My Husband never knew what kind
of effect he would have when he
got me some paints, a couple brushes, and some small pewter figurines
for my birthday. I quickly found myself fascinated. If
you'd like me to do a figurine or set of figurines like this for you,
feel free to contact me. Each thumbnail image has a larger image
you can view by clicking on the thumbnail.
Fighters,
Magic Users, and Heroes
This sorceress was the first
figurine I have ever painted. I
really like the cat familiar. I took a lot of time detailing his
coat, and think he even came out looking like a real cat. The
fire has a blue and red heart to it. I do think her skin could
have been done better though.
This elf is a fighter.
She has a sword and is dressed in forest
colors. Her shield features a white phoenix rising out of yellow
flames on a navy background.
This fighter or knight has red
armor featuring gold detailing.
You can tell he's been fighting something, his armor is
blood-splattered, and he has red gouges on his face. Let me
tell you, that detailing took forever! And ever, and ever.... but
I am very happy with the results.
This fighter was actually done by request. I was asked to
do the armor in black with blue highlights, gray and blue garb, with a
lightening bolt holy symbol on the chest. That lightening bolt
was hard. The details are the same as on the rest armored fighter
above, so it was very tricky work, and took a lot of
retakes. The
bolt on his chest is a
blend of whites, blues, grays, and yellows. The holy symbol was
supposed to have a fist clenching the bolt, but there just wasn't room
for a hand, and the detail work made it virtually impossible. The armor is a black base, with two
different blues on the detail work or embellishes, followed by a
metallic blue dry-brush. The face was multi-layered different
shades and ink washes. I don't think I'll ever be happy with my
faces. I don't usually do flowers on bases, but I was looking at
this guy and said to myself, hmm, needs a bit more here, so I fiddled,
and voila, flowers. He's a brave fighter, even if his sword is a
little well-used, which was the effect I was going for. I hope he
likes it.
This knight's gorgeous blue
tunic started out as a complete accident,
but I'm very happy with the results. His shield has a cross on it
featured in red and yellow. The only thing I don't like about
this figurine is that it leans so far that he can fall over more easily
than other figurines. But look at how dramatic he is! Who
could resist? I couldn't.
This arabic fighter has a lot
of detailing on his silky shirt, and his
pants. You can tell how in shape he is from how built his chest
is. I always wonder how these kinds of people actually manage to
weild swords as big as themselves.
Dwarf. I tried to show
how old he is by giving him a bit of a
salt 'n pepper look.
Monsters
Orcs
or Orks
This was my first orc. I
looked at all the swap-water colors or
brown colors orcs usually are, and said to myself, why can't they be
more interesting? So I made this one blue. I tried to do
metallic high-lighting to simulate the sweat he'd be showing after a
hard fight, but it did not turn out so well. I learned a lot from
this figurine. You'll notice the others have a much better
display of highlighting and shadowing.
Orc in forest green
skin. I had a lot of fun with this one.
Doesn't he look ferocious?
Orc in a lighter swamp green
type of color. This orc seems to be
a military commander of some kind. The chain mail came out
looking all right. However it can be truly maddening to try to
get all those nooks and crannies filled in without loosing the details
of the mail. His spear has a mahogany type of wood detail.
His leather crotch-piece has blue detailing.
Now I know that Orcs are
traditionally evil. But this guy always struck me as a brave
fighter. Not necessarily goo, but not evil either. He was a
lot of fun to work on. There was a lot of work building up his
skin color.
LizardMen
This guy was a lot of fun to
work on. He's got a lot of
highlighting. I really wanted to show how a real lizard or snake
skin could be pearlescent in different colors, so he's got lots of
layers on his back scales - blue, pink, coral, purple, green, even
yellow. His spear is made of a light-colored wood like oak or
pine.
Kobolds
This small guy was
a challenge to work on just because of
his size. His fur is a black, gray, and white, just the way it
would be in nature.
Another kobold. This one
features rich chocolate brown fur with
spear.
