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Stepping in to the WAYPN ring for the first time. Here is Jelena, the Leader of my Eschers, The Tiger Mamas.

I was able to find a way to build up a vibrant blaze orange that only involves 4 steps.

– Prime white; – block in GW Iyanden Yellow; – block in Vallejo Orange Fire; – shade with GW Fuegan Orange; – highlight with Deco Art’s Americana Neon Torrid Orange cut down with a lot of Airbrush Medium to bring it to a point where it can be used effectively on a mini.

I sculpted the fur on her jacket with Green Stuff after I bought “Exotic Furs” at the trading post. It was the first time I’d ever tried making fur and I was doing it after I had finished the paint job you see above.

I think the figs look great in person, but I’ve been self-conscious about the pics because a lot of the features of the paint job don’t show up well with my photo skills. For instance, the skull on her shoulder is done with GW gemstone paint; the white speckling on her chest and other orange clothes is from the glitter paint that I used; the base rim is done with a Molotow mirror chrome pen that looks amazing in person but looks really flat in pics.  The chrome pen is also really great for adding specular highlights to any steel or silver pieces of gear.