ponders the woes of a heavy base.
The difficult part was next. I applied black banding with alternating thicknesses. In some places I kept the lines parallel, while in others they veered off from each other - all the while trying to go against the contours of the miniature, in order to create false perspective and shapes from certain angles. I was mindful of the banding continuing from one section to another, over folds and sections. On the sky areas I was very light with the bands, and allowed them to curve.
Of course, when you imagine a mini in camouflage - any camouflage - you often visualize it in its surroundings in the middle of some combat action. So I decided that I would "dirty" this miniature, as if to simulate having been in combat. Using "magic wash," I washed the miniature in Chestnut and black ink. This helped redefine all the panels and contours of the miniature.
I took all the original colors I had used, and went back and repainted them within the banding, leaving a little bit of dark area near the banding, and any panel lines, corners, or crevices in the miniature. This aided the "dirty look" – the paint looked as if it were wearing down at the panel edges and corners.
