I'm alive...

Lately I felt like a walking zombie, but now I was reliefed because my biggest project launched on Thursday, Nov 20. It's not miniature related - it's a project from my regular job. Okay, now you wonder what I do during the day. I work at MapQuest and am part of their user experience team. On Thursday we launched My MapQuest - a feature that lets MapQuesters save their maps and directions so they can plan their trip better also estimate how much will the fuel cost is for that trip. And if you like Google's draggable route so much, we have that too. Overall, it's a nifty feature. Go check it out!

Okay I'll stop the self marketing campaign right here. No miniature update - but at least now I can participate again in the miniature social network.

Later!

Avalonian Bust by Arte Factory

There's an unexpected delay on the Mongol progress. After comparing the model with reference picture, I realized that I didn't position/glue the hat flaps correctly so I need to reconstruct it :(

So I decided to give a shot on the Avalonian bust that I got from Jeremie when he visited Denver. Because of the size of the bust (1:10 miniature scale), I'm using a very different color from my usual flesh tone palette - hoping to achieve a classic multi-tonal oil painting look.

I used Citadel and Foundation colors on this bust, Bronzed flesh, Dwarf flesh, Elf flesh, dark flesh, green, blue and orange. I'm happy with this color palette.Using a very diluted paint and glazing technique, it's easy to blend the colors while maintaining its saturation level.

There is still much more refining needed and I have plenty of busts and miniatures to practice :)