Colette's Crew - Update

Some progress with Colette's crew. The top picture are the final mechanical dove, Cassandra, and performer. I touched up the metallics with some gloss to give them their shine back. Colette's Avatars have been primed and the beckoners that I'm going to use as performers have been assembled and primed.

A bit of work for Colette. First her avatars (finally!). They were relatively easy to put together. Now just to paint them.... The other shot is the nearly finished minis that have been hit with dullcote. Now just to add a bit of gloss on the metals.

Commissioned Work For Colette's Crew

The two Corphyee and the Mechanical Rider I commissioned Blue Table Painting to work on. I think they came out great. More pictures can be found in my Photobucket album.

Colette Crew Status

Above is a picture of the part of my Colette crew that I've painted as it stands. Today, I did some work on it and hit the finished models with some dullcote. After that dries, I'll make another pass with some gloss for the metal bits of them.

Mannequin - Armed

I finished pinning up the arm of the last mannequin.

Other New Arrivals

To go along with Rasputina, who you saw earlier, I needed some more for the crew! Here's Avatar Rasputina, and Snow Storm. I also added a Mechanical Rider for Colette's use. Also present... the Wendigo, December Acolyte, Silent One, Ice Gamins, Hoarcat Pride and Ice Golem.

New Addition to the Crew

I added another resource for Colette to work with.  I'm not sure how useful it will be in play, but it should be fun to paint.  The Soulstone Miner....

Angelica With A Bit Of Color

I did a quick color test on Angelica.  I'm going to lighten up the boa a bit and darken down the gloves a lot I think.  I like the green though, and think it will fit nicely with the rest of the crew.

Mannequins - The Sequel

Sadly, the both the mannequins I had as works in progress suffered accidents and had to be discarded (or at least set aside to be dealt with later).  One lost the heel to her shoe while I was removing the tab and the other got a drill bit broken off and stuck in her shoulder while I was pinning her arm that kept falling off.  Fortunately, I had a couple of extras, so I've started over with what you see above. They're almost completely pinned, so they should not have the same tragedies of their twins befall them. On the up side, redoing the arms gave me another chance to re-position them, and I'm happier with how they look now.

Another New Arrival, Already Partially Assembled

Angelica is another new arrival, for my Colette Crew. Her arms were a bit of a challenge to attach and pose, but I think I worked it out with a bit of green stuff to help the superglue.

Colette Color Test

I decided to go ahead and do a color test on Colette. I think these colors will work well for her and will match the rest of the crew nicely.

Minor Mannequin Work

Very minor changes to the mannequin. Did a little work on the "skin" portions. I think I'm good with the base color there, just need to wash it to bring out the details and then highlight it up.

Finishing Up Cassandra

Cassandra is pretty-much done. She needs a matte coat and she'll be good to go. Since last time, I did a bit of touch-up and lightened her hair to be more blonde and then finished up her sword. Finally, I mounted her on her final base.

Cassandra

Some more work on Cassandra. Finished up her dress and need to do some clean-up work on her bodice for it to be done. Not quite happy with her hair color yet, either, so I'll be trying to lighten that a bit more. Some touch-up and details and she'll be done. I haven't done anything with the two mannequins since they were last pictured.

Cassandra and Mannequins in Progress

I started work on the two mannequins and Cassandra. In this photo, I've only put on some basic colors to make sure I like the looks. So far, I'm happy with the colors.

Colette's Dancers

After the mechanical doves, I started on the two dancers.  I wanted to do something different from the art on the box and cards, so I went with blues and greens.  I think they both came out well.  I attempted to do a "see through" paint job on the stockings, but failed at it miserably.  After a couple tries the paint was getting too thick, so the got painted on plain.  Maybe some point in the future I'll get the trick down and be able to do the effect.  I think I'm happy with the looks, so they're just waiting for a matte varnish finish to protect them.

Colette's Mechanical Doves

The first set of miniatures I started on for my Colette crew were her Mechanical Doves. They are now complete except for a matte varnish coat to protect the paint job. I decided to paint each of the three doves a different metallic. So there are silver, bronze, and copper.

The bases were home made using balsa wood and a sculpting tool to form the indents for the wooden stage floor.