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!
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.
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!
Love the kimono!
ReplyDeleteThanks, it was very fun to do.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
The umbrella is very cool. What is it made out of?
ReplyDeleteIt's part of the miniature (white metal), so no glory for me there ;-).
ReplyDeleteIt 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.
DeleteThanks! I guess the effect is created by the satin varnish coat I applied, which diverts the light a bit.
DeleteNice work, Kimono looks great
ReplyDeleteThank you Christian, I'm pretty pleased with the result myself too :-).
ReplyDeleteBeautiful paintwork sir! I'll be honest, paint samurai era scares the bejesus out of me!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I find it especially hard to get the asian skintone right.
DeleteThe rest isn't so different, apart from the beautiful embroided clothing that is.