Ddot Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Nicodem crooked men group shot Nicodem I was pretty happy with til I sealed him. Deep somber colors. Check. Actual contrasts on the leathers. Check. Metallics done neatly with little correction needed. Check. Even made progress on painting feathers, which with leather has been the bane of my existence. Then two things happened. First, I got him sealed and realized that I forgot to do the band on his top hat. Then I realized that I hadn't let the gloss varnish dry completely before applying matte. Oh well, I had to re-seal him, so maybe that might fix it... NOT! After snapping the pics, the rear view is horribly mutilated by the varnish issue, but isn't noticeable in person. Oh, and I wish I'd blacklined the band on the top hat before sealing that- the camera really picked that up. The zombified population (a sampling in the group shot) was done doing a variation on zenithal glazing technique as described by Ghool here. I got 16 minis done with about 24 to 30 (lost track at some point) total work, from blisters to based. the results are kinda mixed0 obviously, deep bonnets aren't really meant for sucha technique, even adapting it to my needs. Overall, I'm satisfied with the crew's look. very decayed, abused, used, and recycled- just how the old man rolls. now if I can just get a game of Malifaux and run them... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySloth Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 That's some fine detail work on the boss's scarf and coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Nice gang!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I recently finished an altered Nicodem as the town undertaker for a Western skirmish game I'm working on. He is NOT an easy piece to work with... rewarding, but NOT for amateurs. You did good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferox Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Nicely done, sir. I dig... er... like those zombies, and Nicodem's an impressive piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddot Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Glad y'all liked it. I'm putting together a better photo setup this week, I'll try to get better pictures and more of them. @Bedlam, he's a tricky wodel, so much so that I tore up the vulture arm setting up to pin him. The upper arm is mostly putty work. On the other hand, I found the old man a joy to paint. The longcoat has enough creases to warrant attention but isn't terribly fiddly (imo anyway) and the model suggests enough shadow to warrant some cool shading oppurtunities. If I ever get the chance, I'd love to do him in a deep red (say the Blood Red trio). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The upper arm is mostly putty work. On the other hand, I found the old man a joy to paint. My thoughts exactly... and my experience, exactly. I wound up using the arm to make a separate vulture model. My Nicodem is holding a lantern with that arm (using an arm scavenged from another figure, and a hand from Reaper's ... um... either not-Sherlock Holmes or not-Doctor Watson, whichever had the spare hand holding the lantern...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortbeard Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 That is some fine gaming minis. After giving you a hard time I guess it is time to get back to my Perditta crew. Teaches me for opening my big mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddot Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Actually, I should probably thank you. I'm rediscovering that the camera is a pretty good tool for checking out what I did right and what I could have done better. Gonna try it as a WIP tool on the Annyssa project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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