Alexandra Uthgarde

[USS_ESSESS]

I recently started a subscription at loot-studios to get some nice Fantasy Miniatures for printing at home.

I decided that I want to improve my painting skills with this glorious lady.

after printing, cleaning and curing I primed with Vallejo black primer and gave her a zenithal Highlight with white to bring out the details. It‘s just amazing how detailed the figure is!

I mean… look at her face!

just kidding!

loot gives you files rendered in 32mm 75mm and as a bust. 
 

my plan is to start with the 32mm version and then go bigger and bigger keeping the paint scheme the same but improving on details, blends and so on.

And hopefully this will result in me getting better even in smaller scales.

the priming revealed some flaws like layer marks and support stubs that need to be cleaned up.

here is the 32mm:

75mm:

and the bust:

I have not decided on all the colors jet, but she will have a Caucasian skin tone, dark hair and green eyes.

 

that’s it for now

 

cheers

Konrad

 

[USS_ESSESS]

Well…

change of plans… in 32mm scale most of the details shown in the bigger ones are just non-existent! So I decided to start with the bust and work my way down to 32mm… this way I can at least guess where details are supposed to be.

I started with her face (obviously)… as this is my first attempt at painting a face bigger than that of a spacemarine I was very frustrated at first but somehow managed to get semi smooth blends and an overall acceptable skintone. Details like eyes and brows are just at the beginning and need some more attention. Just blocked in a baseline for the hair to get a feeling whether the eye color works or not.

All sort of comments and polite criticism is welcome!

thanks for watching

 

Konrad

 

[Escaflowne]

It seems to begin well, interesting to see all the figures.

You paint one after one or many in "the same time", please ?

[USS_ESSESS]

5 minutes ago, Escaflowne said:

It seems to begin well, interesting to see all the figures.

You paint one after one or many in "the same time", please ?

I usually print prep and prime a few models at a time but paint them separately one after another… only when I do a couple of similar figures, e.g. a squad of spacemarines I paint them all in a batch going color after color.

[USS_ESSESS]

Well today I finally settled on the colors for this character! I blocked them all in and started highlighting and refining the cape and her chest armor. I tried to achieve a dragon skin armor look by basecoating in dark brown glazing over a lighter and a darker green and then stippling on a very vivid green followed by a dark brown wash an a sandcolored drybrushing. The „horn parts“ on her armor will get some proper horn colors later. With her cape I settled on a violet and her pauldrons will be leather with iron edges. The padded undergarment will be blue.

anyway here are some pictures:

 

as always 

thanks for watching

 

Konrad