Spooky Skeleton, for October.

Autumn is not my favorite season. 

October, however, ranks number four in top months of the year. I imagine you can guess why.

Sometimes a hobby purchase can fester on a shelf for quite some time. Many are destined only to serve as a source of greebles and bits for kitbashing projects. Cursed City was bought with that intention, and to satisfy my bargain-hunting nature (30% off!)

Even so, a lot of the miniatures in the box stand perfectly on their own. This gentleman is just a marker piece for the game and yet he has more energy in his sculpting than some entire boxes can put out. I've left the gallows and rope unpainted for the moment, more out of laziness than any statement. I had painted skulls before but never a full skeleton. It proved a fairly novel experience and a great opportunity to practice highlighting skills. The eyes are my favorite portion to be sure. The front ribs were harder to highlight, but the back came out very clean in the end.

In my painting quest to improve from middling to fair this skeleton represents a fairly big step. Not only is he my first full skeleton, he is also the first unit I fully painted with a new light, and the first unit I painted with a thinning medium other than water. Good equipment does not a good paintjob make, but preventing everything from being saturated in an incandescent orange glare while I paint it should help somewhat nonetheless.

With October in swing I should really see about painting some more spooky boys. Vampires perhaps? Most of the zombies and nighthaunt have been turned into guardsmen already. Maybe they deserve a turn in the spotlight next week.