From the painting desk #79 – Fembruary 2022
February 27, 2022Wow, late February and it’s the first post this year. Better late than never!
The Fembruary challenge, a brainchild of Alex from over on Leadballoony, is one of my favourite things in the online miniatures scene – heaven knows our little corner of the hobby world benefits from more representation.
I’ve been painting a lot this year (apparently instead of blogging), and these three models are my entry to this year’s Fembruary:
First up is a rogue trader type character, the leader of my Five Parsecs from Home gang. Dubbed Nura Aleh by the wonderful Realm of Plastic 40k name generator, the mini is a 3d printable one from Studio Sol Union, kitbashed with a printed head from Knight Soul Studio. I think the combination makes for a pretty cool whole. My vague background story, based on the Five Parsecs random background generator for the character is that she’s a former or renegade inquisitor. For the clothes I went for a gold/purple combination – a tried and true combination and nicely a bit flamboyant.
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The second model is another member of the Five Parsecs gang, the wasteland nomad mercenary Esma. The model is an old, OOP Infinity Ariadna scout sniper by Corvus Belli that I picked up years back at the local RPG convention if I recall correctly. I’d always considered the character to represent a woman, yet when I started to paint it, I realized that there were no gender identifiers there – which is actually kinda cool. A female model does not have to be super strongly (and stereotypically) coded as a woman with breasts, high heels or the like. For the paintjob I drew inspiration from the background, a wasteland nomad didn’t really speak to me of ostentatious clothing, so I went with very muted tones.
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The third and final mini is my rendition of a Vindicare Assassin for my 40k army. Originally a Tempest guardsman sniper by Velrock Art, I removed the cloak before printing. The sculptor has intentionally made modifications to the minis wonderfully easy, as the cloak was simply a single element that could be removed using Meshmixer. This was a bit of a tricky model to paint, as it’s very, very black. I went for a few different tones, painted some sharp highlights on the bodysuit and made the armour and knee and elbow pads a bit more dull. I gave the hair an auburn look for a spot of colour, and painted the eye lenses red for a bit of extra contrast and menace. Overall, I’m pretty happy with it!
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To wrap up this post, a shot of the trio in more fitting surroundings.
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Dawn of the Lead 
All very nice, Mikko! 🙂 I do like the sniper!
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Much appreciated John! It’s a lovely little mini 🙂
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Fantastic job on these!
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Thanks! They were fun minis to paint.
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Awesome Mikko. Nura has a piratical vibe about her too which is cool.
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Thanks Luke! Yeah, definitely agree – rogue traders and pirates, it’s a thin line 😀
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Nice work–the Vindicare in particular looks great.
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Thanks Warburton! Black is a pain sometimes, but it turned out nice enough.
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Great work there!
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Thanks Dave!
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All three of these are really cool looking minis and I like the dark and weathered way you painted them! They’re perfect for a Sci-Fi setting like Necromunda, for example.
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Thanks Kuribo! I’m definitely going for a slightly ratty and worn look, Necromunda has been a big inspiration. Glad it shows!
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Great work! Especially loving that purple/gold combo! ❤
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Nicely done mate, got to love the first one, the purple and gold go really well against the black skin tone!Oh and the turquoise gem is a real gem!! Ha Ha !( sorry)
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