{"id":1414,"date":"2018-04-13T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T00:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2018-09-01T07:58:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T11:58:03","slug":"vordakai-cyclops-lich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2018\/04\/13\/vordakai-cyclops-lich\/","title":{"rendered":"Vordakai, Cyclops Lich"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had been on the look out for a miniature to serve as a specific <\/span>antagonist for my Celestial Winter<\/a> campaign and I decided that Vordakai Cyclops Lich more than fit the bill. Now that I can paint my own miniatures I’m trying to field foes that are visually unnerving rather than just straight out threatening. I think that Vordakai accomplishes that quite well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I started off by priming the miniature with white gesso. I considered, briefly, priming some sections in white and some in black, but my experience with Urian Spartan Warrior<\/a> was that the primer color didn’t make much of a difference.<\/p>\n

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The theme of the #MordorPaint<\/a> miniature painting contest for April was best Wizard\/Sorcerer so I decided to enter Vordakai. I like entering the contest occasionally as a way to challenge myself and it inspired me to try out a new kind of base – I followed the Ice Base Tutorial by “MonkeySloth”<\/a> that I’d seen on the Reaper Miniature message boards.<\/p>\n

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It took forever for the ice chunks for the base to dry so I had lots of time to work on detailing. As I noted , I recently picked up two shades of Color Shift paint and had a lot of fun using them to make Vordakai’s cape look magical.<\/p>\n

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I blended two shades of Color Shift paint on the cloak and the effect is really striking with some movement (of the miniature or of the light source).<\/p>\n

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I knew that this miniature was going in the right direction when of my players said, “What’s that? I don’t like it. Get rid of it.” Exactly the reaction I wanted! Of course I replied, “It’s your<\/em> job to get rid of it.”<\/p>\n

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I had been on the look out for a miniature to serve as a specific antagonist for my Celestial Winter campaign and I decided that Vordakai Cyclops Lich more than fit the bill. Now that I can paint my own miniatures I’m trying to field foes that are visually unnerving rather than just straight out threatening. I think… <\/p>\n

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