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This mini from Reaper’s Exalted line was one of my Chick Challenge V entries, and probably the most ‘arty’ concept I’ve yet had for a mini. (You can see my other entry here.) I’m not that familiar with the Exalted game, but browsing through the books found the picture this sculpt is based on, in a section about death cults. Like the picture and sculpt, I wanted to try to achieve a paintjob that combined elements of beauty and death. I received the new Reaper Master Series paints while working on this figure, and used them on the dress, cloak, metallics and flowers.
I added the roses (a gift from a misguided suitor, perhaps) as a symbol of her rejecting life. (Her eyes are turning away from the flowers as a further symbol of that rejection.) I tried to emphasize the life/death contrast by painting the roses and floor in brighter, truer colours than those used on the figure. I chose to use metallics partly to practice with them, and partly cause I thought they’d have a bit of a grungier look. The sculpt (and the ones I’ve seen subsequently in the store) had some crazing on the ankle. I chose to paint this as a wound, but I’ve seen other painted versions where people filed it down, so I really don’t know if it’s meant to be part of the sculpt or is a casting issue.
I painted the skin using a natural gray, then glazed with a dark olive, layered up with lighter grays, then glazed again with a lighter olive. I used olive paints or glazes on most of the figure, including the hair, dress and the front dress placket. The eyes were done with a pale blue-gray to try to simulate eyes filmed over with death. I used blue-grays on the lips and nails for similar reasons. I did not try to highlight the hair so as to make it look shiny, rather I wanted it to look dry and dull.
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airhead
24-Aug-05
#145623 |  | Rating: 8
I like the overall pose/layout, but the sculpt itself is holding you back here. Her fingers are way out of proportion on her right hand. Maybe if you had 'painted' her nails, but that might have just accented the sculpt.
Colors are nicely muted. You captured the 'regal old dead' look nicely.
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