Arcadia Quest Heroes: Greensleeves & Diva (Plus 3 Surprises!)

Greensleeves

The elven archer. I love his facial expression. The highlighting on the clothes took a couple of attempts, but I got it to my satisfaction. I trimmed his bow, quiver, and tunic with metallic gold. The hair color is not quite right, not vibrant enough, and the wash with Soft Tone made it look dirtier than I wanted.

Diva

Diva's hair, on the other hand, turned out beautifully. A very smooth yellow, and two shades up with the highlights, and two down with the shadows. Very imperceptible, but a nice touch. Another attempt at NMM on her sword. I did a diagonal sheen on the front side, which I prefer to the edge sheen on the reverse.

For her white cape and tabard, rather than dirtying it with Soft Tone or Strong Tone, I used Nuln Oil and pushed it around until the recesses were sufficiently shaded. Then I did a few highlights with progressively lighter whites to bring the edges up. To keep them from looking grainy, I touched up the lines with a brush by edge-highlighting the same color.

I feel like I really hit my stride with Diva. The orange highlights on the the red armor pop nicely, and the pink accents give her a strong feminine vibe.

Sheldon

A little curve-ball, something small and easy. After watching Goobertown Hobbies video on painting shells, this guy seemed like the perfect model to try it on.  I contemplated giving him a glossy shell, but after trying it, decided not to. He turned out great.

Orc 1 & Orc 2

These guys were just to mix it up a bit. They were actually done a while ago, you can see Gromm and Kanga still unpainted in the background, but I forgot to include them in the last post.

The orc on the right is done, the one on the left is still in progress. I wanted to start on the enemies because there are so many, hopefully painting a few in between sets of heroes helps it go smoother.

I didn't love the AP Metallic Silver, and the AP Pure Red is pretty thin, so both required many multiple coats. I need to find a better way to speed up the other 7 or else these guys are going to take forever!