Ingrid, Female Viking: Bones 2 Figure

 A couple weeks ago I started painting Ingrid, Female Viking, from the Bones 2, Heroes I set; and this week I finally finished her.   I don't have a need for this figure, so I thought I'd just paint her up to put on eBay, and help bring a little money back into the hobby fund.
      Also, before I get into Bones painting today, I wanted to update folks on another of the projects I mentioned in last Monday's post: the Perry plastic  War of the Roses figures.   To help add the pressure to that project, I volunteered to run a playtest with the figures at last Friday's club meeting, and attempted to get all 40 figures done in about 6 days.  Well, I did pretty good in my goal, and got 28 of them done in time for the game!  They aren't up to the standard you usually see here, but they are good for a tabletop standard.   So, I'm not worried now that I will have all of them ready by the end of September.

What I can accomplish working only 25-30 minutes per figure.

     Anyhow, back to Bones!
      I began working on Ingrid by prepping 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 it.  When dry, I glued the figure to a 1" Reaper plastic base with Gorilla Superglue. I then placed the figure in my painting grip.

        I began by giving the figure a wash with Reaper MSP "Brown Liner"; and when that was dry, I painted her armor with Ceramcoat "Black".  When dry, I drybrushed the armor with  Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey".  I then painted her skin with Reaper MSP "Tanned Skin".

     Next, I gave her skin a wash with Citadel "Reikland Fleshshade".  When it was dry, I painted the fur part of her boots and her forearm guards with Americana "Bittersweet Chocolate", and the leather parts of her armor and belts with Crafter's Edition "Spice Brown". I then painted the wood back of her shield with Folk Art "Teddy Bear Brown", and her pouch with Americana "Khaki Tan".  After that, I painted her hair with Anita's "Burnt Sienna".

    I then painted her helmet, dagger sheath,  and the non-furry part of her boots with Crafter's acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and the horns on her hemet with Folk Art "Porcelain White".  After that, I painted her shield and sword scabbard with Ceramcoat "Black Cherry", and then painted all the metal bits that weren't armor, with Americana "Zinc".

      When everything was dry, I gave a wash to her clothes, shield, hair, and weapons; being careful to avoid her skin and armor, using Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.   When the wash was dry, I painted her eyes and lips, and then highlighted her skin with  Reaper MSP "Tanned Highlight".  After that, I highlighted her hair with Americana "Terra Cotta", then Accent "Golden Oxide", then Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan". I then painted the studs on her leather neck piece, using the "Gunmetal Grey".  When that was dry, I gave it a little wash with some Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash to help the studs stand out.

     When the "Nuln Oil" was dry, I highlighted all the leather bits with Americana "Sable Brown".  I then highlighted the fur part of the boots and the forearm guard fur with with Americana "Mississippi Mud", and then highlighted her shoes, dagger sheath,  and the non metallic parts of her helmet, with Ceramcoat "Territorial Beige". Next, I highlighted the pouch with Americana "Antique White",and the shield with Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red".
     I then went back and repainted all the parts I had painted with the "Zinc", and all the little studs on her straps and shield, using the "Gunmetal Grey".  When dry, I went back again, and highlighted all the metal, including her armor, with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver".  After that, I painted the circular medallion on her sword and dagger hilts with Ceramcoat "Bronze", and then went back and highlighted them with Ceramcoat "Wedding Gold".
     I then debated how to decorate the shield, and decided I wanted to do something feminine, to contrast with her barbarian nature.  So, I thought about what would be within my abilities to paint, and I decided on a stylized rose, as it would go well with the dark red shield I thought.  So I did a Google image search for "Rose Graphic" and got some inspiration for how to proceed.  I began by painting the petals with Crafter's Acrylic "Tutti Frutti", and then painted the leaves with Americana "Forest Green" .  I then went back and highlighted the petals with Crafter's acrylic "Cherry Blossom Pink" and highlighted the leaves with Crafter's Acrylic "Wild Green". 
     Lastly, I painted the figure's integral base with the "Black".
     I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.  When the varnish was dry,  I used some white glue to glue a little sand to the base.  When this was dry, I painted the sand with the Black and, when dry,  drybrushed the base with some Americana "Zinc", followed by Crafter's Acrylic "Light Storm Cloud Grey", and lastly some Americana "Dove Grey".
     Then, another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's Dullcote".

I'm really happy with how the figure turned out, particularly the shield.  You can find her eBay listing here: Ingrid, Female Viking 

Aina, Female Valkyrie: Figure 104 of 265

     This week I got back to my goal of trying to complete the original 30 New Bones Set, and worked on Aina, the female Valkyrie.  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 giving the whole figure a wash with very thinned black ink with a pinhead sized dab of dish-soap added to help bring out the figure's details.  Next, I painted black the plates of her skirt and "wings" of her helmet.

     I then painted the skirt plates with Ceramcoat "Bronze", and her dress I painted with Folk Art "Deep Tomato Red".

     My next step was to paint all the belts, scabbards, hangings, arm guards, and boots with Accent "Real Umber".  Her face hands, and exposed leg I painted with Apple Barrel "Apple Flesh".  The weapon grips I painted with Americana "Asphaltium".

     Next, I painted the shield with GW "Blood Red".  I followed this with painting her hair with Americana "Charcoal Grey".  I then painted all the metal bits and trim with the "Bronze", and the helmet with Folk Art "Silver Sterling".

     I now gave the whole figure a wash with thinned Winsor-Newton "Peat Brown" Ink.  When this had dried, I drybrushed her hair with Accent "Mustard Seed", followed by a lighter drybrushing with Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar", and lastly with an even lighter highlight drybrushing with Americana "Buttermilk".

     It was now time to work on the face.  I painted her eyes white with black pupils.  I then mixed a little of the "Apple Flesh" with a bit of the "Deep Tomato Red" to get a pink to paint her tongue. I added a little more of the red to it, to make a deeper pink to paint her lips.  Lastly I painted her teeth white.  I added highlights to her nose and cheeks with the basic "Apple Flesh".
     I then painted the sword the "Silver Sterling", and then went back over all the "Bronze"  parts and highlighted them with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  Next, I added highlights to the dress with the basic "Deep Tomato Red", and some highlights to the top of the shield with the basic "Blood Red".
     Lastly, I painted the rock she stands upon; first by painting it Folk Art "Medium Gray", then giving it a wash with thinned black ink,  and when the ink was dry, drybrushing it with Duncan "Slate Grey".   When the figure had overnight to dry, I painted the whole thing with Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  When that was dry, I flocked the base, and that afternoon I sprayed the figure with Testor's "Dullcote".

    I'm pleased with how the figure turned out. I think the red and gold scheme, combined with the dramatic pose, makes for a very dynamic figure.
   I will be finishing a quickie figure in the next day to two, so watch this Thursday for another posting!

Figure 104 of 265: Complete