"Herbal Remedies" - The Doctor

While the labyrinthian depths of the Shadow Market

were once his sole domain, he now sees the whole

of London as his laboratory...

The World of Smog: Rise of Moloch

Hey friends, welcome to another Friday on The Art of Caesura!

Newsflash folks: Next week marks the 100th post of The Art of Caesura, so be sure to come on back then for the 100-day festivities!

We're easing ourselves into a nice few weeks of minis from The World of Smog. This week's mini is an interesting one, he had a bust in the original game, but is a returning character with a full body sculpt (complete with mechanical monkey!) in the upcoming sequel! He's even been given a full name: where he was just "The Doctor" in the first game, he's now known as "Dr. Li Fong". Unfortunately (for us) this new model was part of an optional Add On that I didn't buy into, but at least I got a go at him in his original glory here! 

"The Doctor was sent by the Order of the Dragon to search for the "changgsheng bu lao yao", the "elixir of youth". He came to study the promise of immortality sparked by the appearance in London of extraordinary and centuries-old species. He is an expert in extispicy, an ancient divinatory art that predicts the future by reading the bowels of a person. The London police took exception to this, however, and forced him to move his practice to the Shadow Market, where a permissive morality and the presence of many specimens made it much simpler."

The World of Smog: On Her Majesty's Service

I tried a few new things with this model. Thing the first was his robes; I wanted them to look like silk. At the time I was actually listening to the (relatively new) ProPainted Podcast, and they were talking about a pearlescent medium that you mix into paint to give it a shiny (pearlescent) quality. When they were talking about it, it sounded like this was exactly what I was looking for but I ended up looking at a bunch of youtube videos, and wasn't really wowed by what I was seeing...

...So I decided to just have a go myself. I mixed Warboss Green with a bit of Stormhost Silver, and must say I'm pretty happy with the result!

I think it did create a nice silky quality to the fabric of his clothes. After the silky green, I gave his clothes a diluted (50:50 water) wash of Seraphim Sepia to bring them from a blue-green to a brown-green. I then highlighted his clothes with a mix containing a bit more Stormhost Silver than the original mix. 

The next new thing I tried was his skin. I've been using the Scale 75 flesh paints for about a year or so, but this was the first time I'd attempted an Asian skin-tone.

I'm quite comfortable using these paints for caucasian and mediterranean skin, but did not have much luck with the dark skin-tone I tried. These paints worked very well for the Doctor's Asian skin-tone, I just worked my way up through the Scale 75 flesh-tone set with one gentle wash of Seraphim Sepia after applying the basecoat. 

I hope you enjoyed that look at The Doctor, have a great weekend and thanks again all for tuning in to The Art of Caesura!

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