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Andrew Bird
Australia
Victoria
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Gudday.
In my previous post, I promised to tackle the DooM archviles. And indeed, that is what I am diligently doing. However, just for the sake of variety, I decided to attempt the odd one-off miniature once in a while. I then interleave between painting my run-of-the-mill monster production line figures, and the unique miniature. It keeps me interested, and it allows me to attempt some more advanced techniques and detailing - stuff that I'm happy to try out on a single figure, but which would drive me utterly insane attempting on an army.
So, which miniature did I choose? Surely one of the unique heroes from any of my existing games, I hear you say. Oh no. Being utterly inundated with an existing mountain of unpainted miniatures, what is the only logical thing to do? Order a copy of Blood Bowl, of course! 
And not just the 24 figures from the base game, but a few special characters as well! Namely: Ernie Dingo!
This was a special promotional figure churned out by the talented folks at Greebo miniatures for the Southern Shrike Bowl of 2011. I didn't attend the event, but the organisers had some extra stock, and I was able to source it through a polite gentleman from the ausbowl.com portal.
So, what "special techniques" did I try out? Well, green stuff sculpting, for one:
Yep, the cracked-earth "Aussie outback" base that you see is 100% courtesy of yours truly. Oh, and Games Workshop, I suppose. Quite an interesting challenge, but easy enough once you get used to the texture of the stuff. Once mixed, just lump it onto the base with a mini spatula, then slowly spread it out like a recalcitrant lump of butter. Water on the spatula helps a lot. I got it into a nice flat(ish) shape, then let it set. Once that was done, I simply attacked it with a craft knife, and cut out the gaps between the cracked sections. Took me a good evening's work to cut it out to my satisfaction, but I was very happy with the results, and I'm even happier now that he's all painted up.
Another technique I tried is the smooth blending on his armour. I started off with a yellowish-orange, and worked my way gradually up to a bright yellow highlight right on the tips and tops of the armour. Wet palettes are an absolute must for this kind of thing.
And other than that, I tried to cram in as much painted detail as my hands and eyes were capable of. My hands did a respectable job, but alas, my eyes simply are not what they used to be, and I was required to call on the services of my brand new Dork Visor (tm) to assist me.
(In case you're wondering, taking the thing off actually makes me look even more ugly.  )
Well, that's it for now. Apologies for those of you tuning in expecting to see actual DooM miniatures - next time I promise!
Cheers,
Birdman.
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