First Look: Being hounds (and thus having no equipment), I figured that these would be finished fairly quickly. Little did I know that it would be a year before I completed them. During my cross-country move to Portland, I packed up the Mistmourn Coast Warband and some paints so that I could still enjoy the hobby while waiting for the rest of my belongings to make it my new home. While I did get the basic colors on the figures, I wasn't quite happy with the blending and set them aside. Well, it was past time to get these completed and off of my desk!
As far as the figures themselves, I like the skeletal heads. They're menacing, and I think the skeletal features adds a bit of a supernatural aspect to the hounds.
Painting: Sticking with the card art, the figures are primarily blue (as are the rest of the Salt Pillar spawn point creatures). Because the figures had significantly plain areas, I wanted to try a bit of blending. As mentioned above, my initial attempts left me unsatisfied with the results. This time I mixed up the colors a bit more and smoothed out the blending. The skeletal portion of the heads were painted a medium gray, with a light blue tongue. The eyes are a bright yellow, with a black ink lining for contrast.
Conclusion: While these aren't my best work ever, I think they're solid for what they are (and definitely an improvement over my first attempt). I really like how the eyes turned out, as the black lining really makes them pop.
- M:M
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