Demon Queen - a Kris Kringle present

[morsla]

I've been painting up character miniatures for the players in our wednesday night game, but bishi_wannabe (as the GM) has missed out so far... Fortunately, I drew his name for the Kris Kringle present - and so I decided to paint up Reaper's Necromancer as the Demon Queen. She's a recurring villain in the game, and one I'm sure we'll cross paths with again in the future.

The photo (and miniature!) are very overexposed - I think all the cleavage blinded my poor camera...




I experimented a bit with colours on this one, while still trying to use red and green. It's a Christmas figure after all :)

Flesh: All the skin colours have a bit of emerald green mixed into them, which gives much more natural shadows. Any warm green should do the trick, deepening the pink flesh tones without darkening them. There's a thin glaze of purple as well, which cools the colours down a little.

Red robes: shaded with Coal Black (a dark turquoise). I usually use black (which makes a murky shade) or brown (which never really works at all...).

Green imp: shaded with the same red/turquoise mix used on the robes. Red and green make good shading tones for each other, being strong contrasts.

The armour and sword were a happy accident, basecoated with a light grey I'd been using on another model. They have one umber wash, and some thinned white paint for a highlight. The end result isn't quite as chalky as the photos make it look (particularly the back view), and I think it turned out okay.

miss_rynn's Christmas Special went well last night. I'm still so full of food that I can hardly move.

Comments

[mousebane.livejournal.com]

We shan't be clearing that sugar out of our systems until the new year...

[morsla.livejournal.com]

...which is why I plan to get my bike out for a ride on the weekend... ;)

Plus, Sunday's BBQ will have healthy food. I'm planning to make mostly vegetarian stuff, so bring some meat if you want any :)

[mousebane.livejournal.com]

I might even walk there!

I'm tempted to buy myself a new bike soon too, and ride it during Summer.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an excellent idea :)

Depending on how the jobhunting goes, you might be able to ride to work next year as well...

[sharplittlteeth.livejournal.com]

I was going to comment "Necromancer's Robes: why your mother told you to wear clean underwear."

But it's pretty clear she's not wearing *any*, clean or otherwise.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Well, that pair of skeletal hands might count for something...