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Cthulhu: Death May Die – Father Luke & Sister Beth

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Cthulhu: Death May Die Miniatures - Father Luke, Sister Beth, Cthulhu Investigators

It’s been a good while now since I completed a pair of Death May Die investigators. I missed my target to get any investigators completed in June entirely, though I was working on these two during the month and managed to get several creatures painted as well. Now at the start of July I present my (hopeful) redemption with Father Luke, hailing from Lismore in Ireland and his Cohort in Christ, Sister Beth, from Bogota, Columbia.

Cthulhu: Death May Die Miniatures - Father Luke, Sister Beth, Cthulhu Investigators

The artwork for both characters shows them as pretty straightforward, so I followed the artwork more or less in using deep blue-greys to highlight their predominantly-black clothing, though perhaps not going so blue-tinged as in the artwork. I think they read pretty well as black, either way. There’s not a whole lot else to discuss for either of these two, really – but on the positive side I now have only eight more Investigators to paint before moving onto the cultists (and back onto Zombicide Survivors!) Which makes me realise that I forgot to do my mid-year goal-check in June’s round-up post… hm…

Cthulhu: Death May Die – Mary Diaz & Elizabeth Ives

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Cthulhu: Death May Die Miniatures - Mary Diaz, Elizabeth Ives, Cthulhu Investigators

Today we have May’s (first?) pair of Death May Die investigators. First up, hailing from Caracas, Venezuela, Mary Diaz. (Think about that name for a moment or two… there’s something about it…)

Our second investigator comes from London, England, the Flapper, Elizabeth Ives. I wonder why Flappers haven’t made a comeback in the 2020’s? With piercings and tattoos and plugs, of course – I guess there’s still time… Speaking of time, I have no particular artwork or sculpt complaints about Mary, though Elizabeth is a different story…

Cthulhu: Death May Die Miniatures - Mary Diaz, Elizabeth Ives, Cthulhu Investigators

For Mary I wanted to try a “light olive” complexion, as befitting both the artwork and her Latina heritage as well as the link to her clear inspiration making me go lighter. Along with that, the art suggested dark blonde hair, so I started from a darker base than usual. Her red dress has orangey highlights in the art, so again I tried to emulate those on the model.

Cthulhu: Death May Die Miniatures - Mary Diaz, Elizabeth Ives, Cthulhu Investigators

Elizabeth’s art is generally fine, though the colour choices (bright yellow with blue and green!) aren’t exactly what I’d have chosen. Still, with all but one of these models (to come sometime later) I do intend to stick with the artwork reasonably closely. No, the problem with Elizabeth was with the digital sculpting – her pearl necklace & bracelet as well as her facial details were clearly sculpted with an artists’ PC screen and large renders in mind rather than an end-painter – so they suffer from being very fine and shallow. I mean – I like to do a good job on these, but I’m no Angel Giraldez, nor am I willing to invest hours into detailing the pearls on this model.

Still, I’m happy enough with the end result – not sure what that dot on Elizabeth’s dress is – I’m just seeing it for the first time now, so I’ll go and check it out a bit later – hopefully it’s just a bit of fluff stuck to the model (along with that hair!) 😮