60087 master spy (Pathfinder): sculpt & paint D. Schubert

[dks]

I sculpted this Pathfinder master spy in 2011, but just now got around to painting her. I used the "official" colors as presented in the Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide. Reaper already owns a version of her, painted to an excellent standard by Martin Jones (also in the official colors), but I like to paint the figures that I've sculpted.

I did most of the painting at the Reaper artist gathering in October -- the new Reaper High-Density color Witchcraft Purple (#29841) proved to be ideal for these rosy purples -- but the figure sat unfinished until I painted the base last weekend.

I sculpted the base from putty. It is supposed to be a stone-paved hall in the manor house where she has infiltrated the masquerade ball. The steps turned out a little crooked and shallower than real steps should be, but ... maybe the manor is suffering from an incursion of Chaos and the floors are warping. Yeah, that's it. I would advise her to watch her step, but I'm sure she has a good Dexterity and several ranks in Acrobatics.

 

 

(Edit: In case you missed Jabberwocky's award-winning rendition of this figure earlier this year, check it out: link to Forum post.)

 

Enjoy,

Derek

 

  

 

[Maglok]

Very impressive.

[Dibbler]

Pretty! :)

Perhaps the manor needs to accomodate small-sized people? No speciesm! :D

[Loim]

Thanks for sharing. Great paint job. Perhaps the floors of the manor are just settling, due to bad foundations?

[Corporea]

She's beautiful! How do you do the pattern on the lower dress?

[Pingo]

She's beautiful! How do you do the pattern on the lower dress?

Very, very carefully, I should imagine.

 

It's beautifully done, Derek, both as a sculpt and as painted.

[youwashock]

Fantastic textures and patterns.

[Kuro Cleanbrush]

Nice! I really like the fancy patterns in the green fabric!

[Clint]

Would you mind elaborating on this? It's not straight Witchcraft Purple, is it?

 

Thank you.

 

the new Reaper High-Density color Witchcraft Purple (#29841) proved to be ideal for these rosy purples

[dks]

Thanks for the quick replies, everyone!

 

@Dibbler: Right! The manor is designed for gnomes and halflings.

 

@Loim: Right! And they should have hired better dwarven engineers to ensure long-term stability of the foundations.

 

@Corporea, @Pingo, @Kuro Cleanbrush: The pattern didn't take long and it wasn't very careful. The concept art shows a leafy pattern, but I abstracted it. I painted the dress all in Swamp Green (because what says "haute couture" better than Swamp Green? ) and shaded with Brown Liner. Then I just scribbled Highlands Moss (cool gray-green) in a lot of small arcing strokes and dots. I touched up these scribbles, thickening or connecting some of them, to make a better visual balance between the marks and the background. Then I highlighted some of the marks with Olive Green (more yellow than the Highlands Moss), and some again with Pale Olive -- more highlights at the center (midline of the figure), fewer at the sides, to simulate a sheen in the fabric. It's similar to what I did when I painted Lem the bard and the dark elf sorcerer:

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/lem/sku-down/60011#detail/60011_Lem_rear_dks

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/nanuranidd/sku-down/03247#detail/03247_DarkElfSorc_back_ds

 

@Clint: Right, not just HD Witchcraft Purple, but that was the midtone. I added more and more Nightshade Purple and Brown Liner to get the darker shadows and lines, and added more and more Rosy Skin and Creamy Ivory for the highlighted areas.

 

Derek

[jah-joshua]

very nice!!!

i love seeing your paintjobs...

 

very nice basing on this one, too...

 

always looking forward to seeing what you come up with next...

 

cheers

jah

[Guymundo]

The sculpt and paint job are both amazing.

[gmpathfinder]

The paint job is excellent!

I loved the sculpt, and painted one for the last exchange. Thanks for doing what you do!

[Tricksay]

Beautiful work, just stunning. And thanks for the detail'ed info on the free-hand, and the shades used for the purples - it really helps in learning what makes for the right shades.

[ub3r_n3rd]

Absolutely stunning work DKS, your skills make them look like tiny real people standing there.