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And more Mizzy

Well Mizzy is getting closer to being finished and spartan from the stress of ghe eyes then I have thoroughly enjoyed doing her. This to me is a bit of a shock as I was a ‘whole army painted in a week and sod the mistakes’ kind of Painter. She has actually forced me to slow down. Is she perfect and error free, heck no. This is definitely a case of the journey matching the destination. The main thing for me is I am happy with her.

Darkened hair…

I am trying to work out whether to do one more coat on the main bit of her hair or not. If I don’t then it is just the eyebrows,glass and metal to do.

I have downloaded two more of these from Miniatures of Madness. I have the pirate I showed and now there is also Agatha the Warlock to join the team.

So in total three of this range to paint. As the Druid is undercoated I may do her next.

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Mizzy has Hair

I managed to get some time with Mizzy this evening and decided it was time for her hair.

I am going for a blue-black using Vallejo’s ‘Lotus Black’ Xpress.

I also did a bit on the eight Moria (Hobbit) goblins. These have been sat unfinished for about a year and a half. I still hate the Hobbit film and their updated Goblins, but these are actually going to be used for Silver Bayonet.

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Stress Central

Well I worked some more on Mizzy this evening  and I can honestly say that it was the most stressful painting session ever!

As you can see, I achieved eyes. I now need to lie down in a darkened room. I was shaking like a sheep shitting razor blades!

I deliberately chose blue as her eyeliner. I originally was going to go for black. As her hair is going to be a dark colour then I wanted something brighter.

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Mizzy Update

Well that is me technically done with my most amazing little school. Technically because I am still the principal there until August 12th. By amazing I mean the most awesome children, parents and staff. It was really hard to step out of the door for the last time.  The last six months have been a nightmare roller-coaster of emotions with today being a bloody nightmare. But you are not here to listen to me ranting.

I really couldn’t be arsed to do anything this evening, but forced myself and managed to get some more done on Mizzy.

There is definitely less white showing now. Really just the hair and device as the main bits and the metallics and corks.

One thing that struck me this evening was that I was worried that I was wasting paint. But then it dawned on me that I am putting one small drop of paint and about 4-5 times the amount of medium.

I reckon I will get her finished sooner rather than later… well plucking up the courage to do the eyes may take a while, so look for July 2025 as a rough plan.

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Mizzy’s Bow and Bottles

This evening I achieved a little bit more on Mizzy. I got her bottles and bow started.

I am thinking of leaving the bottles as they are and working a bit more on the bow.

I also plucked up the courage and did a bit of work on her lips.

I bought the AP Thunderbird Blue a good while ago because I thought it was a nice colour. It worked well for what I wanted here.  My first thought with the bottles was to have two different colours, but I bottled it, no pun intended.  I just didn’t think I had enough ideas on what two to choose that wouldn’t spoil the overall effect.

Today I have evidently made my 90th post in a row. 10% of my longest run, but hey nearly three months of daily posts.

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Mizzy Layer Three

This evening I got the third layer done on the bodice and am now happy with the colour.

It is definitely different to the waist now. So I would say that is a success.

I will hopefully get the bow and bottles done tomorrow.

I am eventually going to have to tackle her face. I am slowly running out of other bits to paint.

Oh and WordPress has done the same again. I went from 84 posts in a row to three yesterday. Not sure if it is WordPress or actually Jetpack… whichever one it is, it is getting bloody annoying.

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Mizzy – Two Layers

This evening I did the second layer on Mizzy’s leather top and glove.

You should be able to notice the difference even if the photo on the right isva bit washed out.

My plan is to do three layers in total. Hopefully that should give a real tonal shift from the waist.

I was going to do the two bottles on her belt, but decided against it as the bodice was still wet. That would be just asking for trouble.

As you can see, I did a smidge more on the 28mm miniature.

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Back to Mizzy

Well Mizzy and I have made up and I did a bit more this evening.

Now her top looks very similar to her waist. It is a totally different colour, but as the paint was so thin then it will take a few coats to darken up. I used Vallejo ‘copper brown’ and ‘ork skin’ this evening.

I am really liking how this coming out. Eventually though, I am going to have to bite the bullet and do her eyes!

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More on Mizzy

I worked some more on Mizzy this evening. I noticed today that she has fingerless gloves on her left hand, so I sorted that first. I also did some leather as well as her sleeves.

I also repainted her eyes white.

As I was doing her I was also working on a 28mm miniature.

Slow, but steady progress.

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Mizzy Again

This evening I did a smidge more on Mizzy. This time some of her leatherwork.

This was the Sand Golem Speedpaint. You can see the undiluted version of the colour on the bottle lid.

I really went to town on avoiding puddles (leading to staining). Sadly I did it so well that the lower coloured bit has lost all definition. It looks totally flat.

I really must brave the rosy cheeks sometime soon. I am do far out of my depth on how to do this that the fish have lights on their heads.

On a totally different note, my posting streak has reset properly now. Today I got back to where I thought it should be… namely 82 days in a row.