Autumn Huntress by Cyr

[Cyradis]

Alright, so the moss came in and did brighten her up. Now she has happy autumn instead of dark autumn. The lights were getting dim but I had to take some photos anyway! I might update them another time. 

 

The colors chosen are based off real colors in actual peacocks, even the spotted sash (upper wing near shoulder) and yellow cloak (legs) and the hair (more wing colors). 

 

The tall grass is made of real peacock feathers that I snipped and glued together. I wanted her to be going between some fantastic brush on a rocky hillside. One of the feather pieces got stuck under her arm for photos... and by the time I noticed my sunlight was gone. The flowers are from I think Floranatur? Something like that. The rock is first painted as a gneiss, then drizzled in schist dust, with actual garnets glued in as cobbles, then they got mossed a bit. Not too shabby for first real basing batch?

 

I intend to do a "how to peacock feathers" when 1) I get the energy to do another cloak in peacock feathers, 2) empty out my wet palette, and 3) pick a figure for it. I'll also be taking @Clever Crow's advice and increasing the contrast per feather next time. 

 

Enough blather - you all just want pictures! 

[buglips*the*goblin]

Wow, she looks great!  I might have heard you gripe on the hangouts once or twice while working on that cloak, but the effort definitely paid off!

[Cyradis]

Hah! Little did I know that the cloak was merely tedious. The challenges were yet to begin! 

 

[Darcstaar]

Masterful!

Gold at least ;)

[Kuro Cleanbrush]

She looks simply wonderful!  You did an incredible job!!!

[Zink]

Very impressive. So many tiny details!

[Boaz]

It's too good ... I would be afraid to touch it ... ever ... lock it in a vacume sealed vault ... you know, for the future generations ... 

[Cyradis]

5 minutes ago, Boaz said:

It's too good ... I would be afraid to touch it ... ever ... lock it in a vacume sealed vault ... you know, for the future generations ... 

 

I was thinking that I needed to get a case for her - if she gets dusty there will be no good way to clean her!

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome work!

The cape is a work of art, great face and I like the setting.

 

You should buy one of those rotating display domes for her!

[Cyradis]

15 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said:

Awesome work!

The cape is a work of art, great face and I like the setting.

 

You should buy one of those rotating display domes for her!

 

Got a source? WAMP lists them but hasn't stocked them in almost a year. Found one overpriced on ebay a while back. Something reliable would be great!

[Glitterwolf]

4 minutes ago, Cyradis said:

 

Got a source? WAMP lists them but hasn't stocked them in almost a year. Found one overpriced on ebay a while back. Something reliable would be great!

 

Battlefield Berlin.

A German Webshop.

 

I will PM you a link tonight.

 

[Chris Palmer]

Wow!  The figure is amazing, with an equally incredible base!  

 

I love how the feather grass turned out, and the inclusion of the real garnets is subtle and inspired.  

[NecroMancer]

Amazing!  Your hard work paid off!

 

The base is also very beautiful!  I try to thing of basing ideas all the time and this one puts all my ideas to shame!

 

You should be very proud of yourself.  You were already on a high level but I think you just leveled up again 

[Loim]

Oh, this is just lovely. 

[Xiwo Xerase]

This turned out very lovely.  I know you put a lot of work into her and it shows.