Golden Toadstools :: GT L (50) August, 2006

Sisters of Battle w/ Multi Melta by Arma

Description : Well, this is my first GT entry so 'hi' all. I'm Arma (Gaz), I post on CMON with the same name - I've been painting for around 3 months now. :D

My colour scheme was similar to one in the UK version of White Dwarf of some SoBs designed for city fights that Kirsten Williams painted. I was looking for a full range of blues from the darkest tone (Regal Blue 1:1 Chaos Black) right through to an almost white (Space Wolves Grey 1:1 Skull White) to keep the amount of colours used to a minimum.

The base is a similar cork base painted through a range of greys followed with random spots of VERY watery Catachan Green. Added some flock to the bare areas of the base.

I tried to make the head and face the most prominant feature using very light hair and skin tones. I think I pulled it off to some extent.

Poll results:
Number 10 overall.
Third Choice: one vote

From:	Michael Stubbs` (LavronYor)	(Fri 25 Aug 2006 12:00:13 PM CDT)
That is really nice for only painting for three months. Great job with the eye.

From:	Jeremy Isaak (jisaak)	(Fri 25 Aug 2006 08:44:05 PM CDT)
The face and hair are fantastic. Eyes are tough to paint well so good work! I think the rest of the mini could use a bit more blending. There are a lot of pure black areas and that makes it tough. I would suggest starting with a dark grey base coat then shading down to black only for blacklining and at the depest recesses.

From:	Gaz Palmer (Arma)	(Fri 25 Aug 2006 09:16:25 PM CDT)
Thank you for the feedback - how deep of a grey would you use? Codex Grey 1:1 Chaos Black would be deep enough? The hair was very simple - just a fotress grey shade, highlighted with very thin layer of white. I think the Blue basecoat I used was actually too dark possibly..

From:	Rhonda Bender (Wren)	(Tue 12 Sep 2006 02:09:01 PM CDT)
The limited colour scheme works really nicely on this! The hair and skin are particularly nice, and that's a pretty astounding job on an eye for only painting three months. I like the shading on the light parts on the armour a lot too.