I could see the clan of Striding Incantation sending these to pay someone a visit should offence be given...
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Shemek
I could see the clan of Striding Incantation sending these to pay someone a visit should offence be given...
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Shemek
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Chirine,
A quick question about painting. What colours would you suggest for painting Livyani and Mu'ugalavyani skin tones. As per your recommendations I have been using Testors Red Earth for my Tsolyani miniatures, but based on the descriptions in the Sourcebook I'm not sure if this would be the "right" colour for the above two nations. Also, what colour would you use for Salarvyani?
Shemek
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
I do the best I can, given my health issues and those of the Missus. I have to hold down a full-time job as well as take care of her and the house, so I'm a bit tight on time, stamina, and energy.Originally Posted by Hrugga
I should also note that my miniatures feed my writing, and vice versa. I can tell you about the water slipping smoothly past the curve of the hull, simply because I'm holding that hull in my hand. And I do my miniatures as 'extras' in the production as I write the screenplay of the book; they are the 'players' in what's become my solo meta-game of Tekumel.
We'll get there. Have heart.
Precisely! Welcome to Phil's footsteps as a Fulbright Scholar in South Asia...
Exactly. Care to meet the twins' friends?
Of course you would...
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You'll meet The Sorcerer, The Priestess, The Warrior, and The Soldier in Book Five; they play an important part in the doings in Book Six, as well.
Gotcha. Well, here we get into a difficult set of choices. Are you painting for the game table, or for the display case? I paint mostly with the fomer in mind, so I use the 'Red Earth' as is for everybody as the basic skin tone - it's the best I can find to match the old Floquil 'Samoa'. The Livyani are a lighter and more golden shade of this basic color, and the Red-Hats are a little redder in hue; personally, I just shade the basic paint with a little less or a little more water to get the right effect, and maybe - on a very special 'personality' figure - I'd add a little bit of extra color to give the right shaded hue. What I'd suggest is to match the Testor's paint with something in the Reaper line, and then use their 'Triad system' to get your shades. The other way to approach this is to use the P3 'Flesh Wash' on the Mu'uglavyani to bring up the more reddish-copper hue, and maybe an yellowish umber wash on the Livyani.
If I was doing 54mm or larger figures for the display case, I'd custom mix the colors as needed. For 25mm / 28mm on the table, it's nearly impossible to see the subtle shades in the skin tones from over a foot away. The thing to remember is that all of the humans in the Five Empires start out all being the same skin tone, with regional differences that you can see close up - in person, it's relatively easy for the local to see where one is from, but on the table it's going to be more by costume then by skin tone.
It's a very subtle question, and a very subtle technique. I looked at the photos of Phil's own figures for you, and he used the 'Samoa' as it is on everybody. He wanted mass on the table, as quickly as possible; I think that if he'd had the time to do some really detailed 54mm stuff, he'd have come up with the color formulas.
Does this help, at all?
EDIT: Forgot to say anything about the Salarvyani. Same advice. look at the Sourcebook, get an idea of the hues you want, and look in the reaper or other lines for related hues. Otherwise, you could also vary the primer color to help give the subtle shades. Let me do some experiments; I have the primers all out on the workbench as I'm spraying primer on chariot horses for the Missus.
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Oh, my Lord and little catfish.
I sometimes miss my miniatures collection, but after twenty years of non-use and a severe lack of storage space I had to make the hard choice. It was those or the model railroad stuff, and the railroad stuff was getting a lot more use.
So it goes.
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
Formerly known as Old Geezer
I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
But the characters would know all this. So somebody might be interested in finding out who this clown is that claims to be from Striding Incantation.Ah well, there goes the chance to get the PCs involved with them.
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
Formerly known as Old Geezer
I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
All I did was give your figures new 25 x 25 bases - I normally use rounds for individual figures, but I thought that the squares were more in keeping with their past history - then paint the bases the usual 'Hunter green' and add a dusting of flock. I hope you're pleased with the result.
Understood. I'm in the opposite boat; my railway models are all stored in boxes, but I do have hopes that the railway will rise from the ashes.
I'll second this; the two clans are famous for being reclusive and very private, so anybody like the person you're describing is going to attract a lot of interest simply because of their being so, shall we say, 'public'...
Mayhem will ensue, as this will turn into a multi-faction brawl in very short order.
Why, look, my General! There's a fast trireme in the harbor that leaves for the Nyemesel Isles in half an hour! Shall I book us some deck chairs, so we can get as far away from this one as possible? :0
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