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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Freeblades: Another figure done...

The Night Hunter.

The Night Hunter is the ultimate scout and huntress. She stalks her quarry from a great distance and brings them down unawares using stealth and uncanny marksmanship. The owl wing tattoos covering her eyes are the distinct mark of her trade.

So reads the description of this figure on dgsgames website. This is another figure from the painting commission I took on for a friend. I had started two figures at same time but this one bumped my attention from working on the other one. This was a fun figure to paint but at the same time difficult because of all the browns.

Another factor with all the browns involved was the color of her hair. They are like barbarian cave like people and their hair is predominately black. I didn't think black would look good on this figure and I considered blonde, but I thought that would look more elvish and stand out to much. I ended up settling on auburn color and hemmed and hawed about it being another brown. But it came out pretty good color palette wise.

Lastly for some reason the bow tips made me think of serpent or snake heads, so I got a little creative and painted serpent heads on the bow tips. I figured it was a good fit for someone who can strike from a distance with venomous arrows (okay my imagination goes off a bit sometime).

Hope you enjoy the pictures.




As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin

10 comments:

  1. Dude, awesome job. The face/body paint looks great. Nice palette of colors.

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    1. Thank you sir, I wasn’t sure on palette, a nice compliment.

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      Kevin

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  2. What a great job!! I can feel the passion that went into this and it shows. Thanks for posting for the rest us to see. Again Excellent!!!

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    1. Thanks MP, she is now strategically positioned on my shelf to arrive safely in your hands.

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      Kevin

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  3. Impressive brushwork as always, Kevin! I do like the blue "warpaint."

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    1. Thanks Dean, I didn't really start liking what I was doing until I got about 90 percent complete. I was like I'm going to have to strip this, I don't want to strip this. I am glad I held out.

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      Kevin

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  4. Beautiful job, love your subtile color scheme!

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    1. Thank you Phil, and for dropping in to have a look.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  5. It is good to see you practicing your painting skills. Preparing oneself for some "real" (as in historical) painting is always a noble endeavor.

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    1. Hahaha, this is why you are my friend. Also it is kind of historical. One day I'll get back to it after my mercenary painting is done for other people.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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