Monday 27 June 2016

Alicia

Hi all,

Firstly, I've just checked my ego-ometer and realised my blog has viewed over 20,000 times! Bloody hell! Now I realise half of those are probably me but still. Thanks guys hope the blog is still hitting the mark for at least another 20,000.

So a little break from the now regular Bushido posting, no the enthusiasm hasn't diminished, not even a little bit but I've just run out of models and the drying times on my latest board are considerable.  Because of this I'm able to paint up some of the other minis that have been sitting in the queue way, way longer than they deserve and I'm starting with "Alicia".


I got Alicia at Salute back in April, she's from the Hasslefree Miniatures range of Fantasy humans sculpted by the amazing Kev White. I spent a great deal of time at the Hasslefree stand, perusing the gorgeous minis, some painted, others just in a black wash to show off their deliciousness. Alicia was one of three models that I chose, not for any real purpose or because I had a faction that needed bulking out but simply because she is an amazing sculpt. Not a truly complicated mini but wonderfully posed and imho full of character. I have no real plans for her gaming-wise, she'll fit into loads of different genres from a villager in medieval settings, to a dungeon crawling rogue, to an assassin, to a cosplaying zombie apocalypse survivor! I'm gonna use her as much as I can. The hsf site have this to say about her....

"Alicia is a semi-retired adventurer. Now living peacefully with her family in a small village, she still refuses to travel anywhere withotu a trusty shortsword at her side. Some lessons stay learned."

"Alicia is one of our 'multipurpose' figures. Useable as anything from an average villager who happens to be armed to a merchant to an understated adventurer!"









Paint wise, I kept as much to the websites colour scheme as it suited her down to the ground, natural dyes for homespun clothing and fiery red hair to match her personality! The yellow sleeves and leggings were a mix of Vallejo "khaki grey" and "Iraqi sand" and lots of white. The green dress was GWs "Knarloc green". The base I'm particularly pleased with as I used coffee stirrers to make series of small planks then glued them directly on the base when it was dry I trimmed of the excess and sanded down the "planks"  I then stained the boards firstly with GW "Reikland Flesh" wash, then 2 coats of GW "Seriphim Sepia" and finally 2 thin washes of "Agrax Earthshade"





hope you enjoy
dGG


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figs bought:painted (difference)

20 comments:

  1. congrats on 20K. She looks fab, you've gotta love Hasslefree figs, always fab

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    1. Thanks Martin, she does look great as do all of Kev White's sculpts imho. If you like her you'll love my posts this week!

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  2. She really is a beautiful figure, Andy and you've done her justice with your paintwork.

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    1. Thanks I think she's brilliant and will be involved with as many games as I can justify lol

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  3. Cracking paintjob on a simple yet superbly sculpted figure.

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    1. She is simple Joe and I think that's part of her charm :-) thanks mate

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  4. Great stuff Andy, and a nice little tutorial on her excellent basing to boot. You just can't help yourself can you ;-)

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    1. Thanks Simon, I was just a little pleased with her is all ;-P

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    2. " I was just a little pleased with her is all" - Quite right too!! I actually thought she'd make a wonderful medieval April O'Neil should your TMNT time travel ;-)

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  5. I was expecting either Bushido or Saga, so a nice surprise. Key White does have a knack for sculpting women who look like women, if you know what I mean. A nice figure and a nice paint job - could also fit in with your Saga force.

    And your cart is packaged and partially labelled -but I haven't got your last name, so need that before I can post it.

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    1. Just taking a little time out to prove I'm not a one trick pony my good man ;-P

      Bushido and Saga will be back next week, hopefully people aren't getting fed up of the posts. This week though I wanted to show these lovely minis, I've taken a little more time painting each of the two coming up with a particularly nice piece on Friday. Yes she would make a lovely addition to Saga!

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  6. Congrats on 20K! Love the painting on Alicia, she looks very nice. Useful in many different genres.

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  7. Lovely painted miniature and congratz to to 20k mark!

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  8. TASTY bit of painting there Andy. I really like her.

    (By the way, I just wanted to say I ADORE your blog cover photo of the Ninja Turtles, I think they look darn spiffing).

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    1. She is such a lovely fig to paint, it was a pleasure.

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  9. He`s going to come in one day and find empty dust spaces where the Turtles USED to be.

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    1. I love the Turtle figs Steve and T, they are from a Russian company and are possibly my favourite out of my whole collection - so much so that they are kept at the centre of a complex and trap filled labyrinth, guarded by slavering monstrous beasts deep within da Grotto. Good luck x

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