Thrall Assembly Model 1 and 2
I had one job, pick a different head for each of these second set of thralls.
Status: Failed.
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.
One is yelling, the other is not. They seem to have different heads to me. I don't see the failure...?
ReplyDeleteAh, but I am comparing them to the previous Thralls I assembled. All I had to do was make sure to pick a head with a different expression. I spent a couple of minutes making sure the head was different, then assembled the mini, then a few minutes later realized I had not been comparing the same minis, and of course, the one head I picked was the same as the already completed Thrall.
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