Friday Night WIPs

I completed the Bones Bugbear, and took three orc archers to the wash. I really like the bugbear's face, the tusks were built up in layers likeI would do bone, and it turned out well.

Thursday Night WIPs

This Gauth is done, and he turned out pretty well. It's a smooth fleshy sculpt, without hard surfaces for drybrushing, so I tried to get as rich a color as I could with just washes.

The Paladin is done and I hate her. Seriously, WOTC, how old was that mold, and what happened to her face in the intervening years?

The Bones Bugbear just got a heavy wash, so he's still in progress. Like the gnoll, he's been a joy to paint.

Wednesday Night WIPs

Paladin and Gauth, more later.

Paint Club WIP

Orcs and Grells!

Monday Night WIPs

Tonight I concentrated on my Bones Gnoll. Somewhere in the intersection of sculpt and material is the perfect painting experience; I absolutely loved making this guy. I want to run out, get a D&D game going, and then kill everybody with gnolls in a "random encounter."

His armor is Tamiya Titanium Silver, nice and dull compared to Chrome. His shirt is another attempt at fishscale, a mix of Titanium, Chrome, and mettalic blue. It doesn't evoke fishscale but it's more interesting than one metallic.

Okay, pal, until the Kickstarter gets here, you're King Gnoll.

Sunday Night WIPs

I'm ankle-deep into Wrath of Ashardalon, so signified by the fact that my ankle-biting kobolds are all done. Also the bears (drybrushing fur is low-hanging fruit). Also the dwarf fighter... lady dwarf fighter. This is a mini I had in pre-paint and could not give two shits about, but once I started painting her, I found a really awesome sculpt. I'm happy with how her paints turned out: I tried to do a Simonson-era Sif thing with her.

Also pictured is my Bones Gnoll, who got a wash five minutes ago. I'll finish him next time and speak more on him then, but what a joy to paint! That sculpt is a blast and I can't wait for the Kickstarter to come!

Bath Time!

The subject is miniatures that don't need undercoats, the problem is mold release chemical, and the solution is soapy water.

Tonight I filled a big tupperware full of Reaper Bones and the contents of Wrath of Ashardalon. The Bones shouldn't be primed, according to Reaper; you're supposed to apply the base coat right on the plastic. I've heard similar things about the D&D minis, although not from WOTC. But my last round of D&D stuff (from Ravenloft) was sprayed with three different types of paints, and they all came out tacky. But I've heard that the minis have mold release left on them from the casting, which can repel paint. This kind of dunking is standard practice in the world of customizing action figures, and there's little reason not to apply it here.

This will be my project for the next month. 6 Bones, 40 D&Ds... maybe a little more than a month, we'll see!