I´ve been silent again for quite a while, but by no means idle. I´m silently sculpting and painting more figures to show you soon, but not taking many photos - I guess I could work on that if you´re interested in seeing more WIP pictures?
Anyway, today I got a finished model after putting many hours of work into it: The Second Blight King has been completed!
I´ve been experimenting heavily with this guy, working back and forth on different areas until I achieved a look that I´m happy with. I started with an airbrushed base to establish the basic values and colors and worked up on that with many glazes and detail-brushwork to add depth to the figure.
The most challenging and also the most rewarding part was the experiment I did on the kneepad - the Non-metallic effect using a horizon line and reflections of the environment turned out quite nicely I believe.
Most room for improvement is still on the base. I put it together without considering the footprint of the mini, so most of the work on the swamp water is probably lost to the observer. A shame, as the base itself looked quite decent, but was covered up by the monstrous mini and just leaves the less impressive elements (rocks and tree) to be seen.
Apart from that, I probably could have added more shine to the helmet, shoulder blade and axe. My original intention was to make them look dull, dusty and aged like they do, but the contrast to the kneepad makes it look a little odd.
I hope you enjoy this figure, painting it was a fun experience and I´m looking forward to starting the more heavily armored guy next:
