Hello friends, actually have some lizards for you today! Finished up 3 Skinks that I had started on a while ago and I'm pretty happy with how all of them turned out!
No heavy fluff for either of them but I will try to explain my thought process behind the paint jobs!
Here is the trio! I will spew images over you all so be prepared!
The one that I touched the least since last update on it! It served as my test subject for this odd color scheme. Didn't have any direct inspiration for these colors but it's basically brightly colored reptilians! I like the thought of a less than desirable trait being passed down generations from sheer grit and fighting for survival, like the black / albino leader of the pack trope more or less. So I see these as somewhat of an elite force of misfits. Not really suited for guerrilla warfare in the jungle, more of a frontal assault squad of the battlefield.
Even though this was sort of a guinnea pig and sloppily (more than I'd like at the very least) painted I really like the simplicity and how the colors tie together with the orange tipped feather and shield!
Now this one. Stole the clear purple / green scheme from
@Nexi , I think that it works really well together and looks incredible. The piece is somewhat converted to be dual wielding small spike swords but nothing major! When I was done I thought that I should add my own touch and not just entirely steal Nexi's color scheme so I added some complimentary colors with the touched of orange, and then went a bit wild with the violet war paint! It sort of makes me think of a Skink berserker, I like it!
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I dropped the model on the floor and lost it's original Skink chief sword arm that it had. Searched two and a half hour for that thing since I liked how the paint job turned out on it and I have plans for the remaining chief arms. Like fucking 25 minutes after finishing the model I found the fucking arm again... I like the new converted one though so wont reattach it though. Imma save ít for a future project.
Now this one I was excited to paint! My first ever converted model, a REAL Skink Chief!
Mainly went for the same paint job as the other one I did but after some comments from you guys I decided to make the blue and red scales work their way into purple in the middle so that it would get somewhat of a greater transitional effect! Didn't show up so good on the photos but I like it.
Some pretty subtle painted areas of the models include the sword that's working it's way from black to blue, I imagine it as the outer layer of the rock (mineral?) getting worn down on the used parts so that it's blue interior starts to show! I changed the (originally) dart belt on the polearm so that it would instead of darts be replacement teeth for the sword back or tiny spikes / daggers for combat, they're straight instead of curved so requires some suspension of disbelief though! Speaking of subtle paints I make the dart belt itself green to add some variation in the colos of the model!
Here you can see the transitional paint from the tail to the crest! As I said earlier it didn't really show that well on camera but yeah!
Also the base is showing the most in this picture so I guess I'll talk a bit about it, I was going for something akin to red temple rock from South America or maybe some mud on a riverbank (thought the color scheme was pretty suitable so I rolled with it on all three models!). There is a cracked regular Skink shield and a broken spear on the base, wanted to toss in some clutter to add to the grandeur of the model haha! There's also a separate spear tip sticking out behind his left foot, gonna add some foliage around that bit but can't yet since I've got some moss / bushes from Gale nine coming shortly, will finish of the base then!
I know some of you thought that the vibrant red / blue scheme was a bit jarring but I REALLY liked how it turned out! So happy that I got back into painting again.
(also, I suggested that this might be an old temple guard shield but I was wrong, it is from the old Kroq-Gar kit with his carnosaur!)
Sorry for the wall of text and assault of images, bit thanks to all the cool people on this forum! <3
