"The Avian Invasion"

"The Avian Invasion" - Tweak

It is not only fine feathers

that makes fine birds.

~Aesop

Hey friends, come on in for your weekly welcome to the weekend on The Art of Caesura!

Wow, my first post as a married man! It feels strange saying it, especially because I'm preparing this a few weeks in advance so that you still have some content while my new wife and I are hiking the Almafi coast, and island-hopping in Croatia!

This week marks the last of the Gaunt Summoner's 4 familiars: Tweak.

With his robes and avian form, he looks like a mini-Lord of Change. From his evil, plotting posture, to his sandals, how many times can I emphasize how much I love the character of the Gaunt Summoners Familiars?!

I kind of broke the rules with these guys, I painted their feathers the same colours as their robes avoiding any real contrasting colours. This was intentional though to make it something of a study of texture.

For the feathers of the blue one, I painted him Stormhost Silver before using the Soulstone Blue gem paint. I then worked his robes up with muted blues through The Fang.

The red Tweak's feathers were first painted with a bright gold covered with the red gem paint. He turned out a little more orange than I expected. I wonder what the red gem paint would look like over Hashut Copper. Mephiston red formed the base of his robes.

Before I leave you guys for another week, I just wanted to part with another picture. It's one I snapped at the Warhammer World exhibition when I was there back in November and I've been saving it for this post. The first few displays in the exhibition are from "the olden days" of Citadel miniatures, and as soon as I saw this hunched little guy (in the centre of the busy picture) the first thing I thought of was Tweak! Man, how far miniatures have come!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you next time on The Art of Caesura!

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