Thursday 7 May 2015

SDE Hexcast Sorceress [WIP - Skin Tone and Dress]

With my desire to draw temporarily sated, I turned my attention back to the Super Dungeon Explore Hexcast Sorceress board game piece which until now only had her hair completed. During this latest stage of the sorceress's paint work, progress was made on her skin tone and dress.

Super Dungeon Explore Hexcast Sorcress, work-in-progress on her skin tone and dress

Her skin tone achieved using a mixture of Reaper Master Series Golden Skin and the various rosy skin tones from the same paint range i.e. Rosy Shadow, Rosy Skin and Rosy Highlight. In addition, Bright Skin Highlight was applied on the brightest points of her skin such as the nose and shoulder blades. My choice of colours was purely an experimental one as I wanted to see how the skin would turn out using combinations of the said paints. I had in mind an oriental-celtic hybrid skin tone.  

Gold trims on the Hexcast Sorceress's dress helps make the purple 'pop'
Care was taken to highlight her shoulder blades on her back
Dark purple-orange/yellow-peachy pink colour combo on her dress somewhat complements her violet hair

Unsatisfied with the dress's original colour scheme, I decided to liven things up a bit by adding some warm colours to the mix. Two main changes I made were to add some orange/yellow to what I presume are the dress's embroidery bits and a peachy pink hue to the loincloth. I felt that both made the dress look more appealing (or less dull if your cup is half empty) to the discerning eye. 

You can (almost) never fail with a purple-gold combo for clothing
In keeping with the anime chibi look, contrasts in colour on the Hexcast Sorceress have been intentionally kept understated. I maintained just enough contrast to hint at hair volume, clothing folds and certain anatomical key-points such as shoulder blades and nose. In my opinion, overdoing the contrast in colours would have spoiled the anime chibi look of this miniature. She isn't far from finished now, with her eyes, mouth, staff and base left to paint. At this point in time, I am just trying to get into a consistent 'hobby groove' of paint, draw, paint, draw, paint ... well, you get the idea.      


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20 comments:

  1. Very impressive hair, love the combo of the colors, great job!

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    1. Thanks Phil. I wasn't sure if orange or yellow would fit into the existing turquoise, purple and gold colour combo but it surprisingly did.

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  2. Great job and nice mini!
    waiting for more.

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    1. Thank you luca, the Hexcast Sorceress should be completed very soon!

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  3. Looks fantastic ! I love the shades of purple !
    Greetings

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    1. Me too Mario ... I don't get much opportunity to use purple shades so when I did I went all out. :)

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  4. Great look , i love this purple color .
    Cheers .

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    1. Merci, Vincent! Purple is one of the hues I enjoy using.

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  5. Those smooth blends are fabulous :)

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    1. You are much much much too kind Zab. But they do look pretty smooth but that's only because they are Vallejo Model Colors which anyone can make to look smooth. ^_^

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  6. It is lovely to see how much attention and love you put in every mini. No wonder why you achieve such spectacular results!

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    1. Thank you very much Suber. It must be the OCD in me as I am obsessed with painting (at least wanting to anyway) any miniatures I am working on as well as I possibly can.

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  7. Looking great, 4EM.

    "You can (almost) never fail with a purple-gold combo for clothing"... Very true.

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    1. Thanks Finch. So true, but it's finding the third colour that goes with both that sometimes can be a challenge.

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  8. Great colors and lovely blending!

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    1. Thanks ... I was particularly obsessed with getting smooth blends on her skirt.

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  9. This will be an impressive piece of art again! So much I'm certain of...

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  10. She looks amazing dude! Way to go F.E.M.

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    1. Thanks Bob. So far so good is what I'm thinking. Let's hope it all turns out well in the end.

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