More Malakovs! Ladies, you have permission to swoon now.
I got most of the limited edition model in a big lot, but he was missing his gun arm which I replaced with the standard edition’s arm. I like the limited edition pose better, but standard edition’s face is definitely more characterful.
All three together.
“For you, the day BisonMalakov graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.”
Malakov is painted with my Daler Rowney inks, using my new-found technique of going back over after the red with a light yellow/cream color before doing one last layer of orange to really pop the orange-red. I used Secret Weapon Ruby wash, which was a mistake, but I was able to fix most of the damage. It didn’t give a smooth transition between the area where the wash settled and the rest – it “clumped”. GW washes seem to have some magic ingredient where they give that transition I’m going for.
I put an excessive amount of shiny metal on Malakov and left gloss sealer on everything except skin and gloves.
But wait! What’s this? An enemy approaches! Look out Kommander!
Quick soldier, take those arrows for your superior!
“If I don’t survive, tell my wife… “hello” ”
Ivan here has magnets in his feet so he’ll stay on the base as long as necessary to protect Malakov. Arrows are from a Reaper sprue and blood is Tamiya Clear Red and Badger Fresh Blood
And more close-ups, since I got this awesome new camera!
(I should have planned this more carefully so I could say “May is Malakov Month”)
Thrall Warrior will be #2 for Alexia 2, Winter Guard grunt will be Malakov2’s sucker target. He’ll be mounted on the base, but probably removable.
Finished! I tried to get lots of dark colors in there without the mini looking too dark. I’m very pleased with how they came out.
Red: MSP Red Shadow highlighting up to P3 Khador Base
Brown: MSP Walnut Brown highlighting up through Ruddy Leather and Oiled Leather (and maybe some Burnt Orange)
Blue: MSP Nightmare Blue up to Dragon Blue and Ghost White
Blond Triad for the Hov’s hair, Citadel red-gold for insignia and buttons, and VGA Chainmail silver for the guns. Some wood color on the gun stock.
WIP of my second project for November. The goal is for there to be lots of dark colors, so I went with dark blue, dark brown and dark red. The guns will be a darker metal color as well. I plan to pop the highlights of each of those colors a bit so the overall look isn’t just “dark.” Also, it’s really hard to tell, but the right-most kommando is a woman. Yay, gender equality!
Just kind of silly now. Throne of Everblight really goes from “horrific” to “goofy.”
Kozlov and his [unofficial] character jack, Lesovik.
Paint strategy was zenithal highlight, then red, orange, yellow inks, then red ink again (probably should have skipped that step). Then Secret Weapon Ruby wash (okay, but not great for wide-open areas on Lesovik; great everywhere else). Black everywhere that wasn’t red, then metals and black wash, then details.
