Serena, Dreadmere Rogue: Bones 4 Dreadmere Figure

   This past week I painted Serena, Dreadmere Rogue, from the Bones 4 Dreadmere Expansion.   I prepped the figure in the usual way, soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying it.  I then glued the figure to a black-primed 1" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then placed the figure in my painting grip.

     I began by painting her face with Reaper MSP "Olive Skin", and then painted her arms and legs with Reaper MSP "Coal Black".  After that I painted her cape and hood with Accent "Midnight Blue".

     Next, I painted her tabard, gloves, and the blades of her weapons with Americana "Zinc".  I then painted her boots, belt, pouch, and the grips of her weapons with Ceramcoat "Black".  After that, I painted the little bags on her belt with Americana "Charcoal Grey", and then did some borders on her tabard with Reaper MSP "Fresh Blood".   I then did the rock she has her left foot on with Americana "Neutral Grey", and splotched it with a little Folk Art "Dapple Gray".

      I finished the base coating by painting the weapon blades with Folk Art  Metallics "Gunmetal Grey.  Then, after everything had a while to dry, I gave her face a coat of Citadel "Reikland Fleshshade" wash.  When that was dry, I gave the rest of the figure a coat of Citadel "Nuln Oil" Wash".  When the washes were dry, I painted her eyes, and then highlighted her face with Reaper MSP "Olive Highlight".

     Next, I highlighted her sleeves and legs with Citadel "The Fang", and highlighted her tabard and gloves with a mix of the base "Zinc" and some Americana "Grey Sky".  I then highlighted her cape with Americana "Wedgewood Blue", and highlighted the borders on her tabard with Reaper MSP "Holly Berry".

I finished up the highlights by doing her boots, belt, pouch, and grips with Folk Art "Medium Grey", and then the little bags on her belt with Americana "Mississippi Mud". I then highlighted her blades with Citadel "Mithril Silver".  Lastly, I painted the entire base with the "Mississippi Mud".
         I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote".

     I'm really happy with this one.  The face and eyes, being mostly covered, were a challenge; but in the end I think they turned out ok.

Merisiel, Iconic Rogue: Figure 217 of 266

     I continue to work on the Iconics and Officially Licensed Pathfinder Miniatures Set, and finished up Merisiel, Iconic Rogue, over the weekend.   Looking at this figure, I kind of pictured her in all black; and then for some reason I got the idea that it might be a neat contrast to give her white hair.
      I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish- soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying it.  I then glued the figure to a black-primed 1" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.

     I began by painting the body entirely Black.  I then drybrushed it with a mix of Americana "Zinc" and Ceramcoat "Denim Blue".

     I then did a lighter drybrush using a mix of "Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey", and the "Denim Blue".   Next, I painted her face and ears with Crafter's Acrylic "Flesh", and her hair and and weapon blades wth the "Zinc".

     I gave the face a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush.  Then, when that was dry, I worked on highlighting the hair; first with Folk Art "Platinum Grey", and then pure White.  Next, I painted the eyes and lips, and then highlighted the face and ears with the base "Flesh", and then the "Flesh" with a little White added to it.

     I then added some highlights to the dagger handles with Americana Neutral Grey",  and did some spot highlights to her outfit with the "Denim Blue".   I finished up with the metallics; painting her two blades with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and then highlighting with Folk Art Metallics "Silver Sterling".
    After the figure had overnight to dry, I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".   Later that morning I flocked the base, and that evening I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

     I took a big shortcut with this figure by just doing it all black with some drybrushing, but for a gaming figure I think that's okay and I think the all-black look suits this figure.  In the end, I'm happy with how it came out.


Figure 217 of 266: Complete

Zalash, Dark Elf Assassin: Figure 199 of 266

  This week I completed Zalash, Dark Elf Assassin, from the Dark Elves set.  As I stated with my previous figure from this set, I'm not a fan of these Dark Elf sculpts, as I think they look too spindley, and their wrapped layers of clothes just look odd to me.  So, I thought I would take the opportunity to try an experiment with this figure; painting him all in black, and simply using drybrushed highlights to give a hint of color.
 I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish- soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying it.  I then glued the figure to a black-primed 1" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.      

      I began by painting the figure entirely in Black.  I then drybrushed him with Americana "Zinc, followed by a lighter drybrushing with Crater's Acrylic "Strom Cloud Grey".

      Next, I drybrushed his legging and arm wraps with Ceramoat "Denim Blue", and his hands with a mix of Folk Art "Dapple Grey" and Folk Art "Hauser Green Medium".  I highlighted the edge of his armor bits with Americana "Asphaltum".

     Next, I painted  his eyes, as I wanted to be able to see them peering out from behind his face covering.  I then painted his weapons, the studs on his studded armor and the triangular armor bits,  with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and highlighted the weapons with Folk Art Metallics "Silver Sterling". Lastly, I painted his integral base with Ceramcoat "Walnut"

     After the figure had overnight to dry, I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish" in the morning.  Later that morning I flocked the base, and that evening I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.     

     I'm pleased with how he came out, and enjoyed the challenge of doing this figure in all black. 

     Figure 199 of 266: Complete (almost!)

Danar, Male Assassin: Figure 106 of 265

This week I painted the Danar, Male Assassin figure from the 30 New Bones Set.   I had already painted the Female Assassin figure earlier in a black and dark blue scheme, figuring it was a good combination for someone who crept around in the shadows, so I definitely wanted to try something different than black and blue again.   I decided I would try a more "urban camouflage" look for this figure, something good for sneaking around a castle or a town; and so decided on a more gray and black scheme, with the added detail of doing a stonework pattern on his cloak, so he can easily blend into shadowy walls.
     I began my preparation of this figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying.  I then glued the figure to a 1" black-primed fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and glued the washer to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's White Glue.

I began by painting the pants legs and his sleeves with  Duncan "Slate Grey".   Then I painted the cape with Americana "Dove Grey".

Next, I painted a stone work pattern on the cloak, alternating two colors: Folk Art "Medium Gray" and Folk Art "Poppy Seed"

     I now gave the whole figure a wash with thinned black ink, but I hadn't let the stonework pattern dry long enough, so some of it got a little mottled and the edges became less defined.   I tried to fix it as best I could, and being as it's camouflage, a little irregularity doesn't look to bad; but it was a good lesson for me in patience.  After the ink had a good long time to dry, I painted his studded jerkin, boots, wrist guards, belt, and sword grips with black.

I then went over all the parts I had just painted black and drybrushed them with GW "Shadow Grey". Next, I painted his face and hands with Americana "Shading Flesh". His sword and dagger I painted with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter".

Now I gave his flesh a wash with thinned Winsor-Newton Peat Brown ink.  I then went and added highlights to his pants and sleeves with the base "Slate Grey", and I highlighted his cloak with the "Medium Grey" and "Poppy Seed".  I painted in his eyes, and then highlighted his face and hands with the base "Shading Flesh".  Lastly, I added highlights to the weapons with Folk Art "Silver Sterling".  I then painted the base around his feet with Americana "Asphaltum to cover the bare white before flocking.  The figure now sat overnight, and the next morning I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  When this had several hours to dry, I flocked the base, and the next day I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote" spray paint.

Overall I am pleased with how this figure came out.  It's a very simple figure, and I think the added detail on the cloak gives it a nice special twist.

  It looks like I will have another quick figure done for Thursday, so tune in then.

Figure 106 of 265: Complete

Deladrin, Female Assassin: Figure 42 of 265

This week I finished the female assassin figure from the original 30 New Bones set.  As you may remember, back on October 7th, I used this figure to experiment with applying an ink wash prior to painting to help bring out the details and make them easier to see. (See: http://allbonesabout.blogspot.com/2013/10/ink-washing-bones-to-bring-out-details.html )    I did the usual prep for this figure; soaking in dish soap and water, and then gluing to a black-primed fender washer.

As it turned out, I didn't need to do the ink wash, because I decided to paint the figure mostly black.  Since this was supposed to be an assassin, I wanted her to be dressed to use the cover of darkness, and be able hide in the shadows, and so I picked a black and dark blue paint scheme.  It proved to be a fun experiment to do a figure dressed mostly all in black.
   So, to begin with I painted the whole figure black.  I then picked out her pants and shirt with Accent "Midnight Blue", and her scarf/mask with GW "Regal Blue".

When these colors had dried, I drybrushed  the whole figure with GW "Shadow Grey". I then went back and carefully lined some of the edges of her armor and garments with the "Shadow Grey", to help make crisper delineations between parts of her outfit.

I followed that step up up by going back and picking out some of the edges and other highlight areas, like all the little studs on her armor, with Apple Barrel "Apple Scotch Blue".  When finished, I painted her face with GW "Elf Flesh".   I wanted her weapons to look like they had black blades, so I painted black over any of the blue-grey highlights that had gotten on them from my earlier whole-figure drybrushings I had done. I then painted the very edge of the weapons with GW "Chainmail".

When her face had dried, I gave it a wash with Windsor Newton "Peat Brown' ink, and then when this dried, I went back and added highlights with the "Elf Flesh", and a little of the "Elf Flesh" with white added to it. I painted her lips with the "Elf Flesh" with a little of GW "Tanned Flesh" added to it.  And finally, I painted her eyes white, and added black pupils.  I then painted her hair Americana "asphaltum", and when dry went back and added some highlights with Americana "Sable Brown", and some finer highlights with Americana "Khaki Tan".

I let the figure dry overnight, and then gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  When this was dry, I then flocked the base, and let the figure sit overnight again. My final step was to spray the figure with Testor's "Dullcoat"

I'm very pleased with how this turned out.  I think the black and dark blue outfit turned out looking very effective.  Interestingly,by way of contrast, I am currently working on an all white figure, which has it's own challenges.

Figure 42 if 265: Complete