Carnevale – City of romance, grandeur and bloody screaming.

Zovena Vela, one of Venice’s Gifted.  She is a show model/limited edition for 2021 and rather cool!  As she was a member of Venetian nobility who has become a pyromancer, I thought she belonged in my crew.

Her skin is done with a Barbarian flesh basecoat, then shaded with a terracotta/barbarian mix.  Finally I diluted some dark fleshtone with glaze medium and washed it over her cracked skin to give a dark burned look.

This model was crying out for some OSL with her burning hands so I gave that a go.  I think it turned out ok, extreme lighting effects are something I’m working on!

And now we come to the humble yet loyal household staff.  When the nobility of Venice take their fancy soirées out on the streets, they take the staff along with them to help out.

Because you never know when you will need a butler.  Or frying pan.

I had a stinking cold over the weekend which slowed things down, but the third Barnabotti is done.

The dress is Goblin Green shaded with Cayman Green, then highlighted with a little Ice Yellow.

The underskirt, if that is what you call them, is Ice Yellow highlighted with a bit of white mixed in and a touch of Moon Yellow for shading.

The lace and wig (at least I presume it is a wig!) are Ivory basecoats shaded with Stonewall Grey.  I also used a diluted Nuln Oil wash into the recesses of the hair taking some care not to darken it all.

The feathers and fan are Squid Pink, again highlighted with white.  I also used a diluted red wash (Carroburg Crimson) for a bit of shading.

The Gold trim is Glorious Gold and Nuln oil.

Our third fancy dandy is the leader of my crew, the Venetian Noble.  I have carried on with the cloth of gold theme for the lining of his cloak and gone with an opulent Turquoise outfit.

The Hawk Turquoise is the base colour highlighted with mixing in a little Electric Blue.  The gold trim (and cape lining) is Glorious Gold and a light Nuln Oil (black) wash to give some definition.  The cape is Scarlett Red with some Ivory mixed in for the highlights and shaded with a touch of purple.

My first two Carnevale miniatures are done!  I am starting off with a Patricians crew as for me they are definitively Venetian I  appearance and their backstory of street-roaming murder parties is simple but so characterful.

I decided to kick off with a pair of Barnabotti, who are minor nobles whose family fortunes have fallen on hard times.  They pour their remaining wealth into maintaining appearances so I decided to go all out on making them a gang of outrageously flamboyant murder peacocks and try my hand at bold yellows.

Then I thought, why not make them a couple out on the town with a his & hers costume theme?