Yeah poor light this evening for shadow stealing.
(plus i'm a lousy photographer too). They look dipped in the pics yet are painted in the old style with shading, highlights etc though its hard to see
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The figures are indeed fun to paint, full of character, really capture that period.
The bases i was experimenting with, was after a meadow effect with various colours. Although i did the 'soil' as normal, PVA and sand,drybrushing etc i covered most of it up with foliage in the end and added the flowers. Brings a whole new meaning to the Flower wars really!