Next up: Acolyte
My Acolyte, you may recall, looked like this last time I took a picture of him:
I think you’ll agree he’s progressed rather a bit since then.
Even my photography is improving a little. Of course, this time I left a noisy, distracting background in the shots, but, hey, what can I do? I can get off my lazy ass and get a proper photo tent is what. But enough about that. This picture really shows off the great shading effects that I got on the robe — the shadows look really deep. I’m also quite pleased with the final effect I got on the flames, even though I did have to paint over them a few times because I just wasn’t happy with it. And, no, that’s not a lopsided handlebar mustache — I’m not 100% sure what it is, but I expect it’s a breathing tube, since I imagine carrying all that fire around can make it a bit tough just to breathe open air.
I remembered, for once, to take a shot of the back of the model. Personally, I think this shot makes the flames look really nice, and it shows you those giant-ass fuel tanks he lugs around. Everything on this guy looks a bit dirtier than on my Inquisitor, and that’s by design; I figured, on the one hand, that an Acolyte wouldn’t be as pristine and sparkling as an actual Inquisitor, but, more to the point, he’s covered with goddamn fire. I thought that was likely to leave a bit of carbon residue all over everything. So I washed all the bronze bits in black to give that impression.
This side shot I mainly took so I could show off the purity seal hanging from his belt. It’s that white-ish bit below the black tube, more or less in the exact centre of the image. I was particularly pleased with the effect I got on that; a bit of Bleached Bone washed black, and then some black squiggles using a tiny brush to give the effect of writing on it. The base, you’ll notice, is the same as on my Inquisitor; my plan currently is to do all my bases more or less that way. We’ll see how that pans out, though.