I looked at a bunch of Australian landscapes and found that there was a considerable amount of reddish-orange mixed with white and green. I mixed up a bunch of ruddy orange to use as a base, and then did some drybrushing with bone to pick out the grains. Once all of it was painted I used a little bit of grass flocking to add patches of green. I'm pleased overall with how it turned out.
Moving down the list I was left with six skeleton musicians and an OGRE Mk. IIIb. I opted to go for the skeletons first since overall they would be easier than the OGRE Mk IIIb. I spent the afternoon on Saturday getting them all done in one fell swoop.
This completes the skeletons! Now my only objective left was the Mk. IIIb, but with all the weather changes I had to grab a nap. My intent was only to lay down for a little bit, but I came to several hours later. I didn't pick up my brushes until later in the evening, and while I didn't finish it I made significant progress.
You'll notice that the white on the back portion of the IIIb is a much more solid coat than the front. Some miniatures paints have a thinner consistency than others, and makes it a necessity to use multiple coats. White is one of those colors, and if there is a darker undercoat it further compounds the issue. The IIIb was primered with a medium-light grey, given a quick white basecoat of paint (two or three coats), and then I used a VERY thin black ink. Normally thinning out an ink will reduce how visible it appears on the miniature, but as you can see it still shows up very visibly against white. The arduous task in this whole process is the repeated number of coats to get a solid white. Some areas take the white better while others require an unending number of coats. The whole point of this process is to get nice solid separation between the plates. Ultimately the white is the first part of a custom paint job for the OGRE, and the rest of it will be revealed in a post coming in the near future.
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