As I've mentioned before that I'm not really a fan of fantasy game, so I don't really know much about them. I was introduced to this game called Blood Bowl, which consists of a few races of fantasy races to compete against each other in a game of American Football, except that it's much more violent. Heard that it's a board game that exists for a long time, where it is played with miniature figures.
I decided to go with High Elves team because that's the one that's the one that I feel more comfortable with. 1 team required 11 figures to start, so my friend managed to help me to get 1 extra because the box of High Elves that I got has only 10 figures. The box set that I used is called the High Elves White Lion of Charice, produced by Gamers Workshop.
In order to have it conforms to Blood Bowl, I have to cut out all the weapon that they're holding because the boxset is produced for war gaming purpose. Some pictures of the finishing products.
The fun part of building this thing is that it's so small and yet it's capable of producing a lot of possible poses. I do enjoy building these figures. As for the painting, it's quite a challenge because not only that it's small, there are some parts that cannot be reached, so will need to plan the painting more carefully.
I learned something new via this build, which is a technique called layering, which is basically a painting way to create a transition between 2 color tones. I also learned that it's not necessarily to use washing to achieve the enhancement of details, which it can be done equally good with only painting & blending of colors if it is done correctly.
In a nutshell, doing this thing really is an eye opening experience for me to painting, and some in depths on how critical it can be that adding shadow could add more depths to a piece of painting.