'Water Feature' from ByronM: Armoured Jelly Fish Warrior

I was stumped for a theme week entry this time around, not really sure what to do.  I had initially planned doing some more 1/1200 scale Napoleonic ships from Langton that I have kicking around as I need to get them done, but decided against using them as a theme week entry as small figures just do not show as well.  I got digging through my pile-o-shame for something else and happened across what I think is a perfect fit, and something that most people will have not seen before.

The figure is from the Wrath of Kings game of a Hadross Gutter Friar.  He is the leader of a type of warriors for the undersea faction that is made up of various sea creatures with semi-human form.  There are shark-men, fish-men, crab-men, and more.  The model is of a jellyfish-man, which I haven't really seen anywhere else and I find pretty cool looking.

 

The Gutter Friar is the squad leader and is generally a different colour than the other men in the unit, so I wanted something that would really stand out.  I went with an almost neon green look.  The body was the hardest part to paint ans I did is all with glazes through the airbrush as I wanted a seamless organic look with no paint brush marks to disturb the surface.  I tried several times to get the bubbles done without using inks or washes around them, but in the end had to use them as even my super fine 0.15mm  H&S airbrush could not keep a small enough line to manage it.  Despite having to use washes to define the bubbles, I like how the rest of the green worked with the transitions from black, dark green, neon green, to almost a ivory for the highlights.

The armour was easy by comparison, going from a black through dark blue up to a bright blue.  I wanted to keep the armour black / dark blue but the contrast was so little against the luminous green that I had to punch it up a lot or it just looked black by comparison.

I was stuck a little with the Hadross symbols as well, as I initially tried gold or silver and neither showed well, so instead I went for a bright orange, which makes them pop a lot more against the blue.  Last up was the weapons which I kept a muted bronze that goes to bright gold at the highlights and almost black in the shadows.

While the game Wrath of Kings is not really my cup of tea, I fell in love with a lot of the cool figures they were putting out and got them cheap through their kickstarter.  They have since sat in boxes for years, so I am happy I finally got this guy out and painted, now I want to do more!!!  Maybe some shark-men will see some paint before the challenge is done!