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Nice pair of bases there Gwyn. Those banshees are the highlight of the page though, they look great. The misty bases have worked really well

Lovely verdigris on the big base, and like your nighthaunt scheme very much. My eldest plays nighthaunts and I shall have to share your basing technique with him

Maharg wrote:Nice pair of bases there Gwyn. Those banshees are the highlight of the page though, they look great. The misty bases have worked really well

Thank you! Next project (while I wait for more primer) should build on what I've learned from the banshees.

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely verdigris on the big base, and like your nighthaunt scheme very much. My eldest plays nighthaunts and I shall have to share your basing technique with him

Please do! It's a really easy way to add interest, though it is nerve wracking once you've put down the PVA glue and are trying to tease the strands of cotton into place!

And now I get to do it again on a high stakes figure!

I started Lady Olynder years ago, and now it's time to do her properly! This is the undercoat tonal transition of the ghost bodies and the contrast layer of her veil put down. Note that her handmaiden's don't have the second "layer" that almost all Nighthaunts have, so no flesh for them! There was also a bit too much pooling near the ends of the tattered veil, but I intend to drybrush a much paler colour over the veil, so I'll try lightening those up. Maybe even a light-coloured thin wash.

All the other colours are remnants of my first base coats I put on them ages ago.

Well, the next bunch Nice roses

She's an excellent model. Good work so far.
Like the bases.

I love the bright colours. The boy is stealing your mist for the craven king, he was trying to figure out something unusual

I love the Overlords base, it looks great. Great start on the ghostly lady too

More solid work Gwyn, that base for your overlord looks very cool. Keen to see Olynder in your scheme, I think it'll be something special.

Not Online!!! wrote:Well, the next bunch Nice roses

Thanks Not Online!!! I love the roses on this model, they should be a lot of fun to paint.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:She's an excellent model. Good work so far.
Like the bases.

She's one of my favourite GW models, I've been looking forward to doing her for ages!

inmygravenimage wrote:I love the bright colours. The boy is stealing your mist for the craven king, he was trying to figure out something unusual

Fantastic! An especially dense layer will work great for the Craven King, as he really floats high above the base!

gobert wrote:I love the Overlords base, it looks great. Great start on the ghostly lady too

Thanks gobert! Actually using the base might wait a good while.

Tyranid Horde wrote:More solid work Gwyn, that base for your overlord looks very cool. Keen to see Olynder in your scheme, I think it'll be something special.

Thanks Tyranid Horde! I think Olynder is gonna be quite the centerpiece, here's hoping!

I got the purple on her, and I dry-brushed the flesh veil. Those being the two most important steps, I think this is a promising result! I think I'm going to need to do more highlight on the white, it's still coming out really flat, the Apothecary White Contrast isn't quite enough on it's own, especially around the filigree.

Yeah, promising is not an understatement

Very promising indeed Gwyn!

Digging that purple fade big time.

Looking good Gwyn, if you want some definition around the filigree, would the purple you used for the cloak be a good recess wash?

Not Online!!! wrote:Yeah, promising is not an understatement

gobert wrote:Very promising indeed Gwyn!

youwashock wrote:Digging that purple fade big time.

Thanks Not Online!!!, gobert, and youwashock

Tyranid Horde wrote:Looking good Gwyn, if you want some definition around the filigree, would the purple you used for the cloak be a good recess wash?

That's an interesting idea. It'd have to be watered down I think. That or make a really light gray wash.

While pondering that, I re-did the bone arms and faces.

Very evil looking Gwyn.

Cheers,

CB

Very nice indeed. She is coming on well!

Captain Brown wrote:Very evil looking Gwyn.

Cheers,

CB

RobertsMinis wrote:Very nice indeed. She is coming on well!

Thanks guys! Lots of small updates today. Did base coat and washes on the bronze and gold (difference is the gold has a red wash as well as a brown wash, and will get different highlights), the wood on the casket, the glass of the hourglass, and a white highlight on the white (which fixed the details too, though my brush was a little less accurate than I could have hoped).

Glass front:


Glass back:


Box:


Whole thing front:


Whole thing back:

Gwyn,

That hourglass in quite neat when you see all the detail.

Cheers,

CB

That is looking very pretty indeed, hourglass looks superb

Oh, that is really nice work on the hourglass. The whole figure is coming along great. She will make quite the creepy centerpiece

I agree, the glass makes this even more spooky.

Captain Brown wrote:Gwyn,

That hourglass in quite neat when you see all the detail.

Cheers,

CB

inmygravenimage wrote:That is looking very pretty indeed, hourglass looks superb

amazingturtles wrote:Oh, that is really nice work on the hourglass. The whole figure is coming along great. She will make quite the creepy centerpiece

Not Online!!! wrote:I agree, the glass makes this even more spooky.

Thanks everyone! I'm happy with the hourglass, I think it makes a fine detail on the mini.

Did a little bit more work. Highlights on the bone, and finished off the bronze and the gold! Also put a blue wash on the hourglass glass, because the white on the broken bottom bulb was a bit too bright. Looking at it close up, I need to do a paler Skull White on the teeth.

Time at my right hand


Wealth at my left hand


Glory behind me


Death to those before me

Looking good Gwyn, the hourglass is great, it looks properly shiny

The hourglass is so good, great work.

gobert wrote:Looking good Gwyn, the hourglass is great, it looks properly shiny

RobertsMinis wrote:The hourglass is so good, great work.

Thongs gobert and Robert! I'm really happy with the hourglass. Funnily enough I didn't really spend that much time at it, I basically just threw paint at it instinctually. Wait, does that mean that I might actually be getting to understand how to paint light and glass now? No let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Super exciting update today, because I got BLOOD EFFECTS!





I'm very happy with how this came out, especially with the "tears" from Olynder herself!

Olynder is coming on very nicely indeed. As others have said, really good job on that hourglass. I've heard this model can be a pain to paint - very wobbly due to few and thin attachment points. How have you found it?

Really stunning, superb work and very inspiring (to me and the boy).

Great work so far on Olynder, gotta echo the others, the hourglass is amazing. And I never realized before, how she lifts her dress, that doesn't even touches the ground. A proper lady all around

Very well done i'd say.
Especially the bridal wear.

That praise for the hourglass keeps echoing, as I'll add to the chorus! Blood effects look awesome too, the glossy shine adds a really nice visual interest.