Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer... ~  The Raven  - Edgar Allen Poe Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! Thank you all for celebrating the birth of my first child last week! Having anticipated her arrival (and subsequent change in life-style) I have prepared a few posts in advance. So, without further ado, welcome back to the Underhive! We've spent the last month and a bit looking at the coming together of my first Necromunda gang, The Unkindness. Today is a bit of a celebration of the gang as a whole with some funky pictures of the gang. First, a couple of group shots. I'm really proud of how they all came together. I think there's a good mix of fun, bright cyber-punky elements while still having enough similar details to make the gang look somewhat cohesive.  Now, for something that I haven't done before! I've taken some scenic shots using the  Necromunda Terrain  that I painted a c...

Dear Friends, I'm so happy to share with you that our first child, a beautiful baby girl named Saoirse ("SEER-sha", Irish for "freedom") arrived on Tuesday evening. I know I don't usually share too much of my personal life on this blog, but she's a bit too cute to keep from you... Thank you, readers, for sticking with me over the past three and a half years. I'm looking forward to many more to come! So raise a glass to wet the head of my first child! To Saoirse!

Masters of pharmaceuticals and chemical manipulation,  what an Escher may lack in terms of raw physical strength, she more than makes up for in speed, skill and sheer psychotic flair. ~ Games Workshop Welcome all to our final look at The Unkindness on The Art of Caesura! For the past few weeks we've been looking at my first Necromunda Gang: The Unkindness. I've really really enjoyed painting this gang, and hope you've liked looking at them.  Today we're going to finish out the gang with the last few members.  Last week we had the gang's leader, The Crone , but this week I want to show off my favourite member of the gang...but we'll get to her. I've been talking about how I've painted all the various elements of this gang, starting with their lower bodies  (which I painted all the same to unify the gang), a few of my current skin recipes ( African, Caucasian and Asian ), and their very distinctive hair .  Today I'll g...

The crone is a character in folklore and fairy tales,  an old woman. In some stories, she is disagreeable,  malicious, or sinister in manner,  often with magical or supernatural associations  that can make her either helpful or obstructing.  The Crone is also an archetypal figure, a Wise Woman. ~ Wikipedia Welcome back to the Underhive...er...The Art of Caesura! A few weeks ago I introduced you to my first Necromunda Gang: The Unkindness ! So far, we've looked at a bunch of the gangers and their bases .  Today is the leader of the flock: The Crone! I picked the name The Crone for the leader of The Unkindness for a lot of reasons. There is the superficial near-rhyme to "crow" which is in keeping with the raven theme of my gang. But more important was the hearkening to the Wise Woman figure. I also liked the incongruity between the term "crone", usually referencing an ugly hag, with this character...who is a babe. Maybe, like in the fa...

House Escher is unique among the great Houses  of Necromunda, for its gangs are made up  entirely of women.  ~ Games Workshop Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! Two weeks ago I introduced you to a couple gangers from my first Necromunda gang: The Unkindness. Last week we looked at their bases, and now I've got a few more lovely gang ladies to show you... I mentioned the other week that I wanted to have a lot of variety of in terms of race and armour colour, but at the time had only painted the Caucasian models, so I couldn't really demonstrate what I was talking about. Today I can! Lets launch straight in to my skin recipes: African Skin:  Base coat: Doombull Brown.  Then I paint another base coat of Scale 75's African Shadow over the Doombull Brown. I then wash with Nuln Oil and then highlight with African Shadow with more and more of Scale 75's Pale Skin. I really like the plum tones in Scale 75's African Shadow....