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OD's SoB Prep Blog
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11-17-2014, 08:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-18-2014 12:19 AM by Old Dwarf.)
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RE: OD's SoB Prep Blog
11/17/14-Buffalo Gal, put the cat out tonight, I'm gonna paint
by the light of the moon. Well actually it's 2 60 watt lamps but it's the spirit that counts. It's 2AM I can't sleep so I figured might as well get started on the Saloon Gal & Marshal. The two don't share much in the way of colors so I just did the Marshal's shirt in white & then went to the Saloon Gal's boa & then stayed with her. (She's more fun to paint-aka it's great painting Boobs again.) Blonds may have more fun but Blond hair is not much fun to paint. I used several methods over the years & it's always a challenge to make it look natural. This time around I used Cinder Yellow (that's about as Blond as you can get) but it's such a weak color you need to mix it with something else or it just falls apart on a black base coat. I chose GW Bubonic Brown. a Blondish-brown shade. The colors mixed well & I got a shade I liked. Alas it still didn't cover the black base coat. Rather than mess with the Blond mix that I wanted to keep I painted her hair with Reaper Woodland Brown ( a light brown shade) then I painted over it with my Blond Mix & it took. A little Soft Tone Ink & the hair was done I still need to give it a final highlight perhaps Cinder Yellow?* (* I'm still trying to get my mind around this color. The War Paints Line I really like they cover well & the SoB Sets are subdued shades which go well with an old West theme. But Cinder Yellow won't cover a damn thing! It simply breaks up I'm using in a mix & I'll see if it works as a highlight. GW Sunshine yellow tends to do this as well but at least you can do a second coat & it covers, Cinder Yellow doesn't ) Anyway back to the Saloon Gal, I'm painting her up per the example in the Adventure Book using Saloon Red for her dress, Shadow Black for the under skirt & leaving the stockings in the base coat black color as it does a faded stocking effect & avoids clashing with the black under dress. Something else I noticed which didn't appear in the painted image in the Adventure-this fig does have detail her stockings end before her under skirt stops so she's showing a bit of thigh ( so of course I had to paint them flesh to preserve the integrity of the Miniature). So the Saloon Gal still needs her green gloves but I have to check out my green paints to see which is the best match, otherwise she's ready to Ink. I think I'll try to get some sleep now & try to pay some attention to the Marshal when I get up & have breakfast. Well both are done, for the record I used Reaper Meadow Green for her sleeves/gloves & highlighted with GW Scorpion Green. I also picked out her shoe laces in saloon Red to balance her black shoes & stockings. I didn't dry brush her highlights instead I used a detail brush & painted them. I use War Paint Moulton Orange for the final red highlight. The Cinder Yellow did finally earn it's keep as it made a decent highlight on the hair. The Marshal is rather a bore after the multi-colored Saloon Gal as he's basically leather vest, brown pants & a White shirt, I used GW Tausept Ochre for the hat & desert tan from the SoB Hero set for it's highlight. The Marshal has a set of shirt buttons which pose a challenge, there not coat buttons you can make metal. The example in the Adventure Book just made a brown strip down the center of the shirt but to me that didn't look right (or his laundry service should be shot) so I did them GW Space Marine Grey that gives a pearl effect. Today it appears it's going to rain all day so I'm starting on the Bandito & Indian Scout. I've done the hair (both are SoB Shadow Black)& picked out the eyebrows & the Bandit's Handlebar . I'm not following the Adventure Book Example completely as I doing his pants Portal Blue from the SoB Hero Set( a medium dark blue) & giving them a Red Stripe down the sides. The sombrero trim is picked out in Saloon Red. His shirt I think I have enough GW Codex Grey to scrape out enough to use. The Indian Scout I'm following the Adventure book Pic- GW Regal Blue (perfect for the Union Coat he is wearing) for his coat. So I may finish up my Heroes today! I will, the last 2 Heroes are painted up & I just inked them up in the appropriate tones so I'm giving them some time to dry & then do the final highlights. Done & Done the Bandito & Indian Scout are finished & my 8 Heroes are complete. Some random thoughts on the Hero Figs- I already commented on the detail but I'm pleased with the results. My 3 most favorite from a painting stand point were the Saloon Gal, Bandito & Indian Scout because they had more color variety than the others. My least favorite was the Female Rancher who IMO had some detail problems, plus she is posed in a way to make painting difficult. To eyes or NOT- I did not try to put in eyeballs & pupils, at the scale the Miniatures are at you can't make them look good. You also don't need them, the soft Tone Ink basically gives the effect of eyes. I've seen some nicely painted Heroes at BGG that were ruined by trying to put in eyes (my opinion of course). You have to over paint the eye socket white to make room for the pupil so you get the Google Eye effect & often putting in the pupil goes badly, so we get cross eyed & Lazy Eye Heroes. What you should be sure to do (again it's all just my personal preference) is make sure you get a detail brush & give them eyebrows . The eyebrows give definition to the upper face & provide the illusion of eyes . So with all of Wave 1 painted I now need to do the bases. I'll start on that project tomorrow. Once there done I can break out the Game. (Just an aside, it got warm enough today despite the crappy rain that I grabbed my Spray Black Primer & primed up my Gears of War Figs. I've had them setting around for a couple of years & earlier this year I did a number of conversions for the Game figs you have to proxy ( I bought multiple sets to have enough). I don't plan to start painting them up right away- I have some serious SoB play to get in. But if I should get in the painting mood again I can pull them out & get at it.) Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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