50311 Wild West Wizard of Oz Scarecrow for Halloween

[Scorpionfish]

Hello, so I decided it would be fun to do a Halloween type miniature for the month of October, and had picked up the Wild West scarecrow a while back, and paired him up with a Secret Weapon Miniatures Creeping infection base. I'm still thinking about the color scheme so I would not mind suggestions at this point since I don't entirely want to go with the usual earth tones across the whole thing.

 

 

Thanks for any input in advance!

Edited October 9, 2016 by Scorpionfish

[knarthex]

Scarecrows were usually made from old worn out clothes, and brighter colors would make them stand out against the crops....

 

So any colors that you think a farmer would have for his or his family's clothes would work, just have them be faded...

 

(From a city boy...)

[spoonz202]

he's holding a gunscythe, so he could have stolen his clothes. just saying.

[Scorpionfish]

Well Halloween is next week, so I do have a progress report. I'm missing some steps because I haven't been particularly rigorous on taking photos, but as it stands... I'm getting it done. I decided to mix bleached colors with a few stand out tones. Perhaps that shirt has really good dye... Maybe it's a freshly recolored by a recent victim, but mostly, it pops.

Taken beginning of the day, after the jeans were done.

 

Taken end of the day, with the shirt and boots tuned up.

Edited October 26, 2016 by Scorpionfish

[Glitterwolf]

Good progress!!!

[Scorpionfish]

And now for a little more, the coat finished and the start of the base.

 

 

I'm thinking rusting up the scythe a little too... I doubt a scarecrow takes good care of anything.

[Glitterwolf]

Looks good!

 

I second rusting the weapon.

[Scorpionfish]

Face is done now, and a few other small steps were taken.

Edited October 28, 2016 by Scorpionfish

[robinh]

now that is scary!

[Scorpionfish]

Done except varnish! Posting before Halloween though to meet my original idea.

[Glitterwolf]

Wow!

 

Creepy!!!