My next pair of Death May Die player investigator models feature none other than “Borden” – presumably based on Lizzie herself and “The Kid” – a terrifying supernatural psycho-child. As you may have noticed, both heroinies wear red dresses with patterns – but I ask you, dear reader – what really is a patterned red dress? They’re really the detail points of both models in a lot of ways, though I am happy with The Kid’s face and hair and Lizzie is my first successful attempt to paint full eyes with pupils behind eyeglasses – which you still can’t really see in these photos because of the angle of Lizzie’s head. I still don’t like having to paint OSL, but I wasn’t escaping it on this model, so…
With both of these dresses I attempted to follow the artwork which is why they’re different reds, though on reflection The Kid’s polka dots are a bit bigger on the model when compared to the art. Lizzie’s flower pattern was a bit of a bother in some ways, though it wasn’t too tricky once I just knuckled down and got to work on it. Anyway – another two of these models painted and I’m pretty happy with them. Not really models I would ever have thought I’d enjoy painting to be quite honest, but there you go…
Fellow painter & blogger – and solidly inspirational fellow, Wudugast suggested that he and I should try to paint at least a pair of these models each month – as he also has a copy of this game to work through – so here’s looking forward to seeing his work to keep me motivated on these so I don’t run out of steam as quickly as I often do on these things… Anyone else out there with a copy of Cthulhu: Death May Die who wants to join in on trying to get a pair of models painted each month? 😀
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Awesome work on both mate, the pattern on both dresses looks excellent, and painting the eyes behind lenses is next level painting, the OSL has worked really well on the child, even though you don’t like doing it. As for the game I don’t have a copy, or I would have joined in with you guys.
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Thanks Dave! The polka dots were a pain in the arse to tell the truth, but on a relatively small figure/area it’s not terrible to just knuckle down to get it done. Whenever I get to a group shot of these investigators I might try for a face shot of Borden, though it’s just as likely that I’ll completely forget to do so!
I’d think of putting a boardgame poll up sometime for a bunch of people to work on together, but there’s so many boardgames out there that we’d be lucky to have more than 2 people with the same ones – and even then, I selfishly really only want to work on projects I want to work on at the time! 😀
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Gosh, these are both brilliant! 🙂 I’d have really struggled to get the dress patterns even in size and separation but you’ve got that spot on (no pun intended)!
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Thanks John! Thankfully the next two women in dresses don’t have any kind of fancy-pants patterns. Nor do they have fancy pants to paint, for that matter… 😉
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Brilliant work mate, love the dress patterning!
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Thank you, Alex! 🙂
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Can’t believe the patterns on the dresses! I have the toughest time painting circles, and here you painted a ton of them over folds no less! I don’t have a copy of Cthulhu, but painting box sets together is an interesting way of getting things done. I’d probably have done that with Marvel Crisis Protocol, but I still haven’t bought it.
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Yeah, it helps a lot as motivation when you’re playing a thing and enjoying it so you get that game-fun-paint-feedback – or wanting to play if there are a lot fewer models, like MCP. Kinda how the D&D stuff has been a big part of your painting jam for a while now.
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Stunning work on both mate, the dress patterns are superb, and the osl is top notch too. (can’t comment on the eyes as I cant see them but I bet they are sickeningly good to be honest!).
Cheers Roger.
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Thank you on all accounts, Roger – Though the eyes aren’t anything special – I’m just happy that they exist!
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Wow, seriously, the dresses are beautiful, and the OSL looks great. What a magnificent job!
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Thanks mate – I’m happy to say that I don’t think there are any more dresses of that complexity in the models I have to paint…
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I think the OSL was well worth it. Is there a reason why you don’t like doing it? I enjoy it whenever I get the chance truthfully. Many people think it looks impressive and sometimes its good to give the people what they want! 🙂 Both minis look great and hopefully you can find some other takers on the monthly painting challenge. It sounds fun!
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Truth be told, there are two reasons.
One is because you still need to paint something nicely first, and then you follow that by risking fucking it all up.
The second is that while it can look good, it requires the distortion of colours or a colour scheme that I often thought/think looks good enough to stand on it’s own merit. Something like this is especially so on models like the Crisis Protocol ones – I’d rather see Superhero-or-Villain in their cool costume than have a big chunk of it overwhelmed by blue (or red, or green, or…) glowy shit for the sake of a “dynamic” model. That does apply to other models as well. I prefer the cool Black Templars armour over having the top of it all orangey due to a brazier that the designers decided to drop on top of a backpack.
It’s one of those things that – like “tactical rocks” or overly-elaborate or specific bases I think works better for dioramas and display models than models that are meant to be doing different things. So your Marine Commander just drags that boulder around with him, does he? I’ve clearly softened on the rocks thing a little over the years, but OSL and some of the stuff on the MCP bases is all very much “a specific moment in time” rather than “hero moving around as they are”.
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That makes sense, mate! I enjoy the “challenge” of OSL and I think as long as you really thin your paints and check after each application of a glaze, you should be pretty safe. Most people who don’t get good results with OSL or overdo it, don’t thin their paints enough, in my opinion.
With that said, I share your dislike of techniques you have to apply at the end of the painting process where you might mess up hours of hard work. I’ve been reluctant to do a lot of chipping or to add scratches on several display projects for that reason…
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I’m okay with learning how to do it more effectively, and then only using it when I absolutely have to! 😀
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Oh that’s who Borden is – I knew the name was familiar but I couldn’t place her. Lovely work on both of them, I’ve mentally committed myself to painting the kid’s polkadots, but I think you’ve surpassed me with the pattern on Borden’s dress. Still, she’s on the desk as we speak so who knows, I might feel brave and surprise myself.
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Thanks Wudu – the Borden dress pattern was actually easier than the polka dots – they were simply 5 small taps with very thin paint in a vague circle/”flower” shape as opposed to trying to make round polka dots. Looking forward to seeing how she comes out! 😀
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We join the others in complimenting you on the patterns on their clothes and OSL – as well as swearing by what you say about your eye paint job.
Let us note that in this game Cthulhu’s opponents on the hero side aren’t much better than him: mad murderers, creepy psycho-children – now I understand why the Italians were put on this side… 😉
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Haha well, it’s a Cthulhu game, so the investigators are a mixture of heroes and anti-heroes all united to save the world from an unspeakable fate. Makes it more interesting, I think. There’s even a (single) Australian character I’ve found in amongst all the Italians and Americans… 😮
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Beautiful work!
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Thank you!
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These are awesome mate.
You’ve put some time in on those dresses and it sure paid off.
I’ve been impressed with how these figures have been turning out; certainly made me want to get mine painted, but that will have to wait until we’ve explored all the options in the base box, it’s a game that has grown on me with repeat play.
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Thank you! We’ve just got the S1 and S2 retail boxes (and one other Elder God) and are still playing the base box content. When I decided to start painting the investigators we opened the S2 box so I can just work on them all at once. Well, sequentially, but you get what I mean. This way it’ll be that little bit more engaging to play with painted models for the heroes at least…
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Can’t wait to see what you do with the Gods if the heroes are anything to go by!
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In a lot of ways big gribbly monsters are easier to make look good that models like this since you don’t have to worry about the tiny fine details! 🙂
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Great models. Love they way you have painted the dresses.
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Thank you! 😊
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