Sisterhood Assassin 2

[fanguad]

After a complete restart (rare for me), I finished up my first model from Tin Man Miniatures.  I don’t recall anyone of this description showing up in ERB’s Mars series, but it has been a long time since I read them.

 

  

 

I was super-excited to find a miniature with pigtails, and although red martians are supposed to have dark hair there was already so much dark on her that she needed something lighter.  After painting the hair, it was TOO light and drew way too much attention, so she needed something else to balance it out a bit – thus the periwinkle bikini.  I mean, once you’ve committed to wearing a mask/capelet/bikini combo, is coordinating color really a concern anymore?

 

The base is from Micro Arts Studios, skull pointed forward so we know she’s bad-butt.

 

The main thing that bother me about her is that she does not have the “butt-toothed vampire†thing going on on the rear of her thighs.  I used an airbrush to do the primary levels of skin highlighting, and it really stood out when I tried to paint the back of her legs with a brush.  I scraped it off and left it mostly alone.

[HenryRequiem]

Awesome! I might be a little bit biased because I'm a great fan of the Mars series :D No idea who might she be though, I was thinking John Carter's daughter but doesn't seem right

 

Also, could you elaborate on "the “butt-toothed vampire†thing"? I'm not familiar with the phenomenon

[Matbar]

That's cool!  +2 for using the words "periwinkle bikini" in a phrase.

[Glitterwolf]

Super!

[Pingo]

There is something of the old original "Star Trek" alien lady about her. This is cute with understated humor.

 

Awesome! I might be a little bit biased because I'm a great fan of the Mars series :D No idea who might she be though, I was thinking John Carter's daughter but doesn't seem right

 

Also, could you elaborate on "the “butt-toothed vampire†thing"? I'm not familiar with the phenomenon

Me too. What's this? Edited October 29, 2015 by Pingo

[fanguad]

Awesome! I might be a little bit biased because I'm a great fan of the Mars series :D No idea who might she be though, I was thinking John Carter's daughter but doesn't seem right

 

Also, could you elaborate on "the “butt-toothed vampire†thing"? I'm not familiar with the phenomenon

She doesn't call it that, but it's something I learned from Jessica Rich's "How to paint beautiful women" class (which goes by a different name at other conventions).

 

Basically, the buttocks and upper thigh should always be highlighted, even if it would actually be in shadow. It just looks right, even if it's a little bit wrong. The "vampire" part is a joke: when you highlight triangular areas on the thighs, they look like fangs.

 

There is something of the old original "Star Trek" alien lady about her. This is cute with understated humor.

I think Tin Man miniatures captured the pulp sci-fi feel quite well - sure she's over-the-top, but it's cool-looking so who care?

 

Next up from them will probably be either a green martian or a male red martian.

[Silvervane]

Every time I see a response to this thread I look at the figure again and think I really like that color selection.  Bookmarked for future stealing.

[Limey72]

Awesome mini and some nice butt painting tippage ;)

[Chaoswolf]

Very cool!