My Trusty Steed - Nazir ibn Hamid ibn Hajad

Well, I managed to paint a mini for every round of the Iron Painter competition. This is the final mini - I am now moving on to the Femme Fatale comp at Wyrd.

Here's a copy of my writeup from their site:

Mini: Nazir ibn Hamid ibn Hajad
Line: Helldorado Sarrasins
Manufacturer: Asmodee

Paints used:
Non-metallic colors: Privateer Press' P3 line
Metals: Vallejo Model Colors

When this theme came out, this was the first mini I thought of. Since I was released from my prohibition on buying new minis (I didn't buy anything between Gencon and the new year), I decided the Sarrasin Starter box from Helldorado would be my first purchase.

The minis are all very cleanly cast and this mini in particular was very fun to paint.

The game's setting is Hell, so I went with a fairly chaotically-colored base - what I'd imagine the wastes of Hell would be like. The color choice for the minis was derived from a desert scheme with an Arabian Nights theme.



Aaron

A brief update - No pics

I've been keeping my main focus on updating of the Circle to close off that deal.

A big task was getting the sand and some rocks down on all the bases so I can start getting that painted and cleaned up. Mostly for this I'm doing the 60/40 water/glue mix and then a day later I give it another coat of the glue. That tends to keep it on the base. So right now the whole Circle force has at least the basing materials on and ready for painting.

When I start painting the sand for a grassy look I'll go with the Iosan Green as the base. Then I mix up a little darker green as a wash. Dry brushing up varies on what I want to to do with the base

I pulled out Kruger and 6 blood trackers to clean up. Big changes with Kruger. I dropped the brown cloak and put the green on. I started with the thornwood green I think and then used the green ink thinned down for a glaze to shade the cloak.

I also lightened the skin to get a good contrast. I started this on all the "human" skin on the bloodtrackers and Kruger. It gets a good contrast with the darker greens and darker browns I am using on the Circle.

Picture dumpster

I'm still working out my new photo set up. All of these shots were taken in Manual photography mode with an F-Stop of 8 and shutter speed of 1/4. ISO setting at 100. After photographing at some truly ungodly resolutions I put them in photoshop to adjust color levels and and shrink them to a more reasonable size. I recognize you freaks don't care about those specifics, however I'm recording my photo set up progress here.

Unfortunately while adjusting the color levels I think I may have washed the photos out a bit. In photoshop I went to the Image tab, selected adjustments and then levels. Then I dragged the "white" portion of the graph down to drown out the yellow backdrop and get more light on the figures themselves. Still working the fine details here.

Critiques and suggestions are welcome, particularly regarding the photography.


First up are a few Hordes Shots. Including Hexeris and Makeda





Now some Confrontation lovin with an Inquisitor Family Shot, Mira the Reckless and a Templar Family Shot





A little Blast from the past with a shot of Pi from I-Kore's Syntha line


And finally a little Reaper Lovin with Bha'ta-Fase the nymph