bbb wrote:I vote for the dread. Always loved the harlequin conversion of it.
I have, at this point, kind of a vague idea of how to approach the model. It might not get done this month, though...
Flapjack wrote:Cool updates, the kimono on the geisha looks amazing. The valkyrie also catches my eye.
Thanks! I enjoyed painting such colorful models, especially given that they aren't fighty, like pretty much everything else I do.
aku-chan wrote:That's a nice bit of freehand work on the Geishas kimono.
Thanks! It breaks down if you really zoom in, but at normal viewing distances, it works.
PaddyMick wrote:iirc the harlequin dreadnought idea was first mooted in a citadel journal, think it even had unofficial rules. Can't wait to see what you do with it!
The samuria marines are all kinds of awesome.
Were there rules for the harlie dread? We didn't have ready access to Citadel Journal back in the day. It just seemed like an obvious conversion. I'm glad you like the Samurines, as well.
ZergSmasher wrote:The Japanese models continue to look great, and that Harlequin dready should be cool once it's painted too.
Thanks! The maiko was fun to paint (the geisha not so much), so it's nice to hear that other people like them. The Harlie Dread is proving difficult to get started on, sadly...
Continuing my theme of getting stuff done, here are a couple of Dreadball captains:
The guy on the left is the captain of the Wu-Ling Wanders, who create portals on the pitch. The restic casting was pretty rough on this guy, which on top of all the fiddly detail made him not a lot of fun to paint. In the end, I went the expressionist route, with patches of color to sort of define what everything is and let the viewer fill in the details.
The guy on the right is the captain of the Glambek Ghosts, immaterial energy beings who can phase through enemy players. The rest of the team is cast in translucent blue plastic. I just gave them a coat of Tamiya Clear Blue. This guy is regular grey restic. I think the effect worked pretty well.
I also finished off my old metal Fellowship:
I tried to paint them all in movie-accurate colors. It was pretty easy to do, as there is a boatload of photo reference online, mostly by/for cosplayers.
Here are the rest of the Fellowship, painted years ago, and showing wear from their frequent participation in games of Frostgrave:
As you can see, my painting style has changed significantly over the last five? ten? years since I painted these first three. They work pretty well in group, though, so I don't think I'll be going back and touching up anything:
The harlequin dreadnought is proving quite the challenge. I'm making a fancy base for it, and have been playing around with poses, but the inherent stiffness of the base model is slowing me down. Also, while drilling out the shoulder mount, I managed to break off the tip of my drill bit, and have to rethink my strategy for mounting the limbs. I'll try to share some
WIP photos this weekend.