75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

[PaulinKendal]

This is an amazing sculpt of Tisiphone, one of the Furies. Tisiphone is everything Thitania ain't.

Virgil (the ancient Roman poet, not the Thunderbird) described her as 'pale and raging among the warring thousands' during battle, clothed in a robe 'dripping in blood'. It's also superbly produced, with nary a print line to be seen. Lots of pieces to assemble, mind.



I'm strongly inclined to completely assemble her and paint from there, rather than only part-assembling, leaving off, say, the cloak or the buckler to improve access during painting. I think I prefer to treat it as a unit, rather than components, to ensure the paint is uniform (and uniformly lit) across the entire piece. Maybe I should blu-tac it for painting?

[PaulinKendal]

One last piece I missed, lost in the packing - which I almost chucked out!

[PaulinKendal]

Cleaning her up. Quite a few mould lines, but no real difficulties. Little bit of filling will be required.

Love the quality! Look at these two, matching, faces. That's clever.

My thumb, for scale.

[minitnkr]

Will you be doing all three furies?

[PaulinKendal]

Will you be doing all three furies?

I don't think Kimera do miniatures of the other two.

[JayCee]

That looks a truly epic sculpt. Looking forward to you working your magic.
John.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks like good quality sculpt and cast Paul, pity about the boob plate armour really…..seems unavoidable in fantasy stuff though.

[PaulinKendal]

I've got her all together, apart from the big cat pelt. Gluing that in place would just be gratuitously adding complication to the task of painting, with no real benefit. This was tricky! (Maybe I should try making something with more than fourteen pieces!)

[PaulinKendal]

Zenithal priming is such a simple, effective technique that it really does feel like cheating.

[PaulinKendal]

I'm going to do the skin in two stages. First off, get a smooth(ish) uniform colour gradient across the model. That's where I'm at now.
Next I'll do the eyes, then use glazes to add depth and blend the finish further. That's the plan...

[Guest]

Looking good even at this stage Paul, so bet this will really standout when finished. Love that skin colour , what did you use please.

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks very much. It's a Doctor Faust recipe: cover everything in Cavalry Brown, then increasing ratios of Dwarf Skin to Cav Brown, then add a pale pink made with white and a dash of Vermillion.

[Jim R]

Looks a very nice sculpt Paul. I'm sure your excellent painting skills will bring her to life.

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks Jim.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Paul. Cavalry brown is a great underpaint for any reds you need as well :thumb2: