— 01 Jan 2017 —

As he is a D&D dungeon master I decided to paint him a big monster for his campaigns so his battles would have a bigger impact.

I placed magnets in the shrine so the priest can be removed and placed on a different base so different models can be placed on the shrine or you could have an encounter with just the priest.

I painted it with a purple and blue colour scheme as I wanted the shrine to have a garish look and complement the bright gold trim.

I also painted the trolls underneath a cool grey so the would blend into the base as if they where no there (like they are unwanted), this really contrasts with the garish shrine sitting on top of them.

For the trim I found out this new way to shade and highlight it
My previous method was:
* Retribution armour
* Seraphim sepia
* Gehenna’s gold
* Liberator gold

However the shade was never dark enough so the highlights never came through, so I came up with this new method which makes really deep shades and a really realistic look.

* Base: Retributor armour
* Highlight 1: Liberator gold
* Highlight 2: Runefang Steel
* Shade: really watered down Screaming bell

For the shade you have to be very careful and treat it like a layer so you cant wash it all over the miniature but rather selectively paint the areas you want to be shaded.

For my present I got a bunch of paints :).

It’s been a while since I last posted on here as I’ve had to do so much to prepare for uni and I wanted to spend a peaceful time with my family at Christmas.