WIP - CAPT Kara Black - Sedition Wars Pt. 2...

Slow going on this one due to being too knackered to be bothered with painting after work at the moment... Thankfully (?) some mechanical problems with the car gave me the perfect excuse to stay home today and get a little painting in.

I'd decided a while back that I'd try for a brown leather look on the vest - similar to an aviator's jacket. I'll probably add some subtle edge highlights here and there but I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out. The colours for those who might be interested are - VMC leather brown, VMC camo black brown, VMC dark sea blue and VMC desert yellow.

WIP - CAPT Kara Black - Sedition Wars.

I was looking forward to finishing up Inigo but with the deadline fast approaching for my WAMP challenge entry I decided that it was time to make a start. 

It's always a pleasure to work on miniatures like this - beautifully sculpted and cast - McVey's resin along with Kingdom Death's is peerless.

The face is almost finished - just some more nuances of colour to add here and there, same with the hair. I was however at a bit of a loss as to what colours to use on the uniform - was thinking of a dark brown to get away from the official version but ended up going with VMC dark blue grey - different enough but still blue just because it works well...

WIP - Inigo Wilde by Statuesque Miniatures

Well I was going to make a start on CAPT Kara Black for my WAMP challenge entry but the milliput was taking too long to cure so I thought I'd get cracking on Inigo. I was hesitant to paint it because I've never painted black skin and wasn't sure how to go about it to get a realistic result... I had a look at some of Ali McVey's work for inspiration and came up with some colours. I ended going with VMC cam violet brown, VMC leather brown, VMC German cam black brown and VMC dark sea blue. Early days but I'm happy with how it's looking thus far.

Four A Miniatures - Sea Demon #3

I could just squeeze in an hour and a half's worth of painting this evening so I thought I'd try to finish the third of the sea demons... Didn't quite get there and after looking at the pics I'm not sure what to make of it, a little dull to be certain, almost like it's primed and nothing else... Will see what I can do with it tomorrow, it's the better halfs night to cook so I'll make the most of the extra time

Four A Miniatures - Sea Demon #2

Thought it'd be nice to see all three of the Sea Demons painted up so I spent a few hours this afternoon painting up this guy. It was a much quicker and simpler job than on the first but I'm happy enough with it.

I used the airbrushed zenithal highlighting technique again, it definitely speeds up the painting process but I think it might encourage a bit of laziness. That said - certainly a great technique for tabletop standard PJs.

Old School Grenadier Pt. 3...

After noticing a few things that I wasn't happy with I spent a little time today fixing them up - nothing major - the boots were pretty awful before so I added a little more depth to them by deepening the shadows, the same thing with the staff. I also found something that I hadn't painted at all so that was sorted also (photos are great for noticing things that would otherwise go unseen).

Old School Grenadier Pt. 2...

Arrived home after 5 days in Sydney, 5 days which basically consisted of over-indulging in food and alcohol and little else... I should say that it was fun while it lasted but it's nice to be home but the truth is, I think I could quite happily make a career out of it... Ah well - back to reality.

Spent a couple of afternoons on the Grenadier miniature since getting back and thought I'd post a quick pic. Was one of those miniatures where the colour scheme was all over the shop and seemed only to be getting worse with each new colour applied. I was tempted a couple of times to throw in the towel and start on something new but I stuck with it and actually ended up being quite happy with the result. Once again it was painted largely with just VMC and VMA paints, I'm really enjoying painting with the Model Air paints with the only downside being that they dry a little glossy when brushed on.