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"A Fiery Lady" - Parvin Khan

A survivor of the Bengal Suppression,
young Parvin Khan was adopted
by Countess Ada Lovelace,
who taught the young girl all she
knew of engineering, science
and mekamancy.

When the Countess passed,
she left behind a brilliant
young woman in command of
a vast fortune and a burning 
desire to see women everywhere
in command of more than simply a
well-kept house.

Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura!

 This week I finished the other female character from The World of Smog, Parvin Khan. 
The World of Smog

Always eager to know more about these characters, I looked up Countess Ada Lovelace (from the Parvin's flavour text above) and it turns out she was quite a formidable real person (from Wikipedia):
Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (n̩e Byron; 10 December 1815 Р27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.

I like that they came up with a back-story for why Parvin is technologically-minded with a winged jet-pack and flame-thrower.

Unfortunately she is probably my least favourite of the full-body sculpts. I mean she's got a fricken jet pack and flame thrower and she's in as static a pose as Suzanne Taylor (who totally suited that stoic, grounded stance). I really feel they missed the boat with Parvin and after seeing how dynamic Sir Daniel Home is there isn't a huge excuse. She could have been suspended by a huge gout of flame from her flame-thrower - THAT would have been cool!


Anyway, I tried to keep her in fiery red tones to be sympathetic to her actual fire and warm brassy wings.


The World of Smog

 I've got to come a little clean here. The reason I haven't shown you a close-up of her face (as I did with John Brown and Suzanne Taylor) is because I'm not thrilled with how it turned out. I'm still getting used to the new Scale 75 skin paints and acknowledge that the set is more for Caucasian skin tones. I wanted her to have an Indian skin tone (as suggested by her name and backstory). I did highlight her face and even blended some purple tones into her lips but they just didn't turn out looking natural. I'll practice more when I paint her bust later on. Luckily she has that great hat to hide my shame!

The World of Smog

 I really pushed the highlights on her dress because it's so textured. For the highlights, I was careful to add yellow to my red-brown mix instead of white to keep it from drifting too much into pastel pink.

The World of Smog

 For the flames, I used my Brimstone Horror recipe which, I must say, has really served me well whenever fire's involved.

The World of Smog

 I really couldn't figure out what those kind of "banana leaves" things coming out of the back of her dress were, they're not really depicted on any of CMON's artwork - so I just painted them like the rest of her dress.

P.S. Apologies for the strange white lines under most of the pictures. I can't figure out how to get rid of them, but as usual if you click on the pictures, you will get a better quality version without the white lines. 

Tune in next week for the final full-body mini currently available for The World of Smog, right here on The Art of Caesura!


Listening: Hobby Night in Canada - Podcast
Watching: The Expanse - Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Reading: Spawn Origins Volume 1 - Todd McFarlane (with Alan Moore and Frank Miller)
Drinking: Dark Arts Stout - Magic Rock Brewing


Next Week:

"If I only had a heart..."
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