Draconis: Spring Clean 2023 and onward

13th August 2023

On Friday I decided that I just needed to grab a figure and get some paint down.

My low hobby mojo / mood initially made even choosing one a bit of a dither…

In the end I grabbed an old Mr Hyde mini that had sat undercoated black, with a zenithal spray, for a long time.

I gave it a drybrush grey, followed by painting the shirt in a bone colour, then drybrushing everything with white.

I tried a contrast flesh tone,  but wasn’t really happy with how it came out.

So I decided to just paint the flesh normally, layer up a bit, wash it then a few light highlights, going brightest on the knuckles and facial features.

I added highlights to the white shirt too, which came out better in person than can be seen in the pictures.

The trousers I also initially tried contrast,  but again I wasn’t happy with the result. So they were repainted, a soft drybrush of dark grey, an off black wash to finish off and tie it together.

To be fair, it’s not great.

But, I didn’t spend a lot of time on it. Mostly done on Friday evening, with the trousers re worked Saturday afternoon and the final skin highlights done then too.

I’m reasonably happy with the face – the thinned red wash adds some depth to it. The eyes…. I don’t think I will try to dot a pupil in, but will just leave as is.

So, another mini finished.

I am still lacking mojo, and don’t know what to work on next.

There is more Star Wars Legion to be done,  but I want to do something smaller first.  Hopefully I can decide soon.