Painting Arena Rex: Mago

Today I finished another mini, this time from a new game to me, Arena Rex! I picked up most of the Morituri line.

The first I decided to tackle is Mago, the Retiarii (net and trident gladiator). 

I did the base first due to the net. I did my stone effect bases of layering feathered greys. I used simple sand (it's an arena) and some stones for accents.

Next I washed the model in Agarax Earthshade and started to paint the flesh. It was my first time painting dark skin tones.

I used a turquoise on the cloth and a red on the spear sash. I washed the turquoise with a blue wash then highlighted up through various mixes of the turquoise and white. The Metal on the chest parts and his helmet were mixes of a mustard and a brown with flesh tones being added in during highlights. The pauldron was similar but used mixes of yellow as well. The iron/steel was blending greys up to nearly white.

The final touches were reds on the trident sash and highlights here and there.

Mago was a lot of fun to paint and I look forward to the rest of my Morituri! Stay tuned for more and as always, feel free to comment!

Tentacles and Siren

Hello everyone! I have jumped back into my Fisherman team for Guild Ball. I have recently acquired the new mascot, Tentacles, and I decided to get him painted up as well as finish Siren. I apologize if descriptions are short and paint names are missing but I am a bit tired and need to hurry and finish this while it is fresh.

Siren I was just happy to get out of the way. I found she is the one Guild Ball model I do not like. Her detail feels a bit muted. But she is done. Moving on...

Now for the happy squid! (I know, he is an octopus) 

I started with a white primer and washed the model in blue.

I base-coated with a light blue, GW's Temple Guard Blue. I used a pink on the gills and under the tentacles. 

I washed the blue again, but I treated it more as a glaze. I started with an orange on the eyes and started to try little circles, mimicking the rings from certain real octopi. I highlighted the net twice with off-whites.

I continued to highlight the rings, but as I started to imagine the entire model covered, I realized it would take away from the rest of the model so I redid the tentacles. After adding two layers of intermediate orange and yellows, I used a single black line on the eyes.

I highlighted with a sea-green and mixed up a much lighter pink highlight for the gills and suckers. I did some simple greys, brown wash, green highlights on the base. Here is the finished result:

I hope you like the result! Next is Kraken and Greyscales! Stay Tuned!

Bandido #1, Finally Done

Alright so I was derailed from my painting after my dad had an accident and I got sick but now I am back at it! This time I have a member of my newest Malifaux crew. A Bandido from the Fistful of Scrip box. She is the first of the set to get completed. Due to me not really having the patience lately to paint, I really didn't go very extravagant with her detail. The base insert is supposed to be like chaos tentacles and things, but I painted them to be like flowing sand. I decided to go standard brown coat with grey pants and sleeves. I made the bandanna red for a bit of color (I might go back and highlight a bit more if I end of feeling like it). She was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to getting the rest of the crew fully painted!

As a side note... I think I should have made the jacket fade towards the bottom.. oh well :P