Since I couldn’t fit her into my 2.2k list for a tournament this coming weekend, I decided to make my Spellweaver part of a scenery piece for my display board. First time using UV resin and super happy with the result!
Will post pics of my full army/board after the tournament this weekend. I have some last minute crunch on the detail work for 5 of my Glade Riders and a few more Guard, but my army is about 95% done at full detail after nearly 10 months of painting Elves (with a small break from Jan-Feb when I started my O&G army)!
The UV resin was very easy to work with and although I had some issues with the curing having an adverse reaction with the XPS foam, the way it distorted and messed up my foam a bit actually looks very cool and makes the water look disturbed, which played into my original idea way better than if it had cured properly and been just crystal clear. It looks like there are a bunch of air bubbles and foam rushing around under the surface where the Spellweaver is conjuring and I love it. Final result is even better than what I imagined in my head.
For the splash effect I used a solo cup with a smaller mouthwash size cup directly in the center upside down to prevent the resin from accumulating in the middle while I dribbled it along the sides of the solo cup. I couldn’t see very well what it looked like as I was pouring it but it seems like my judgment was sound because I couldn’t believe how cool it looked after I cut away the cup and peeled the splash off of it.
Super stoked to show off my board on Saturday and hoping my spell slinging siren will help push me to the top for best painted army!