Monday 8 August 2016

Raging Heroes TGG2 Freebie - Sister Celenia, Scout Painted







After last week's unboxing I promised further updates. As usual I've gone beyond the call of duty to bring you a completely finished miniature; resplendent with scenic base and all the trimmings.


One of the things I really enjoyed when painting this model was actually something quite rare for the world of miniatures - namely that there is no "official" colour scheme. In fact, there is no scheme at all as the models were rendered in grey 3d vision during the kickstarter and the actual design sketches were done in a monochromatic pen and ink style - leaving me open to let my imagination run wild.




It is actually quite funny to look at this render and compare it with my finished miniature. I guess with Raging Heroes, what you see during the campaign really is what you get at the end!


Her concept sketch is "day 1" in the picture above.




I had the fanciful idea of doing a blue green armour - half inspired by the Alpha Legion colours, although I wanted to go a bit lighter and more angelic. The colour palette selection was also inspired by an old video game I've been replaying; Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver. For anyone so pitifully unfortunate not to know it was a hit on the PS1 from 1999 that features the ability to shift from the physical to the spectral realm (spirit world) at will. It uses a really scenic palette of dusty greys and haunting greens that I wanted to take a little slice of. I did a lot of greenish weathering hues on the base to try to capture a bit of the feel of the game.



For the other colours I decided to stick with more traditional nunnery fare; with black and white featuring heavily in the scheme.


Anyway, after spending Saturday painting dutifully, I finished the miniature and I'm really happy with the results. Like I said earlier, there haven't been any painted before the release, so this just might be the first complete version of her in existence. 


Here's hoping Raging Heroes like the colour scheme and it catches on!











A picture of the model after being primed - you can really see the quality of the detail clearly. I should also mention the the scenic base is a resin piece by Scibor Miniatures, with a few additional bits and pieces added on.


Well, that about rounds it up. I'll be working on more Raging Heroes  miniatures soon, so stay tuned for the next update.









12 comments:

  1. Amazing update pal, really fast painting and good results, thanks for sharing it with us :)

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    1. Thanks. I'm really happy with the armour and the white robes (although they were a bit hard to get a good photos of!). I might go back and add a bit more detail to her face at some point, but I've started working on Sister Trematta now, so it'll have to wait.

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  2. I like it, strong play. Glad you didn't try to make it look like the average Sister of Battle.

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    1. Thanks. She was a lot of fun to paint, I just hope the others come out this good.

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  3. So excited to finally see paint on one of these gals! She's lovely! Great job!

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    1. Thanks Greg. I've been featured on the Raging Heroes Facebook page once or twice lately too. It's really improving the amount of traffic through my blog!

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  4. It's made me even more excited for when mine appear :)

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    1. My one piece of advice is make sure you follow the resin cleaning instructions - the models are great quality, but some can be rather greasy, to the point where it may obscure some details. The resin type is very different from the type you get from Forgeworld (which to be honest doesn't need much in the way of cleaning).

      I'm so happy with what I got I was tempted to try and go back through the pledge manager again and buy ... almost everything...

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    2. Thanks for the advice. Do you feel the standard resin cleaning per forgeworld works pretty good? (soak in simple green, brush with soap/water, spray with matte varnish if still not unshiny).

      I gave up trying to make an army from them, I just bought the ones I thought were the coolest :)

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    3. I'm in exactly the same boat - I started out with the intention of maybe having a Sisters of Battle force or Slaanesh Daemons, but in the end I just bought the models I liked.

      The standard resin cleaning should work fine - they also advise that you air the models for a few days to draw out the release agent before cleaning. I hadn't seen that before.

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    4. Air out? Yes sarah, the naked ladies need to stay hanging from the ceiling for a few more days...its part of the process. I can't explain it.

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    5. Look on the bright side - it makes for one hell of a conversation piece!

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