Hey y’all! Got Sophie’s wings pinned on, got most of her painting done, now I’m moving onto the base!

I wanted to go for a hellscape that wasn’t red. So, like a cold one, but not snowy. It was a specific look. Lol. I hope it reads to y’all.

This is where I started. I had some milliput chunks that were left over from some other project. I kept looking at them,and I could never throw them away. I’m glad I didn’t now! I also had some bark chunks, and a wooden plinth that the Great Bearded One cut for me. It was twice that tall, which was too tall for me.

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After some work with some coarse modeling paste, rocks, bits, and cursing. We ended up here. I wanted to give it different elevations without having any huge rocks that would obscure all that skin I painted!

After a wash with watered down pva and some black primer, it was ready to….dry. I have no patience for the setting process, and that’s when I usually mess things up there. So, I used my blow-drying brush (since I don’t have a real blow-dryer anymore) and it actually worked well. Since it doesn’t have a real direction it blows, it didn’t knock anything a weird direction.

After all that, this is where I ended up. Usually this is when I would add a bunch of foliage and greenery. But this is a dead, frozen hellscape, remember? No plants. Whew. That was hard, not gonna lie. Decided to go skills instead.

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Testing fit. Honestly, not loving the green croc boots anymore… Considering losing those. What do you think? They’re a little bit distracting because they’re the only green thing. Let me know. Like, for real. 😁

Finished product for now! Got some touchups to do, the sword, and her stupid hair. So, let me know what you think! I have 3 weeks before I can take my state boards because of all the virus nonsense,so I will be doing more studying… Might be a bit of a break, but gonna try and find some balance!

Y’all stay safe!

-marinealRose