Yep, let the Frog Chorus play (those of a certain age hate me for that earworm, those who don't know it, google it and then remember it was released by a profit seeking entity and former Beatle to boot...). I have spent the past week working on a big batch of Praetorian infantry and while they are lovely, they are a bit involved. While they are looking good (cue sneak peek)...
...I was starting to get fatigued and needed a bit of a palette cleanse, something very, very different. Fortunately another client had some sci-fi civilians that needed doing, among which was ol' Barcoon the Froggy up there. Couldn't resist.
The colour scheme was determined by the frog skin I went for. On a split complimentary scheme, lime green works with a yellow-orange and red-purple. The purple is actually a lot more red than this photo shows. The camera decided to ignore the glazes and cut down to the darker bits. Grrr. Anyway... The skin started from a clean coat of Vallejo Stone Grey, this was going to be the basis for the underbelly so it made sense to use it for the bright green undercoat too. The green started with Moot Green, again just getting a clean coat, which was then shaded with two glazes of green ink mixed with glaze medium. That's it. It needed nothing else; anyone else thinking "Lizardman army in a weekend"? To keep the colour scheme balanced a tan leather bodysuit (XV-88 shaded and highlighted by adding Skrag Brown and Deck Tan respectively with a Seraphim Sepia wash) and a purple-ish magenta cape were married up with bronze, brass and gold decorations. A splash of extra contrast colour with the eyes and a mysterious steel flask (?) in his hand and job done.
I quite like the Colony 87 stuff, it's nice to see civilians getting some love in miniature form although some of the detail is a little soft. Might need to go around the foot claws again as the softness there really needs some sharper paint than it got on this pass (sometimes you only spot this stuff with the camera). But yeah, I think they're a useful addition to the canon. That's all for this time folks, predictably, it should be Praetorians next!
TTFN
Bomb, bomb-bomb, Liby-a.
ReplyDeleteAt least that's how we used to sing it at school. Showing my age here.
Frog looks very nice. I like random no-name aliens for sci-fi gaming.
I had to double take that. But yeah, thinking back, that makes sense.
DeleteI also had to do a bit of a "doooo I want this on here...." until I "sang" it and saw it scanned nicely, and remembered what Libya was up to in the 80's...
DeleteAnyway! Glad you like froggy, I too am a big fan of "minority" alien races, would love to see more xenos options for Inq28
Loving how the Praetorians are looking!
ReplyDeleteThey are taking ALL of the time but are indeed shiny.
DeleteGreat use of tones for the under layer of skin (like on the chin and back legs). Blends really smoothly with the other greens!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Stone Grey really is a very, very useful colour with that hint of green in it.
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