Aurelio Voltaire
It's hard to believe that I've been at this every week for a year - and week after week you masochists keep coming back! Thank you!
6 months ago I reflected on how the blog was going. I even made my first infographic to celebrate (I know, we're wild here!). So here's an updated look at the first year of this happy little hobby blog from the South West of Ireland:
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So how did I do? I'm really proud of all the little dudes I painted. The number I've done this year probably exceeds the number I've done in my previous 29 years of living! I think it was the massive diversity of models that kept my interest supercharged! That, and having you guys on here to motivate me!
Let's take a look at some of my better efforts. Please excuse the self indulgence - just go along with it, in true anniversary-blog style lets look back at my 5 favorite models that I painted this year (click on the pics to see more):
Top 5 models of the year:
5. Abomination (Malifaux) - This was only the second Malifaux dude I painted. I really like the scale and fine details of these miniatures. He's a nice mix of textures too, flesh and metal.
4. The Hybrid (The World of Smog: On Her Majesty's Service) - I said it at the time, but this is my favorite mini from The World of Smog: On Her Majesty's Service. He's just the pinnacle of Lovecraftian Victorian horror, three things I can scarcely get enough of!
3. Knight Questor (Silver Tower) - I'm really really happy with how this guy turned out. It was fun to paint a good guy for a change, and to put my spin on his Baroque armor I think the base and head swap really suit him.
2. The Hungering Darkness (Mourngul, Forgeworld) - This was the first model in years that I have spent weeks and weeks on. I really wanted to push myself, blending the skin tones (and dark, necrotic skin tones at that!)
And after all that gang, what do you think? Did I miss any that you really liked? Which were your favorites from this year?
We can't really do the top 5 models without at least mentioning my top brewed beer of the year. It was only a couple of weeks ago, but for those of you who missed it:
Top Beer of the Year:
Great Redeemer Ale
A tasty brew that I'm still indulging in!
Let's Get Kraken:
Now, on to (another) main event...it wouldn't be a birthday with out KRAKEN...I mean CAKE...no, I do mean KRAKEN!!!
For the big bloggin' birthday party, I wanted to paint a special model. I chose the kraken from Monolith's Conan board game because he was appropriately huge and quite cool looking. Also a relatively new model that some of you may not have seen yet. I've been quietly working away on this guy for the past few weeks. I teased him last week with his tentacles heralding his arrival, and now without further ado...UNLEASH THE KRAKEN (Oh, P.S. I know he's technically the demon Thaug, but to me he's such a kraken!)
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| Monolith's artwork |
I wanted him to look like he could really belong under da sea. As usual, I spent ages deliberating on his colour scheme. I finally settled on the deep greeny-blue you saw last week. I didn't exactly know what the ridge running through his forehead was, so I kept with the theme and tried to paint it like a shell.
Although it didn't really turn out in the pictures, I glazed his eyes with a thin purple and then green wash to make them look really alien.
My fellow Caesurians, I don't think I can cram anymore into this post! Thank you so much for joining me over the past year, it's been a great adventure! I'm looking forward to many more to come on The Art of Caesura!
Reading: The Sellout - Paul Beatty
Listening: Sera Was Never - Elizaveta
Drinking: Bru Stout - Bru Irish Craft Brewery
Next Week:
A fresh start...
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