Thursday, February 6, 2025

Reaper Bones Wereboar

 I thought this wereboar  was a warthog man LOL. Oh well they have similar coloring.  I used speed paints and a lot of earth tone paints. 


He looks a bit yellow and green. How would he be used in a game?


I'm sure he is very fast and inflicts nasty damage from his tusks. 


Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Reaper Bones Rogaku, Oni

 This is apparently a Japanese demon troll or ogre called an Oni.  I wanted to do blue skin for a change and I like it compared to Red or skin color.  This guy was slap-chop painted using Army Painter Speed paints and then Reaper MSP paints for cleaning up and highlights.  Done to a tabletop standard.


I don't know if his name is Rogaku, or that that is the type of Oni.  I think it is his name.  Anyways, here is the back.



Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Nightmauler Owlbear

 I don't know who makes this owlbear..maybe Artisan Guild? The paint job is OK, but I think I could have done more feather patterns for realism. I like the pose as he is ready to charge.


He came unattached to the base ...but im pretty sure it was provided. It is cool with bones and swampy water.




Monday, February 3, 2025

Another Bones Mushroom Man

 Mushy II


My second one of these. This one was zenithal primed, speed painted, and finally touched up.




Sunday, February 2, 2025

Reaper Bones Formorian Giant

 This giant is part of my pile of minis from way back to the Bones 3 Kickstarter. I'm trying to work through that pile...it is slow....but speed paints help. 


When I fist applied the speed paints, they went on splotchy and pooled in places.  You can see this below.  The above shows him after cleaning up with acrylics.  Below was the first pass.



Saturday, February 1, 2025

Reaper Bones Giant Wererat

 This giant wererat would make a great boss to fight in a game.  I can see using plague rats as his minions.


For me , the hardest part is picking out colors.  I wanted to do a gray rat...so i needed good contrasting skin for gray to make him pop.



Once again I zenithal primed him and used speed paints for the initial base coat. Then I did a lot of cleaning and highlighting with Reaper paints.

I did spray a layer of matte varnish on him and others...this really helps knock down the weird shine /gloss thatthe speed paints give.


Spikeshell: Reaper Bones Antipaladin: Spikeshell

 This is Spikeshell, apparently an evil tortoise. The sculpt caught my eye as a very unique mini. I do find it hard that tortoises can be evil.

I primed him black and tried to zenithal highlight him with gray and then white.  Then I used speedpaints for quick coverage and to test color schemes. After that, I cleaned up areas, added borders, highlights and details. 

He turned out to be a nice tabletop standard.



I tried to go for a blacker steel on the armor and red eyes denoting evil.





Wizkids Dragonborn Fighters

These are Wizkids Dragonborn fighters.

For these I first Primed them black and the drybrushed the with white.  I then used Army Painter speed paints to get the colors on the minis.  Speedpaints can look a bit rough and splotchy, so I did another pass cleaning  the edges and adding highlights with acrylics I have...reaper paints.  

Overall the process took a few hours and gave a result I can live with. My old process would have taken a long time.