Scáthach, Scotswoman Warrior (77389: Highland Heroine )

[Pingo]

This is the first Bones II mini I started, although I finished a few others first.
 
She is for a player in one of the games I'm in.  The figure doesn't have a name yet, so far as I know is simply called "Highland Heroine", so I am calling her Scáthach after the mythic Scots martial artist who taught Cú Chulainn and gave him her spear.

 

I painted her hair ridiculously red.  I also learned a thing or two about plaid while painting her.

 

WIP thread here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 8, 2015 by Pingo

[ub3r_n3rd]

Very cool, still love the expression you captured for her!

[Dr.Bedlam]

I take one look at that facial expression, and I hear Austin Powers' voice in the back of my head, saying, "Do I make you [rhymes with tawny], baby?"

Hee, hee. Splendid work!

[dsmiles]

Love her. Excellent work on the tartan, I like how you defined it. It's exactly opposite the way I do tartans (painting the squares instead of the lines). I may have to try it.

[FireElemental]

Lovely! I really love her hair. And the plaid looks great.

[Limey72]

Great great job ;)

[Glitterwolf]

Her face is very impressive.

[Chaoswolf]

She turned out very well indeed! I'm another fan of her face, great job there!

[Ted Kord]

Some questions; Why didn't you straighten the sword before starting?  Is this your normal painting style or were you trying something new? It looks good but there is a ton of paint on it.  Is it a style choice?  What would you say you learned about painting plaid?

 

I still haven't figured out a solid technique for plaid but have been going kind of the opposite way as you did.  I have been putting a light off-color base (light tan or off-white) and then working the color stripes in very watered down colors so they show through each other.  But then I am limited to lighter plaids.  If I start with a color base and color stripes it just looks like a clown. 

[malefactus]

A BONNY LOOKING Lass...the strawberry blond hair adds to the Scottish flavor & makes the mini for moi. GREAT WORK!

[vegascat]

Love her hair the most, she's a feisty red head!

[HenryRequiem]

I'm not a fan of the back of teh cape (too busy), but really love the face and the hair

[Marineal]

I didn't get the expansion that had her in it, and I regret it now.

Thanks a LOT Pingo! 😉

 

But she's fantastic! I always enjoy your unconventional style!

[Pingo]

Yes, the cape is ludicrously busy.

 

Some questions; Why didn't you straighten the sword before starting?  Is this your normal painting style or were you trying something new? It looks good but there is a ton of paint on it.  Is it a style choice?  What would you say you learned about painting plaid?

 

I still haven't figured out a solid technique for plaid but have been going kind of the opposite way as you did.  I have been putting a light off-color base (light tan or off-white) and then working the color stripes in very watered down colors so they show through each other.  But then I am limited to lighter plaids.  If I start with a color base and color stripes it just looks like a clown.

 

The sword was really soft and bendy. It didn't show much tendency to stay in place anyway, so I moved it around to paint the figure. The player it's for at least is not too upset about that.

 

I am always trying something new. Apparently I have a recognizable painting style, but I am not sure what of it I would call normal.

 

Curious what you mean by "a ton of paint." If you feel I have issues with paint thickness, I can work on that. If it's the ludicrous amount of colors and paint thrown onto the plaid cape, well, that's deliberate. If you mean the sword itself, I am still figuring out the nuances of metallics on a micro scale.

 

Your plaid technique sounds very rational. This one was a little more wild and seat of the pants. It *is* very difficult to keep plaids from looking clownlike.

[CashWiley]

I love this one so much! Another nice Pingo work of art.