From Sarah - Lady and Gypsy Dancer (14 Points)

Hello Everybody!

Great to be part of this Thursday Crew!

Two more figures to add to the ever growing collection of Carnival/Venetian performers and citizens.

Here we have ‘Madam’, obviously a wealthy woman, but is she the wife of a local magistrate? A visiting Noble Lady? A courtesan?

I thought the deep metallic blue would emphasize wealth, power and strength and used the whimsical pink to soften & feminize the ‘armour-like’ blue.

I took as inspiration Boucher’s portrait of Madame de Pompadour which coincidentally was also the inspiration for this gown worn by Glenn Close in the film, 'Dangerous Liaisons'.

Neither of these women were to be trifled with … I hope I have done Madam justice!

For a stark contrast, here is a tambourine - playing gypsy dancer - travel weary but ready to dance & sing along the canals of Venice.

I choose sunflower yellow paint with some lowlight washes on her dress for a natural/rustic appearance (and yellow is tricky!)

Thank you Curt for printing and assembling these 2 minis ❤️

These two 40mm figures should give me 14 points.

Thank you for dropping by!

- Sarah

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These figures look fantastic Sarah - what a tremendous fashion show. The sunflower yellow of the tambourine player's dress is definitely striking! I think you will find a lot of us all find yellow to be a particularly difficult colour to work with/work up on a figure, but you have done a really wonderful job here. 

The Madam, however, takes the cake! That dress looks stunning, and you should be really pleased with the result you have achieved! The different colours, and the contrast with the metallic blue (armour-like indeed) is fantastic!

14 points for you, and a wonderful way to wrap up a Thursday!

GregB