Its update time again, and as normal for me I've got distracted from painting the celestial guard and Knight of Santiago. Instead I've been working on a Hsien:
I've also tried one of the techniques from the Giraldez painting book. This being the one for creating a leather effect:
Again I'm reasonably happy with the effect, though might still need a little more work.
I've also stripped all the other Yu Jing models I had painted a few years back:
Hope to get these guys painted up over the coming weeks :)
That leather is looking GOOD mate! If you wanted to tweak it, maybe a reddish or yellowish tinge would create a bit of contrast to the blue armour? :)
ReplyDeleteThe eyes and the front-light-thing on the helmet is looking sharp as well, yellow was a good choice there.