From SimonG: Circe Transports us to The Snowlord's Treasury (32 points)

 Having finished up in the Hall of Heroes I now need to be in the Snowlord's Treasury so it's time to call on Circe the sorceress for the necessary ethereal transportation.

Circe was of course renowned for turning men into pigs -- so perhaps she is behind the PigMen I previously posted 🐷🐷! Once again this is a LMS Black Rose Wars 30mm PVC figure and perhaps my favourite of all I have worked on so far. The elevating pose and robe work is top rate and the snakes making their way up her leg really set off the piece. The piece was rather beset by tricky mould lines at least one of which is far more visible in macro photography then in the "real world" (at least that's my excuse!).

Clearly there were some judgement calls in how to paint a piece like this and how to not get an NSFW rating -- I elected to follow the Ruskin policy when it came to certain areas (probably quite appropriate for a classical greek figure in any case!)

For the detail on the dress I used a mix of classic patterns (albeit simplified) for the upper part and a detail inspired by Waterhouse's first iteration of Circe for the lower. The choice of colour for the dress was driven by a colour that would allow me to get that partly transparent effect without too much trouble -- something I think worked out pretty well on the décolletage (probably not a word that gets brought up too often on this blog!)

Once again much time was spent on the face, the green eyes just seemed to work, and if you look closely you may see some red eyes on the green snake!

I guess pieces like this help you work up techniques that can be employed in more normal wargame situations, but they're also fun in and of themselves plus I look forward to deploying her as my character in Black Rose Wars. For today however she should be worth 32 points (7 for a 40mm figure, 20 for the ride and an extra 5 as a sorceress I believe)