Eolith Selene

Finished the 54 mm Eloith Miniatures Selene figure recently. I still haven't settled on a base for it yet, but the painted figure is shown below.

Front of the miniature

Better picture of the sword

Lots of space on the cloak for a design, maybe next time :-)

Side view showing the shield. It's rather bright, and might have been better with a less forceful colour than crimson.

Fairly happy with the way the figure went together - all relatively uneventful. I had painted a pattern on the bottom of her cloak, but it looked rubbish (uneven, paint wouldn't flow nicely etc.) so I just painted over it with the base colour. I should probably have tried to weather the cloak, but again, cowardice prevailed. If I'd done the cloak, I'd have to have done the boots, and then the trousers... So I stopped :-)

I took great care not to damage the paint while holding the figure, but I still managed to rub paint off the top of her boots on a couple of occasions. It's looking like becoming an occupational hazard with the larger scale :-(

Once finished I looked at it under the Evil Magnifying Lamp of Doom(tm). This is a daylight fluorescent magnifying lamp that delights in finding mistakes. It immediately spotted some paint under her chin and a couple of other spills. It also has the very annoying habit of doing away with all my smooth transitions, leaving everything harsh and chalky.

I'm struggling to decide on a base for the figure. I bought a Gothic arch, but it's too big and completely overwhelms the figure.

I then considered (and am still considering) building something with the Hirst Arts molds I have. That's also stalled, however, as my previous experiment with Hirst Arts' stuff failed for a couple of reasons: I couldn't cast the blocks evenly, so when trying to build something, the tiny differences in height were magnified; painting them was difficult, as trying to cover all the plaster took forever. Note that these were my problems, and many people have created whole dungeons and layouts with the molds, so it's nothing to do with them.

My current thought is a VoodooWorx pedestal that I bought. I like it, with one slight caveat (anyone spotting a trend yet). The problem is that the pedestal is plain, and I'd like some decoration at the bottom so it isn't quite so "clean". If this was a non-pedestal base, it'd be perfect.

I've also been considering making a base from scratch. This would involve rolling out some Milliput (or similar), and cutting the paving stones into it before it cures. I have a couple of bases I'm thinking about making for other figures (again, can't quite find the ones I want), so this approach is more likely to be tried than the Hirst Arts route.

Still, there's no hurry to complete the figure, other than wanting to use the vice that's holding it for another figure, so I'll get there eventually.