Sneak peek of large project

So here is the start of a very large project that will take many moons to complete.   Since i'm finally on my winter vacation (all 7 days of it)  I'm going to start painting one of the figures. I'm not sure which one yet. It may be the dog. ;) 

Missing from the picture is the wall and door between the step and bar. Table, Chairs, Drunk robot and probably a bunch of odds and ends.   This piece is going to be my tribute to Post Apocalyptic movies and there will be a lot of little do-dads from those movies in it.  Got an idea for something you think I should add well now is your chance! Post it in the comments and I may just use it! ;)

WIP Lion Knight 2 - Kingdom Death

Here is a little update on what I'm working on now, the Lion Knight 2 by Kingdom Death. 

 I think today i'm going to start on his face and make him look like a traditional lion although not a bright tan lion but more of a dirty darker fur lion. 

I'm not sure what I'm going to do for a base yet or if I want to use what he came with. I guess I will find out when I reach that point.

Flower Knight Base WIP-2

Here are a couple of quick cell phone snap shots from yesterday.  

The glue has been drying over night so hopefully I'll get to add more details and paint today.  I also added some gore (not shown) so it could set up for today. 

Flower Knight Base WIP

So after my first serious fail of trying to make a base for the flower knight (it looked like a Tennis Ball on LSD and Dr Seuss and not in a good way).  It went straight into the trash can. 

I decided to go for something a bit more somber so I came up with this. So far I'm pretty happy with it. 

I find I tend to make bases larger than they need to be (or compared to other painters) as I want to convey a larger story or at portray a scene on a larger scale.  Granted i'm not very good at it yet.  Thankfully I got some awesome feedback from my boyfriend which has put me in the right direction. Hopefully this one will be a "level taker" for me.  

Flower Knight WIP 2 & Sneak Peek!

I haven't had a lot of free time recently due to the holidays and trying to keep up with my business. But I do try to take an hour out of my day here and there to get some painting done as it helps me relax.

Here are a few Work in progress pictures of my Flower Knight i did have some troubles with the colors as I didn't have enough different greens to do what i wanted so i've added in some browns, yellows and oranges. I think they are working out well so far.  I'm of course struggling with the colors on the sword but I have a feeling I'll get it after some more blending and noodling with it.  Tonight just might be the night for it.

Also If you are still paying attention here is a little preview pic of what my boyfriend has been putting together for me to paint. I'm sure some of you will recognize the base piece. Start drooling now because  it's going to be made of awesome by the time i'm done with it. 

Flower Knight - WIP

A little preview of what i'm working on right now. Kingdom Death's Flower Knight.  I've just started laying down colors and have done a little blending but there will be much more to come.

I really plan to experiment with color blending which means a lot of time and many thin layers of paint. It should be a lot of fun.

Oh and of course my boyfriend's response to when I asked how he looked was "Garish" ... which equals "PERFECT!" in my book. 

Also since I noticed a bunch of web searches coming to my blog looking for parts break down on the Flower Knight here it is!

 

Along with the Female Survivor:

 And the Butcher:

Steampunk Jen - WIP

Figure 2 of my newest project is almost done. Here is the final WIP picture before I do all the touch ups needed.

Also for those interested in pairing up these two figures here they are side by side, They pair up pretty well the only issue I have is that the head on the SP Jen figure is much larger than the SP Dorothy.

Steampunk Dorothy - WIP

Here is a little taste of the first figure in a 4+ figure diorama that i'm currently working on which will include Steampunk girls, robots and zombies.....
Normally I would say you could get your own here -->Steampunk Dorothy  But they are sold out at this moment.
I have a bit more touch ups to do but she is pretty much finished.    Sorry I didn't get more angles but the photos came out blurry and I think my eyes were blurry from all the tiny touch ups I had already done.
Now it's onto the next Steampunk Girl....

WIP Pinup Preacher

I've finally got the painting bug again, I hit a major roadblock with this one due to the colors on her. I had a really hard time with the pink leggings so I left her for a month and came back to her and figured out I was neglecting my midtones and all was good.

Yes, Yes I know she doesn't have her head attached but I wouldn't be able to actually paint the back of her since her hair covers half of her back.

I take WIP pictures because they help me figure out what touch ups I need to do I already see a lot of blending in the skin and leggings I need to smooth out and a few blotches that need touched up. Plus her face is very lack luster but I was more concerned about getting her glasses with out making her face a blob. Now i need to figure out what the hell i'm going to do with her eyes since the glasses are hollow and her eyes are under there.

And for those of you wondering yes this is the miniature that will be living on the base from my previous post. This little nerd will be summoning some type of Elder thing of the deep into the world.

WIP 2 - Grand Mother

I put a few more hours in painting her last night. I noodled around with the flesh tones and had to back track on the gold armor as I went to dark on some parts and now it's being a pain to get it back to where I want it. I am however very happy with her belly plate so far.

WIP - Grand Mother

Since I'm not posting a ton of new painted minis I figured I would start posting WIP pics of what I am working on.
I was one of the lucky SoBs that got one of the 200 Grand Mother Figures from Kingdom Death. So yesterday, I made her base (in the first picture) I actually wanted to put a pillar of sorts on it as well but I think due to the figure's wing span it would limit where I could put her on the base and crowd it quite a bit. Once I get her finished and off the cork I'll decide on the pillar.
The base is made from pieces from a mold that we bought from Hirst Arts - Gothic Additional Accessories Mold #44, It really didn't have exactly what I wanted but what we have worked.
So basically there are a few layers of paint down, I was playing with where i wanted the shadows and highlights. I still have a lot of layering and blending to do. I'm still not sure what color i'm going to do the wings, well i'm going to make them white, but i'm not sure what hues i'm going to give the wings. I don't want them to clash with the yellows of her outfit but I don't want them to blend in either. hummmm......