The Court of the Archon is proceeding at a good pace now with the addition of these two Medusae and the impeding arrival of the Sslyth. The entire Court is mounted on Blasted Swampland bases from Secret Weapon. I'm liking the water effects more as I get more accustomed to them. The large shrinkage that occurs as the effect cures and clears requires the the central areas of the bases be refilled several times to avoid a concave shiny situation where the shiny effect rides up the retaining walls and the sides of artifacts that are only partly submerged. This could be adjusted with paint as well but I'm currently favoring the adding of actual depth.
This shot shows the bases pretty well. The effect around the log, just below waterline is the best bit.
Finally getting close to wrapping up the Spirits of Vengeance! The Datsue Ba and the second batch of Seishin complete the basic selection of all the models. Just as I finished these though.... the Avatar of Vengeance arrived! The concept for the model is really good and its an ambitious sculpt. Unfortunately the arm pins seem to be very much out of position and will have to be shorn and replaced. The spirit rises from the collapsed body of Kirai Ankoku and the join is also a bit ambiguous. In pinning it I may actually not lower the body completely so it could actually appear to levitate over the fallen Kirai. I'm anxious to see how that goes so its already in the construction pile.
Batch 2 of the Seishin brings this element up to its likely potential.
The spirits of vengeance models really are superb.
ReplyDeleteIts been fascinating to work with these models and the very strong theme. The next Malifaux Crew is the Colette Dubois' macabe chorus line which were originally intended for my wife... who has since decided that the Spirits of Vengeance are hers!
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