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Angels and ministers of grace (77363, 77364, 77594, various Nolzur's aasimar)

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A combination of vacation, busy, and depressed has kept me quiet for a while, but I'm back! 

These were actually painted up during the winter, but after I took pictures I realized they had no haloes and that WOULDN'T do. Pro-tip: gold-colored jump rings are great. 
And then I got a nice piece of paper for a background and took new photos last week.

Had a lot of fun with the wings on these, and the Enochian glyphs on the robes. 

Here are some Nolzur's Aasimar magic-users:
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and an Aasimar Paladin and 77364, the Angel of Shadows. 
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Click for more: 

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And here's 77363, the Deva. What a magnificent wingspan. DSCN8363.thumb.JPG.2c524d6ae4d2384ec51704badb402ad1.JPGDSCN8361.thumb.JPG.9ffa555b868006954c9cd53ead53e102.JPG

And the Solar, 77594. The leonine features of this one make it look like one of the angels of eschatological vision, with beast features and skin of glowing bronze (I love using metallic complexions for Celestial beings). 
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More of these greater beings: 

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These, like the Genies, are powerfully weird to be around, an intrusion of a higher and more solid reality. Machen's "The Great Return" weird at the very least. From more prolonged exposure, expect stigmata, bleeding myrrh or rosewater, spontaneous lily growth, Saves vs. Enlightenment (as Stun, but you gain a piece of cosmic truth), "merciful" weapons that do damage with no pain, and of course the loose teeth, hair-shedding, and skin problems that come from excessive radiation dosage (for what else is radiant damage)? If you get Holy Cancer from the ultra-high-frequency GLORY, in three to five months the tumor detaches and flies off as a newborn putto. (I'd say cherub, but the cherubim look more like shoggoth orreries than fat winged babies. These Beings shown here are at the very normal end of the spectrum of Angel Weirdness. The farther end requires higher-dimensional topology to portray.) 


 

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It's a wire loop used in jewelry making.  You can buy bags of them inexpensively at most craft supply places.  They are very handy if you want to make a pedant for a necklace, or attach something to a bracelet. 

 

 

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Thanks, all! I appreciate it. 

 

Yes, jump rings are those things they use to make that chain maille jewelry. They have lots of craft uses! 

 

4 hours ago, Iridil said:

The halos are genius repurposing - and work perfectly! I like all the colors and the backstorry.

 

On 4/10/2020 at 5:38 PM, Inarah said:

Beautiful work. I like how you've brought figures from different lines together, and I love the burnt metal look of the orange and purple metallic wings. 

 

Thank you! I love worldbuilding especially when it comes to weird effects, and the wings on these are great for color transition practice. Also love mixing and matching similar beings from different lines. 

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