Over the weekend I completed the Halfling Rogue figure from the 30 New Bones set. By unofficial count I am only 6 figures away from completing this large set. And three figures away from reaching the 100 figure milestone!
I began my preparation in the usual way; soaking him in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish soap added, then giving him a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying. I glued the figure to a 7/8" black-primed fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and glued the washer to half a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's White Glue. When the glue holding him to the tongue depressor was dry, I gave the figure a light wash with some heavily thinned black ink with a pinhead of dish soap added to help delineate the belts, straps, clothing, etc. on the figure. As I have said before, I really have trouble seeing the details on these bright white Bones when I am holding them under my bright painting lamp.
I began painting him with doing his face and hands with Americana "Shading Flesh". I then painted his tunic with Accent Mustard Seed, and his pants with DecoArt "Cinnamon Brown" I completed his clothing with painting his cloak Folk Art "Poppy Seed" and his ankle and wrist braces with Folk Art "Medium Gray".
Next, I painted his belts with Accent "Real Umber", and his scabbard with Anita's "Burnt Sienna". His hair, both on his head and on his feet, I painted Americana "Asphaltum".
I painted in his eyes, then moved to the metal bits, painting all the buckles, buttons, studs, and his sword with Folk Art "Silver Sterling". The grip of the sword I painted Americana "Charcoal Gray".
I let everything dry for a couple hours, and then came back and gave the figure a wash with thinned GW "Devlan Mud" wash. After the wash dried, I went back and added highlights to his skin and clothing with the original base colors. I then let the figure sit overnight, and then gave it a coat of Cermacoat "Matte Varnish". When this had dried, I then flocked the figure's base. The next day I sprayed it with Testor's "Dullcote" spray paint.
I'm satisfied with the figure, but can't say as it was particularly exciting or challenging to paint. A nice one to add to the collection though.
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Great work, as always! I think the earth tones work well for halflings, in particular (given their "close to the earth" ways). I haven't gotten to the Half-Size Heroes set from Bones I just yet, but I'm looking forward to the gnomes in particular.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yes, I agree about the earth tones. My concern was that I didn't want him to end up looking like a wood elf with a lot of browns and greens, so I tried to lean more towards browns, grays, and yellows.
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