Final: Tox the Magnificent

Ahh, he is finally complete and ready for battle.  Here is my take on Tox the wizard from Reaper. One can only assume that he has special powers over dragons and can command them to do terrible deeds.

If that does not work for him, he can spout violent magic from his dragon claw staff of power....probably lightning.  Regardless, stay clear of this mage if at all possible or end up dragon chow or worse, just ash.

Eventually I will coat him with Dullcote from Testors ...perhaps two coats...to make him available for use on the table.  That will at least protect the paint from finger oils...but not the dreaded mini drop attack.

Tox the Wizard Work in Progress

Good progress has been made on Tox this last week.  The most satisfying thing for me has been getting the colors decided on for the cape and the robe.   I'm liking the magenta robe and the tan cape quite a bit.  Next up will be to finish the staff gem or egg thing and get that baby dragon painted!

Here is a back shot of Tox to show some of the cloak highlights.

These Reaper metal minis are pretty easy to paint because of their large size.  Although, with my new 2.5 x. reading glasses from Target any size is OK to paint now.

Wizard in Progress

This is Tox, a wizard of sorts from Reaper that I picked up several years ago. I got myself fired up to paint and pulled him out of box the other day. I started with the face, then the eyes, and finally the hair. The face went well for me on this one, so that was great.  The hair has been killing me, as I am trying to show gradual higlights from one end of  strand to another...in grey.

I'm almost happy with the hair, and then I will move on to complete the crystal ball/ palantir thing.  The one area on this mini that I have not come to a decision on is the color for the robe.  Would tox have a purple, blue, green or maybe a black robe?  Perhaps it would be a special color like powder blue or teal.

Reaper Gnoll Ranger

This is BlackTongue, a Gnoll Ranger from Reaper.  I painted him nearly 5 years ago and have never taken a picture of him. He is too cool looking to just rot in the display bin and not be seen, so here he is.

I would not want to be tracked down by one of these giant hyena men, as I'm sure they show no mercy.  Are gnolls really 8-9 feet tall?  Yikes.

I went for greyish skin and light brown fur combination on this one. I think the fur could have been darker as the wood colors tend to match.  The bags and things were done in greens and reds to match the surrounding forest.

Reaper Bones Kickstarter Figure Case

I forgot that I had ordered this, along with a few miniatures, from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter a year ago. Needless to say I was really happy to hear from them when they sent out the mailing notice.  I did not get the Vampire package, which has over 100 miniatures, but I did get a few of the Pathfinder minis and the case below. 
When you open it up, you see the top tray with the open slots and the back of what  I call the middle tray. The slots seem to be for 25 mm miniatures which is weird since Reaper stuff is 28mm heroic scale and huge.

I immediately went about getting all my unpainted miniatures, as well as old paint jobs  from the 90's, from out from their boxes and into this huge case. In some cases I had to tear the foam to make a bigger compartment. For most minis, I stuck them in the slots tightly so that they did not move around. This may be bad on painted minis, as the foam may rub off paint. I will find out.  I'm sure the plastic Bones minis, which are not very heavy, will be fine in this case.

As you can see in this next photo, I have taken out the middle tray to show you the bottom tray. The bottom tray, with the red foam, was facing towards the side of the case when I first opened it. I flipped it over to face inward because I didn't want the miniatures banging on the side of the case if they slid out of the foam.  However, that move created a problem, because now the bottom or top trays would  face the middle tray without a foam barrier.

My partial solution to that problem was to add a sheet of foam as follows to the middle tray. Now the minis in it will not bang the minis in bottom tray, and I also don't have to face the side try to the side of the case. Perhaps there is a better way to do this...like putting this sheet of foam on the bottom between the case and the bottom tray.   I'd appreciate any advice.

By the way, the top tray is mostly populated with Ral Partha AD&D miniatures from the 1990's (painted and unpainted). The middle tray has some of my Reaper minis, along with all of my Dark Sword and Citadel models. Finally, the bottom tray has my Grenadier miniatures as well as some Red Box and Avatars of War guys.  Almost all of my painted miniatures are in display cases.