Mummy Captain: Figure 157 of 265

     This week I finished up the Mummy Captain figure from the "Who's Your Mummy set.  This leaves me only one more mummy to paint from this set.  I figured I'd paint this one the same way I had been doing the other ones; but since this was a more impressive looking mummy, I thought I would make his bandages a whiter color to reflect perhaps better preservation or better materials used for his mummification.
      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.  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 all the bandages on the figure with  DecoArt "Light Antique White".   I then painted any exposed skin with Folk Art "Poppy Seed".

      Next, I painted the loin cloth, and head cloth with Americana "True Blue" .    I then painted the top of the headdress, and the hangings on each side of the headdress, as well as some of the decorations on the loin cloth, with Folk Art "Deep Tomato Red".  The handgrips on his weapons I painted Americana "Asphaltum".

     I followed with panting his weapons, collar piece, and assorted decorative adornments with Cermacoat "Bronze.  I then took some Reaper "Surf Aqua" and dabbed some areas of corrosion on to the weapons and the collar piece.

      When all the paint had had time to dry, I gave the entire figure a wash with  GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash, using a wet brush.

     When the wash had had time to dry, I started work on the highlights.   First, I added simple dot eyes with Americana "Olive Green" , but I found the sockets were too deep to really see the almost neon-green color of the paint.  So, I adde a drop of Iron Wind Metals "Mid Green" Ink (which also, is almost a neon green)to each socket. This seemd to brighten up the eye sockets a bit, and give them more of that glowing look.
       I then highlighted the skin with the base "Poppy Seed", and I highlighted the wrappings with the base "Light Antique White".   I highlighted the blue areas with the base "True Blue", and the red parts with the base "Deep Tomato Red".   The decorations that I intended to be gold, that I had painted with the "Bronze",  I highlighted with Ceramcoat "14K Gold". I didn't do the scythe or the collar piece as I was trying to distinguish between  functional items that were actually bronze, and ornamental items that were made of gold.   Lastly, I painted the figure's white integral base with Ceramcoat Walnut.
     After everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  That afternoon I gave the base a coat of Elmer's white glue, and dunked it in a sand mixture.   When the sand had dried, I gave it a coat of the "Walnut" paint that I had heavily thinned.  When this was dry, I drybrurshed the sand with first, Americana "Khaki Tan", an then Americana "Buttermilk".  I then added a little tuft of off-white grass to the base. That evening I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

    I'm really happy with how this fellow turned out.   My favorite of the mummies I've done so far.

Figure 157 of 265: Complete

Mind Eater: Bones II Figure

  This week I also completed the Mind Eater from the Bones II Dungeon Monsters set.  It's called an Intellect Devourer in my old D & D Monster Manual.  While I didn't see myself having much use for it as a 28mm monster, I thought a pair of them would look pretty cool as marauding Giant Mind Eaters to go with my 10mm "Bear Yourselves Valiantly" fantasy armies.  I was lucky enough to have a friend who was willing to give me the one from their set.  So, 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.  Then, I glued them to a black-primed standard 3" x 1.5" BYV  sized metal base with Aleene's Tacky glue.

   I began by paitning the brain-like top portion with Americana "Shading Flesh", and the bottom legs with Americana "Zinc".

   When the paint was dry, I gave both figures a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush.

     When the wash was dry, I highlight the top portion by drybrushing with the base "Shading Flesh", and I highlighted the bottom portion by first drybrushing with the base "Zinc", and then doing finer drybrushing on the leg edges with Duncan "Slate Grey".
       I let the figures sit overnight, and the next morning I gave them a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Later that afternoon I flocked the base. The next morning I sprayed the stand with Testor's "Dullcote" spray varnish.

    I'm happy with how this base of monsters turned out.  I think it will be a fun unit to deploy; perhaps as wandering monsters in the middle of a battle..

A unit of 10mm Wood Elves finds themselves visualizing all sorts of unpleasant things when faced with these unsightly terrors! 

Finari, Female Paladin: Figure 156 of 265

     This week I completed Finari, the Female Paladin, from the Klocke Classics set.  This is the last figure from the set, so it joins the list of completed sets over on the right-hand column of the blog. I'm glad to put these figures behind me, as I found their delicate, detail-filled, sculpts to be intimidating. Sometimes I miss the fantasy figures of the 80's; with just a tunic (or suit of armor), pants, belt, perhaps a pouch, boots, and weapon. :)
       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.   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 painting by giving her a wash with thinned black ink with a tiny pin-point drop of dishsoap added to help it flow into the crevices and help show the sculpting outlines.

     When the ink was dry,  and I studied the sculpt, I realized I probably hadn't needed to have inked the figure as she appeared to be dressed mostly in armor.  So, I painted her body Black, and when the Black was dry I drybrushed the figure with Ceramcoat "Metallic Pewter".  I then went over this with a lighter drybrushing of Folk Art "Silver Sterling".

     I then painted her tights, or leotard, or pants...whatever it is she's wearing on her bottom half, with Apple Barrel "Yellow". Next, I did the waist hangings in GW "Blazing Orange", and her corset-like vest with Accent "Mustard Seed".

     I painted the interior of the shield with Crafters Edition "Spice Brown", then painted her belt, shield grips and sword grip with Accent "Real Umber".  I painted her skin with Apple Barrel "Apple Flesh", and her hair with Folk Art "True Burgundy".

   When the paint had had time to dry, I gave all the non metallic parts a wash with Winsor Newton "Peat Brown" ink using a wet brush.  While the ink was drying, I worked on the shield, painting the outer section with the "Yellow", then painting the rim and center section with Ceramcoat "Bronze", then painting the cross with Folk Art "Deep Tomato Red".  When that had had time to dry, I gave it a wash as well with the "Peat Brown" ink using a wet brush.

     When the ink was dry, I did highlights on her pants, and her shield with the base Yellow".  I then did highlights on her waist hangings with first the base "Blazing Orange", and then with Americana "Tangerine".  I highlighted the vest/corset thing with the base "Mustard Seed".  And I did highlights on the cross on the shield with the base "Deep Tomato Red".
     I then drybrushed her hair with Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna", and then did lighter highlights on the hair with GW "Tanned Flesh".  I then painted her eyes, and did her lips with the "Tanned Flesh", adding lip highlights with a bit of the "Tanned Flesh" mixed with White.  Her lips are very poorly molded right were her face meets her armor and were very hard to get right.  I followed up with doing highlights on her skin with the base "Apple Flesh", and then added a little White to do finer highlights.

     Next, I painted her sword hilt, and the crosses on her armor, with the "Bronze.  When the bronze was dry, I went back and did highlights on all the bronze parts with Cermacoat "14K Gold", including the shield.  I then did specific highlights on the armor with the "Silver Sterling".   Lastly, I painted the white base with Ceramcoat "Walnut"
      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.   The next day I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

     I'm very pleased with how this figure turned out; and am glad to end this set on a high note, as I don't feel I really did some of the other Klocke Classics figures justice.

Great Deal on Home Depot Craft Paint Set

I just want to let folks know that Home Depot home improvement stores are currently selling 24 bottle sets of DecoArt acrylic craft paint for $9.98.    Not a bad deal if, like me, you like using craft paint on you minis. And, it provided me with a lot of interesting colors that I probably never would have picked out on my own.

Large Water Elemental: Bones II Figure

  This week I also completed the Large Water Elemental from the Bones II Water Elementals Add-On Option.
       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.   I then glued the figure to a 2" brown-primed (It was brown because it was left over from another project and was the only washer I had on hand that would fit this large figure.) fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue. I didn't need to glue the washer to a tongue depressor as it was big enough to hold easily in my hand while painting.

     I began by giving the whole figure a wash with Iron Wind Metals "Deep Turquoise" ink applied liberally with a very wet brush.

     When the ink was dry, I drybrushed the entire figure with Americana "Salem Blue".

     I then dry brushed the figure with White, trying mainly to hit the edges and tips of the waves.

     After the figure had overnight to dry,  I gave it a coat of Americana "DuraClear Gloss" Varnish.  When this was dry, I flocked the base.  I let the flock dry, and then I painted some of the DuraClear Gloss" Varnish on the flock immediately around the figure to give the impression of a wet area on the ground around the elemental.

    I'm really pleased with how this figure turned out.  I think the watery look really comes across.

Astrid, Female Bard: Figure 155 of 265

    This week I painted Astrid, Female Bard from the Klocke Classics Set.  Only one more from this set left to do. (Yay!)  This is an odd figure, seeming almost fifty percent 80's/90s glam rock-star and fifty percent actual fantasy-age  bard.  Having recently seen a trailer for the upcoming live-action Jem and the Holograms movie, I decided to paint her a little more towards the 80's/90's rock star.
     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.   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 forgot to take a starter picture of the unpainted figure.   I began painting by giving her a wash with thinned black ink with a tiny pin-point drop of dishsoap added to help it flow into the crevices and help show the sculpting outlines.  When the ink was dry, I painted her outfit, guitar(?), and part of her boots with Apple Barrel "Apple Light Pink".   When that was dry, I gave the pink parts a wash with Iron Wind Metals "Red" ink using a wet brush.  When the ink was dry, I drybrushed the pink parts with the base "Apple Light Pink".  I then painted the front-piece to her outfit, scabbard, and the rest of her boots with Anita's "Violet".

     I then painted her skin with Americana "Mocha".   I next painted the  sword hilt and her backpacks with Americana "Zinc", and the strings on her instrument with Folk Art "Platinum Grey". The scrolls (sheet music?) in the upper backpack I painted with Apple Barrel "Apple Parchment". Her belts and straps I painted with GW "Liche Purple"

     I painted her hair with Folk Art "Dark Brown"; and when everything was good and dry, I gave her skin, hair, and the grey parts a wash with Winsor-Newton "Peat Brown" ink using a wet brush.  I then thinned some of the ink a little and went over the purple parts also.

     When the ink was good and dry, I drybrushed her hair with Americana "Sable Brown".  I realized at this point that I had missed an elvish ear sticking out of the hair, so I painted that with the "Mocha", and when dry put a little of the "Peat Brown" ink on it.  Next, I painted her eyes.  I had wanted to do a big pink or purple star over one of her eyes, but I had had a little trouble doing the eyes in the first place,  and the way her head was tilted down and the hair hung in front of her face, made me decided to stop while I was ahead.  I painted her lips with Americana "Shading Flesh", and then mixed a little White in to do lip highlights.  I then did highlights on all her skin using the base "Mocha", then I added a little white to the"Mocha" and did some finer highlights.  I added a section of purple to the guitar using the "Violet".  I then added some Apple Barrel "Lavender" to the "Violet" and did highlights on all the purple parts.  I used Ceramcoat "Bronze" to paint some of the  smaller instrument parts and some decorations on her sleeves.  I then went back and added highlights to these with Cermacoat "14K Gold".  Lastly, I painted the white base with Ceramcoat "Walnut".
      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.   The next day I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

   I'm pleased with how she came out, though I think in general it is a silly figure.  

Figure 155 of 265: Complete

Bone Fiend: Bones II Figure

     This week I painted the Bone Fiend figure from the Bones II Savage Worlds Set.  When I picked out this figure to paint, I decided that I wanted to do something different than the same old skeleton paint job.  I went back and forth between ideas like glowing green perhaps, or a black obsidian look, or something else.  Than as I was looking at this figure something about it suggested leaping tongues of flame, and I got the idea in my head to paint it like fire.  That would be cool, right?
       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.   I then glued the figure to a 1.5" 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 figure all black.  When the black was dry I drybrushed he figure with, first, Folk Art "Dark Brown", and then Apple Barrel "Burnt Sienna".

    I then drybrushed Folk Art "Deep Tomato Red", followed with GW "Blood Red".

Next, I used GW   "Blazing Orange" and Americana "Tangerine"

I finished up with drybrushing Apple Barrel "Yellow" and Apple Barrel "Lemon Chiffon".  I really wasn't happy with the results. It looked a muddy mess, so I went back to the lighter colors and dabbed some more on.  Then I thought maybe I had gotten off on the wrong foot by starting with brown shades, so I went back and dabbed in some Americana "Cranberry Wine" to try and cover the browns...then some more of the lighter colors.  Oh, well.
   I let the figure sit all day, and that evening I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  The next morning I flocked the figure and that afternoon gave it a coat of Testor's "Dullcote" spray varnish.

  Well, I consider this a failed experiment.   I'm not sure if the fact it's not shaped like fire is part of the problem, or my starting off with browns was the wrong way to go...  Anyhow, there's many more figures for me to get to, so we can't linger too long on ones I'm unhappy with.