2 0 1 5 - 1 2 - 0 4

[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I painted the robe in a very pale pastel colour. I used the turquoise from the wings mixed into white.

72.024 Falcon Turquoise (tiny little amount)

&

71.001 White
more 71.001 White added in several steps
pure 71.001 White
70.951 White

The 71.001 I like very much for blending, as it is quite liquid and can be applied in very thin coats whithout the colour being runny. I might be wrong, but I always have the feeling that for a final stark white highlight, 70.951 is better suited and gives a brightness you cannot get with the 71.001.

With the whites still on the palette, I highlighted the hair over the grey base colour first with 71.001 then with 70.951 and painted in the eyeballs with 70.951.

Published 2015-12-04 11:23:28

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

2 0 1 5 - 1 2 - 0 3

[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I painted the skin. The base/shading colour uses the Hexed Lichen also used in the wings.

1/8 72.015 Hexed Lichen

&

7/8 72.703 Pale Skin
72.73 Pale Skin
70.928 Light Flesh
70.928 Light Flesh

&

71.001 White
71.001 White

Published 2015-12-03 11:30:02

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

2 0 1 5 - 1 1 - 3 0

[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I started to paint the wings. The colour scheme I saw some time ago in a YouTube video on the BuyPainted.com channel, and since then always wanted to try it - for the elven wings I think it will work just fine.

All the following steps where done using the airbrush, first step was to basecoat the whole miniature with 73.601 Grey Surface Primer.

Next, airbrushing 72.024 Falcon Turquoise and 71.001 White (2:1) lay the colour foundation for the wings.

I added some shading with pure 72.024 Falcon Turquoise (of course thinned down to not clog the nozzle).

The top and joint of the wings with body where then sprayed with 72.027 Scurfy Green mixed with Secret Weapon Washes Heavy Body Black (2:1 ratio), feathering that colour towards the middle section.

Next pure white was feathered towards the center from the lower outer edge.

Finally, the very tips where airbrushed 72.015 Hexed Lichen and 71.001 White (~8:1), feathering that into the white.

After assembling the wings will get a blue oil wash, other than that they are done.

Published 2015-11-30 12:45:17

28mm | Diorama | Present

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

2 0 1 5 - 1 1 - 2 6

[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I glued the hand to the arm, the wings I left off for now for easier painting.

The gaps at the wrist and one air bubble I found were hidden using grey stuff from Gale Force 9 (sorry, hard to see grey stuff on grey resin...)

Published 2015-11-26 11:47:03

28mm | Diorama | Present

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

2 0 1 5 - 1 1 - 2 2

[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

Recently at work, I was walking down the corridor towards my office. Some meters in front of me, a colleague left hers and walked in the same direction as me towards another colleague's office where she had some business to do. She looked over her shoulder at who was walking behing her and said hello. Two seconds later, she started to dance down the corridor, flinging her arms and singing "Ich bin eine Elfe, ich bin eine Elfe!" ('I am an elf, I am an elf!') which made us both laugh.

Some minutes later, when I was sitting at my desk (I face the door), she passed my office on her way back to her own, and again danced across my field of view, this time singing "Ich bin eine Zwölfe, ich bin eine Zwölfe!".

The translation of that is not so easy as the first. In German "eine Elfe" is a female elf and at the same time "elf" is the word for the number eleven. "Eine Zwölfe" is derived from the German word for twelve (zwölf) as Elf is from eleven: 11 -> Elfe, 12 -> Zwölfe.

So on her way back, the colleague had accumulated enough XP to advance her character one level ;-)

She then said something along the line of working long enough where we do (I am not sure if she meant the company as a whole or just the finance department) makes everyone a bit nuts.

Some days later, while browsing for miniatures, I came across an elf miniature and remembered that episode, I then thought this would make a nice christmans present for her, referencing back to that funny moment.

This is the miniature:

I cut off the spear, and drilled holes to allow me to insert a key ring for the "Kontenschlüssel" she will be carrying - it will be a Finance Zwölfe after all. Kontenschlüssel (literally: account key) is called 'account determination' in english as far as I know - so again, works only German. I used paper pins to help strengthen the joints.