Wednesday 13 July 2016

Female Mage on Stairs [WIP - Boot, Pants and Base]

There was only so much black I could take. As fun as the Bandai Darth Vader model kit is, I had to take a temporary step back from all the gloomy hues in order to work on my Game of Thrones project. I'm using a Dark Sword Miniatures figurine namely the Female Mage on Stairs from their Elmore Masterworks line as a proxy for Princess Myrcella Baratheon. The miniature's clothing colour scheme was inspired by the various dresses Princess Myrcella wore while she was in Dorne and betrothed to Trystane Martell. It comprises pastel-like hues of green, orange, peach and pink. 

Dark Sword Miniatures Female Mage on Stairs, work-in-progress proxy for Princess Myrcella Baratheon
Crack on the base was actually quite difficult to bring out through a combination of paint and wash

Using minty green hues on Myrcella's pants and boots was a bit of a risk on my part as I wasn't sure if it would work. To be honest, I'm still not sure. Part of me loves the resulting contrast and part of me feels that maybe I went too far. A clearer picture should surface once her hair and skin is painted.

Oops ... the primer coat is starting to come off her hair
Back view of the Dark Sword Miniatures Female Mage on Stairs, work-in-progress
Her hair and skin tones has yet to be painted

As befitting Dornish architecture, the base was painted in sandy desert-like colours. Some 'grass' was added to the front of the base to help liven up rather dull colours of the base. At this stage, the overall colour scheme is fairly muted. Hopefully this will make what comes next 'pop' even more.

Side view showing the contrast between the pink/peach/orange hues versus the minty greens
Some grass was added to the base for to 'liven' things up

What's next are Princess Myrcella's hair, skin tone and facial features. These next bits will make or break her. All I have done so far will be for nought if I don't get them right. 

Game of Thrones Princess Myrcella Baratheon, work-in-progress 

As for Vader, never fear for he should be completed by the next post. I plan to finish him first before resuming work on Princess Myrcella. I had desperately needed this infusion of bright pastel colours. All that black was starting to get to me. Fully invigorated, I'm now ready to complete Vader. And start working on other new stuff as well. But first Vader then more of Myrcella. Till then, it's bye for now.

18 comments:

  1. Wow, that's quite a change, from Vader to Myrcella. I love the way you use such sweet colours. This is going to be beautiful.

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    1. Thank you Suber. Let's hope I can paint her as beautiful as she is sculpted.

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  2. I imagine you need to work with some vibrant colors after spending time on all the monotone star wars stuff :)

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    1. Yeah, there is only so much of the Empire's drab colours I can take. And yet I keep getting dragged back in to Bandai's model kits. :)

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  3. Great project, waiting for more!

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  4. another pastel palette! You do those very well :)

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  5. I can relate to painting black. I almost died painting my large-ish Ravenwing army a few years back. And now I'm expanding it by 21 models!

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    1. O_O So much black. But still I'm pretty sure your army is going to look awesome :)

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  6. That is a beautiful start, stunning combinations.

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    1. Thanks Michael, hopefully when the hair and skin tone is done the minty green pants and boots will start to look better.

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  7. The pink/peach/orange combo looks great.

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  8. You're working your magic again it seems! I'm always impressed by how you combine colors I'd never think would work together at all.

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    1. Thank you for your most kind comments Moiterei. Likewise I too am impressed by your use of colours on your own minis. :)

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