Crazyredcoat's Crazy Compendium of Collected Creativity
Do brunettes have more fun?
This one has a smirk on her face, so maybe? Anyway, another member of the Daughters of Khaine Shadespire team is done. I really ought to remember the name as it would be less words to type, but I’ve never claimed to be a smart man…
By and large, this crazy murder-hobo lady is painted the same way as the others with only one obvious difference and one subtle one. The obvious one is the hair, which we'll get too later, and the subtle one is the skin. As I mentioned in the last post, I had thought that an extra drybrush of Palid Wych Flesh over the skin would make the tone a little more pale so I tried that here. The real downside was a few areas where it became too pale, but a quick thin coat of Riekland Fleshshade in those areas brought it back nicely to where I was happy with it.
The hair was something I hadn't really done, yet, and that was to use some pre-shading and then contrast paints. I think the pre-shading didn't really do much as there was no real difference between the colours I was using to pre-shade...my bad. I was basically playing with Palid Wych Flesh and Skull White...should have used some darker tones underneath like Zandri Dust, or something... Over the top of this, though, I applied the Wyldwood Contrast paint before CAREFULLY drybrushing with Skragg Brown. I wasn't too happy with the finish because the Contrast was a little patchy with some much darker spots in places that made no sense, and the overall colour was a little too bright. So I decided to shade the whole thing down with Agrax Earthshade to dull it down and blend it all together. Added in some extra coats near to where the hair meets the crown, too, for some shade in that area. In the end I was pretty happy with the look.
The rest of the mini was standard to the last two I've done on this project. I really like the contrast I get from the paler skin and the deeper reds and purples. I would like to make one point about the mini, though, as GW paint her top as a metal breastplate...but there are no straps or hinges or ANYTHING to show two plates (front and back) that connect...which suggests that if it is supposed to be armour then the armour is forged onto this poor woman's body...that's going to hurt... One of the reasons I went for a studded leather/cloth look that seems a little more...practical... Also the red looks better.
And then the obligatory Lloyd shot. Two more minis from this team to go, and one of them is part Snek...which should be fun. Might do her next, but there's plenty of other things to work on while I still have time before school starting again...
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