From SarahHC: Lilly, the Glamourous Society Dame (25 Points)

Hey Everyone!

This week I had planned to paint terrain, however, the terrain which magically appeared in my paint nook was a turnip field. The Snowlord would not permit me a creative colour palette, the intent was for me to match with his previously painted fields. Boring!! (Well, I tried... Ed.) Instead, I chose to paint another 28mm figure as a gaming piece for a pulp adventure.

This model appeared awhile ago in my painting nook and had already been primed and based by Curt. Provenance unknown to me.

I was annoyed at trying to paint her shoes as they are more cement block than footwear. The base was going to be changed out to a clear one and I knew I’d have to do touch ups.
Despite all this, I feel that I’m getting the hang of painting 28mm. With Lilly, I was inspired by the super fancy GreenStuff World colour shift paints that Curt had acquired recently. My paint skillz have improved enough that he trusts me with these treasures, and I was even allowed to use his most coveted 35yr old paint pot of Citadel Shining Gold!

I wanted Lilly to really “shimmer”, she is a glamorous society dame, dancing from one charity function to another all the while listening for gossip and juicy tidbits. One never knows what information might come in handy. I quite like her pose. Obviously Lilly has just had her bottom pinched, and she’s deciding whether to be outraged or flattered …

The GreenStuff World colourshift paints are magical, the colours really do seem to dance! I used Nebula Copper on her dress, with Burning Gold at the hem, neckline, shoulder straps … hopefully creating a sort of ombré effect. The rosette and flouncy ruffles were painted in Citadel colour contrast Plaguebearer Flesh, and highlighted with Curt’s ‘Very Special Citadel Shining Gold paint pot, circa 1986’. ( his words, not mine….)

Lilly has accessorized in Terradon Turquoise wrist cuffs, earrings and shoes. I kept her hair-colour relatively simple gunmetal with dry brush of Vallejo Steel, emphasizing the finger waves with a touch of Nuln Oil. (Little known fact about our benevolent Snowlord: Many years ago, when I met him, he worked as a hair dresser in a fancy salon, and so was not shy to express his opinions about Lilly’s hair do. 🤷‍♀️) (No comment. Ed.)

Points wise? 1 x28mm figure for 5 points. I will also use Lilly as a ticket to summon the Star Yacht to whisk me away to the planet of Istvaan V, so another 20 points for that. Wow! I'm already well over my original 100 point target, so I think I will increase my target to 250 points. Wish me luck!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

- Sarah

I can't say that I blame you, opting to paint this instead of trying to match Curt's previously-painted turnip fields. I haven't tried colour-shifting paints on 28mm figures before, but it looks as though it works well for shimmery dresses - I'll have to remember to give it a try for some of my Pulp ladies.

By the way, we all want to know how the chocolate cakes that you and Tasha had to bake for each other were, hopefully with photos of the cakes and you sharing them!

Tamsin