Monday, 10 September 2018

Sliss, Snake-man Vine Warden



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.

5 comments:

  1. Looks great, what are you calling the purple bits in the bandolier?

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  2. I figure they are potions, or at least plant extracts necessary for spell casting.

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  3. Lovely colors all around - he reminds me a bit of the Gorn from Star Trek.

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  4. nice fig and painting.
    this 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.

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