Previous work: Planning the freehand

I always find source images to get inspiration from, and sketch out what I intend to freehand. Heres one of the small rough sketches for the 'joker' raider:

Luckily the airbrush base gives a very flat surface to work on, and I paint on the design using very thin paint, building up layers of colour, using a fine kolinsky sable brush. Planning out on paper allows me to customise my works a lot more and I try to keep common colour themes throughout my entire army. Having studied art, I'm lucky in knowing what colours seem to work together and have a good eye for detail.