I’m continuing my work on Collandra’s new crew for Ghost Archipelago, and here is her new Warden. I knew I wanted to paint this figure as soon as I saw the digital render. He’s actually the snake-man herbalist, but he looks like he’s casting a spell to me!
I
made him a Vine Warden mainly because he’s holding a plant, but also because I
really like some of the Vine Warden spells. Sliss will be starting with Warp
Weapon, Snare, Bark, and Amphibious; which I think is a nice mix of attack,
enhancement, and utility.
He
got the blue skirts as blue is the unifying colour of the whole crew. I made
several attempts to paint his…what do you call a cloth that hangs in front like
that? Does it have an name? Well, I made several attempts to paint it following
the pattern sculpted on it, but this detail proved just too fine for my slowly
fading eyesight. So, I just did a little free-hand. When doing the artist references
for the snake-men, I said that their designs usually incorporated a lot of
curves, so that’s what I went with.
This
guy got the benefit of the new, brush-on varnish I’m using. I am still
surprised at how much better this does at preserving the actual colour painted
onto the mini. It does leave the figure with just a tiny bit of shine, but not
enough to bother me.
A
few more figures to come.
Looks great, what are you calling the purple bits in the bandolier?
ReplyDeleteI figure they are potions, or at least plant extracts necessary for spell casting.
ReplyDeleteLovely colors all around - he reminds me a bit of the Gorn from Star Trek.
ReplyDeletenice fig and painting.
ReplyDeletethis is the varnish I mentioned in reply to an earlier post of yours:
http://www.winsornewton.com/uk/shop/oils-solvents-mediums-and-varnishes/artists-matt-varnish-5-07-us-fl-oz-150ml-can-3034981
400ml can can be had for about £11 / 12
it's worth a try if you've an artist's supply shop locally and can avoid shipping costs.
Nice work looks great Joe.
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