Diesel DM

After pulling a longer than average painting session, Kara Sloan is complete.  I really like how the base turned out, though the pictures fail to capture it fully.  I did several washes of green, browns and reds along different areas that gave it a nice realistic coloring and variation.  I used Army Painter Jungle Tufts for the three small grass sections, they worked like a charm

Finished at last!

From the front you can see I Spitfire, Kara’s rifle.  It came out okay, but I think the steel silvers could have gone darker in the shadows, but I had a hard to time getting them there.

From the back

The back shows the scabbard which I really like the look of, along with more of the base.  After the initial gray base coat I did two highlights of gray/white dry-brushing before I did the colored washes.  After than I hit it with a couple washes of Badab Black to darken the recesses, then dry-brushed lightly again.

And the side

These pictures were taken just before I gloss coated her.  During the gloss coating she tipped over and the top of one of her locks of hair chipped of.  And I was sad.  So once she dries I’ll need to repair that, then return to the matte coat.

Time to work on the skirt.  While the original artwork has the skirt using the same Cygnar blues as the armor, I liked the departure taken with the studio model with a denim skirt instead, so I followed suit.

Denim skirt with white accents

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Kara Sloan work continues with more work on the shoulders. I started out with the leather pouches on her large armored shoulder. As I was painting them it occurred to me that I’m not sure she can physically reach these. She certainly can’t see in them, it’s very odd placement, but I’m chalking it up to “looks interesting” more than “is practical.”

Shoulder pouches

Went with standard leather coloring from the FoW:Cygnar book and tacked on some gold buttons.

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Time to tackle those asymmetrical shoulder pads!  So when she’s getting shot at does she turn sideways and try to hide behind this thing, or what?  Anyhow, it’s an opportunity to give some different color to the top of the model.  I tried going with the FoW:Cygnar white color scheme, but it came out bland, may have to revisit the shading a bit.  You’ll also notice I did the trim around the shoulder in gold already, but will be going back to retouch it once the white is complete.

Kara's big shoulder armor

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