Playing Foolish Games

And winning foolish prizes.

 

Liquid Green Stuff continues to vex me. Unfortunately, when hands and feet snap off and the tried-and-true method of more glue fails to solve the problem your options are limited. I salvaged the ankle by washing it slightly red to give the lumps a welt appearance, but the left wrist his not an ideal result. I also need more practice with highlighting fabrics in bright tones, a lot more practice.

I am quite happy with how the fool turned out despite all my whining. I used him as an excuse to practice highlights with more than one layer. One day perhaps I will even paint a figure to an 'eavy metal bare minimum. The bright contrasts and cartoonish pose were a splendid break from more down-to-earth Afghan tribesmen, though only three of those remain at time of writing. If I can recreate the highlighting on the right arm front more reliably then I will be in a better place. The skeleton recipe has remained unchanged, but the skin was a flayed one -> reikland -> flayed one: pallid wytch -> pallid wytch progression. I like the final result, but I want to experiment some more.

On the list of things to fix, my photo setup needs a redux and sooner rather than later. It turns out my regular camera app can produce better looking shots than a special setup.