Monday, December 30, 2013

Well of Chaos: Figure 56 of 265

With all that was going on this holiday week, I knew I wouldn't  have time to paint a complicated figure, so I chose the Well of Chaos from the Dungeon Dressing set to work on.  I  began, as usual, with soaking the figure overnight in some water with a little dish soap added, and then rinsed it and let it dry.  I then glued it to a one and a quarter inch fender washer and primed it with Krylon Camouflage with Fusion Flat Black. I then glued it to a tongue depressor for ease of handling during painting.
I began by giving the fountain a heavy drybrushing with Folk Art "Dapple Gray".
I then drybrushed a little lighter with Folk Art "Gray Green".
Finally I added some drybrushed highlights with Folk Art "Celadon Green".  I wanted to make the fountain look like it was working, so I decided I would add a stream of water pouring from the spout just below the face and into the pool below.  So, I snipped about an inch of a fiber optic strand, from an old Christmas light cover I have, to use as the water stream. I then took the pointy end of an old drawing compass and made a small hole in the pool base of the fountain.
I then finished some minor additions to the painting. First, I added some algae or mossy patches around the basin with Americana "Leaf Green", then I added some water ripples in the basin by painting some stippled concentric circles with white paint around the hole I stuck in he basin's bottom.  Finally, I painted the base with Duncan's "Slate Gray". When this was done and had time to dry, I painted the whole thing in  Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish"; and then after it had time to dry, I sprayed it with Testors "Dullcote".  I now glued my section of fiber optic strand into place with super glue, and lastly I painted the bottom of the basin with Cermacoat "Gloss Varnish" to help with the illusion of water.
I'm pleased with how this quick project turned out.  I will make a nice scenic detail piece.

Figure 56 of 265: Complete.

6 comments:

  1. Very nice! I have mine primered and just about ready to go!

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  2. Wow what a great little touch. Excellent. And 56 figures is certainly nothing to sneeze at. I don't think I've painted that many all year!

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  3. Thanks all for the positive comments! I'm looking forward to reaching the 66 figure mark, and breaking the less than 200 figures remaining point.

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  4. Excellent job!! You have a knack for visualizing the right colors and combinations on your work.

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    1. Thank you! I actually start thinking about colors a few days before I apply any paint.

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