Meh? Imagination vs Application
I had a pretty strong vision in my mind. High contrast, smooth blends, and shading that just brought out the slight undulations that I knew I couldn't tackle with my brushwork alone. It was going to be the eel to end all eels. Instead, an eel was painted in a way that gently whispers "meh". Today's paints, are all from the Army Painter Fanatic line. Grotesque Green, Camouflage Green and Woodland Green which are all from the same Olive Green family, from light to dark. I had to add a bit of Matt Black to the Woodland Camo for the deeper recesses. After finishing their application, I gave the whole thing a wash of 1:1 Contrast Mantis Warrior Green to medium. This was probably a mistake, and I was forced to do a drybrush of Grotesque Green over everything to tone it down. This caught a few edges of armour, so will need to touch those areas up. I don't hate how they look, but may do something different with the next unit.

So if I know my Deepkin lore, or at least some bare-bones essentials of it, the Namarti are born soulless. This is represented in miniatures and/or physically manifested in a Grey, colorless skin tone. But the raids they conduct upon the surface result in captured souls tuff, which can be... attached, maybe... to a soulless Deepkin. I presume this gives them a more life-like complexion? I couldn't see any skin on the King, so Im not sure what your plan is for non-Namarti skin, like on the Tidecaster. Oh, you did a Soulrender earlier - I think... I should backtrack and check what you did there!
ReplyDeleteHm. Maybe the Soulrender's fingers are visible... but I can't tell if you did a different shade on them?
ReplyDeleteNon-Namarti will get some sort of pinkish hued skin. Like a regular elf I guess.
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