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Two creepy little dudes. It therefore seems fitting to riff on one of the creepier songs in popular culture for the post's title. An unsettling ditty if ever there was one.
As per my usual practice, all the basecolors are blocked in. This will be followed by highlighting, shading (with washes), and a whole lot of adjustments & touch-ups.
The colors are muted except for the red and the fleshtone of the infant Pieface holds.
It's interesting to see how light falls on Joey. The miniature has a turned head, forward-leaning stance, and an enormous teddy-bear tucked against the right side of the body, resulting in deep shadows in some unusual places. Having seen this, I'll keep the picture handy as a reference while painting.
They are wonderfully disturbing.
ReplyDeleteIndeed they are.
DeleteMarvellous miniatures off to a terrific start, Finch. What awesomely creepy painting subjects too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Simon.
DeleteOff to a nice start Finch. I do love seeing your Ghouls come to painted life.
ReplyDeleteLife. Unlife. It's all good. (or bad)
DeleteComing along very nicely...Joey, in particular, is a brilliant fig!
ReplyDeleteJoey is one of a kind, that's for sure. Many such odd-ball gems lurk amongst Wyrd's OOP stuff.
DeleteFor some reason these feel like I shouldn't like them, but I do.
ReplyDeleteThey are marvelously disturbing.
That makes two of us. It's paradoxical to be drawn to something due to it being repellent.
DeleteCurious to see how you are going to make the bright bits and the generally more muted whole all work together. :)
ReplyDeleteI have my fingers crossed.
DeleteNot my first rodeo as far as this scheme is concerned. The saturated color of the baby should really draw the eye.
Great and scary one!
ReplyDeletebest regards
Cheers, Michal.
DeleteDisgusting little creeps - great!
ReplyDeleteAnd those are their good qualities. ;)
DeleteLooking at the unpainted figure for Pieface, I never noticed that he was holding a baby - that is disturbing.
ReplyDeleteNo argument here. It does dovetail nicely though with the Reaper ghoul-hag I painted a while back... also holding a baby... also disturbing.
Delete"Best Blog Post Title of the Year"
ReplyDelete- 2017 Readers Digest Awards
Cool beans. I'll start work on my acceptance speech forthwith. ;)
DeleteI think Edgar was responsible for the initial slew of Wyrd releases (excellent sculpts). Goumon did some excellent work (I got the gremlins, as he was struggling with them), Buddle did a couple.
ReplyDelete- What's your stance on the current 'miniature-model-kit' Wyrd stuff (applies to current GW produce also)?
I can't seem to find a IM/Email addy on here, how might I go about sending you a private (miniatures related) note?
Hey, Baron.
DeleteI've added a contact form to the sidebar to allow further communication.
I got one of Wyrd's newer plastic minis mixed in with some stuff from eBay a while back. The detail seemed softer than metal would have been but overall it wasn't terrible. I've had zero exposure to GW's current product.