Fembruary: Betty, Space Heroine

I've owned Betty since 2019 and totally forgot to paint her for last year's Fembruary so she was a must for this time around. She's a cool mini with lots of... er... character.

Much like Astrid, she was very straightforward once I'd picked the colours. I decided on a silver suit to go with her pulp look and 40s/50s hairstyle, so I primed her with grey spray paint and gave her a coat of Plate Metal. I washed it with thinned Nuln Oil and then highlighted it with pure Silver, trying to keep it looking like cloth and not metal. I used the same technique when I painted my Valkeeri Leader a couple of years ago.

With the silver done I picked Magic Blue for the trim and highlighted it with Electric Blue. Her hair is Calvary Brown and Wild Rider Red, which is my go-to for red hair. Betty's skin is just my own flesh mix, Reikland Fleshshade, and Basic Skin, and her lips are Purple Shadow. Amazingly I got her eyes right in one attempt, so yay!

Betty's old-school raygun is just Averland Sunset and Deep Yellow, with some thinned Sepia Wash to shade it. The end of the barrel is a bit bent but I daren't try straightening it in case it snaps off. To break up all the blue and silver I did her holster to look like leather with Chocolate and Flat Browns.

I wanted to do her base as an alien planet, and it was a doddle: just some Vallejo Black Lava texture paste, painted Violet and washed with Druchii Violet. I used Purple mixed with a touch of White to highlight it. Then I painted a couple of tufts — one Scorpy Green and Light Turquoise, the other Red and Averland Sunset — and stuck them on. 

The other building is all done and I'm writing up the post, so come back soon!