Commisar Yarrick - finished!

The mini is finaly finished today! I invited a friend to my house so we could inspire each other to work more on our minis. He was converting, I was painting, time went by and soon Mr Yarrick was all painted up! I'll need your help in spotting any mistakes before varnishing though. Let me know what you think of the finished mini.

Commissar Yarrick - started working on the metallics.

I finally got to tackle some of my favourte colours: metallics! At the moment they've received just a basecoat, a few highlights and a wash. They need some more highlighting before they're ready but... any update is a good update I guess.

Commissar Yarrick update - green areas and boots painted.

So its back to Mr Yarrick after the emergency greenstufing. Today I tackled the laurels and the purity seal wax. It was quite time consumming considering how small these areas are but I'm happy with the end result. I also painted his boots using the same blueish dark grey I used on the storm bottler casing and the sword sheath. I like how this mini is turning out but it seems it's gona be time consuming. At least I'm getting over my fear of painting black (or very dark grey actually).

I'm gona set my goals low this time and hope I can meet them. I want to finish Yarrick, the Sister of Battle Serapheim and a Dreadknight till the end of the year. That's it, 3 minis! let's see if I can do it...

Commissar Yarrick - yellow trim and leather painted

A bit more progress on the mini. The trim is a joy to paint though it's easy to miss some of it in such a "blinged-up" mini. Still it amazes me how a simple trim on the edge of a cloack can make a mini stand out. Leather was a joy as well. I think GW's browns compliment each other realy well for highlighting and shading.

I think I should paint a mini with yellow armour in the future. Despite being so fond of painting yellow I've never painted an Imperial First or an Iyanden mini.

Pics:

Commissar Yarrick PIP - the red post

I painted the red parts. Because a commissar needs a touch or red. And soviet stars. Ok maybe not soviet stars. Or maybe yes. Or...

Commissar Yarrick PIP - My first Finecast mini and the first mini whose name has so many double letters

Seems I had to get back to painting eventually... I had picked up this guy as I wanted to try Finecast and it was one of the best casts I had found at my local gaming store.

I started with the black areas because I love hate painting black and I was eager to enjoy it get it out of the way. It's amazing that when you paint black areas it only takes a few minutes hours to get a result that really stands out is barely visible next to the black undercoat. I hope you enjoy reading my enthusiastic report rant about the progress of this mini.

On to the amazing boring pics: