And then there was light..

Just noticed it was fairly bright outside, so took another attempt at picture taking. The extra light made a big difference. The camera could actually focus.

The final highlight looks messy up close, but at arms length it's not so bad. Hopefully it will stand out less when the rest is painted.

Can't work camera...

OK, so I like tried to take like a million pics or something and they all came out blurry, so this post will be heavily descriptive (i.e. boring...)

I've finished the skins tones and blocked in the armour plates. The face turned out alright, but a little darker than I wanted. I had a first serious attempt at doing the eyes and I think they came out reasonably. I've heard a technical pen (whatever that is) can help so maybe I'll try one day. It was tricky to figure out what was armour and what wasn't, but I think I've got it sorted. There are some mysterious buckles which I am not sure what they do. Great!

I've also nearly finished the skin on the cyclops.

I've just cleaned and based these guys, so they are ready to be undercoated.

The shield on the left was my first attempt at pinning. It seems to be fairly strongly stuck on, as I am able to left the model from the shield. I wouldn't do that if it was just glued.

The three metal guys are from Reaper, thus have pre-molded bases. I think I covered the join between the original and my texture, but I guess we'll find out when they are painted.