Our next contenders

Next up im going to be tackling Youko Hamasaki, and Brewmaster, as well as their mutual friend Shojo.

For my Youko crew, I based them all up in a Zen Garden theme, with rock paths, raked sand, and a pond (sans Koi cuz the bases are too small. Some of the bases I did the for crew were a bit of a pain, so I think ill just make another rock path surrounded by grass like this Kabuki Warrior in the picture.

Brewmaster is a crew I put together a long time ago, and it shows in the quality. I did the crew on bases that look like busted up docks along some swamp water. They were kinda meh, but Im not gonna redo them all now, so ill still do these folks up to match for now.

For the swamp bases, I started by breaking up some pieces of a coffee stirrer. I made sure to break them and not cut them so I would have some jagged edges. Then I glued them onto the base toward one side, making sure there was enough room for the model to sit.

When I was happy with that, I primed the base, and then base coated the wood in a medium brown. I then hit it with a dark brown wash, and drybrushed it with a lighter brown to bring out the edges. I kept the color pretty dark to keep a rotten and swampy look.

Next I painted a gradient of greens into the swampy area, and I did the same for half of the Shojo base, since it was be half swamp water and half grass to match the other crews bases.

The last steap was to just pour some water effect into the swampy part, but I forgot to take a separate pic, so youll see it at the end.

For the Zen base, I decided to finally break out the Milliput. Im sure Gerry will be pleased. I did some very basic sculpting to just push a few piles of the stuff into roughly rectangular shape. I then used a knife to cut it into more of a clear rectangle, and then softened the sides. I used a small rock to add some texture to the tops after the Milliput had dried just a bit.

I then slapped some sand down in the negative spaces. After sealing it and letting it dry, I primed it place.

The sand got my normal treatment for sand, I base coated it burnt umber, and then dry brushed it with Vallejo Game color Khaki. Its a good recipe because you don’t really have to do multiple passed of drybrushing.

For the stones, I base coated them with a medium-dark gray, and then drybrushed a few layers up to a lighter gray. Super simple.

Finally I added some green grass to the dirt, as well as half of the Shojo base so she would have a mix of both styles. I tried to use a static grass applicator for this, and hey. Pro tip. Those things are only for doing big terrain pieces. Don’t use them for bases, it will just make a huge mess.

For some reason I have an extremely hard time remembering to take WIP pics when painting models. However, this time I did actually remember while painting Shojo.

Shojo is a water spirit, and in the art her body and clothes are all a dull gold color. I started by base coating her in a brownish yellow, and then highlighted up to a gold type of color. I probably should have made her brighter just to make her pop more, but hindsight is 20/20.

Next I base coated the water parts in dark blue, and drubrushed a medium blue, before highlighting up to a light blue to show the splashes of the water. On her sleeves, the “fabric” is turning into water, so I tried to blend those areas a bit, but transitioning from yellow to blue is pretty tough.

Past I did her hair in red, highlighting up to almost orange. According to her lore, her hair is usually black and sometimes red/orange, but I thought the black would get lost here.

Youko was a pretty simple paint job. Everything was a simple base coat and then highlight. I put a wash on her underclothes because the purple I used was too bright. The brown for her gloves and boots I also did with a wash and drybrush cuz they seemed like too much work to highlight manually.

Brewmaster was a fun paintjob. I actually use GWs recipe for Ork skin to do my Gremlins. It makes them a bit darker than the art, but I like it anyway. I couldnt decide how to do the spilled alcohol effect, so I just started with a yellowish brown base, and highlighted up to a pretty bright color. It ended up coming out pretty good in my opinion.

Youko was a pretty simple paint job. Everything was a simple base coat and then highlight. I put a wash on her underclothes because the purple I used was too bright. The brown for her gloves and boots I also did with a wash and drybrush cuz they seemed like too much work to highlight manually.

Brewmaster was a fun paintjob. I actually use GWs recipe for Ork skin to do my Gremlins. It makes them a bit darker than the art, but I like it anyway. I couldnt decide how to do the spilled alcohol effect, so I just started with a yellowish brown base, and highlighted up to a pretty bright color. It ended up coming out pretty good in my opinion.

Thats the whole set, another box down. A ton more to go.