I never expected that I would enjoy painting miniatures, but it's been a good relaxation activity- I've really gotten into it!
This guy came in lots of very small pieces that took several sessions to glue together until he finally looked like this:
The roses were my own addition. All of these models come with only a single or limited variations. That doesn't sit well with me, so I often add to them- can't be boring!
After that I used a spray to prime the model with a brown undercoat.
After that you start the bases. There are always multiple layers to make the colours and marking complex. The brown is the base for most of the bark armour. The orange and the green here are also bases.
The owl is about half the size of my little fingernail, if you're looking for scale. Overall he's no more than 15cm high.
It was startling bright and I was pretty worried at first, until I remembered how many layers I was going to add. Hardly any of this orange will remain.
The next layers dulled that down though. You do thin coats, so that the layer blends with the base and you get a mix of both colours. When I first started I didn't do thin coats... so my models changed colour a lot!
There's still another layer to go, otherwise that contrast between the green and orange is a bit much!
The angles are hard to work around sometimes, with the way they're built. I did snap a couple of small bits off by accident.... easy to disguise on a twiggy tree.
This shows the second layer on the leaves, a lighter green: really happy with how they came out.
I wanted to make the staff really interesting so I added the bug on. I got a very fine detail brush to put the veins on the leaves.
I was really happy with how the leaves turned out in his beard. Again, very careful painting with a very tiny brush.
Not to mention (after a lot of swearing) how happy I was with the lime green in the runes on his armour. I pretty much through any of the default colour scheme out once I got past the two colours of bark.
The basing/decorating is one of my favourite parts though. You can't just leave them on a plain base!
I have a stack of tiny little plants and grass that I use to build the woodland around him.
He goes in a matched set with these, so I used many of the same plants. The ones below were Summer, but I always saw him as partly between Summer and Autumn.
The rock below him is made from cork. I could have just glued him straight onto the base, but (again) I wanted it to be more interesting!
There are always skulls in Warhammer...
And now some views of the finished model. Painting competition on Saturday!
It was fascinating to work out the colour combinations.
And I'm very proud of him!
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