... 

Nothing special here - just a bit of stick from some place, "Knead it", miniNatur grass and some foam moss...

Clemundr Hawkeye by Red Box Games.

I've developed the annoying habit of getting within a hair's breadth of finishing miniatures only to abandon them. I know that it'd be so easy to put a few hours work in and finish them up but I just can't be arsed, there's just a total lack of interest. It seems that I need to complete a miniature within a few days or I might as well not bother.

Onto the miniature in question - I bought a bunch of Red Box sculpts a while back (one of which I've already painted) and thought another of the line would be the perfect choice for a quick paint-job that I could actually finish in short-order. A couple of days later and here it is...

I tried out the technique (not sure if anyone's named it yet) of priming black and then airbrushing a lighter colour from the direction of the 'light source' to facilitate the process of highlight placement and blending. It may be a little more helpful on larger miniatures but it's still a very useful technique even on something as small as a RBG miniature.

For a quick PJ I'm very happy with how it turned out, this was in large part down to Tre's great sculpting though.