The Week's Work, A Week Later

I got ill. A combination of missed meds (I ran out and, despite having requested more in good time, the prescription wasn't ready) and Life Stuff meant that I basically didn't do anything for almost a week. Then, late last night - so late it was really very early this morning - I got the Painting Bug again, partially as a result of having been playing Warhammer: Total War III for several days, latterly as Alarielle and the High Elves of Avelorn. So I sat down at gone midnight and worked on the Everqueen. I finished up at about 2am with a coat of matt varnish, thinking to myself, well, I'll pop the gloss on the gems in the morning and do the base, and then she'll be done!

Except I made a bit of an error in applying the matt varnish. I'm not sure quite what I did exactly, but as I use brush varnish I think I either didn't shake it enough beforehand or I applied it too thickly. At any rate she was covered in dusty white areas and, despite my best efforts at touching her up, she isn't as good as I wanted her to be; and she's not as good as she was, before I varnished her. Mistakes and problems like this are one reason I don't usually varnish my models, but I've noticed that the paint comes off the 3d prints a bit like it does on metals. So I varnished her, much to my regret:

She doesn't look too bad from this angle, but I am a bit disappointed by the eyes - I tried to do green pupils to give her a bit of an otherworldly aspect, but I'm not sure it works very well

You can see a little frosting at the base of her throat and where her hair meets her shoulders, but honestly this isn't the worst of it and here my touching-up worked, mostly. I do rather like the emerald rune, and the different shades of gold do work well with the simplicity of her white gown and green loincloth

Here you can see the most obvious frosting

And here, on her right hand, but other than that she's alright from this angle too

A group shot of the Everqueen with her Herald (left) and the Commander of the Maiden Guard (right)

At any rate, she's finished, and I've started on the next 250 points of Maiden Guard: a level 2 Wizard (High Magic, naturally) and 10 more "Lothern Sea Guard" to bring the two units up to 20 each. They've been undercoated and had their armour based and washed with Asuryan Blue, so I'm hopeful I'll get them sorted in the next few days.

Painting Points:
Today: 1
This Week: 1
2026: 41