Alas, poor Yorick...
Hamlet - Shakespeare
Here we are with Pug, the third set of the Gaunt Summoner's familiars from Silver Tower (after Blot and Slop). He's got the classic "Moonhead of Tzeench," a look that, while nostalgic for some, I've never been a huge fan of.
I do, however, like how he has been modernized by holding a Stormcast Eternal helm (head?) in a very "Hamlet gravedigger pose." The Shakespearean connection goes further, because Yorick was the court jester.
When I started painting this guy I had just bought one of the new "gem paints" (Soulstone Blue) and wanted to see how they fared in applications for which they were not intended. I wanted to paint this guy's moonhead in a style sympathetic to his bizarre form - that is a style that was equally bizarre. I painted this little guy's skin green and then painted over all the green with the translucent glossy blue. It worked about as well as it sounds (i.e. not very), but it was an interesting experiment none-the-less.
For his companion, I took a more conventional tack, contrasting his bright yellow head with purples and pinks. I used the gem paint as it was intended with his eyes, an effect that I am quite happy with here.
So there we have it, two more fiends to do the Gaunt Summoner's bidding. Have a great weekend, and I'll see you next week on The Art of Caesura!
Watching: Alien Covenant - Ridley Scott
Gaming: Injustice 2 Mobile
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