All About Eve

Yes, I know this is my second post of the day, but I've finished two models at the same time and there really is no thematic crossover between the King of Eternia and Freedom Force's guardian of nature: Eve.

In the Freedom Force game, Eve is an analogue for archer characters like Green Arrow and Hawkeye, whilst having the appearance and some of the powers of Poison Ivy.

Amusingly, she also represents the point at which the writers gave up as her secret origin boils down to little more than 'she walks out of the bushes dressed in nothing but her pants'.

Eve does become very significant in some of the narrative, and is central to the scenarios featuring Pan.

As well as her bow, she can manipulate leaves and vines (in a city park?) to blind and bind enemies. She also has some ability to hypnotise people with her beauty. Add this to the green bikini and you can see what I meant about Poison Ivy.

The model is from Crooked Dice and started life as a Jungle Paragon. I needed to add a bow and a quiver. This was tricky given her slight proportions, as a straight hand swap was out of the question. This meant that the bow needed to be clipped and stuck to either side of her very small left hand.

I also managed to snap her ankle whilst trying to remove the tab to base her. Fortunately, the break was clean and took superglue easily.

Technically, she shouldn't have a knife, but with all the other faffing, I didn't want to risk damaging the model further. All in all, I shall have to handle her with care, as she's likely to be a bit fragile.

In terms of painting, she was very straightforward with nothing clever, although I am pleased with how my painting of brown hair is improving. The only tricky bit was her mouth; every time I tried to add lipstick like the game version has, she ended up looking like a clown. I decided to leave it.

I've added foliage to her base, despite her being in a city, as it makes sense that she has some ability to make plants grow. It also allows me to also still use her as a Jungle Paragon (although I have two other candidates for that already painted) picking her way through the ruins of an ancient civilisation.

My Freedom Force is almost ready to clean up the streets of Patriot City. In the game you always had four characters chosen from a roster, so I'll only really feel ready to use them once I've sourced and painted another character from the team.

The search continues...

Acquired: 101

Painted: 102