Okay. Now hear me out. Have I abandoned yet another 80%* complete mini because every part of my flesh and skin and soul rebels at the thought of ever even looking at it again? Yes. Technically, yes.
But! I’ve now picked up a _vastly_ larger, more fine-detailed display figure that will need exponentially more patience and skill and time to complete. I see this as a clear win.
*~40-80%
Tiny eye dots, tiny teef dots, and a patchy first couple of base layers for the skin, over black. The fool’s not even using a zenithal.
In contrast, the first ‘real’ (fake) highlight placement.
Right. Let’s get started on that hair then. All of which is entirely composed of additional beards.
First beard(s) highlight pass sketched in.
Starting on the shadow-side arm fleshtones.
Aside: I will _always_ attempt skin ‘from black’ in the future. If you build up in thin layers you get such a developing sense of translucency for free.
Starting to sketch out what a full-sleeve tattoo might look like for a fantasy dorf. Ever get the feeling you’ve bitten off absurdly more than you can chew?
Finally starting into a slow expansion of the tattoo. This is going to take a billion years.
Immediately sidetracked by non-metallic metal. The eventual headstone of every mini-painter.
A little bit more axe wrangling, trying to get the big blocks in place on the upper and lower blades. Definitely needs a good old scuffing and weathering pass.
Removing the last of the bare primer layer as I try to avoid thinking about axe and tattoo progression.
Darren McGuicken
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