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Old West, Toon Realms and Zombicide ...

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A real random collection of completed work here. As my usual regime regarding this blog, I haven't posted in ages, despite saying I would. Yup, I know. Sorry. Anyway; as well as making a dent in a current commission, I also painted a few side-line models for my humble Etsy shop . These few models came from Lucid Eye , a manufacturer I've only recently started getting models from. Starting off with a beautiful piece based on the paintings of Jim Fitzpatrick - an Irish Goddess figure - but I ended up purchasing a set of surreal steampunk-style characters called Hypnocrats as well as a set of Skeleton soldiers. All, I have to say, were beautiful sculpts and a real pleasure to paint. But, back to the main bundle I'm working on ... A few weeks back I finished a selection of figures from Zombicide Green Horde and Black Plague. Recently I've completed a couple of sets from Great Escape Games ' Dead Man's Hand game. I've included a few sample pictures h...

Completed Ireland Goddess and Progress on an Ogre ...

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Surprise surprise, it's been a while since I posted. But I have since finished a few more Saxons as well as the Jim Fitzpatrick inspired model from Lucid Eye Publications of the Goddess of Ireland. I'll start with this model first, as I've been painting her on-and-off for a bit, in between the Saxons and Ogre. I didn't stay completely with the colours of the painting, but still wanted them to be fairly vibrant and jarring, so off-set the warm yellow of her dress with some soft blues then a slightly more potent green for the fringing. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the finished product. Still unsure as the whether or not I'll keep her (I'm not really a collector or gamer), or move her on at some point.   I had some lofty ideas about making a stand that was an extension of the rocks and grass on small base, but thought she would benefit more from keeping it simple, so cut a piece of seasoned apple wood, giving it a couple of coats of light satin v...