Finally, after all that while, I've completed Project Aldir. Here are some pictures of the final products:
Aldir_Urban
Aldir_Urban is Aldir's camouflage outfit for urban and dungeon combat. This urban camo cloak allows him to blend into the shadows of buildings and caves, taking deadly shots at his enemies.
This was one of the hardest to paint. The mottled camo pattern had to be properly disrupted while the armour's colour scheme had to fit the overall feel of things. I started off with an Astronomican Grey base, but later on painted the cloak Chaos Black, then dabbed on Codex Grey and Astronomican Grey. The armour pieces were originally Scorched Brown and Bestial Brown, but I still felt like it stood out too much. At the advice of my DM, I changed the colour scheme to Chaos Black and Codex Grey. A final touch of Devlan Mud to give some shading and tada!
Aldir_City
This is Aldir_City, which shows Aldir in his default adventuring outfit - a white cloak now muddied after all that travelling and fighting. If he ever fights openly, this will be how he looks like.
Bone White is never an easy colour to work with. It took many layers before the colour looked even, without the base layer peeping through. Like I mentioned previously, I tried to emulate Ezio's colour palette for this figure. Red Gore on a Chaos Black base for the fabric and Scorched Brown for the leather armour; Bestial Brown for straps and details.
The white looked too flat, so I decided to give it some shading with Devlan Mud. My brush slipped and painted outside the folds of the cloak, and I was like... okay... cover everything in Devlan Mud. haha. Turns out, it looks pretty good, gives the figure a weathered look.
While trying to glue the figure onto the base, I squeezed a little too hard because the nozzle was a little clogged with dried glue. The superglue squirted all over the bottom half of my figure, and I was like... shit. I tried to slot the figure in before the glue dried, and that's where I realised I had glued my right middle and ring finger together. I got quite the scare there, but fortunately the glue started hardening and flaking off. Phew...
So here's a picture of all three faces of Aldir doing a typical Power Rangers pose. Power RANGERS, get it? haha. Right, ignore me. All I need now is the fiery explosion background and I'm set.
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