Getting over PDD with some Saga and Bones figures

After not much painting over the last few weeks due to work and family issues I decided it was time to get over my PDD (Painting Deficit Depression) and just get some stuff going on.

Flemish figures for Saga

So first I got out another two 28mm Flemish figures for Saga and started blocking out some base colours on them.  This was mainly to fill in the gaps while I waited of paint on my 54mm figure to dry.

Second was the repaint of the banner for my 54mm knight.  The wife (who has a much better eye for colour than I) has been telling me to repaint the white chevron on the shield and banner as brown/orange to add some colour contrast to the figure as she though the blue/white all over was too bland.  In the end I kind of agreed but started with the banner first as it was easier to fix up in case I changed my mind, and the blue on the shield was finally looking good after 4-5 attempts.

Before the buff glazing

The first orange (a base of the old Citadel Leprous Brown with shading from VMC Vermillion and highlights of VGC Orange Fire and VMC Lemon Yellow) attempt looked ok but was too bright and stark compared to the very flat and pale/faded blue on the banner.  I had made the blue on the banner quite light as it was the highest piece of the figure so it should be the lightest and most sun faded.  To correct the orange I did a number of very light glazes of an off white/buff (old Citadel Bleached Bone) to fade down the orange.  This is something I had picked up from some AFV magazines where a buff colour is airbrushed over the whole piece to create a sun faded look to the paintwork of the vehicle.  After about 5 glaze coats (note the glaze coats were 80% water) the orange had come down a few notches and was matching up with the blue on tonal level.  Next will be to redo the shield.

I also added some deeper shading to the inside of the blue cloak on the front of the figure so the deep blue shading on the shield was also mirrored with the same level of shading on the figure.

Finally I have had a Reaper Bones figure sitting in the paint pile for some time (Valkyrie).

Opera?

Unfortunately her sword was all warped and too thin to get straight (it kept bending back).  Also the shield back was dead flat with no detail and a bit high on the arm.  So a few snips later and I replaced the sword with a long plastic spear and the shield with a plastic shield at a better position with some wood detail on the back.  I used super glue to glue the plastic onto the soft Bones plastic and it seemed to work fine.  I can almost hear the opera now…