Shén, part 2

I have the four Shén miniatures mounted up, and am now about to prime them.  But, I am considering a slightly different way, at least for the Diplomat.

On the left, you see the Diplomat and the feather cloak.  My idea is to prime the cloak with white, as the feathers will be easier to paint with washes over white than black (my usual primer color), then prime the rest of the figure with black, as the scales will be easier to paint over black primer.


Has anybody tried this before?




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Shén, part 1

Here are some pics of the recently released Shén for Tékumel:

Front and rear pics of the Shén Diplomat (left) and Merchant (right).  The Diplomat has an intricately detailed cloak of feathers, and both miniatures have great scale details.

Two Shén berzerkers.  Again, great detail on the scales and a large shield.  The sword is interesting in that it is rather slender.

A better shot of the shield and axe.




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Reload

The clearing of the table has been accomplished.  Here is what I was up against:

Quite the mess with several projects all mingling together.

The clean slate.

The table reloaded.

Regular readers will recognize some of the miniatures in the last pic, and there are some new additions that just came by - more on those in another post.

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Reset

My apologies to my readers as I have not posted for some time.  There is a shortage of 'sit at the painting table' inspiration here at the moment.  My dear wife suggested that I clear the table off completely, and begin anew with whatever piques my interest out of all of the minis that are just sitting around in boxes, just to get the juices flowing again.  I will post some pics later...




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On the horizon - 2012

Well, my last post of 2011!  It should be something thoughtful and witty, but what follows will have to suffice...



First off, I would like to thank all of the people that follow and visit this humble blog.  Having something to say is one thing, but also having an audience is another and I do appreciate all comments, so please keep them coming in!



Second, projects.  I seem to be good at finding new ones and not finishing old ones.  The past six months were not too kind to my hobbies, but that is over now and 2012 is shaping up to be a better year miniatures-wise.  The Lissa project continues - I actually sat down and slapped primer on 5 Austrian ironclads recently.  Plan Rubber is still cooking along slowly.  The Götland WW1 ships are waiting patiently for me to decide the next step.  And of course there are more that might never see the top of a table...



Third, this marks the 3rd anniversary of the start of this blog.



Last but not least, have a Happy New Year!