i wont argue that they should be dancing
but it left them open to nice posing
Death for example, it took me 30 seconds to figure out how his base would be, a tombstone with dredds name on it (the mocked death head was an after thought ^^), when he's finally stuck to the base, his right hand will be firmly on top of it, and his left is like he's pointing to himself saying ''i did that'' =)
mortis was another simple one to base, i wont tell you how long it took me to get so many skulls though... adding in the severed hand flipping the bird was my fail attempt at adding some JD humor to it
fear was a nightmare (no pun intended), so i kept it simple, theres a couple skulls on there and thats it, it works though, the darkness of the base is a nice contrast to the blue and silver of his suit (i took a little artistic license with him since all the artwork i have shows him in different colours)
fire though, he's my masterpiece (well not exactly, but i think he's the best of the four), a few added flame effects from a malifaux base accessories kit and bam, done, i even managed to have some fun painting the fire! (my best attempt at fire effects... ever). though i did consider a bit of a ghost rider thing with him, colouring his suit, but its out of character for him
really though, the hardest thing about them was making the bases look muggy enough to be from mega city 1! i've always done nice, clean, simple bases, a bit of sand, a little flock, 3 shades of brown and done.
this time round it was 4 shades of grey, 2 of black (can you believe black has shades?! was news to me), a black wash, some minor highlights to raise the detail, a brown wash to make it look a little dirty, retouch some more highlights and yeah, i think i pulled it off.
the rusty bits of metal was simple, i just followed my own tutorial! (i wont link it since its on a painting site, but if the boss approves, i'll repost it here for dredd lovers =) )
since im rambling a bit, i'll just say i have similar bases planned for each and every JD model i have (barring the newest releases, its all of them)
though i may give the world judges unique ones as well, just to be different =)
