Kaya Completed

I love it when a model paints itself. What I mean is when things just come together and it requires next to no effort. Everything just fell into place with her. I painted Kaya's face, eyes, hair and skin the other night before jumping into my template project. Last night I decided to continue working on her and since I wasn't able to fall asleep until 4:00 I plugged along and nearly completed her. This morning after running a few errands I did the final touches, based her and gave her a protective coat.

I'm happy with the results and after looking at some previous models, I am starting to see some progression.

I tried taking the picture with our Sony camera instead of the Iphone. Here's a comparison of the two cameras.

Sony Camera

Iphone camera

Harby completed

"Good enough!" These are the words I need to learn to say to myself. Otherwise I keep touching up my models and the painting never seems to end. Overall I'm quite happy with the result. The only thing that really concerns me is the fragility of the chains since I didn't pin them. I'm positive that one day during transport I will loose one. Lucky for me I'm probably the only person in this country that collect PP, so she'll be safe in my display case.

Gudrun is finally finished

The procrastination is over. I finally finished Gudrun the Wanderer. It was started quite some time ago and I never quite "felt it" with this model so I always put it to the side after a couple brush strokes.
Ever since I first saw this model though, I really liked the look and his angry pose. His halberd was bending right from the start so I had to modify it. All I did was drill a hole through his hand, green stuffed the leather wrappings and make the small blade at the back. I think it turned out not bad. (the blade is 4 inches so it also helps as a measuring reference on the gaming table... hint for all my opponents) In the end the painting came through and even though I know where the flaws are, I'm quite satisfied.

Enjoy