"Ice Cold!" - Dragon Eclipse - Young Iceling

"Ice Cold!" - Dragon Eclipse - Young Iceling - Part 1

Icelings are predominantly reclusive creatures,

but some of them cultivate curiosity that springs in their hearts.

- Dragon Eclipse Gamefound

Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!

First off, I'm sending loads of positive vibes your way, especially if you need them today!

Second off, I'm so sorry, avid readers; this post is a bit late (one of the first times in the blog's history). And the more annoying this is that I actually had it done, I just forgot actually hit "post". Anyway, it's here now, no harm no foul.

For the past two weeks we've been looking at one of the starter Mystlings for the new game Dragon Eclipse. This week we're looking at the other one: Young Iceling!

I mentioned before, that my wife would be taming Young Emberling for her starter Mystling, so this one is mine!

From an Electric Blue base coat, I painted his skin with Nighthaunt Gloom.

I then gave more definition to the crystalline bits (nose, head frill, wings, belly) with Contrast Talassar Blue and then Drakenhof Nightshade.

I then tried to introduce a little more visual interest to these areas by painting the lower surfaces with Contrast Aethermatic Blue.

With all the shading in, I moved to highlights. I dry-brushed on Lothern Blue, adding more and more white.

I painted his eye Yriel Yellow, and coated that with Contrast Gryph-Hound Orange, dabbing my dry brush in the centre of the eye to remove the paint from there and let the yellow show through.

I then simply dotted in his vertical pupil, and added some gloss varnish and snow effects to his base, and...Done!

That last picture is just taken under different lighting (sun streaming in a window as opposed to my powerful hobby lights) to see what an impact that makes.

Anyway, sorry once again my dear readers for this late submission, I'll see you back here in a few days for more of The Art of Caesura!

Reading: New Black Templars Codex!

Next Week:

Black Ice...

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