I felt the base looked rather bare and lacking in contrast after looking at the pics so I put a little more into it. I added some more grass, darkened the shadows and also played around with some pigments for the first time.

Sort of done...

Here's a finished miniature complete with base - wonders never cease...

This is a great little sculpt by Tre Manor - fantastic musculature for such a tiny miniature and nice movement too...

I was confident that this was finished but after seeing this pic I'm not too sure - I might put a little more work into the base - it seems a tad bare - maybe a bit more grass or something, we'll see...

I was relatively happy with how Yarry was looking but my girlfriend wasn't so sure... She quite liked the majority of it but the face bothered her - the eyes look funny she kept saying. Sure, he didn't turn out quite how I'd envisioned but I was satisfied and had decided to move on... That is until the girlfriend reiterated her earlier point... Another couple of hours later and here's the result...

Still not sold on the face dear or can I move on?

I know - no posts in 3 months and then 2 in a day...

I've admired Sebastian Archer's painting for years so it wasn't too much of a surprise when he ended up being a pretty decent sculptor too. This goblin is from his own line of miniatures - Guild of Harmony Miniatures... This guy's pretty much done now (apart from the base ofcourse) although I'm still debating whether or not to include the shield...

On closer inspection - I might try for a little more contrast on the face - it seems a little flat. It is a pretty small sculpt though so I won't knock myself out...

Still no base but he is pretty much finished with that one small exception... That said, now that I have big photos of Yarry to look at I'll more than likely find plenty of things to fix up before that bloody base gets done...

Almost done...

Work conspired to keep me away from the brushes recently but I finally got some time to myself over the weekend and managed to get a reasonable amount done.

I initially wasn't sure if this figure was a great choice after such a long break from painting but in retrospect I think it was the best possible choice. It's such an amazing sculpt and very pleasant to paint - the perfect choice for someone getting back into the swing of things...

Just the metallics, a bit of polishing and then, of course the base to do now. Not sure yet what I'll come up with but I guess there's no rush - 6 weeks of convalescent leave coming up due to an ankle reconstruction so plenty of painting time coming up...

Still at it...

Still mucking about - getting reacquainted with my paints and just painting in general...

Not sure about the colour choices now that I see them in a photo but hopefully it'll fall into place.