The Goddess of Spring - Chapter 2

Hi Folks,

Sorry that it took so to get the second part of the spring goddess to you!

Our Pug Pelle had a knee surgery, and because of a small complication, the last 3 weeks have been almost 24/7 Pug herding. It has been quite an exhausting time tbh.

The poor little guy also got an additional wound on the same paw, but he is now back on track! Please wish us luck for a smooth recovery...

So... finally: here is the second part of Rana, the spring goddess from Nordlys Miniatures.

This is a very important moment for our bust, as we are adding the last final touches that help to balance and sharpen the model.

Overall for the paint job the question of how visible the material colors are and how strong the color of the light tints the colors of the different materials. Rana is inspired by the mythology and the folklore of the Sámi.

Among many other things, the Sámi are known for their colorful traditional clothes. 

For the Boxart I wanted to create a version of the model that allows other interpretations. 

As the boxart is usually the image of the figure that most people will associate with the model as it's the very first version that you see, it is important to do something striking but I also believe a good boxart should invite not necessarily invite you to recreate it. 

A good boxart should evoke the feeling that you want to see the model like you personally envision it.

So there are a few things you need to consider, for me, it was important to do something colorful yet muted that only hints at the material color and dissolves in the atmospheric colors of the early morning light.

The additional cool light source that symbolizes the light of the past winter still hitting her from the distant left helps to create a point of interest in the dark back of the model and allows a playful situation of light and warm colors from opposing directions.

As I said, in this chapter we will be adding the last final touches:

We will be painting the last missing flowers.

Another topic that is important for a lot of projects and that we have talked about a few times before:

The definition of the end/edge of the project. Here in this project, we have an interesting break between the straight, clean edge and the mushroom-like elements that shield her from the left.

It plays with the interesting question of where does a project start?

After defining the edge of our project we are refining the blue shine from the back. 

We are also detailing the last elements that we have just sketched in previously like the reindeer eye.

We are also doing the final tweaks on the highlights, balancing them so we get a harmonic overall result, with two focal points:

The Face of Rena and the area where her hand touches the flowers and where spring starts to bloom.

As a final step, we are laying in a bit of color here and there.

A little color separation between the different bands on her hat,

a little browner in the mid shadows of the reindeer fur, or a little more red vine in the shadows of the berries.

The goal was to create something very harmonic with a storytelling light situation where the constant balance of highlight, shadow, and material colors play a crucial role...

Alright, can't wait to show you all this in the following Video!

Have Fun watching and I can't wait to see your version of the Spring Goddess.

As always, THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT