I've recently been made aware of a painting competition over at Good Games at Top Ryde, and being a sucker for these things I've shelved my current work to give something a go for it. I've started to paint one of my Giants of Albion, yep sticking with the retro figures. I love this model and have always wanted to paint it. The pictures here are mostly for the face. I'm playing with new colours for faces at the moment, reds and purples on top of skin tones to give him a really gaunt and unhealthy feeling.

I've also been working on my eye process, dotting the pupils and colouring the iris to give him more colour and make the eye a little more catching. I'm quite happy with the result on this guy.

Finally, looks like I've lost the hands for this model so I'm trying my hand at sculpting a replacement. It's only half way there, layering up small bits of green stuff at a time to get something that resembles a hand. It's really hard to do and very new for me but so far I'm happy with my first effort.

And that's what's on the bench.