Reaper Bones Mountain Troll

I painted this mini a few weeks ago using my newly discovered underpainting and glazing technique.  As I said before, this new method has really sped things up for me and has given me better blends. For those interested, I first paint the mini in monochrome or grey scale to get highlights and shadows figured out.  I then go back over it with glazes and lay down the colors. I then use glazes to darken the shadows and crevaces.  After that, I add glazed highlights.  Final steps include black lining borders to make colors more apparent.

  Here is the grey scale version.

Here you can see the final painted version. I went for a yellowish-brown skin tone for this monster.  I wanted to get away from green, and I did not have the nerve to try grey skin.  I really tried underpainting sharp highlights and using glazes of silver over them to attempt a True Metallic Metal look.  I'm getting closer.

As with all minis, I strive to get the colors contrasting between light and dark.  I've painted some minis where I did not do this and they are hard to look at LOL!

This is pretty cool mini and would make an excellent opponent for players in a RPG game.  I may also use this guy in a skirmish game...if I ever get around to playing Age of Sigmar with friends.

The paint on this mini does not peel off or scrape off very easily on the upper half.  Along the base I notice that paint scrapes off .... perhaps more Dullcote layers would help that.

Thanks for taking time to look at my work and happy painting all!