Finally getting back in the saddle, metaphorically speaking, when it comes to painting. I'm using Ammobunker 's OMAM challenge (One Mini A Month) as a lovely way to start those good habits again, and happily completed my first proper figure in nearly four years - Cygnar Captain Victoria Haley from Warmachine. I've had this figure primed and in storage for about ten years, so thought it would be a nice choice to start with. You can see how it should actually be painted here on the Privateer Press site. It's evident I have a lot of relearning to do and tried quite a few different approaches on this figure, but as a starting point I'm reasonably happy. The lady's a Warcaster and that means magic and voodo, so I tried to make the blue cloth have a slightly glowing quality to it by highlighting up with green but it didn't work out quite as planned. Also my highlighting needs practice ... a lot of practice. Metallics almost worked, but I think playing wi
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