Friday 23 November 2018

Serpent Fanatics Zarana





Zarana is a master of disguise just as much as her elder brother Zartan is. Whereas her brother uses holographics and depends on physical aspects of the art of disguise, she prefers to use makeup and method acting to deceive her targets. As a method actor, she deliberately assumes herself in the role of her disguise. She goes to the length of thinking, feeling and reacting as the object of her disguise does. In fact, she was so good at it that she could have been a successful stage actress. Her weaknesses, though, far outweigh her skills. As good as she can act, it doesn't take long before her natural tendencies start to rise out. She is smart and ambitious but short-tempered, cruel and greedy.

Zarana is another of the spare castings I was lucky to acquire from a private collection. I ended up struggling with this one. There are so many variants on hair, uniform, and accessory colours. In the end I went with the card art from the figure where possible.





35 comments:

  1. well painted. But as you say a niche within a niche hobby!

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  2. She looks hard as nails! I like her.

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  3. Looks great Simon, I always struggle when there is multiple schemes for a model, but think you choose a good one.

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    1. Thanks Dave. Yeah I tried to go with what contrasted best.

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  4. Oooh, very cool figure, Simon. I love the colors.

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    1. Thanks Dean! Some are very vibrant. Especially when you start hitting the late 80's early 90's the become quite psychedelic!!

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  5. Very nice work there, mate! She definitely looks the part!

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    1. Thanks Azaxel! I am chuffed with her once I got my head around how to paint her.

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  6. Good representation of the older model and a great figure.

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  7. Lovely interpretation of Zarana mate. Very well done. :)

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    1. Cheers dude. Its been a good to get some of these finished off.

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  8. Brilliant figure Simon! I'm completely blanking on her in the comics though (but it has been almost 30 years now), when did she first appear?

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    1. Thanks man. Its around issue 50 I think she impersonates Scarlett to rescue Zartan.

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    2. Ok, that sounds familiar now, he was being held in the "Pit" after being captured if I remember correctly.
      If I'm wrong I'll soon find out lol! With you and Doc Merkury posting up such cool stuff you've got me wanting to go back and reread the comics - I've got the first Larry Hama collection on order at the library 🙂

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  9. Her and the Dreadnocks got a LOT of play in my games. But her weapon.... so silly.

    Lovely fig and a perfect paint job Simon, nice one.

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    1. Thanks Dai and yeah a very a odd weapon indeed but also very signature.

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  10. The weapon look a bit strange, which is not your fault of course.
    Nicely painted though!

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    1. Thanks mate. Yeah all the Dreadnoks had some very strange gear.

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  11. Very cool figure. The only, "That isn't as cool as I remember it" could only be that ridiculous pinwheel pew pew :D . Great stuff Simon. Checking out this project has been an enjoyable trip down memory lane.

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    1. lol thanks mate. Yeah there is a lot of stuff like that.

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  12. The colors are spot on and they do look great on her.

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