Demon Queen - a Kris Kringle present
I've been painting up character miniatures for the players in our wednesday night game, but bishi_wannabe (as the GM) has missed out so far... Fortunately, I drew his name for the Kris Kringle present - and so I decided to paint up Reaper's Necromancer as the Demon Queen. She's a recurring villain in the game, and one I'm sure we'll cross paths with again in the future.
The photo (and miniature!) are very overexposed - I think all the cleavage blinded my poor camera...
I experimented a bit with colours on this one, while still trying to use red and green. It's a Christmas figure after all :)
Flesh: All the skin colours have a bit of emerald green mixed into them, which gives much more natural shadows. Any warm green should do the trick, deepening the pink flesh tones without darkening them. There's a thin glaze of purple as well, which cools the colours down a little.
Red robes: shaded with Coal Black (a dark turquoise). I usually use black (which makes a murky shade) or brown (which never really works at all...).
Green imp: shaded with the same red/turquoise mix used on the robes. Red and green make good shading tones for each other, being strong contrasts.
The armour and sword were a happy accident, basecoated with a light grey I'd been using on another model. They have one umber wash, and some thinned white paint for a highlight. The end result isn't quite as chalky as the photos make it look (particularly the back view), and I think it turned out okay.
miss_rynn's Christmas Special went well last night. I'm still so full of food that I can hardly move.
The photo (and miniature!) are very overexposed - I think all the cleavage blinded my poor camera...
I experimented a bit with colours on this one, while still trying to use red and green. It's a Christmas figure after all :)
Flesh: All the skin colours have a bit of emerald green mixed into them, which gives much more natural shadows. Any warm green should do the trick, deepening the pink flesh tones without darkening them. There's a thin glaze of purple as well, which cools the colours down a little.
Red robes: shaded with Coal Black (a dark turquoise). I usually use black (which makes a murky shade) or brown (which never really works at all...).
Green imp: shaded with the same red/turquoise mix used on the robes. Red and green make good shading tones for each other, being strong contrasts.
The armour and sword were a happy accident, basecoated with a light grey I'd been using on another model. They have one umber wash, and some thinned white paint for a highlight. The end result isn't quite as chalky as the photos make it look (particularly the back view), and I think it turned out okay.
miss_rynn's Christmas Special went well last night. I'm still so full of food that I can hardly move.