L Figure - Pope of the Rose

So nice to have a long weekend...we get to relax and finish up a few figures! L finished the "Pope of the Rose":
Great colour scheme and attention to detail. I particularly like the "writing" on the scroll and the shading of the white sections.

A shot of the back: Although I think the cloak could use more shading/highlighting, this is still an excellent piece.

Well done!

Sheila Figs - A Few Recent-ish Ones

Elf Queen on Horse: This is a Games Workshop figure. I don't usually like their figures at all. For one thing, they are way overpriced. For another, they are usually made of plastic, instead of being cast metal. I just can't pay that much money for such cartoony-looking figures that are only plastic. Luckily, this one was a Christmas present from L's brother.

This was an early stab at brushing over a darker colour for getting depth (pre-floor polish). I painted the horse grey then brushed it white. Eh, it's okay.
I do really like the tiger-skin cloak on her; also, the colour combinations look good.
Hippie Cleric: A floor polish figure (within the last year). Nothing terribly special about him. I like the folds of his cloak and his colour combo.
This is one of the first figures I did blacklining on. Blacklining is taking a very thin black wash and "outlining" the main sections of the figure to make it really stand out.

Green Cleric - Completed

I started this guy a couple of weeks ago. Here he is with just the white primer and the base skin tone and green tabard & shield. The primer gives the paint something to stick to - if you just paint on the metal, the paint will wear off. This is my least favourite stage. I hate blocking all the colours in - it takes a long time, it's finicky (although easy to fix up later), and I usually don't have a clear idea of what I want the figure to look like.

Here he is with some black, leather and dark steel based in. I start with the "base colour" then gradually lighten, either by brushing or by building up colour with the floor polish method (applying thin layers of successively lighter paint). I usually don't do a darker shade than the base colour - it muddies the look of it to overly wash. I find you don't need to do too much to give a colour depth other than "lift" the colour.

I'm using an alligator clip at this stage to hang onto him. If you use your fingers, you'll wear the paint off from handling the figure. Ha, there's my sample fleur-de-lis on the cardboard - I was showing L how to paint one. He's got some musketeers coming up next.

And here is the green cleric all done! I painted for about 6 hours yesterday - I just wanted to finish him.

I gave him a kilt, and I'm quite happy with his very blonde hair (usually blonde ends up looking too yellow) - it started out as some leftover wash from the pages of his book. Back view:
The shield was glued on last because I had to paint all the stuff under it (his arm, the leather straps and a couple of pouches). The final touch: matte finish spray to protect him and he's ready for battle.