Pride was the hardest of this bunch to base. His stretching leg is way too long to fit on a 30mm. I considered giving him some kind of log to rock out onto, but decided he should do an awesome kick instead. Just don’t think too much about what his ankle is doing.
Lust
I fear for the bow on this model. I’m pretty sure I’ll lose it about the third time I take it out of foam.
Greed
I regret painting flesh tones on the legs, instead of some colored leggings. Otherwise, a pretty decent model.
Sloth
There’s something about this guy that cracks me up. I like the shovel/guitar thing. The hat is pretty sweet, too.
I decided to get the Crossroads 7 set as part of Wyrd’s Gencon sale. The overlapping auras seem pretty neat, and I thought it would work nicely as a second option if I declared any faction that I don’t have many choices in (like say, Outcasts or Resurrectionists).
Wrath
This is the model that almost makes me wish I held out for a translucent set. Then I remember how much I hate dealing with the translucent plastic, and I decide not to worry. I really like how his skin turned out. I went with purple to tie into the rest of my Neverborn.
Gluttony
This model is kind of interesting, in that it’s a Gremlin, but not actually a Gremlin. I guess the voodoo dolls tie into Zoraida. The blue snake kind of looks more tropical than swampy, but I like the splash of color that it adds to the otherwise muted tones.
Envy
Envy is a beast. You can’t get all his feet on a 50mm base. I considered trying to pose it as rearing, but that looked pretty dumb. In the end, I scavenged some wood chips and painted them to match the basing on the rest. I decided to do the mechanisms as brass, with iron armor plating.
I picked up these models on something of a whim from Monkey Sword Games, after getting a flier at Califaux. I figured since Lenny can summon Piglets, I should have some. I painted them up quick in between other projects.
Piglet (open mouth)
I tried for a bit more of a wet blending technique with these guys. It didn’t turn out entirely smooth, and in some places there are tide marks. More practice is needed. As usual, looking at them at the tabletop hides a lot of these flaws.
Piglet (sitting)
The feet provided much too small of a contact point for pinning, so they’ve just got CA glue holding them onto the base. I tried to get at least one foot on the wood planks, which seems to hold better than the textured parts.
I picked up the translucent No Shelter Here at Wyrd’s Easter sale. After Ross came over and took the Bay Area Open with Pandora I figured I should get around to painting her up.
I kind of hate working with the translucent stuff. It’s brittle and is a pain to deal with mold and seam lines. You can get some neat effects with it though.
Pandora
As I did with Tara, I mostly painted over the translucency. Only some areas are left, to try to get an interesting effect. On Pandora, only the smoke coming out of the box is left.
Poltergeist
The Poltergeist’s entire lower half is translucent, although with some paint and washes applied to give it texture.
Candy
There wasn’t anything on Candy that I felt I could justify as translucent, so I just painted the whole thing. Her tiny feet were a challenge. They’re too small to pin without getting mangled. Instead, I used plastic glue to weld the feet to some plastic rod, which I could sink through the wooden planks and to the plastic of the base itself. I haven’t really played with the model enough to know if it worked yet.
Baby Kade
Baby Kade’s knife and eyes are left translucent. I was really happy with the texture of the skin, but then I kind of ruined it with harsh lines in the final highlight. Oh well.
Sorrow (arms out)
Sorrow (arms down)
Sorrow (arms down)
The Sorrows got similar treatment as the Poltergeist. Some of them really show seam lines, which are a real challenge with the translucent medium.
I think the translucent bits worked out pretty nicely. We’ll see if the pain of working with it fades before the next sale.
