Astrid tells the others in her group that she worked in HR for a "boring government department" but her skills with a pistol leave them wondering if she's being truthful. Since the zeds starting munching on the living Astrid's been taking them out one at a time.
I wanted to do her raincoat in a light colour, but not white. I ended up going with Silver Grey, which I haven't used in ages; I think the last time was my aborted Deathwing Terminator back in August 2020! It worked perfectly, and after shading it with Grey Wash and adding some White for the highlights, she was done in about 30 minutes. I think that's a record.
It's weird to write such a short post, but Astrid was ridiculously easy to paint and only needed six colours and two washes. Even her eyes went right the first time! Truly the Dark Gods are smiling on me today.
Here's Astrid with the rest of her team, from left, Sly Withers, Terrell and Natalia. She does look like a teenager in terms of stature, but she works. And I love her pose, calmly racking the slide of her automatic before shooting a zombie right between the eyes.
The second birthday building is having the final touches done and should be posted very soon.
Another great looking survivor Matt, and always nice the painting goes according to plan, and you can get a quick result that looks that good.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Dave! It's always nice when a simple paintjob that takes next to no time turns out so well.
DeleteSimple is sometimes just fine. She looks great from here and her size is a non-issue for me, my wife is only 5’2 and her friend is taller than me 6’-something. It all works imo :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dai! I do like that she's smaller than the others, it's more realistic. Unlike GW's minis where every Guardsman is the same height...
DeleteNice job mate, her mackintosh looks spot on to me, she has a real 60's super spy vibe.
ReplyDeleteStrange that she should be on the small side, as I had the same problem with my Agatha figure the other week, I guess they just don't make spies like they used too, or perhaps they are just picking smaller people as the can then buy smaller cars for them? Smart cars are cheaper than Aston Martins after all 😁cheers Roger.
She does have a 60s look, doesn't she? Talking of size/scale, I have a couple of Reaper zombies that are way out of scale to all the others — they're much bigger. I don't know why that is. I'm well happy with her coat, the Silver Grey worked really well.
DeleteVery effective shades and colours and 'simple is sometimes best' is a good mantra. LOve the pose and your colour choices.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe, and the simple paint scheme was the way to go.
DeleteYou always make me smile Matt. The stories you add bring personality to the characters, which you then bring out in the painting. Keep 'em coming, mate... great job😃
ReplyDeleteYay, glad I make you laugh, Justin! I love coming up with the minis' backstories, it's part of the fun of this hobby :-)
DeleteAstrid looks spot-on to me! The fact that she came together quickly and easily is a great thing too.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Jeff! Quick and easy minis are the best minis :-)
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