Dwarf Statues: Bones 5 Figures, Part 2 (Completed)

      A couple weeks ago, I started work on the pair of "Dwarf Statue" models from the two The Dwarf King's Crypt Encounter Sets that I got through the Bones 5 Kickstarter.   This past week I had time to complete them.  There wasn't much left to do.

     For Part 1, see: Dwarf Statues Part 1

     I let the painting I had done in Part 1 dry for a bit, and then I gave the top part of both statues a thinned coat of Folk Art "Patina".  I let this dry, and then went back and drybrushed it with Folk Art "Celadon Green".

      I let the Statues 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 glue some sand onto the bases.  When this was dry I  painted it with Citadel Contrast "Black Templar".  When that was dry,  I drybrushed the sand with Folk Art "Rock Grey", and then a bit of Folk Art "Porcelain White".  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed the figures with Testor's Dullcote".       

  I'm happy with these terrain pieces, and glad I decided to go with the metal and rock scheme, rather than doing them as all rock.  I still haven't perfected my verdigris bronze look yet, but am pleased with how it turned out this time.

     

Dwarf Statues: Bones 5 Figures, Part 1

      For the past couple of weeks, I have been working on painting a pair of the "Dwarf Statue" models from the pair of The Dwarf King's Crypt Encounter Sets that I got through the Bones 5 Kickstarter.   

     I've come to realize that life has gotten much busier for me this year, and I'm not finding the time to paint my Bones like I used to.  Therefore, going forward, I'm going to try changing my posting schedule to just the first and third Monday's each month rather than having to do these 2-part posts that I find myself doing more and more often. 

      I prepped the pair of figures in the usual way, soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then I gave them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsed and dried them.  I then glued the figures to 2" primed metal washers with some Aleene's Tacky glue.  When that glue was dry, I glued each one to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's glue. 

     While I believe these are intended to be all stone, that felt too drab to me, so I decided I would paint the base as stone, and the tops as bronze covered in verdigris.

     So, I began by painting the bases the same way I had painted the bases of the "Everliving Flames" that belong to this set back in September.   To start, I painted the bases with Ceramcoat "Charcoal".  When dry, I  drybrushed them with, first, Americana "Zinc", and then Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey".

     Next, I did some final highlights with a bit of Americana "Grey Sky".   Then, I painted the statues with Accent "Mustard Seed"   to give a good base color; and when dry, repainted the statues with Folk Art Brushed Metal "Brushed Bronze".

     When the "Brushed Bronze was dry, I gave the top statue portions a wash with Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" Shade.   When that was dry, I drybrushed the statues with, first, Ceramcoat "Metallic Bronze", and then a little Deco Art Dazzling Metallic "Bright Brass".

    And that's as far as I've progressed.    Please tune in next Monday for the conclusion.

  

Pirate Shrine to Maersuluth and Pirate Shrine to Meriwyn: Bones 5 Brinewind Figures

    This past week I painted the two Pirate Shrines, Maersuluth and Meriwyn,  from the Bones 5 Brinewind Expansion.  

    I prepped them in the usual way, soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then gave them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsed and dried them.  I then glued the Maersuluth figure to a 1.5" black-primed metal washer, and Meriwyn to a 1.25" black-primed washer, both with some Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then placed the figures on pill bottles with some blue-tac.    

      I began by painting the rocky base with Americana "Charcoal Grey".  When dry, I gave it a coat of Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash.  When the wash was dry, I drybrushed the rocks with some Americana "Zinc", and then Americana "Grey Sky"

     Next, I painted the mermaid, and some of the coins along the base with with Reaper MSP HD "Golden Brown", and then painted the entwined eels, the plates, cups, and some of the coins with the "Zinc".  After that, I painted the bottle along the base with Apple Barrel "Apple Blue Spruce".

     I then painted the mermaid and some coins with Folk Art Brushed Metal "Brushed Bronze", and followed by painting the eels and some of the coins with Folk Art Metallic "Gun Metal Grey".  After that, I painted the plates and cups with Accent "Princely Pewter", the flag and th giant pearl with Reaper MSP "Coal Black", and the skull with Reaper MSP "Graveyard Bone". 

     Next, I applied a coat of thinned Folk Art "Patina" paint to the mermaid.  I then panted the pair of shackles on the base with Reaper MSP "Scorched Metal", and painted a skull and crossbones on the flag using Reaper MSP "Bleached Linen".  I let everything dry for a while, and then applied a coat of Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash to the mermaid and the skull.

     When the wash was dry, I lightly drybrushed the mermaid with some Ceramcoat "Metallic Bronze".  I then applied a coat of Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash to the eels, coins, cups, plates, shackles, bottle, and flag.  When the wash was dry, I drybrushed the eels with some Nicole's "Metallic Silver", and then highlighted the silver coins with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver", and the gold coins with Folk Art Metallic "Pure Gold".  For the cups and plates I used Reaper MSP "Pewter" to do the highlights. 

     Next, I worked on the shackles, dabbing them with some Americana "Charcoal Grey", and then a little Accent "Golden Oxide", to give them a rusty appearance.  Next I worked on highlighting the bottle, using Americana "Forest Green", and Americana "Festive Green", and finally blending in a tiny bit of Americana "Snow White". I then did the highlights on the skull using the base "Graveyard Bone", and then highlighted the flag with Ceramcoat "Denim Blue for the black parts, and the "Bleached Linen for the skull & crossbones design. Lastly, I painted the pearl with Folk Art Dragonfly Glaze "Violet-Blue-Green Shift".  As I looked at the final results, I felt the figure needed a last pop of color, so I decided to attempt to paint the eyes on the eels like rubies.  I had had the thought of doing this throughout the entire paint job, but always worried about getting the gem look right in such a small area.  I finally convinced myself to give it a try.  So with a little Reaper MSP "Blood Red", mixed with a little of the "Snow White", I gave it a shot.  Lastly, I painted the base with Folk Art "Teddy Bear Brown".

     Next, I moved on to the Meriwyn Shrine.  Where I had done the first shrine as metal, I decided to do this one as stone.  Mainly because Reaper decided to sculpt it with a broken and missing left arm, and I find it easier to believe that a stone statue had an arm crack off than a metal one would.

     I began by painting the entire figure with Americana "Neutral Grey".  When this was dry, I gave it a complete coat with the "Nuln Oil" wash.

     When the wash was dry,  I drybrushed the figure, first with Americana "Jade Green", and then with Folk Art "Celadon Green".   Like with the previous shrine, I finished up by painting the base with "Teddy Bear Brown".

       I let the figures dry overnight and the next day I gave them a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish. When dry, I used some white glue to glue some sand to each figure's base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed the figures with Testor's Dullcote".    When the "Dullcote was dry, I went back and painted the pearl, bottle, and eel eyes with Americana "DuraClear Gloss" varnish.

     I'm really pleased with how these two pieces turned out!  They make from some really great scatter terrain.

Caryatid Columns: Bones II FIgures

   This week I painted up the Caryatid Columns from the Bones II, Expansion II, Caryatid Column set.  We will be doing the "Living Museum" Frostgrave scenario next campaign session,  so I thought I should have at least one statue to contribute. :)
     I prepped the figures in the usual way; soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish- soap added, then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying them.  I then glued each figure to a black-primed 1" fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then glued the washers to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue each.

 I didn't want to just do them as regular grey stone, so I decided to paint them as green marble.  I began by painting them entirely Black.  When the Black was dry, I drybrushed them with Accent "Forest Green", followed by a drybrushing with Americana "Leaf Green".

  I then added thin striations, specks, and smudges with White and then Black.   Next, I painted their sword blades and their bases with Americana "Zinc".

          I painted the eyes of the "living" one with Crafter's Acrylic "Citrus Green", and gave the eyes White pupils.  I then drybrushed the bases with Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey", followed by Folk Art "Platinum Grey".   Next, I painted the sword hilts with Americana "Terra Cotta".  I then went back and painted the sword blades with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and did highlights with Folk Art Metallics "Silver Sterling".  Then I painted the sword hilts with Ceramcoat "Bronze", followed with highlights using Ceramcoat "14K Gold".
  After the figures had overnight to dry, I gave them a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish" the next morning.

   I really like how these turned out.  I think the green marble look helps raise them above the ordinary.

Janan, Female Dragon Slayer: Figure 107 of 265

     I was able to complete another figure this week.  The figure, Janan, Female Dragon Slayer, was another from the 30 New Bones Set that I was not entirely happy with.  I use my figures for gaming, not displaying, and having a figure who's standing on a large dragon head  just looks odd on the gaming table.  What's she supposed to be doing; dragging the head around as she battles?  And so, after my success with the High Wizard last week, I decided to give Janan the statue treatment as well.
     I  had prepped this figure a while back 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 also had sprayed it with the Krylon with Fusion Flat Black back when I was still using spray primer.  To help with the statue look  I dug around and found an old toy kaleidoscope piece, that I had stuck away in a box of bits and pieces for scratch building, to use as the pedestal.  I glued a 1" red-brown primed fender washer to the top to cover the hole in the plastic tube, and a 1.5 inch fender washer to the bottom for a base, both E6000 glue.

      I then sprayed the pedestal construction flat black, and glued the figure on top of it with Aleene's Tacky glue. I let this dry and then glued the whole assembly to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.

     I began by painting the figure with Ceramcoat "Bronze"

     I then used my unidentified Free-Sample Reaper paint ("Surf Aqua", maybe), slightly thinned and with a pin head drop of dish soap in it, and coated the whole figure with it.  When that was dry I painted the pedestal with Folk Art "Medium Gray".

     When the "Medium Grey" was dry, I gave the entire pedestal a wash with thinned black ink.  When the black ink was dry, I drybushed the gray with  Duncan "Slate Grey".  Lastly, I painted the washer with Americana "Mississippi Mud".    After everything had time to dry, I painted the entire thing with Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  The following day I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote

     I think it turned out okay, but I'm not as pleased with this statue as I was with the High Wizard one.  I feel the pedestal came out a little too large and monolithic.  Unfortunately, due to the large diameter of the figure's inherent base, I was forced to use such a large diameter pedestal.  Still it will make a nice addition to a village's center square.

Figure 107 of 265: Complete

Male High Wizard: Figure 105 of 265

I was also able to complete the Male High Wizard figure from the 30 New Bones Set as an additional figure this week. I must say that since the Kickstarter arrived I have never particularly liked this figure.  I find it to be too stylized and too busy, and with too many little unnecessary greeblies all over that would have to be painted.  So, last week as I was pondering what to do with it, I got in my head to do it as a statue. Perhaps it's the kindly wizard who saved the town from some dire beastie ages ago, or maybe the evil wizard who has ruled the town for ages and has a large ego.  I had seen in the past some folks use old figures to do very cool verdigris covered statues for their miniature towns, and I thought this would give me a chance to try my hand at it.
     I  had prepped this figure a while back 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 also had sprayed it with the Krylon with Fusion Flat Black back when I was still using spray primer.  To help with my statue look, I dug around and found an old plaster hexagonal  piece from a long ago terrain project, and a small wooden hexagon from a pack of wood shapes I bought from a local craft store.  I glued them both to a 1" black-primed fender washer base, and then the figure on top, with Aleene's Tacky glue. I let this dry and then glued the whole assembly to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.

My first step was to paint the unpainted base parts black to match everything else.  I then painted the whole wizard figure, except for his sculpted-on stone base, with Ceramcoat "Bronze".

Now it was time for the verdigris.  I had received a free sample bottle of Reaper's paint tossed in with an order I placed a few months ago (thanks Reaper!) but the problem with Reaper's "Free Sample" paint is it isn't identified as to what color it is. So, looking at the website, I'll take a stab and say that it looks like it's their "Surf Aqua".  Whatever color, I slightly thinned a couple drops of it and added a pinhead sized dab of dish-soap to help it flow into the recesses, and brushed it all over the figure.

My next step was to paint the pedestal, including the stones sculpted onto the wizard figure's base, with Folk Art "Medium Gray".

When the "Medium Grey" was dry, I gave the entire pedestal and base a wash with thinned black ink.  When the black ink was dry, I drybushed the gray with  Duncan "Slate Grey".  Lastly I painted the washer with Americana "Mississippi Mud".    After everything had overnight to dry, I painted the entire thing with Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish the next morning.  Later that afternoon, I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

I'm pleased with how the statue turned out.  And I'm thinking there may be one or two other "unloved" figures in the Kickstarter that will get the statue treatment in the future.

Figure 105 of 265: Complete