CRC's Crazy Compendium 2; Eclectic Boogaloo
Old Friends.
Welcome to the new (and hopefully a little faster) project! Out with the old, in with the new, right? Well, kind of. Just for a laugh, I thought I’d start this project with the same mini that I started the last one with. I am so efficient at painting minis… For those who remember, a whole year ago I tested out painting purple hair on one of my primed Eschers from GW. You may also remember her from my colour experiments with British WW2 Jungle uniforms because she was there, well we’re back again though this time I do plan on finishing her completely…when time allows… Hopefully I can get back to more in depth project logs where I can go through steps and research again, but for now I’m still a little strapped for time with school…and then maybe field trips…but empty promises are so in right now, so I should be good. Right?
Once again, I started out with a Contrast 'base' and worked up from it. For now the cloth/leather areas are just blocked in but there will be some reds showing up later in the painting. I have a thing for purple and red, it seems...
The tone is a little more tanned than I was going for originally, but I like it. I still need to do some more skin tone experiments at some point. Might have a Tau one coming up soon-ish...if the paint ever strips off... As is standard these days, I used shade paints for make up like eye shadow and even lipstick. The fact that it is more subtle makes it look more realistsic at this scale.
I will eventually change the colour of the strip of cloth. I like to imagine it as a keepsake, or just a cleaning rag. Keepsake sounds more fun and I was thinking of painting it like scrap of old tablecloth that has survived thousands of years to become a family heirloom. I like wacky things like that. Also probably going for a fancy colour for the plasma coils too. Blue is for my Ultras, not my Eschers!
And finally the traditional Lloyd shot! Once I have her done, I'll compare her to my original test mini and you will see why the original will want to be redone...something very 'Joker-ish' about that one...More to come at some point from now in the temporal continuum! I still have some bits and pieces from the old project to finish off like the schurtzen from my Panzer IV and the last team member of my Murder Girls. That is my official name for my Shadespire team. Happy Hobby everyone!
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