Blade Maiden Leader
by Clarke Payne
This Blade Maiden Leader represents a warrior angel in a now defunct RPG campaign. The angels we're talking about aren't your typical angels, these are the kind that go out and kick demonic asses for fun. TO give her a more aggressive stance I turned the sword hand about 45 degrees from the way it was meant to be. Since it wouldn't easily stay in that position with just glue I had to pin it and putty around the gaps in the wrist area. To add to her aggressiveness I also gave her a plastic GW Space Marine knife, so she really looks like she's out for blood.
Since she's not the typical angel I didn't want her to have the typical "porcelain" skin, so I mixed together some RP suntan and a little RP slime and colonial green to get the final skin color. Her eyes are a fluorescent reddish-purple, but the picture doesn't show it too well, this also helps convey her aggressive nature. For her hair, I started with a darker brown and then put dunkel brown over that, finishing with a couple of different yellow washes. Finally, to get her away from the typical angel stereotypes, I added a few scars here and there, most notably on her left leg and her right breast.
Her shoulder pad didn't quite fit the vision I had, so I filled in the celtic-like designs and tried to shape it into one piece with a little putty. I chose the gold for her gauntlets and shoulderpad because even though she's not a typical angel, she is still an angel. The blades got a dark gray base and then RP silver with some watered down light blue to give them a sort of "heavenly" effect. The furry parts are supposed to be the skin of one of the demons she's killed. I used the same technique as for normal fur, but greens and blacks instead of browns. For her "toga" I went with a light gray, continuing the non-typical angle theme.
Clarke Payne
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