" ZODIAC WARRIORS "

With the first five now cast, it was time to get some paint on the models, I wanted to have natural colour schemes to the animals, so I used the colours from the reference pictures I sculpted from as these would be the best representations.
CHINESE GOLDEN MONKEY

From the reference picture you can see there is a lot of different colours in this animal

and here is my representation

RED ROOSTER

There is a lot of colour in the reference picture including iridescent feathers in the tail

and this is what I came up with

GOAT

Even though the reference picture shows a lot of cream, there is subtle tones in areas

hopefully I've managed to capture the subtlety

SNAKE

In the reference picture you will notice black markings down the spine

on the model they didn't show well so I left them off in the end

DRAGON

No reference picture on this one as it is a fantastical creature, so the colours were down to me, I went for a triad colour scheme, blue being the central colour, with red shading, and yellow high which I put as the base colour for his fur crest

Have started all the remaining models and will show them once their a little further along, until next time have fun !
Cheers Dave