With the one year anniversary for my Bones painting efforts looming just over the horizon in June, I am making a big attempt to reach the 100 figure mark before that one year comes to pass. So, I am trying to work on the multiple figure sets like the Goblins I just completed, and now the Kobolds, in order to help boost my numbers. I am also going to try and do two entries a week, like I did last week, one on Monday and one on Thursday.
So this week, I completed my first three of the Kobolds. I began in the usual way, with soaking them in some water with a little dish soap added, and then giving them a light scrub with a soft toothbrush and then rinsing them. When dry, I sprayed them with Krylon Flat Black Camouflage with Fusion spray paint, and when dry, glued them to black-primed 7/8" fender washers with Aleene's Tacky glue. I then glued the washers to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's white glue.
I began by consulting my old trusty D & D Monster Manual, to see how they described Kobolds. The manual said that they were, "...a very dark rusty brown, to a rusty black." So, to start I applied a coat of Folk Art "Barnyard Red" to the figures to get the "rusty" look. Next, I worked on their clothing, painting their loin cloths Accent "Real Umber", and the rest of the clothing Accent "Mustard Seed".
Next, I painted all their assorted straps Americana "Mississippi Mud". The back of the shield I painted DecoArt Cinnamon Brown"; and the shield handle and any pouches they were wearing I painted Americana "Asphaltum". For the front of the shield, I used Americana "Cadmium Red". I then moved to painting the spear shafts Folk Art "Barn Wood", and the rope binding on the spears with Americana "Sable Brown". I wrapped up the non-metallics on he figures by painting their horns with Americana "Khaki Tan", and the skull belt buckle, with Americana "Buttermilk".
Now I painted the stonework bases with Folk Art "Medium Gray". Then I did all the metal bits; sword, spear points, armor, studs and buckle, with Cearmcoat "Metallic Pewter".
After all the paint had a while to dry, I gave the figures a wash with thinned Vallejo "Black" ink.
I then went back and gave the figures' skin and clothing highlights with the base colors I had used. I then painted black noses on the Kobolds, and "Cadmium Red" dots for eyes. I also used the "Buttermilk" for their teeth. The weapon edges I gave highlights with Folk Art "Silver Sterling". After everything had time to dry thoroughly, I gave the figures a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish". When this was dry, I flocked the bases. After the bases had overnight to dry, I sprayed the figures with Testor's "Dullcote".
I'm pleased with how these turned out. They are nice simple little figures to work on.
Figures 75-77: Complete
Nice but I am not sure about the black ink wash...On the picture it looks took dark. What about the ever usefull Delvan Mud?
ReplyDeleteWell, yeah, they turned out a little darker than I had wanted. I was trying to go for the "rusty black" color as mentioned in the Monster Manual. I don't think I thinned the black ink enough.. On the ones I'm working on now I plan to use thinner ink. I didn't use a brownish ink like Devlan Mud because, as I mentioned, I wanted a blackish look.
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