Goblin Shaman: Bones 4 Figure

  This  past week I took a break from working on Darkreach and painted the "Goblin Champion" from the Bones 4 Goblin Heroes set.  I had plans of painting all three of the Goblins for the Goblins Heroes set at the same time, so I had prepped  the figures in the usual way, soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying them. I then had glued them to 1" brown-primed fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then had glued the washers onto a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.

      I already recently painted both the Goblin Bodyguard and Goblin Champion from this trio, and as I mentioned in those articles, I had began by painting all their exposed skin areas with Citadel Contrast "Snakebite Leather".  Then, as I was studying them, I had realized  they really weren't similar enough to paint as a group, and so I popped them off the tongue depressor.   I now had reattached the Shaman to a pill bottle with some blue tac.  After that, I started by painting his cape and hood with Ceramcoat "Black".  I then painted his boots with Americana "Aspahltum" and his loincloth with Pathfinder MSP "Urgathoa Red"

     Next, I painted the spider on the back of the cape with Pathfinder MSP  "Medusa Green". and then painted his staff with Reaper MSP HD "Rusty Red", and the skull and cross bone on the staff, as well as the bone necklace, with with Americana "Bleached Sand".   After that, I painted  the cord of his loin cloth, the cord of his necklace, and the binding on the staff, with Americana "Light Cinnamon".  I followed with painting the bag tucked into his belt with Crafter's Acrylic "Navy Blue". 

     I painted the gem fittings on his hood and the skull with Folk Art Brushed Metal "Brushed Bronze"  Then I let the figure dry for a while, and then gave everything but the Goblin's skin a coat of Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.  When the wash was dry, I filled in the skull's eye sockets and nose hole with some Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash.   I then painted his eyes, and then painted his teeth with Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White".  While I had this color out, I also used it to highlight the skull and cross bone.   After that, since I felt his skin had come out rather splotchy from using the Contrast Paint on it, I tried blending it a bit with some Accent Golden Oxide.  I then used some Apple Barrel "Maple Sugar Tan" mixed with the "Golden Oxide" to highlight his skin.   

          Realizing I had forgotten the bracelet on his left wrist, I painted that with Americana "Forest Green".  I then highlighted his loin cloth with Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red", and the staff with Crafter's Acrylic "Pure Pumpkin".   After that, I highlighted the bad tucked in his loin cloth with Ceramcoat "Denim Blue", and his cape with Ceramcoat "Charcoal".   I then added further highlights to the cape with a mix of the "Charcoal" and some Apple Barrel "Rock Grey".   The bracelet had dried by then, so I gave it a coat of the "Agrax Earthshade" wash.

     Next, I highlighted the sider on the back of the cape using Americana "Reindeer Moss Green", and then added some eye dots.  I moved then to the bracelet and highlighted that with some Folk Art Color Shift "Emerald Flash", and then some Folk Art Color Shift "Green Flash".   After that, I painted the gems in the hood and skull with Reaper MSP Blood Red, the"Urgathoa Red", and some Americana Snow White".   I finished by highlighting the gem fittings with some Folk Art "Pure Gold".   Lastly, I painted his base with Americana "Mississippi Mud".

         I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote". When the "Dullcote" was dry, I went back and repainted the gems with a little Americana "DuraClear Gloss" varnish.

   I'm generally happy with how this figure turned out.  That whole side on the left is kind of smooshed up, with the staff, hand, bone necklace, blue pouch, cape, and hood all pressed in next to each other, which made painting all that an extra challenge,  but for a tabletop figure I think it all looks okay.  

Goblin Champion: Bones 4 Figure

     This past week I took a break from working on Darkreach and painted the "Goblin Champion" from the Bones 4 Goblin Heroes set.  I had plans of painting all three of the Goblins for the Goblins Heroes set at the same time, so I had prepped  the figures in the usual way, soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying them. I then had glued them to 1" brown-primed fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then had glued the washers onto a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.

       I already painted the Goblin Bodyguard from this trio recently, and as I mentioned in that article, I had began by painting all their exposed skin areas with Citadel Contrast "Snakebite Leather".  Then, as I was studying them, I had realized  they really weren't similar enough to paint as a group, and so I popped them off the tongue depressor.   I now had reattached the Champion to a pill bottle with some blue tac.  After that, I painted his kilt? with Pathfinder MSP "Urgathoa Red", his boots with Citadel Contrast "Wyldwood",and his neck piece with Americana "Antique Gold".

     Next, I painted his pouch with Americana "Charcoal Grey", and his wrist guards with Americana "Light Cinnamon".  After that, I painted his blanket roll with Crafter's Acrylic "Forrest Green", and the leather wrap on his sword blade with Americana"Terra Cotta".

     I then painted his belt with Folk Art "Dark Brown", and the bone hanging from it with Americana "Antique White".  After that, I  painted his sword and and belt buckle with Americana "Zinc", and the ties on his blanket roll with Americana "Sable Brown".  I went back then and repainted his sword and belt buckle with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey".

     I let the figure dry for a while, and then gave all the clothing, accessories, and weapons a coat of Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.  When the wash was dry,  I painted his eyes.  After that, since I felt his skin had come out rather splotchy from using the Contrast Paint on it, I tried blending it a bit with some Accent Golden Oxide.  I then used some Apple Barrel "Maple Sugar Tan" mixed with the "Golden Oxide". to highlight his skin.      After that, I painted his hair with Cermacoat "Black", and then highlighted it with, first, Ceramcoat "Charcoal", and then a little Americana "Zinc".

      Next, I highlighted his kilt with Reaper MSP HD "Rusty Red", and then highlighted his neck piece with Americana "Primary Yellow".   I followed by highlighting the wrap around his sword blade with Accent "Mustard Seed", and I highlighted his pouch with Folk Art "Dark Brown".  After that, I highlighted his wrist guards with Americana "Light Cinnamon".

     I then highlighted his belt with Ceramcoat "Territorial Beige", and the bone hanging from it with Americana "Bleached Sand".   Next, I highlighted his blanket roll with Americana "Jade Green", and the ropes tying it with Americana "Khaki Tan". I wrapped things up by highlighting his sword and belt buckle with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver".   Lastly, I painted his base with the "Mississippi Mud".
         I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote".

     I'm happy with how this guy turned out.  I love his expression, disheveled shock of hair,  and gesture of defiance.

Goblin Bodyguard: Bones 4 Figure

     This past week I took a break from painting Dark Elves and Gnomes and did the "Goblin Bodyguard" from the Bones 4 Goblin Heroes set.  I had planned to work on all three of the Goblins from the Goblins Heroes set at the same time, as kind of side project as I worked on the Darkreach figures, so I had prepped  the figures in the usual way, soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying them. I then glued them to 1" brown-primed fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then glued the washers onto a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.

         I then had begun painting all their exposed skin areas with Citadel Contrast "Snakebite Leather".  But when I was studying them after the "Snakebite Leather" application, I realized that they really weren't similar enough to paint as a group, and so I popped them off the tongue depressor so I could work on them separately.   I reattached the bodyguard to a pill bottle with some blue tac.  After that, I painted his loin cloth with Reaper MSP "Blood Red", his boots with Citadel Contrast "Wyldwood",and his gauntlets with Americana "Fawn".

          Next, I painted his belt and straps with Americana "Charcoal Grey", and is scimitar, armor, and belt buckle with Ceramcoat "Charcoal". I also painted his earrings with Folk Art Brushed Metal "Brushed Bronze".   Then after everything had a chance to dry, I gave his loin cloth, belts, straps, and gauntlets all a coat of Citadel "Agrax Earthshade " wash.

     Then, when the ash was dry, I painted his eye.  After that, since I felt his skin had come out rather splotchy from using the Contrast Paint on it, I tried blending it a bit with some Accent Golden Oxide.  I then used some Apple Barrel "Maple Sugar Tan" mixed with the "Golden Oxide". to highlight his skin. 

         As I prepared to highlight the loin cloth, I realized I had painted part of what was supposed to be his legs as loin cloth, so I took some time to repaint his legs with the "Golden Oxide" and "Maple Sugar Tan" and blend the areas back into the body.  I then highlighted the loin cloth with a mix of the base "Blood Red" and some Reaper MSP "Golden Glow".   After that, I highlighted his gauntlets with some of the base "Fawn" mixed with a little Americana "Bleached Sand", and I highlighted his belt and straps with some Americana "Mississippi Mud".  

     Next, I painted the scimitar, shoulder armor, and belt buckle with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey" and then highlighted all of it with some Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver.  I then highlighted the hilt of the scimitar and his jewelry with Ceramcoat "Wedding Gold".   Lastly, I painted his base with the "Mississippi Mud".

         I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote".

    The Contrast paint really didn't work well on these guys, but I'm generally happy with the outcome.  As with so many Reaper figures, the great character of the sculpt really carries the paint job a long way.

Goblin Archers; Bones 4 Figures

     This past week I painted the 4 Goblin Archers from the Bones 4 Core 24 Bonus Goblins set.
 I prepped the figures in the usual way, soaking the parts in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying them. I then glued them to 1" black-primed fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then glued the washers onto a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.
    You might notice that at some point I had a little green stuff left over and had constructed a small stone wall on the washer of the goblin second from the left before spraying it.

     I began by painting all their exposed skin areas with Citadel Contrast "Snakebite Leather".   I then painted the kilts on the left two with Citadel Contrast "Creed Camo", and the kilts on the right two with Pathfinder MSP  "Urgathea Red".  I also painted  the hats on the first and last one with  Americana "Antique Gold"(not metallic) and the hats of the center two with Apple Barrel "Apple Blue Spruce."

     I then painted their boots with Citadel Contrast "Wyldwood", and then did their quivers and wrist guards with Americana "Charcoal Grey".  After that, I painted their bows with Crafter's Edition "Spice Brown", and then the arrow shafts with Citadel Contrast "Black Templar".  I let that dry a while, and then painted the fletchings, and the stone wall on the base of the one second from the left,  using Citadel Contrast "Basilicanum Grey". 

     Next, I applied some Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash on the quivers, bows, and hats. When that was dry, I painted their eyes (using Americana "Antique White" for the whites), and then did some extra highlighting on their skin using some Apple Barrel "Maple Sugar Tan" mixed with some Accent "Golden Oxide".  After that I highlighted the yellow hats with Americana "Primary Yellow", and the green hats with Americana "Avocado"

          I then highlighted the red kilts with a little Ceramcoat "Opaque Red" and highlighted the quivers and wrist guards with some Americana "Mississippi Mud".  After that I painted the tips of the bows with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey" and  I painted the bases with Americana "Mississippi Mud".
     I let all the figures dry overnight and the next day I gave them a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the bases.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed them with Testor's "Dullcote". 

 Here they are formed up in a unit with my Goblin Archers from past Kickstarters.

     Being Goblin, I didn't put a lot of effort in to these guys, and I think they turned out okay.  When grouped with their fellow archers I think the unit looks good.  I was very pleased  that the "Snakebite Leather" Contrast paint was such a good match for the skin color I had used in the past; it made painting these guys much easier.

Gremlins, Part 2: Bones 3 Figures

     This past week I again continued making my way through the last few figures I have from the Bones 3 Stoneskull Expansion, and painted the remaining 2 Gremlin figures.  There were 4 of them in the set, and I painted the first 2 back in October: Gremlins, Part 1.   This week I was frantically getting figures ready for a Cold Wars playtest game I was running at Friday's club meeting, (See: WotR Playtest) so I thought I'd work on the Gremlins since they were small simple figures to do.
      I prepped the figures in the usual way; soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added and then rinsing and drying.   I then glued them to 7/8" black-primed fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue.  I then glued the figures to a  tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue each.

   I began by painted the both entirely with Accent "Golden Oxide".  I then painted the lefthand one's clothing using Reaper MSP "Olive Skin Shadow" for his tunic, Americana "Neutral Grey" for his collar, and Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red" for his hat. Next, I did the righthand one's cloths, using Apple Barrel "Apple Black Green" for his collar, and the "Olive Skin Shadow" for his loin cloth.

     I then painted their pouches with Crafter's Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and the the knife handle and the righthand one's sling with Americana "Raw Umber".  After that, I painted the stone in the sling with Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey", the knife blade with Ceramcoat "Black", and their teeth with Americana "Bleached Sand".     I let the figures dry for a while, and then gave both of them an entire wash with Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.

     When the wash was dry, I painted their eyes, and then highlighted their teeth with Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White".  I then highlighted their skin with Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan".   Next, I highlighted the clothing on the lefthand one using; Crafter's Acrylic "Orange Spice" for his hat, Duncan "Sate Grey" for his collar, and Reaper MSP 'Olive Skin" for his tunic. On the righthand one, I used; the "Olive Skin" on his loin cloth, and totally forgot to do highlights on his collar!     I then highlighted the pouches with Folk Art "Teddy Bear Brown", and the sling with Americana "Light Cinnamon".   Finally I painted the knife, belt buckle, and knee armor on the lefthand one with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey".
     Lastly, I painted the the bases with Americana "Mississippi Mud".
     I let the figures dry overnight and the next day I gave them a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the bases.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed  with Testor's Dullcote". 

     I'm generally happy with these guys, though you can tell they were a side project while working on other stuff; as I realized when I saw the photos that I had totally forgot to highlight the righthand one's collar, and apparently forgot to paint the back of the knife blade with the "Gunmetal"!  I may go back and fix these, or because these guys are so wee, I just may leave them as is, and assume no one will probably ever notice.
     At this point, all I have left from the Stoneskull Expansion are the Kobolds, and the Behir.  (I traded off the Naga and Flesh Golem, as I just weren't fans of those figures.)  I'm glad I'm getting near the end, as Reaper announced Friday that the last Bones 4 shipping container is on the water from China, and expected early March; with shipping possible as early as mid March.

Goblin Honor Guard Drummer, Converted to Chieftain: Bones 3 Figure

    This past week I painted the Drummer which comes with the  Goblin Honor Guard, and was part of the Bones 3 "Ogre Command" add-on set.  I picked this figure up in a trade, as there was something about it that I thought would make it a good candidate to convert into a Goblin Leader of some sort.
   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.

(Photo from Reaper online store)

      I forgot to take a "before" photo, so above is one from the Reaper online store to show what it looked like originally.    I first sliced off the mallet in his left hand.  Then I cut his right arm at the shoulder and elbow and trimmed and then superglued them so that it would (hopefully) look like he was using his scepter to point.  I then glued the figure to a black-primed 1" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then placed the figure in my painting grip. 

          I began by giving the figure a wash with Reaper MSP "Brown Liner".  It was at that point I finally decided that it bothered me enough how un-chieftain he looked like to do something about it, and make him look more like an important goblin Bigwig!  So I took the time to make him a greenstuff cape and a crown.    I let those dry overnight, and then got back to painting.

     I first painted all their skin with Accent "Golden Oxide"; and when that was dry I painted a shirt on the top guy (he isn't really sculpted with one) using Crafter's Acrylic "Purple Passion".  I then painted his loin cloth with Anita's "Burnt Sienna", and the under-Goblin's loincloth with Ceramcoat "Territorial Beige".

     Next, I painted the wooden platform with Americana "Mississippi Mud", and then the Chief's shoes with Americana "Light Cinnamon".  I then painted the under-Goblin's shoes with Crafter's Acrylic "Cinnamon Brown", and the Chief's scepter handle with Folk Art "Barnyard Red".  After that, I painted the Chief's cape with Americana "Bittersweet Chocolate", and the crown and scepter skull with Accent "Golden Harvest".

        I then painted edging on his shirt with Ceramcoat "Opaque Red",  and then painted the "saddle" with Ceramcoat "Black".  Next, I painted the skulls on the "saddle" with Apple Barrel "Yellow", and then did his scepter skull and crown with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".    I gave everything a chance to dry, and then gave the entire figure a wash with Citadel "Agrax Earthshade"
     When the wash was dry, I painted their eyes, and then highlighted their skin with a mix of the base "Golden Oxide" with some Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan".

     Next, I highlighted the Chief's shirt with some Apple Barrel "Apple Lavender", mixed with some of the base "Purple Passion".  I then highlighted the shirt's edging with the base "Opaque Red", and his loin cloth with Americana "Georgia Clay".   After that, I highlighted the under-Goblin's loincloth with Americana "Khaki Tan", and then highlighted their shoes; Chief's with Americana "Sable Brown", and under-Goblin's with Folk Art "Teddy Bear Brown".  I then highlighted the skulls on the "saddle" with Crafter's Acrylic "Daffodil Yellow", and the "saddle" itself with Americana "Zinc".  Lastly, I painted the nails in the platform with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and then painted the figure's integral base with the "Bittersweet Chocolate".
     I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.    Then, when  the varnish was dry, I used some white glue to flock the base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's Dullcote".

     I'm really happy with how this duo turned out!   Not a great conversion; I still don't think he looks like an important enough Grand-Poobah Goblin.  But for a quick job, that gets the figure tabletop ready, I'm very pleased.

Gremlins: Bones 3 figures

   This past weekend was our club's 2-day regional gaming con, BARRAGE; so knowing I'd be involved in a lot of work for that, I picked something really easy, and selected half the Gremlins set from the Bones 3 Stoneskull Expansion.  
    To me, these guys looked very similar to the Pathfinder Goblins, that I had painted back in 2014 to be Snow Goblins.  So I thought I'd paint these the same way, to be Snow Goblin kids; and mount 2 to a base, then mix them in with the regular Snow Goblin force.
      I prepped the figures in the usual way; soaking them in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying them.   I then glued the pair of figures to a white-primed 1" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then placed them in my painting grip.

  I began by giving the figure a wash with Reaper MSP "Blue Liner"; and when that was dry, I painted both of the figures with  Reaper MSP "Frosty Blue".  When that was dry, I gave the figures a wash with Iron Wind Metals "Medium Blue" Ink.

     When the ink was dry, I painted the under tunic on the one on the left below with Crafter's Acrylic "Ornage Spice, his over shirt with Duncan "Olive Green", and his collar with Folk Art "Porcelain White".  The one on the right I painted with Reaper MSP "Olive Skin" for the under tunic, Americana "Light Cinnamon" for the backpack, and Apple Barrel "Apple Maple Syrup" for the collar.

     I then painted the teeth and the string on the left ones back with Americana "Light Antique White", the knife handles with Americana "Mississippi Mud", and the blades with Americana "Zinc".  Around the back, I painted the pouch on  the lefthand one with the Light Cinnamon".   Then, when everything was dry, I gave the clothes and wepaons a wash with Citadel "Agrax Earthshade"wash.   I was as careful as I could be not to let it run onto the blue skin, except I applied small amounts to the eye sockets and mouth.

    After the wash had had time to dry, I went back and added highlights.  I began by highlighting the skin with the original "Frosty Blue".  This allowed me to cover any mistakes where wash, or the drybrushed white had gotten onto the blue. Next, I added eyes with the "Antique White", and then added black pupils. I also used  Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White to highlight the teeth and the rope on the back.  Next, I painted the eyepatch with Ceramcoat "Black". 
     Up next, I highlighted the collar on the left one with the base "Maple Sugar Tan", and the backpack, as well as the pouch on the righthand one, with  Americana "Sable Brown".   I then highlighted the collar on the right one with Folk Art "Barn Wood", the shirt with Americana "Jade Green" and the under-tunic with Crafter's Acrylic "Pure Pumpkin".   I highlighted the knife handles with the base "Mississippi Mud", and then painted the blades with with Folk Art Metallics "Gunmetal Grey", and then highlighted them with Ceramcoat "Metallic Silver"
    Lastly, I painted the base with Ceramcoat "Snow White".
     I let them sit overnight, and the next morning I gave them a coat of Americana "DuraClear Matte" varnish.   Later that afternoon I flocked their bases, using Woodland Scenics snow flocking.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed them with Testor's Dullcote".

Ma and Pa take the kids out for a little raiding trip!

     I'm happy with these little guys, and, as hoped, they proved to be an easy job to get painted up.