Merry Christmas, Darkling

Another Nice List assignment, and my third attempt at pale skin.

Oh mercy, this flatters no-one.

I feel like Santa is grading me on a curve.

Yes, it's the Darkling Aelf Sorceress; and yes, it's the most generic paint job possible. My first draft had her with blonde hair and ice-blue robes, but it was reminding me of someone else, so I had to Let It Go.

Aside from a wash n' drybrush for the gold bikini (from our 1983 Hutt Collection), most of the big stuff was painted with layers, in my belated attempted to achieve competence with a technique everyone else seems to have been using for years.

I can't actually tell if the effects are better or worse that drybrushing, but it does cut down on the drying time, and when time is of the essence, that counts for a bit.

Recipe as follows:

• Skin: Rakarth Flesh base, Pallid Wych Flesh layers (thinned)
• Hair: Chais Black base, Skavenblight Dinge layer, Mechanicus Standard Grey layer
• Loincloths: Naggaroth Night base, Genestealer Purple layers, Drucii Violet wash
• Boots: Skavenblight Dinge base, Nuln Oil wash
• Staff: Sotek Green base, Nuln Oil wash
• Hand Glow: Lothern Blue base, White Scar highlights

I think the skin is the best so far from my past three attempts, although I probably over-reached with the 'hand-glow' lighting effect, which looks more like finger-painting.

But it was a pretty quick model to bash out, and it's one I've wanted to add to the collection for ages, so thanks Santa!