Now I'm willing to accept that I:
- bought the wrong stuff.
- did it wrong.
- both of the above.
Anyway after I had a bit of silent reflection (ie crack the s**ts) I decided to just do it the old way, you know base colour, ink wash and then shade and highlight. I'm pretty happy with the results and I managed to get quite a bit done.
I finished the rest of the archer unit by hand, didn't take any photos though so I'll put some up next time. However I did manage to get a few of the characters done or close to done.
Starting with one of the Harbringers. The Anubi hand hanging from this guys belt is a great touch to the mini. The main reason I haven't painted many of these (apart from being lazy and easily distracted) is that I hadn't decided on a colour scheme. I eventually went with my firts idea to use the atypical gold and blue. I like the look, very Egyptian and very easy to paint. Most the cloth will be white or light greys and I'll try to introduce one more colour for each of the character miniatures to make them unique.
The miniature below came out way better than I had hoped and the cloak just looks great, shading looks superb in real life. Now if I could just figure out how I did it and do it again.
This was my first real attempt at feathers and I'm still not sold on the look. I like the colours used but something isn't right, I'll leave it and come back another day with a fresh pair of eyes. What is the deal with the Asar women going topless? I know Egypt is a hot place but even if we put aside the issue of sunburn they are going into battle... just doesn't make sense.
I tried to do something different with this guys wings and do them like a pair of phoenix wings.. or something. Again they look good but something just doesn't gel. I'll finish the rest of him off and how it looks then.
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