Friday 15 May 2015

Geisha in distress

I managed to finish Ikiryo today, which was my reward for finishing the first two kairai :-).

Choosing a scheme for her kimono was fun all on it's own!
Painting it, while trying to do a quick job a challenge.

I decided not to give her a white powdered face, which is a bit the trademark of a geisha, as it would make her look too much like a kairai.
For the skin I wanted a more sickly colour as to show the influence of Yurei on her, finished of with yellow eyes without a pupil.
While taking a few pictures I learned a new trick, deflecting the light makes the colours brighter on the photo!
The first picture was my inspiration for the kimono.

I hope you like her.



And a picture with her umbrella, which casts a bit of a shadow over her. Because of this the photo turned out darker.

I have one other kairai almost finished, which I hope to finish this weekend.
Meaning I need to do my armoured kairai and Kato before next Friday :-\.

Thank you for reading!

10 comments:

  1. Thanks, it was very fun to do.
    The temptation to make it more elaborate was almost unbearable :-), but the sight of all my unfinished miniatures made me settle for something simpler. I still think it looks good though.

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  2. The umbrella is very cool. What is it made out of?

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  3. It's part of the miniature (white metal), so no glory for me there ;-).

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    1. It looks good. I thought maybe it was acrylic. Either the paint (or maybe the lighting) make it look like it's a thin material 'lit up' from above. Nicely done.

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    2. Thanks! I guess the effect is created by the satin varnish coat I applied, which diverts the light a bit.

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  4. Thank you Christian, I'm pretty pleased with the result myself too :-).

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  5. Beautiful paintwork sir! I'll be honest, paint samurai era scares the bejesus out of me!

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    1. Thank you! I find it especially hard to get the asian skintone right.
      The rest isn't so different, apart from the beautiful embroided clothing that is.

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