Wednesday 25 January 2017

From IannickM : Female Assasin (5 Points)

Yes, two posts today! It didn't feel right to mix Napoleonics with fantasy. So a single piece for this entry, a female assassin from Dark Swords miniatures. The figure is not attached to any planned games or project, really, it's a Christmas gift from the girlfriend. Now usually when she gives me figures as gift they go into the lead pile (as all my purchases go), and she gets to see them painted many moons later, so this year I decided to do something different and put it in my priority pile!

So there she is, I painted her as a single so I did spend more time on her than most other figures, and I'm really happy I did as I think she looks gorgeous! The figure itself is an awesome sculpt and has that nice Old School vibe the fantasy masters at Dark Sword still manage to produce. It's a very simple sculpt, no skulls or extra belts and stuff, but it is very effective.



Yes, I couldn't resist using some pink on the female warrior, cliché you might say, but I just love the colour and any excuse to use it is good with me! I tried to offset the bright colour with a darker mauve cloak, a very simple basing and some grey pants. I quite like the final results.



Now, of course, being who I am it might just be the start of a Frostgrave or Songs of Blades and Heroes warband! Somewhere the old masters at Dark Swords are smiling, knowing I need at least 10 more of their figures...

So that's a small but satisfying 5 pts. 

ByronM: I would agree with that, you should be satisfied with this small but high quality submission.  The figure would suit itself to many different games and settings, and is very feminine due to the pink colour.  Once again I like the stark highlights, it is a method that a lot of painters that I realy like (like Curt, Greg, Sydney) all use on thier models to produce very high quality tabletop miniatures.  Calling it tabletop, is not a put down in any way, as this style is done for that exact reason, to look good at table top level, and in fact looks BETTER on the tabletop than many of the super detailed methods that a lot of the elite painters useAll to say, I really like the look and style.

18 comments:

  1. Lovely work on a lovely mini Iannick :)

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  2. Really a terrific job and I love the colour. Although as described your highlights are bold, you manage to make it look blended.

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  3. What a lovely sculpt, and you've done a great job with her. Your colour selection is really great and very nicely executed.

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  4. Gorgeous paint job! Your use of a bright pink to draw the eye and the subdued mauve is genius. As Byron already said, she'll look magnificent on the table but equally at home in your display cabinet.

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  5. Lovely work on this deadly demoiselle, Iannick!

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  6. Incredible brushwork Iannick - brilliant stuff.

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  7. Very fine brushwork there, Iannick. Bravo.

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  8. Fantastic job on this one. I really like the color choices too.

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  9. Gorgeous, great use of colour

    Ian

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  10. @everyone : thank you for the great comments, I really apreciate them!!

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  11. Really nicely done, a triumph! I see we are both continuing our "go slow" race on the 30k front :)

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    1. It's a cunning ruse to divert Greg's attention to other interests. I think it's working...

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  12. Great figure! I love the color of the cloak.

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