Ingrid, Female Viking: Bones 2 Figure

 A couple weeks ago I started painting Ingrid, Female Viking, from the Bones 2, Heroes I set; and this week I finally finished her.   I don't have a need for this figure, so I thought I'd just paint her up to put on eBay, and help bring a little money back into the hobby fund.
      Also, before I get into Bones painting today, I wanted to update folks on another of the projects I mentioned in last Monday's post: the Perry plastic  War of the Roses figures.   To help add the pressure to that project, I volunteered to run a playtest with the figures at last Friday's club meeting, and attempted to get all 40 figures done in about 6 days.  Well, I did pretty good in my goal, and got 28 of them done in time for the game!  They aren't up to the standard you usually see here, but they are good for a tabletop standard.   So, I'm not worried now that I will have all of them ready by the end of September.

What I can accomplish working only 25-30 minutes per figure.

     Anyhow, back to Bones!
      I began working on Ingrid by prepping this 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.  When dry, I glued the figure to a 1" Reaper plastic base with Gorilla Superglue. I then placed the figure in my painting grip.

        I began by giving the figure a wash with Reaper MSP "Brown Liner"; and when that was dry, I painted her armor with Ceramcoat "Black".  When dry, I drybrushed the armor with  Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey".  I then painted her skin with Reaper MSP "Tanned Skin".

     Next, I gave her skin a wash with Citadel "Reikland Fleshshade".  When it was dry, I painted the fur part of her boots and her forearm guards with Americana "Bittersweet Chocolate", and the leather parts of her armor and belts with Crafter's Edition "Spice Brown". I then painted the wood back of her shield with Folk Art "Teddy Bear Brown", and her pouch with Americana "Khaki Tan".  After that, I painted her hair with Anita's "Burnt Sienna".

    I then painted her helmet, dagger sheath,  and the non-furry part of her boots with Crafter's acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and the horns on her hemet with Folk Art "Porcelain White".  After that, I painted her shield and sword scabbard with Ceramcoat "Black Cherry", and then painted all the metal bits that weren't armor, with Americana "Zinc".

      When everything was dry, I gave a wash to her clothes, shield, hair, and weapons; being careful to avoid her skin and armor, using Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.   When the wash was dry, I painted her eyes and lips, and then highlighted her skin with  Reaper MSP "Tanned Highlight".  After that, I highlighted her hair with Americana "Terra Cotta", then Accent "Golden Oxide", then Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan". I then painted the studs on her leather neck piece, using the "Gunmetal Grey".  When that was dry, I gave it a little wash with some Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash to help the studs stand out.

     When the "Nuln Oil" was dry, I highlighted all the leather bits with Americana "Sable Brown".  I then highlighted the fur part of the boots and the forearm guard fur with with Americana "Mississippi Mud", and then highlighted her shoes, dagger sheath,  and the non metallic parts of her helmet, with Ceramcoat "Territorial Beige". Next, I highlighted the pouch with Americana "Antique White",and the shield with Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red".
     I then went back and repainted all the parts I had painted with the "Zinc", and all the little studs on her straps and shield, using the "Gunmetal Grey".  When dry, I went back again, and highlighted all the metal, including her armor, with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver".  After that, I painted the circular medallion on her sword and dagger hilts with Ceramcoat "Bronze", and then went back and highlighted them with Ceramcoat "Wedding Gold".
     I then debated how to decorate the shield, and decided I wanted to do something feminine, to contrast with her barbarian nature.  So, I thought about what would be within my abilities to paint, and I decided on a stylized rose, as it would go well with the dark red shield I thought.  So I did a Google image search for "Rose Graphic" and got some inspiration for how to proceed.  I began by painting the petals with Crafter's Acrylic "Tutti Frutti", and then painted the leaves with Americana "Forest Green" .  I then went back and highlighted the petals with Crafter's acrylic "Cherry Blossom Pink" and highlighted the leaves with Crafter's Acrylic "Wild Green". 
     Lastly, I painted the figure's integral base with the "Black".
     I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.  When the varnish was dry,  I used some white glue to glue a little sand to the base.  When this was dry, I painted the sand with the Black and, when dry,  drybrushed the base with some Americana "Zinc", followed by Crafter's Acrylic "Light Storm Cloud Grey", and lastly some Americana "Dove Grey".
     Then, another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's Dullcote".

I'm really happy with how the figure turned out, particularly the shield.  You can find her eBay listing here: Ingrid, Female Viking 

Amiri, Iconic Barbarian: Figure 218 of 266

   Over the weekend I finished up the Amiri, Iconic Barbarian, figure from the Iconics and Officially Licensed Pathfinder Miniatures Set.  Completing this figure puts me over the halfway point in wrapping up this set, with only 3 figures left to go.
    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.  Next, I glued the figure to a black-primed 1" fender washer 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 skin with GW "Vermin Brown".  I then painted her top and her loin cloth with MSP Bones "Tropical Blue", and her padded armor with Folk Art "Barn Wood".

  Next, I painted the top loin cloth with Apple Barrel "Apple Maple Syrup", and what appears to be an under level shirt with Folk Art "Poppy Seed". Then I painted what appeared to be more hardened armor with Citadel "Snakebite Leather".  Her shoes I painted with Nicole's "Brown".

    I painted the fur at the backs of her legs, and under her right arm with Ceramcoat "Territtorial Beige", and all the strings tying her padded armor with Folk Art "Barnyard Red".  Then I painted the spear holder on her back with Crafter's acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and the bottom of it with Americana "Raw Umber".  I painted the spear shafts, and the tomahawk handle, with Americana "Mississippi Mud"  Next, I used Americana "Neutral Grey" to paint the claws on her left hand and the two that make up the guard on the sword, as well as the metal fittings on the sword and the spikes on her wristband.    I then painted the straps around her sword and the spear holder with Americana "Wedgewood Blue", and her jewelry with Crafter's Acrylic "Dark Turquoise".

     I went back and painted the tomahawk head with the "Neutral Grey"; and then after everything had a while to dry,  I gave the entire a figure a wash with GW Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush. When the wash was dry, I painted her eyes, and lips, and then highlighted her skin with a mix of the "Vermin Brown", and Crafter's Acrylic "Flesh".    Next, I painted her hair, sword, and spearheads all with Black.   I used some GW "Shadow Grey" to highlight her hair, and then used some Ceramcoat "Denim Blue" to highlight her sword and spearheads.  My intent was to make them look like they were made from obsidian, like some Aztec weapons.

     Next, I worked on highlighting her outfit.  I used Americana "Salem Blue" to highlight her blue loincloth, and her blue top., and I used  Americana "Buttermilk" to highlight her yellow loin cloth. For her padded armor I used the base "Barn Wood", and for the fur parts I used the "Apple Maple Syrup."  Then for the hard armor parts I used Accent "Mustard Seed" for the highlights.   For all the red ties I used MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red" to do the highlights.  I used the base "Poppy Seed" for the undershirt, then Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey" for the claws.  The shoes I highlighted with Americana "Sable Brown"    Around back, I used the "Sable Brown" again on the spear holder, and for the bottom of the spearholder I used the "Neutral Grey".    Next, I used Crafter's Acrylic "Tropical Blue" to do the highlights on all the blue ribbon-like wraps.  For her jewelry, I used Ceramcoat "Turquoise" to do the highlighting.
     I then worked on the metal bits; painting the metal fittings on the sword, and the tomahawk head with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and highlighted with Folk Art Metallics "Silver Sterling".   Then I painted the medallion on her necklace with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  
    I finished up by painting the figure's white base with Cermacoat "Walnut".
     After the figure had overnight to dry, I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".   Later that morning I flocked the base, and that evening I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.  After the Dullcote was dry, I went back and gave the sword blade and spearheads a coat of Americana "DuraClear Gloss" Varnish to help give them the shiny obsidian look.

   I'm generally pleased with how she turned out.  I was a little sloppy with the painted blue reflection on the obsidian spearheads, and it shows.  Other than that I think she looks good.

Kord the Destroyer: Figure 118 of 265

     This week I painted the Kord the Destroyer figure from the Fighters Set.   This wraps up the four-figure Fighters Set, and it joins the list of finished sets over in the right-hand column. 

     Let me just say that this was my least favorite figure from the Kickstarter to paint so far.    It had several strikes against it going into the painting process, and if it hadn't been for my being determined to paint every figure, I may have tossed it in the flea market box.  First, as can be seen in the photo below, the fur cape comes pre-glued to the figure making a large portion of the back of the figure very hard to access for painting.  Also, as I have complained about with some Reaper figures before, there were just too many layers of clothing, padding, and armor on this figure, making it difficult to

figure out what was what.  To make matters worse, it seemed there was clothing on the left of the figure that didn't match what was on the right, and vice-versa. And where do his sleeves come from, when he isn't wearing a shirt?  
     So, getting down to business,   I prepped this 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.  I then glued the figure to a 1" black-primed fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and glued the washer to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's White Glue.
     I then gave the figure a wash with some thinned black ink with a little pinhead drop of dish soap added, to help bring out the details on the figure. Since I did not particularly care for this figure, my painting descriptions are going to be a bit shorter than usual.

       To begin painting, I painted the wolf cape and boot trim fur parts of the figure black and the lower cape with Americana "Asphaltum". I then dryushed the black parts with Folk Art "Medium Grey", and the brown lower cape with Americana "Khaki Tan".

   Next, I painted his skin with Americana "Shading Flesh", and his loincloth Apple Barrel "Apple Maroon".  His boots I painted Americana "Charcoal Grey".  I then painted his various sleeves, and the other garments at his waist, various brown shades.

 I then moved on to painting his belts, wrist guard things, scabbard, pouch, and the handle of the ax, and grip of the sword more shades from my brown paints collection. His hair I painted Anita's "Burnt Sienna", and the horns of his helmet Americana "Buttermilk".

   Next, I painted the rock he is standing on with the "Medium Gray".  Then I did all the armor, weapons, and buckles with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter".

      After I had let everything dry for a good while, I gave the entire a figure a wash with thinned GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash.

     When the wash had had a long time to dry, I went back and added highlights to the figure, using mainly the base colors I had used.  I highlighted the hair with Americana "Georgia Clay", and the rock he is standing on with Duncan "Slate Grey".  The metal parts I highlighted with Folk Art "Silver Sterling".  I also painted a black nose and eyes on the wolf cape.

      I let the figure sit all day, and the later that eveing I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  The next morning I flocked the base, and later that afternoon I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote" spray varnish.

       Despite all my fussing, I don't think the figure turned out that badly.  As long as you view the figure as a whole and don't start to try to decipher all the details, it's a good result.
     Next up on the painting table will be the Big Bad Evil Guys (BBEG) Set!

Figure 118 of 265: Complete

Deenah, Female Barbarian: Figure 117 of 265

     Making my way through the Fighters set, this week I painted Deenah the Female Barbarian.  As I studied the figure, I wasn't sure what to make of the herringbone pattern on her skirt; was it supposed to be armored plates, or truly just a herring bone weave?  I decided I would paint it like a tartan, so whatever it was supposed to be, would be disguised by the cross-checks of the tartan plaid. I also apparently was still on a bronze armor kick from last week's Dragonman, as all I could visualize her armor as being was bronze colored.
      I prepped this 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.  I then glued the figure to a 1" black-primed fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and glued the washer to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's White Glue.

     I began by painting the fur on her boots with Americana "Asphaltum".  When this was dry I drybrushed it with Americana "Khaki Tan". I then painted her boots with Ceramcoat "Walnut". Next, I painted all her skin with Apple Barrel "Flesh", followed with painting her skirt Apple Barrel "Apple Blue Spruce".

     Next, I did the tartan pattern on her skirt.  First, I painted each of the little herring bone sections with Americana "True Blue", letting a little of the "Apple Blue Spruce" show through between each section. Then I painted yellow crosses on each blue section with Apple Barrel "Yellow".

     I now painted her belts and the little pouch at the front, with DecoArt "Cinnamon Brown".  I then painted the canteen(?) and the little pouches behind her scabbard with Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna". The hanging under the pouch at her front I painted GW "Snakebite Leather",  her scabbard I painted Ceramcoat "Raw Sienna", and her ax handle I painted Americana  "Mississippi Mud".  Her forearm guards I painted with the "Khaki Tan", and her shirt sleeves I painted with Americana "Wedgewood Blue". I painted her hair Anita's "Burnt Sienna".

     Now I painted her armor with GW "Brazen Brass". The hilt of her large sword I painted with Cermacoat "Bronze".  Then I  painted the  blade of the large sword, the hilt of the smaller sword, and the ax head,  all with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter".  I then painted the sword grips with the "Asphaltum".

     Next, I drybrushed the stones she stands upon with Folk Art "Medium Grey", followed with a lighter drybrushing with Duncan "Slate Grey".  Then, after everything had time to dry, I gave the entire figure a wash with thinned Winsor-Newton "Peat Brwon " ink,  except the kilt which I carefully avoided. The stones I gave a wash with thinned black ink.

       After the ink had had plenty of time to dry, I went back and worked on her face.  First, I painted he eyes, with first white "whites", and then black pupils.  I also painted her teeth white, and her lips with  Americana "Shading Flesh".  I then added eyebrows with the Anita's "Burnt Sienna". Lastly, I added highlights to her face, hands, and arms, with the base "Apple Flesh". I then drybrushed highlights onto her hair, with first the base Anita's "Burnt Sienna", and then with Americana "Georgia Clay".  I then added highlights to the forearm guards, the scabbard, her shirt, jug, and pouch, all using the original base colors.  I then worked on highlighting the metals; using the "Bronze" to highlight her armor, and Cermacoat "14K Gold" on the hilt of her large sword".  For the blades of her sword and ax I used Folk Art "Silver Sterling" for the highlights.
      I let the figure sit overnight, and the next morning I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Later that afternoon I flocked the base, and the following day I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote" spray varnish.

       I'm really pleased with how she turned out, especially her face.  I find faces to be tricky things; you can't continually work on them without them getting really gunked-up looking, so when one turns out relatively good with minimal repainting I'm very happy.  I also really like the dynamic pose, and in the end I think the tartan plaid looks good on the figure.

    Figure 117 of 265: Complete

Anval Thricedamned, Evil Warrior: Figure 108 of 265

     Over the weekend I completed Anval Thricedamned, Evil Warrior from the 30 New Bones Set.  I am nearly finished this original set, with just the Harpy left to do. Hopefully I can paint her this week.
     I  had prepped this figure a while back 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.  This is another of those figures that  I had sprayed with the Krylon with Fusion Flat Black, back when I was still using spray primer.   I glued him to a 1" black-primed fender washer base with Aleene's Tacky glue. I let this dry and then glued the washer to half a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.

     I began by drybrusing the whole figure with Cermacoat "Metallic Pewter".

     Next, I painted all his exposed skin with Americana "Shading Flesh. I then painted his leggings, what there were of them, with Folk Art "Poppy Seed".  The material under his chain-mail skirt I painted with Anita's "Burnt Sienna".  I now took about three or four of my bottles of assorted dark brown paints and alternated them as I painted the rest of his belts, boot parts, bits of fabric, wrist guards, etc....everything that I guessed wasn't metal.  This is one of those figures I find so challenging to paint; where it is wearing so many layer of assorted bits and pieces, that it's hard to tell what's what and what belongs with what, and even what's metal and what's cloth or leather.

     I now painted his ax handle with Americana "Sable Brown". I let the figure at this point have plenty of time to dry, then I gave  the whole thing a wash with thinned GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash.

     When the wash had dried, I went back and added highlights to his flesh with, first, the "Shading Flesh", and then with some of the "Shading Flesh", with the lighter Apple Barrel "Apple Flesh" mixed in. I then highlighted all the metal with, first, the "Metallic Pewter", and then with some lighter Folk Art "Silver Sterling".
     My next step was to paint the stones sculpted onto the figure's base, with Folk Art "Medium Gray". Then I edged the stones with some Duncan "Slate Grey".   
     I now let the figure sit for several hours, and then I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  When this was dry, I flocked the edges of the base, letting some of the stonework remain visible in the center.   The next morning I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote" spray paint.

     I pleased with how this big fellow turned out. It's not a particularly dynamic figure, or colorful one for that mater, but it makes a good solid barbarian-type fighter to have in my collection.

Figure 108 of 265: Complete

Goldar, Male Barbarian: Figure 66 of 265

     This week I painted Goldar the Barbarian from the 30 New Bones set.  With the completion of this figure, I am now officially at the point of having less than 200 figures to go.
       I prepared this figure in the usual way; first soaking overnight in water with a little dish soap added, and then giving a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and rinsing to remove any remaining mold release agent.  I then glued it to a black-primed 1" fender washer using Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer to half a tongue depressor with two small drops of Elmer's white glue.

Yes, I accidentally got some red paint on the figure while working on another project.

I began by painting his upper body with Americana "Shading Flesh".  I wasn't sure, from looking at the sculpt, whether he was supposed to be wearing pants or have bare legs.  The creases in his thighs looked more like folds in cloth than muscle to me, so I painted them as pants with Apple Barrel "Apple Black Green".  I then painted his waist cape Folk Art "Poppy Seed". And finally, I painted the little fur loincloth, and what appeared to be areas of fur lining sticking out from under his bracers, with slightly thinned Duncan "Slate Grey"; and his ax handle I painted with Ceramcoat "Walnut".

Next, I gave all the flesh areas a wash with thinned Winsor-Newton "Peat Brown" ink.  When this was dry, I gave his skin areas a drybrushing with some of the "Shading Flesh" with some lighter-toned Apple Barrel "Apple Flesh" mixed in to lighten it.  I then went back and added some specific muscle and facial highlights with the plain "Apple Flesh".  I also painted on two nipples using some of the "Shading Flesh" mixed with some GW "Terracotta".  I then added stripes to his pants with GW "Golden Yellow"

My next step was to paint all the areas that appeared to be leather; the bracers, belts, straps, parts of the boots, and the upper shoulder guard, with plain black. Then I painted all metal bits with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter". I also, at this point, painted the white base with the "Walnut"

Lastly, I gave everything that wasn't flesh a wash with thinned Vallejo black ink.

When the ink wash was dry, I went back and added some highlighting to the pants with the base colors I had used; and on the black areas, I added some highlights with GW "Shadow Grey". The metal parts I highlighted with GW "Chainmail".  I painted in eyes with white and then black pupils.
   When everything had dried overnight, I painted the figure with a coat of Ceramcoat "Matt Varnish".  When this had dried, I flocked the base. Finally, I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote"

I'm pleased with how this fellow turned out.  I needed a good fighter figure for my Song of Blades and Heroes games, as it seemed most of the figures I had painted so far were archers or magic users, and this guy should fit the bill nicely.

Figure 66 of 265: Complete