„I need no one to bring the sacrifices to me.“

Promising „the Skonnan leader Soldeed the power he would need to make Skonnos a great empire again“, the figure was primed with „Vallejo“ Surface Primer Black and „Warlord Games“ Pitch Black, before being dry-brushed with „Vallejo“ Charred Brown. I then applied a wash of „Citadel“ Agrax Earthshade over the bull-headed extra-terrestrial, and was a bit disappointed (though perhaps not entirely unsurprised) that it didn’t have the same impact upon the miniature’s skin tone as „The Army Painter“ Strong Tone Quickshade did way back in 2017, when I previously pigmented a number of Nimon.

„Black Tree Design“ WIPs – This Roboman is having all his layers ‚picked out‘

I next applied a double coat of „Vallejo“ Heavy Sienna to the Nimon’s loincloth, and then followed this up with a layer of Gold and „Citadel“ Agrax Earthshade. This area was subsequently dry-brushed with (more) „Vallejo“ Gold, whilst the life-draining extra-terrestrial’s eyes were simply ‚picked out‘ with a combination of „Vallejo“ Heavy Red and „Citadel“ Carroburg Crimson. Finally, I painted the creature’s horns with „Vallejo“ Heavy Ochre, shaded them with „Citadel“ Agrax Earthshade and dry-brushed the deadly energy-blasting weapons with (more) „Vallejo“ Heavy Ochre.

„Crooked Dice Game Design Studio“ WIPs – Three Alien Legionnaries

Furthermore, I’ve managed to make a little more progress on three Alien Legionnaries by „Crooked Dice Game Design Studio“. These science fiction troopers are cleared inspired by Emperor Ming’s red-robed palace guards from the 1980 movie „Flash Gordon“, and to be honest I was soon cursing both the film’s costume designer Danilo Donati for all the detail he created for their gas masked heads, as well as the miniatures‘ sculptor for taking the time to so precisely replicate all the black trim on the models themselves – most of which need careful, precise tracing in „Citadel“ Abaddon Black…