77047 Goldar, Male Barbarian

[Darcstaar 11573]

I don't get to be a player as much as a DM.

So, when I do get to play, I want to spend a little extra effort on my figure for my own PC.

This is the situation for this Goldar.

 

He is a half-orc fire specialized sorcerer, so he get's to use a Greataxe and plays a little like a one-trick pony with his fire spells.

 

I envisioned him as very gray skinned.

 

I tried to accomplish a green shadow blending up to gray highlights.  I mixed MSP Stone Gray and Highland Moss, then highlighting with Weathered Stone.

I think it just ended up as a pale green, but it is still interesting.  There were glazes of GW green and red washes in the shadows.  I think it would make a good zombie or ghoul flesh recipe.  I tried to give a little life to his face with a few layers of thinned flesh glaze on the nose and cheeks, but it doesn't really show in the photos.  His face was a tad miscast, with a flat nose and odd right cheek.

 

The backstory of the character describes ritual branding and tattoos all over his body.  I thought that would end up taking the figure toward a Goliath, so I avoided it.  Instead, I put a little flame on his shoulder pad.  I wanted to read as raised embossed metal, but I think it just looks like a decal.

 

As I thought of ways to add detail, I decided to put runes on his skirt.  My go-to for runes are the variant of FUTHARK used in the Ultima games.
In this case, Vas Flam, which was the recipe for the fireball spell!  I liked it enough, I put it on the axe.  I can imagine a smart sorcerer would figure out a way to turn his skirt into a scroll.  I'll see if my DM will let me do it ;)

 

I had to re-do the armored legs and axe nmm a few times.  The first time I tried the Twilight Blue triad, and didn't like it.  Then I tried the Stone Gray triad, and worried it was too close to his skin.  So I ended up mixing White and Black into Cloudy Gray.  It ended up a little rushed.  The scratches are all just painted on, a decision I made at the last minute (I tend to hate risking botching up a paint job that I'm happy with, and getting the metals to that point were almost enough deterrent to do it).

 

Without further ado, here is my take on Goldar.

C&C Welcomed.

 

[Glitterwolf 208858]

Wonderful!

[paintybeard 14331]

Very nice, especially like the axe and kilt.

[Metalchaos 13693]

Very cool freehand and smooth transition on the contrasting skin. Great work!

[Darcstaar 11573]

Thank you.

[KruleBear 4976]

Beautiful and the freehand is fantastic. 

[Rogue1138 387]

This is great. The freehand and NMM are nice. 

[NecroMancer 7778]

Gorgeous!  I am super jealous of your NMM!  I prefer NMM to using metalics but I still have a lot of practice ahead of me to get a look as good as you have here.

 

I love your skin tones a lot.  This is something I have been trying to get better at but its been a slow process.