goes the authentic route as he paints 
Right.
So here we have two lady gladiators from Bronze Age Miniatures:
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"Lady gladiators"
Prep:
Delightfully little flashing to be removed.
The weapons were very easy to attach. Just a little bit of superglue, and bending the hands snugly around them.
I wish I had used some greenstuff here to extend the fingers. They look a bit stubby in the final products.
I left the net-wielding lass (retiarius?) attached to the base she came on. The dame with the sword and shield I pinned to a Nexus Games base.
Priming:
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"Primed"
Ohhhhh look! Primed minis! My primer of choice is Reaper Pro-Paint White Brush-On Primer.
Painting:
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"Blocking in the flesh tones"
Here I'm taking lousy photos. Oh, and blocking in the flesh tones using the Reaper Master Series flesh tones - Dark Skin with Black shadows, and Fair Skin with Dark Skin shadows.
I also started working on the net lass' linen outfit.
Linen (all Reaper Master Series):
- Muddy Brown
- Terran Khaki
- Polished Bone
- and white
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"Blocking in more colors"
Blocking in more colors.....
eyes....
Rosy Shadow for the nipples, BTW.
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"Lady in blue"
Ah! Close-up of the lady in blue. She decided to be a redhead, apparently. The blues here are Derivan paints.
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"Another close-up"
Another close-up, with the metallics being laid in over the same base blue used on the fabrics.
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"All cleaned up"
Here she is all cleaned up.
The skin tone was highlighted with thinned Reaper Master Series Fair Highlight.