Finishing up painting, finally!

It turns out that a full time job and parenting are a distraction from painting miniatures, who knew? So it has taken me quite a while to get my act together and finish off the last of my lieutenants from the Descent base game. Really happy with how it turned out especially as I hadn't painted in a few months so always takes a while to get back on the horse.

Tried out a couple of lighting effects (eyes and belt buckle) and generally happy with how they turned out

Still a surprise how much the shading/highlighting changes when you varnish a model, though with time you start to subconsciously plan for it

The wings are far more purple then the art (see below) but I didn't have the confidence to go for a near ly completely black model

Tried going lighter on the face but it just went a bit pinky so settled for matching the wings

Don't think it is too far away from the art work, wish I had had the confidence/time to practice NMM to the standard needed to do this art in full but there are so many more models to paint for the game that I will take greater pleasure in getting one step closer to completion!

Getting back to work and wishing I was painting!

This is the time of year that my painting takes a serious holiday as I am trying to get my head around the new academic year, so I thought that I would just reminisce about the progress I made over the summer. I managed to finish off the monsters from The Trollfens and five the Lieutenants packs from the base game. It is great to be able to focus on a single miniature to try out some new techniques like source lighting!

First every attempt at source lighting and very pleased.

Descent update!

Image dump of the progress I have made on the Descent models as I have now finished all the minions for Labyrinth of Ruin.

Love these models so much, can't wait to get them on the table.

Finishing Descent models

I realised I hadn't updated this in a long while and I had made loads of progress on my Descent models!

My first set of Heroes ready to kick minion backsides

Making progress on Descent

Quick image dump for my painting progress:

realising how much time it takes to move!

Last time I finished a Descent model was October!?! I had grossly underestimated both how long it would take me to paint the crypt dragons and just how much time moving a few hundred miles and switching jobs takes up!

Really happy with how these have turned out and can't wait to get them to the table.I must follow the card art more often!

Finishing my Priests

Finally finished the Dark Priests. Photo, as usual, not really as good at showing off the bits I am proud of but hey they are done. Now for a couple of dragons and heroes!