Moonstone…finally

Love the puns. Not much more to say about him than that he painted up pretty easily.

That completes all the gnomes that I have. Now onto the hoomans. Having painted their skin I can say that while the sculpts are good, the details, particularly on the faces, are a bit soft. The upshot is I’m not ecstatic to paint them but I’m sure once I get stuck in I’ll have fun.

I’ve been working away on these. I decided to give them a fairly common color scheme, with red being the anchor, so I’ve been trying out not batch painting exactly (as they’re all different sculpts) but working through all of the red, then all of the leather, etc.

This has meant slower going in terms of the lag between starting a mini and finishing it but I think it’ll be quicker in the long run. Plus when I finish a minis they will all finish shortly thereafter.

Again, my goal isn’t speed but at the same time I don’t want to unnecessarily waste time and energy. After all, I already have more to paint than I’ll likely get to in my life. (You can see my current stock of RelicBlade in the background and yesterday my acquisition disorder led me to order a bunch of the Twisted inventory so now there’s that to look forward to as well).

So I abandoned my “I’m going to paint all of a given color” strategy. It was both unsatisfying (no nice little gobbets of accomplishment as I finish a mini) and possibly counterproductive (as I paint up in successive layers—skin, then whatever is closest to the skin, etc.—as that means most mistakes I make will be covered over by the next layer up and I don’t have to be so careful).
Quite pleased with Fritz. He’s probably my second favorite hooman.

So this is my second run at Baron von Fancyhat. The first one I sent off as a gift.

Though I can’t quite pin down why, I’m pretty sure I did a better job the first time around. Not my best work. Also not my worst.

A side note: I’m hoping my photos will see a marked improvement soon. Soapdodger’s recent foray into photographic excellence has served as a kick in the jaxie for me to stop taking pics with my iPhone 6 and finally up my game. I’m awaiting some lights and a tripod and then I’ll spend the next few months making a right hash of it and irritating all of you with my crappy but effortful photos.

I’m pleased with the wood grain texture I was able to get into his shield. He is a fun sculpt once you focus in on him.

Particularly pleased with the quilted pattern on his left arm. (And yes, I know the pics are a bit dodgy. As I said in an earlier post I’m hoping I have a fix coming.)