Part 2- Nagendra (Snake Cultist) Heroes and Shaman: Bones 4 Figures

     This past week I painted my remaining Snakemen figures: two Hero/Leader types and a Shaman, from the Bones 4 Core Nagendra Set.  Last week I painted the 8 Swordsmen, Glaivesmen and Archers from the two 6-figure Nagendra sets I ordered in the Kickstarter.
       I prepped the figures in the usual way; soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added and then rinsing and drying. I didn't want to have two dual sword wielders, as I only needed one to represent a Leader for the unit; so I cut the left sword arm off of one of the figures and replaced it with a spare shield arm from a Bones Gnoll, using Gorilla Superglue gel.  I then glued the figures to 1" black-primed fender washers with some of the Gorilla Superglue Gel glue.  I then glued the two sword figures to a tongue depressors, and the shaman to a separate one, with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue each.

New shield arm added.

   Like the previous figures, I first gave these a base coat with Krylon Camouflage with Fusion "Woodland Light Green" to give better opacity to the green paint I would be using.

Oops, I forgot to take a "beginning" picture of these two before I started applying paint!

      I began by painting their bodies with Americana "Festive Green", and their belly scales with Americana "Margarita".  After that, I painted the unscaled portions of their arms with Crafters Acrylic "Wild Green".

      Next, I painted their belts with Accent "Mustard Seed", and the back of the shield with Crafter's Acrylic "Navy Blue".  I then painted their shield, armor, sword hilts, and belt buckles with Folk Art Burnished Metal "Burnished Bronze", and their sword blades with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey".  After that, I painted the straps on their shield with Americana "Light Cinnamon".

      Like above, for the Shaman I painted the belt, and the dagger sheath, with Accent "Mustard Seed".  I then painted her robe with Ceramcoat "Black", and when dry, repainted it with  Folk Art Color Shift "Black Flash".   Next, I did the trim on the robe with Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red" and the dagger grip with Ceramcoat "Walnut".  After that, I painted the pouch on her belt with the "Light Cinnamon", and the ball of flame with Crafter's Acrylic "Cool Blue".

  After everything had dried for a while I gave the figures a complete wash with Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash, except for their sword blades.  When the wash was dry, I drybrushed their body scales with the base "Festive Green", and then some of the "Festive Green" mixed with some Reaper MSP Bones "Dungeon Slime".  Next, I highlighted the belly scales with the base "Margarita", and then with some of the "Margarita" mixed with some Americana "Snow White".  After that, I highlighted the scaleless parts of the arms with the base "Wild Green".

      Next, I gave their sword blades a wash with some thinned Iron Wind Metals "Mid Blue" Ink, and then highlighted the belts, and dagger sheath with the base "Mustard Seed".  I then highlighted the shield straps with the base "Light Cinnamon.    After that, I highlighted the shield, armor, sword hilts, dagger fittings, and belt buckles with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  By now the ink wash on the sword and glaive blades had dried, and I highlighted them with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver".
     On the shaman, I highlighted her robes with a mix of the "Black Flash", some Folk Art Color Shift "Blue Flash", and a little Folk Art Pearl "Aqua Moire".   After that, I highlighted the trim on the robe with Ceramcoat "Opaque Red".  Next, I worked on the ball of flame.  I realized I shouldn't have given it the wash with the "Nuln Oil", so I repainted it with the "Cool Blue".  When that was dry, I gave it a coat of thinned Americana "Snow White".  When the "Snow White" was dry, I drybrushed the flame, and the surrounding parts of the figure (to give an Object Source Lighting OSL effect), with the "Cool Blue".  After that, I  touched up the flames with some Crafter's Acrylic "Tropical Blue", and did final flame highlights with Americana "True Blue".
     I finished up by painting all their eyes with Reaper MSP "Holly Berry".
       I let the figures dry overnight and the next day I gave them a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the bases.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed them with Testor's "Dullcote".

      I'm really happy with how these figures turned out.  I especially surprised myself with the blue flame and OSL.  I'm never quite sure what I'm doing with light, fire, and OSL, and it always seems overdone when I'm actually painting; but I'm really pleased with how the Shaman turned out in the photos.
   And here's a photo of the whole group of Nagendra Snakemen:

Part 1- Nagendra (Snake Cultist) Swordsmen, Glaivesmen, and Archers: Bones 4 Figures

     This past week I painted the Nagendra (Snake Cultist) Swordsmen, Glaivesmen, and Archers, from the Bones 4 Core Set; in my ongoing efforts to round out my Ghost Archipelago Bestiary.  There were 6 Nagendra that came with the Core, and I purchased an extra set of 6 so I could make a unit of 10 with an additional Snakewoman Shaman.  Thus week I painted the four Swordsmen, two Glaivesmen, and two Archers from the sets.
    I prepped the figures in the usual way; soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added and then rinsing and drying.  I wanted there to be a little variety in the figures, so with one of the swordsmen of each pose, I cut the sword arm at the elbow and reglued it, with Gorilla Superglue gel, at a slightly different angle to give a different look to the figure.  I also did this with the archers.  I then glued the figures to 1" black-primed fender washers with some of the Gorilla Superglue Gel glue.  I then glued four figures to 2 tongue depressors with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue each.

      Before I began, I decided I wanted to give the figures a base coat with Krylon Camouflage with Fusion "Woodland Light Green" to give better opacity to the green paint I would be using.  So, I removed all of them from the tongue depressors and sprayed them. Then, when dry, I reglued them to the tongue depressors.

        I began by painting their bodies with Americana "Festive Green", and their belly scales with Americana "Margarita".  After that, I painted the unscaled portions of their arms with Crafters Acrylic "Wild Green".

     Next, I painted their belts, straps, and quivers with Accent "Mustard Seed", and the bows and glaive shafts with Crafter's Acrylic "Navy Blue".  I then painted their shields, armor, sword hilts, bow and glaive fittings, and belt buckles with Folk Art Burnished Metal "Burnished Bronze", and their sword and glaive blades with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey".  After that, I painted the straps on their shields with Americana "Light Cinnamon", and the arrow fletchings with Folk Art "Barn Wood".

     After everything had dried for a while I gave the figures a complete wash with Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash, except for their sword and glaive blades.  When the wash was dry, I drybrushed their body scales with the base "Festive Green", and then some of the "Festive Green" mixed with some Reaper MSP Bones "Dungeon Slime".  Next, I highlighted the belly scales with the base "Margarita", and then with some of the "Margarita" mixed with some Americana "Snow White".  After that, I highlighted the scaleless parts of the arms with the base "Wild Green".

     Next, I gave their sword and glaive blades a wash with some thinned Iron Wind Metals "Mid Blue" Ink, and then highlighted the Snakemen's straps, belts, and quivers with the base "Mustard Seed".  I then painted the lacing on their wrist guards with Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan", highlighted the shield straps with the base "Light Cinnamon", and the fletchings with Crafter's Acrylic "Orange Spice".  After that, I highlighted the bows and glaive poles with a drybrushing of Crafter's Acrylic "Tropical Blue; and the shields, armor, sword hilts, bow and glaive fittings, and belt buckles with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  By now the ink wash on the sword and glaive blades had dried, and I highlighted them with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver".  I finished up by painting their eyes with Reaper MSP "Holly Berry".
       I let the figures dry overnight and the next day I gave them a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the bases.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed them with Testor's "Dullcote".

     I'm really happy with how these guys turned out.  I decided to go with just a simple coloration on them since I was doing so many, rather than attempt to repeat a fancy pattern on each one, and I think they turned out looking just fine in the end.  I just need to paint the two armored ones and one of the female shaman figures to complete my unit. 

Giant Cobra: Bones 3 Figure

   This past week, I continued to work on the Bestiary for Ghost Archipelago, and painted the Giant Cobra from the Bones 3 original Core Set, to play the part of the Giant Snake.
      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 1.5" 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 rocks on the base with Americana "Neutral Grey".  I then painted the ceramic jug on the base with Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna", and the urn with Accent "Golden Oxide".  When these were dry, I gave the sculpted base details all a wash with Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash.  When the wash was dry, I painted the back scales of the snake with Americana "Terra Cotta".

     Next, I painted the belly scales with Americana "Jade Green".  After that, I painted a diamond pattern running down the back of the snake using Americana "Forest Green".  I then painted a pair of false eyes on the back and the underside of the snake's wide head section.  For this I used Crafter's Acrylic "Daffodil Yellow", and plain Black.

     I then painted the urn on he base with some Ceramcoat "Bronze".   After everything had a while to dry, I gave the snake itself, and the urn, a wash with Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.   When this wash was dry, I highlighted the stones on the base with Folk Art "Porcelain White", the jug with a mix of the base "Burnt Sienna" and some Americana "Shading Flesh", and the urn with some Ceramcoat "Gold".

     Next, I highlighted the back scales of the snake with Reaper MSP "Hearth Fire", and the belly scales with Americana "Reindeer Moss Green".  I then highlighted the diamond pattern scales running down the back with Crafter's Acrylic "Holiday Green"; and after that, I highlighted the false eyes with Apple Barrel "Lemon Chiffon" for the "whites", and Citadel "The Fang " for the "pupils".  I then painted the real eyes Black and gave them small White highlight dots.
     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.

     I'm pleased with how this guy turned out.  It was a simple paint job, but I think it turned out pretty well.

Flying Snake, Familiar: Figure 261 of 266 or, Just 5 Figures Remaining.

   This week I was busy with post Fall-In blogging, car-unloading, and putting everything away, so didn't have a lot of painting time; so I pulled another one of the Familiars set to work on.  There are just two figures left in this set.
     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 white-primed .75" 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 entire figure with Crafter's Acrylic "Wild Green", and then painted the feathery fins on the body with Crafter's Acrylic "Holiday Green".  Next, I painted the wing feathers with Americana "Forest Green".

      I let everything dry for a while, and then I gave the entire figure a wash with Iron Wind Metals "Dark Green" Ink, using a wet brush.  When the ink wash was dry, I painted the little coils on the wings with Apple Barrel "Yellow".  I then went back and did highlights on the coils with Crafter's Acrylic "Daffodil Yellow", and used this color to paint the eyes.

     Next, I added pupils to the eyes with Black, and then highlighted the body with a mix of the base "Wild Green", and Americana "Buttermilk".  I then highlighted the feathery fins on the body with the "Wild Green". After that, I highlighted the feathers on the wings with a mix of the "Holiday Green" and the "Wild Green".  Lastly, I painted his integral base with Ceramcoat "Walnut".
           I let the figure dry all day, and before I went to bed I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish". The next morning I flocked the base, and later that afternoon I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote".

          Like the Familiar I did Monday, I'm not sure exactly how I'll ever use this odd little fellow; but nonetheless I think he turned out looking pretty good.

Figure 261 of 266: Complete

5 figures left.

Snakeman Warrior: Figure 249 of 266

     This week I painted up the Snakeman Warrior from the Swamp Things set.   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 forgot to take a picture before I started applying paint, so here is the stock one from the Reaper website.

     I began by painting the scales with Nicole's "Brown", and the underbelly and arms with Americana "Sable Brown".

     Next, I painted some large oval blotches running down its back, and some smaller ones running down the sides, using Americana "Bittersweet Chocolate", Then I painted edges around the large blotches using Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red".  After that, I painted the leather harness and straps as well as the large pouch on its back with Citadel "Snakebite Leather".  Then I painted his armor, wrist braces, buckles, sword hilts and bow fittings, all with Accent Mustard Seed".

     I followed that with painting the main part of his quiver with Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna", and the top part with Ceramcoat "Territorial Beige".  Next, I painted his bow with Folk Art "Gray Green", and then painted the grip with Crafter's Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown".  I painted the arrow shafts with Crfater's Edition "Taupe, and the fletchings with Americana "Buttermilk".

     Next, I re-painted all the armor, wrist braces, buckles, sword hilts, and bow fittings with Ceramcoat "Bronze".  I let everything dry for a while, and then came back and applied a wash of Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush".   When the wash was dry, I painted his eyes with Crafter's Acrylic "Daffodil Yellow", and then gave them Black slit pupils.  I then highlighted his underbelly scales with Americana "Khaki Tan".

     I then did a little highlighting of his head using the "Sable Brown" and did highlights on all the leather parts using a mix of the base "Snakebite Leather" and Ceramcoat "Maple Syrup Tan".  Next, I highlighted the body of his quiver with Americana "Georgia Clay", and the top part with the "Taupe".  I highlighted the fletchings with Americana "Bleached Sand", and the bow with the base "Gray Green".  Next, I painted the sword blades with Americana "Zinc".   I then highlighted all the "Bronze" areas with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  I then went back and painted the sword blades with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", followed with highlights using Folk Art "Silver Sterling".
   I then worked on painting the gem in his left wrist guard.  I first painted it with Crafter's Acrylic "Christmas Red", and then did a shadow area with Ceramcoat "Black Cherry".  I then did a little highlight area with Ceramcoat "Opaque Red" followed with some White highlights.  Lastly, I painted his integral base with Ceramcoat "Walnut".
           I let the figure dry over night and the next day I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish". When dry, I flocked the base. Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's Dullcote".

     I like how the figure came out.  He got a little bit of a rush treatment, as I was short of time this week; but I think he still looks good for tabletop use.

Vandorendra, Snake Demon: Figure 193 of 266

     This week I wrapped up the Bedevilled Set by painting Vandorendra, Snake Demon.  The Bedevilled Set now joins the list of completed sets over in the righthand column.  I'm going to take a short break from doing Vampire sets next week, and start working on 4 of the Orcs from the Orcpocalpyse add-on set.  I realized I didn't want to get to the end of painting the Bones I Vampire pledge, and suddenly be faced with 20 orcs to paint, so I thought I'd start feeding them in between sets.
      I prepped Vandorendra in the usual way; soaking the figure 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 1.25" 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 her entire upper body, and the underbelly scales, all Ceramcoat "Territorial Beige".  I then painted the rest of her upper snake scales with Crafters Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown".  I also painted the area of the base in between her snake coils; were the skull, bones, and sword are, as well as the weapon grips, with Ceramcoat Walnut.  Next, I painted all the weapon hilts and jewelry with Ceramcoat "Bronze".

    After the first colors had had a while to dry, I gave the entire a figure a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash.  When the wash was dry, I painted her hair black.  I also painted the skull and bones on the base with Americana "Khaki Tan", and the sword scabbard with Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna".

     Next, I highlighted the hair with a mix of Folk Art "Cloudy Day" and Black, then I did finer highlights with just the "Cloudy Day".  Then lastly, I mixed a little White with the "Cloudy Day" and did some spot highlights on the hair.  I also did highlights on the the skull and bones with Americana "Buttermilk, and finer highlights with Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White".  I then finished painting the ground under the skull, bones, and scabbard by drybrushing it lightly with GW Khemri Brown", and then Crafter's Edition "Taupe"

     I then painted her eyes, giving her pupils with Apple Barrel "Apple Maroon", I also used the "Apple Maroon" to paint the tiny gem on her forehead".  Next I mixed some of the "Apple Maroon" with some of the Territorial Beige" to paint her lips.  Next, I highlighted her skin and the underbelly scales with the base "Territorial Beige", I then mixed a little Crafter's Acrylic "Flesh" with the "Territorial Beige" to do some lighter highlights.   I followed this with doing highlights on the rest of the scales with Americana "Sable Brown."   Next, I painted her nipples with Americana "Charcoal Grey" mixed with a little of the "Territorial Beige". 

       My next step was to paint all the weapon blades with Folk Art "Gunmetal Grey".   Then, I used Ceramcoat 14K Gold to  highlight all the weapon hilts and jewelry that I had painted Bronze earlier.  I then went back and used Folk Art Silver Sterling to add highlights to the blades.  Lastly, I painted the rest of the figure's integral base with the "Walnut".

     After the figure had the afternoon to dry, I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish" in the evening.  The next morning I flocked the base using a sand mixture, and later that afternoon I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.  

   

I'm very pleased with how this figure turned out.  I was interested to see how the "Territorial Beige" would work for a darker skin tone, and I think it came out looking pretty good.  

Figure 193 of 266: Complete