Bones II: Town Guard (Anhurian) Spearman

  This week I finished up the last of the Town Guard from the Bones II, Expansion 2, "Town Guard" set, by painting the Spearman figure.  He was destined to provide more fodder for my Frostgrave warbands.
  I prepped the 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.  His spear was all bent out of shape, and I tried the usual Bones boiling water straightening method to get it right again, but to no avail.  While I don't mind a little "wonkiness" in a wizards staff, I felt the spear really needed to be straight.  So, I used a conversion method I had used before on one of the Orcs in the Bones I original set, which was to replace the Bones spear shaft with one made from a round toothpick.  It was no problem slicing off the original shaft, drilling through the hand, and drilling a small indent in the bottom of the spear head, and then gluing it all back together again with Gorilla Superglue.
     I then glued the figure to a white-primed 1" fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.  

      I began by painting his face and hands with Americana "Shading Flesh".  I the painted his pants with Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna", and his tunic with Folk Art "Dark Brown".

        Next, I painted his quilted jerkin with Citadel "Snakebite Leather", and his shoulder armor with Citadel Foundation "Khemri Brown".

     I then painted his boots and cap with GW "Scorched Brown", and then his belts and straps, and the sword grip, with Ceramcoat "Walnut".  After that, I painted the spear shaft with Crafter's Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and then his hood with Folk Art "Barnyard Red".  I then painted his shield and scabbard with Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red"

      After everything had a while to dry, I gave the entire figure a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush.  When the wash was dry, I paint his eyes, and then did highlights on his face and hands using the base "Shading Flesh".

     I then began work on the rest of the highlighting.  First I highlighted his pants with Crafter's Acrylic "Orange Spice".  I then highlighted his jerkin with the base "Dark Brown", and his tunic with Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan".   I highlighted his shoulder pads with Americana "Khaki Tan", and his hood with the base "Barnyard Red". Next, I used Crafter's Edition "Spice Brown" to highlight his boots and cap, and Americana "Mississippi Mud" to highlight his belts and straps.  I drybrushed his spear shaft with Americana "Sable Brown".

      I then moved to the metallics, painting all the metal parts with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey". I then highlighted them with Folk Art Metallics "Silver Sterling".   Lastly, I applied a spare Space Marine transfer to the shield.

        I painted the base White, and when dry I applied an area of white glue to the base and glued on a small piece of cork and some course sand.   When the glue was dry, I painted the cork and sand Black, then drybrushed the sand and cork with Americana "Neutral Grey". Then drybrushed them with Folk Art "Porcelain Grey". When everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish" early the next morning.  Midday, I flocked the white areas with Woodland Scenics "Snow" flock and late that afternoon I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

     I like how the figure turned out.  He'll make a good addition to some wizard's warband.

Bones II: Town Guard (Anhurian) Crossbowman

   I also completed this week the Town Guard (Anhurian) Crossbowman from the Bones II, Expansion 2 "Town Guard" set.  It's probably no surprise that I painted him up to use in Frostgrave.
       I prepped the 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.  I then glued the figure to a white-primed 1" fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.
    I had already painted his pants using Folk Art "Dapple Grey", before I remembered to take the first photo. :)

  I then continued by painting his armored shirt and helmet with Black, and then drybrushing them with Folk Art metallics "Gunmetal Grey".  Next, I painted his tunic with Ceramcoat "Denim Blue" and his hood with Americana "Zinc".

     His boots, belts, straps, quiver and backpack were next using Americana "Asphaltum".  I then painted his helmet with Crafter's Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and his crossbow with Ceramcoat "Walnut".  I painted the underside of his armored jerkin's sleeves, and the the area at the upper back with Americana "Neutral Grey".  I then painted the bolts in his quiver with Folk Art "Rock Grey", and their fletchings with Folk Art "Porcelain White".    I painted his scabbard with Crafter's Edition "Navy Blue", and the sword grip with Black.

     After the paint had a while to dry, I gave the whole figure a wash with GW "Badab Black" wash.   When this wash was dry, I painted his face and hands with Americana "Shading Flesh".  When that was dry, I gave his hands and face a wash with GW Devlan Mud" wash.

     When the last wash was dry, I painted his eyes, and then highlighted his face and hands with the base "Shading Flesh".  I then highlighted his pants with the base "Dapple Grey", and his tunic with the base "Denim Blue".  I mixed a little of the "Navy Blue" with the "Denim Blue", and used that to highlight the edges of the scabbard.   I then used Crafters Edition "Spice Brown" to highlight all the boots, belts, straps, quiver, backpack, helmet, and crossbow. I used the base Porcelain White to highlight the fletchings", and Crafter's Edition "Storm Cloud Grey" to highlight the bolt shafts.
    I then painted the metal fittings on the scabbard sword, and crossbow with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and then highlighted all the metal parts on the figure with Folk Art Metallics "Silver Sterling".
      Lastly, I painted the base White.  I then applied two little areas of white glue to the base and sprinkled a couple bits of gravel and some course sand.   When the glue was dry, I painted the gravel and sand Black, then drybrushed the sand and gravel areas with Americana "Neutral Grey". Then drybrushed them with Folk Art "Porcelain Grey". When everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Then, the next morning, I flocked the white areas with Woodland Scenics "Snow" flock.  Later that afternoon I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

     I'm happy with how this fellow turned out.  Nothing exceptional, but a nice solid gaming figure.

Town Guard (Anhurian) Swordsman: Bones II Figure

      This week I also completed the Town Guard Swordsman from the Bones II, Expansion 2.  I hadn't bought Expansion 2 during the Kickstarter, but I was able to get the Town Guard set from a friend, as I was keen to use them for Frostgrave soldiers.
      I prepped the 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.  I then glued the figure to a white-primed 1" fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.

       I began by painting the chainmail Black, and then drybrushing it with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter".

      I painted his face an hands with Americana "Shading Flesh".  Then I painted his pants with Citadel "Snakebite Leather", and his tunic with Americana "Cranberry Wine". I painted the cowl around his neck and head with Aleene's "Deep Khaki".

 Next, I painted his belts and straps, his helmet, and his sword grip  with Accent "Real Umber", and his shoes with Crafters Edition "Spice Brown". I then gave all the non-metallic parts a wash with GW Agrax Earthshade using a wet brush.  While the wash was drying, I painted the round parts on the front of his chainmail with  Ceramcoat "Bronze".

     When the wash was dry, I painted his eyes, and then highlighted his skin with the base "Shading Flesh".  His pants were highlighted with the base "Snakebite Leather", and his tunic with Folk Art "Burgundy".  His cowl I highlighted with the base "Deep Khaki".  I then painted his scabbard with the "Burgundy". I did  his shield with Crafters Edition "Christmas Red", and decorated it with Apple Barrel "Yellow".  I then painted his sword, helmet banding, and the rim of his shield with Folk Art "Gunmetal Grey", and then highlighted these parts with Folk Art "Silver Sterling".  I also use the "Silver Sterling to add highlights to his chainmail.
        Lastly, I painted his base White.  I then applied a little area of white glue to the base and sprinkled some sand on it.   When the glue was dry, I painted the sanded area with Ceramcoat Walnut. Then when it was dry, I drybrushed it with Folk Art "Medium Grey", then Folk Art "Barn Wood". When everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Then, the next morning, I flocked the white areas with Woodland Scenics "Snow" flock.  Later that afternoon I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

   A nice tabletop quality figure.  Nothing fancy about either his pose, or the paint job.

Town Guard (Anhurian) Bowman: Bones II Figure

     This week I also completed the Town Guard Bowman from the Bones II, Expansion 2.  I hadn't bought Expansion 2 during the Kickstarter, but I was able to get the Town Guard set from a friend, as I was keen to use them for Frostgrave soldiers.
      I prepped the 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.  I then glued the figure to a white-primed 1" fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.

     I began by painting the chainmail Black, and then drybrushing it with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter".

     Next, I painted his pants with Americana "Territorial Beige", his tunic with Americana "Avocado", and his shoulder pads with Crafters Edition "Spice Brown". His hoodie I painted with Americana "Zinc, and the little secondary shoulder pads under the other shoulder pads I painted Americana "Dapple Grey"

     I then painted his bow with Crafters Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", then did his face and hands with Americana "Shading Flesh".  I painted his boots with Folk Art "Dark Brown" and his belts with Americana "Charcoal Grey".  Then I did his helmet, sword grip, and quiver with Americana "Asphaltum". The top of the scabbard I painted with Americana "Khaki Tan". 

   Next, I painted his scabbard with Aleene's "Deep Khaki", then did the arrow shafts with Crafters Edition "Taupe", and the fletchings with Folk Art "Porcelain White".  Then, after everything had a while to dry, I gave all the non-metallic parts a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush.

     After the wash had plenty of time to dry, I began doing highlights.  First I painted his eyes, then I highlighted his skin with the base "Shading Flesh".  Next, I highlighted his tunic with some of the "Avocado" mixed with a little Americana "Jade Green".  Then I highlighted his pants with some of the "Khaki Tan". His double shoulder pads I highlighted with their respective base colors, then I highlighted the bow with its base "Cinnamon Brown" . His boots I highlighted with Americana "Sable Brown", and then I highlighted his belts, helmet, and scabbard with Americana "Mississippi Mud". His scabbard I highlighted with the base "Deep Khaki", and his hood I did with Crafters Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey".  The arrow shafts I highlighted with the "Taupe", and the fletchings I highlighted with Crafters Acrylic "Light Antique White".
   Next, I painted his helmet bands, his buckles, and the metal parts of his sword and scabbard with Accent "Princely Pewter". I then highlighted these with the "Metallic Pewter". I also took this opportunity to highlight any of his chainmail armor that needed a touch up with the "Metallic Pewter".
     Lastly, I painted his base White.  I then applied a little area of white glue to the base and sprinkled some sand on it.   When the glue was dry, I painted the sanded area with Ceramcoat Walnut. Then when it was dry, I drybrushed it with Folk Art "Medium Grey", then Folk Art "Barn Wood". When everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Then, the next morning, I flocked the white areas with Woodland Scenics "Snow" flock.  Later that afternoon I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

     I'm really pleased with this guy.  I think he came out looking good with a nice simple paint job.