Gone Fishing

Here's another Naiad Warrior that I conducted a few experiments with.  As I mentioned in the first post on the Naiads, I wanted to see if I could make some seashells mesh with the base, and some plastic foliage too.

I ended up tinting the shells with a light glaze of grayish green, since they stood out far too much from the rest of the base.  I was very pleased with that result, as it took away some of the brightness, but not the overall pattern.

Doing a heavier glaze over the plastic foliage was equally successful, using the Reaper Green Liner, Blue Liner, and some of the Vallejo Sienna Wash.  This not only made the color more appropriate,  it gave it the perfect 'flat' look, instead of the very glossy plastic.

Water World

I conducted a number of experiments on these Naiad figures from Mantic Games.  First, I wanted to see what my collection of sea shells might look like on the bases, while I also tried out some new aquarium foliage and even colorful tufts from Green Stuff World.

I ended up having to do the usual modification of the aquarium plants, and that was to do a wash of a greenish mix of Vallejo washes and Reaper Liner paints.  Those dry extremely matte or flat, which kills the shiny texture of the plastic leaves.  They are also very durable and get down into the crevices, which means that they won't flake off when the leaves move or get bent.

As for the seashells, I had to put a similar glaze over the top of them to make them match the rest of the colors.  They were far too bright and stark otherwise.  It was a much lighter version of the plant wash, since I still wanted to keep the natural patterns on the shells!

Finally, I used a few of the new Green Stuff World grass tufts, which were just the trick to match some of the Reaper Clear Magenta colors and the other high saturation Clear paints.