Dan's 2024 Side Projects
Butterfly Athalia
This is a 3D print from a Kickstarter a couple of years ago.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printomancer/butterfly-athalia-the-winged-sorceress-stl-model-1-12-scale/description
The model is 1/12th scale, so with the wings it stands about 30cm tall.
The skin started with a basecoat of bugman’s glow, and was then layered us over about five layers, adding in first cadian fleshtone, then kislev flesh, and then flayed one flesh.
The clothes were painted caliban green and they layered up with more and more skarsnik green being added.
The gold areas were painted xv-88, then retributor armour, and then highlighted liberator gold. The ruby areas were also painted this way and then painted spiritstone red.
The hair was painted averland sunset and then layered up with flash gitz yellow being added in and then a bit of white scar.
The eyes and butterflies were painted ulthuan grey. The lips, toe and finger nails were painted evil sunz scarlet. The eye irises were painted lothern blue and then the pupils abaddon black.
The wings were left with their white undercoat and then lightly drybrushed in areas with hellion green and golden griffon. I was trying to give the wings a light, delicate, almost ethereal appearance.
The butterflies were painted aethermatic blue.
Fancy schmancy work. Its a big piece to tackle. Did you find it easier or more difficult to try and get the subtle transitions in fleshtone?
Thanks @horati0nosebl0wer. Working on the bigger canvas I found the skin blending easy enough. I’d not normally try it on a smaller mini so I can’t really compare the experience.
Really nice work.