DSM7408: Male Assassin

[SGHawkins09]

When I saw this guy in the Dark Sword Miniatures store, I had to have him. Some of my favorite computer games are the Prince of Persia ones and I was definetly getting a Prince of Persia vibe off this guy. When I was looking at concept art from the games I found that the 2009 version of the Prince was perfect inspiration. So I pulled the colors of the scarves, the color of the pants, and the basing from some of the pictures I found. One element of this guy that I love is what I did with the scabbards. They were originally brown but they blended too much with the leather. So I decided to try some freehand wraps to match the ones on his legs and bring the base colors onto the mini. I still cannot believe they turned out this well.

 

He was my entry in the Fantasy Single category at Gateway this past weekend where he got first place.

 

Any input would be appreciated.

 

 

[Erifnogard]

Another excellent piece.  I really like how you go more vibrant with color than a lot of people.  Really makes the miniatures stand out.  Great base too by the way.

[Limey72]

Sargent that is awesome I love it all

[Darcstaar]

Great work!

Very nice natural color scheme.

The wraps are AWESOME!

[ub3r_n3rd]

Amazing! Congrats!!

[BLZeebub]

A well-deserved first place.  Great base, excellent color harmony, smooth blending and a realistic face as well.

[Tarsemina]

Nice work!

[wdmartin]

Excellent eyes.

[SGHawkins09]

Thanks everyone!

[Marvin]

Fantastic job! He looks great.

[Citrine]

Well deserved win, he is awesome!

[SGHawkins09]

Fantastic job! He looks great.

 

Well deserved win, he is awesome!

 

Thanks!

 

Something that I want to note about the base is that the columns, bricks, and sand were all painted using the same colors just in different amounts. The thing that sets them apart color wise was the Secret Weapon washes that I used. The columns and bricks got washes of Dark Sepia and the sand got washes of Yellow Snow. I was not sure how it would turn out, especially the Yellow Snow, but it was a gamble that worked perfectly.

[Marvin]

That's actually really awesome information as I've hadn't any clue what to do with Yellow Snow nor any idea how to make better sand. Will have to try that out.

[SGHawkins09]

That's actually really awesome information as I've hadn't any clue what to do with Yellow Snow nor any idea how to make better sand. Will have to try that out.

 

Making better sand is what caused this experiment. Most of the sandy browns that I have are too brown and I wanted a good yellow sand so I went looking at the washes. I got the Yellow Snow as it looks perfect online but in hand it is really bright with a hint of orange. I decided to give it a try anyways and it worked. Just make sure to thin it a little more with water and actually not let it pool too much as those areas will retain the bright yellow. You can see a few areas on his base where I got too much on it. After it dried I hit a few areas with the either the Dark Yellow or Yellow Earth pigment, I am not sure which one it is that I have. The Burning Sands one would be better but I do not have it. 

[LionMyth]

I really like the stern eyes.  The furrowed brow looks great.