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"Slave to Darkness" - Jakob Lynch


Eventually, as he knew it would, 
Lynch's curiosity got the better of him
and he slipped down into the basement 

to see what it was that had changed his business so greatly. 

That was when his mind was opened to the truth: 

there was a terrible creature in his basement 
that was the source of all his success...



Greetings fellow Caesurians, and welcome back to another week of The Art of Caesura!

This time of year is a big one in my current neck of the woods, The Rose of Tralee festival is on and the craic is brilliant.

...And speaking of brilliance...a few weeks ago I painted Huggy D (The Hungering Darkness) a demon who exerts it's will through a gambling bar owner Jakob Lynch, using him to peddle the drug Brilliance to possess other poor saps who become The Illuminated.


The miniature of Jakob Lynch is an interesting one because he's a relatively normal looking guy (if a bit sleezy with his goatee and grey suit and all) but he's holding a flaming skeleton. Most of the inspiration I could find on the internet followed his colour scheme from Wyrd's website, ie. black hair and goatee, grey suit, purple eyes and purple glowing skeleton.



Hot off having finished the flaming Brimstone Horrors, and Blue Horrors (with fireballs) I was relatively happy with how my more natural looking orangey-yellow flames were going, so I first painted the skeleton using this technique. He looked a bit Ghost Rideresque, but I was okay with that. I had Jakob Lynch beside me the whole time, but just couldn't really bring myself to feel too inspired to paint him. The grey suit and black goatee just weren't doing it for me, so I left him for a week or so. Then I was struck by inspiration!



I've been really lucky to get to go to a bunch of weddings this year, and I can tell you: blue suits with brown shoes are totally in! So, I excitedly decided to help Jakob get with the times and used this colour scheme instead, I even gave him a shave and changed his hair colour. I like the idea that it makes him look like a bit more of a sympathetic victim of The Hungering Darkness as opposed to the sleezy gambler that he is.


The use of the blue also had the added benefit of contrasting the orange flames of the skeleton which was a nice little happenstance.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Once I get the other two Illuminated finished I'll have to have a family photo of my first completed Malifaux box-set.

Thanks for tuning into The Art of Caesura!


Reading: Dune (1965) - Frank Herbert
Listening: Delaney's Donkey - Val Doonican
Watching: Scream Season 2
Drinking: Chieftain IPA - Franciscan Well Brewery


Next Week:


I'm going to say it...perhaps my favorite model I've ever painted...
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