For those who don't know, Aleph is an artificial intelligence. This miniature is a proxy (basically a synthetic body that can be inhabited by a digital consciousness). With that in mind, I really wanted to get an inhuman and alien look going on.
I had the idea of taking their regular colours (beige and purple) and strengthening them. I also thought of combining them into one color, which led to the yellow blended through purple shade. After that, I still had to choose the other colours, and as I was going for a synthetic look I went for a pale white on the skin. The paints were applied with an airbrush, and it was a bit nail biting to say the least; one misaligned blast and it would've been easy to spoil the effect completely. If anyone is looking to do something similar, I'd say that the secret is to angle the model and apply the shades from below and the highlights from the top to try and protect the dual-tone effect.
After laying down a few colours, I suddenly had a moment of nostalgia. Did anyone else play Grandia 2 on the PS2? I did, and there was an android girl called Tio who actually looked quite similar to what I had. For the sake of it, as I was searching for a color for my proxy's hair, I just went
with it.
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| Tio |
I'm still a bit unsure of the base though. For the moment, I'm sticking with it though, and was quite happy with the overall effect. I started these Aleph as a bit of a side project and for the fun of experimenting with their paint work, as I'm not planning to field them anytime soon. I'll be interested to paint up a few more though and see how they turn out.
Really different of other aleph out there.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see it in more armoured minis, but I like it!
Yeah, I'll be interested to see how it pans out on other models. One of the good things is that there are a lot of different colors in the scheme, so it gives me a little leeway if I want to switch it up a but.
DeleteI think you nailed the look you were going for there chief.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It certainly has an alien type look to it, I'm just worried it isn't appealing enough aesthetically. I think the scheme will grow on me if I paint a few more though. I do like it, but I think I jest need to get used to it!
DeleteWow, thats very striking, i like it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I really like the standard scheme, so it was a hard choice to go for something different. I have no idea what the next few models will look like when they're done, so stick around to see how it goes!
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