Malifaux - Sebastian, Morgue Assistant

I got a little distracted from the Dystopian Legions when I was putting together the picture of all the figures to paint as part of my pledge. I turned up this Malifaux character that was started ages ago. I'd done his face and the base colour of his smock thing, but that was it. So I thought I'd just finish him as a good start to the pledge, which is basically about clearing out some of my backlog of figures.

A couple of weeks ago I got some feedback from the Wyrd forums that my bases were a bit plain and maybe let a good paint job down. Now, I'm inclined to agree that my bases are somewhat plain, but that's mostly because I simply don't enjoy it as much as I do painting the figure. And some bases that you see are totally over the top and cluttered which I think distracts from the model, rather than enhancing it. However, there's a happy middle ground where the base can add to the figure and I think I will try to put a bit more effort into them to achieve this. Hence the severed arm here. I tried to get the blood spatter on his apron to look like he's just been cutting it there and I'm quite happy with it. I've seen better effects, but this is not a bad attempt for a first go. Hope you like it!