Run with the moon

Just some images of cool female 28mm miniatures I’d like to get painted to honour my wife. Included are some sample images from real life to act as inspiration. If you have any other suggestions on female models in the witch, pirate or corset category, please feel free to pass them along. All will be considered. For some real work inspiration, my wife runs an eBay Goth Store, so peruse the wares if you dare. She got into it after realizing that it would be cheaper to sell the things she wears to others, so ideas on her likes are right there in plain view.

Some thoughts on the project as they pertain to color choices.

• Overall theme should be black, purple, dark red or any combination as such. Alternately, her husband’s favorite color is dark green. Using that as a complement or even as a base color should go over well, but only on one model. If you choose to do that, make sure the others know.
• Gold is absolutely forbidden. Any time I put gold on a mini, my wife asks why I didn’t use silver. I know it’s the complement for purple, but she hates it. She loves silver & platinum. You can probably get away with shading gold for depth and work up to a strong silver, but actually going for a warm gold will not be well received.
• She loves pink, I hate pink. She likes to torment me with pink things like hats, buttons, lunch boxes, etc. Hints of pink would be favorably received.
• Where appropriate, gemstones should be moonstone, amethyst or ruby. Complementary colors such as emerald, topaz or even amber/tourmaline would be acceptable as well.
• Hair should be black. However, she currently has dark raspberry streaks. She has done purple and even electric blue streaks, so feel free to indulge if you desire. One of you may also do a ‘crone’ or grey haired model if you wish. A powerful, silver mane, similar to Meryl Streep in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.
• Leather may be natural or black, but preferably black. Still, if it fits well with the model, natural browns will be ok.
• The moon, bats or owls as accent will work if desired as those are her totems. I have dedicated an entire room to her with bats & owls I collect from around the globe. I have some spare Wood Elves owl bitz if you can make use of them.

I’m going to mount these on some kind of display base. If the group can decide on a basing theme, then I may make something with terrain/scenery. Otherwise it’ll be stained wood in some form of tier system to show everything off. Other than that, I think you can feel free to indulge yourselves. So long as you can ship then in enough time to arrive by May 9th, everything will be grand.

Finally, I’m planning on having a small, engraved plaque with the painter’s name and location on it to accompany the models. If you would like me to use your real name, just email or PM me. Otherwise, I’ll use your RelicNews psuedonym. In any case, your location on the map as you’d like it known would be helpful if it’s not in your RN profile.

Post a comment here to let all of us know which model you choose. I’d love to see a progress blog, but regular updates should be sufficient to make sure the work is progressing well. I cannot thank you enough for participating in this. I am honoured and thrilled to have the chance at commissioning what I know will be beautiful work from truly talented artists.

Regards.

UPDATE: 24 April (3 of 4 WiP available)

Ap0k: Epic Skarre (WiP - 23Apr)
misterjustin: Maria Roseblade (WiP 18Apr)
SilverTabby: Jolie (sent 15Mar)
Tinweasel: Alexia (WiP - 24Apr)

NOTE: Ap0k has suggested a bat tattoo or something of that nature to ties the pieces in together if the group is up for it or the model allows for it. Do we have any other suggestions on imagery or basing to tie the models in together?

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Ever wake up and wonder where all of the time went? When you were young, time seemed to drag on forever. Sitting in class, watching the clock tick away, begging for that recess bell to hurry up and clamour. When did that change? Somewhere along the line, the clock became the enemy. My alarm clock blares at me as soon as my head has hit the pillow. The time between when I rise and when I have to leave the house is a mere blur. My work day is over before it begins, leaving me just as behind on my multitude of tasks as I was when I came in. My quality time at home with my wife before bed seems but the blink of an eye. And thus it starts all over again.

One of my great loves, aside from my wife and my Harley who are my greatest loves, is miniature tabletop war gaming. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m a dork, so sue me. Strangely, for an unorganized person, (some would say chaos incarnate), gaming is all about lists. Crafting the perfect army list, assembling a shopping list, creating an assembly check list, a painting check list, a list of everyone I beat down with it, a list of grudges against those to whom I have lost. It’s all about the list and I love making the lists. Of course, amidst the lists is the real work of assembling, painting and playing. That’s where I seem to have the most trouble. No sooner to I start one series of lists and I suddenly have some new idea. Not wanting to forget about it, I commence to making that list and thus the mobius wheel begins circling.

While marriage, home and job eats up a healthy chunk of my time, my wife is very understanding about my hobby needs. Sadly, there just never seems to be enough hours in the day. January 13th I decided that I was going to paint up an army and head to the first ever Las Vegas Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament. I normally shy away from the Games Day and Grand Tournament scene, but the first ever Vegas GT seems like something too good to pass up. Here we are almost 2 months later and while I have everything I need in terms of purchasing, I have only barely managed a couple test paints. How in the hell am I supposed to get 100+ models painted by June 1st?

On top of that, the RelicNews Forums are having their spring painting contest, (which I will of course be hosting as usual). I figured that would be a good excuse to get something painted and participate with my crew. Ugh, I haven’t even been able to take a picture of the unpainted fig(s) I plan to paint!

Wish me luck finding a few extra minutes in the day.