"Tormentor" Female Devil to Forest Guardian Faun-Queen Conversion and Paint: Bones 4 Core Figure

    This past week I painted the Female Devil figure from the Bones 4 Bedeviled group from the Core Set.   During the run of the Kickstarter, I had read on the Reaper Forum about folks who where considering the possibilities of  converting the larger Rulers of Hell figure set into some sort of Forest King and Queen creatures by removing their wings and skull iconography.   With the cloven hooves and horns I could see how easily this could be done.  And, while I didn't get that set, I did get the smaller sized Bedeviled group that came in the Core Set.  Looking at the female figure in that set, it seemed to me that she too would be an easy conversion to make into some sort of Faun-like Forest Creature.

   So, with figure in hand, I began.  I prepped the figure 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.
    The first conversion step I wanted to do was remove the trident-like weapon from her right hand.  Once removed, I replaced it with one of the spear/staff type weapons weapons from the Bones 3 Clear Armory of Virtue sprues.    I then glued the right arm into place using Gorilla Superglue Gel.

      The figure had three holes in her back; the top two for wings, and the bottom for her tail.  Next step was to fill these.

      So, using some 2-part epoxy putty greenstuff, I filled in the top two holes by sculpting in the missing hair; and I filled the bottom hole by sculpting her a more Faun-like tail.

     I then glued the figure to a black-primed 1.5" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, after trimming the base so it would fit. I then placed the figure in my painting grip.

      I began by painting all her skin above the waist with Reaper MSP "Tanned Shadow", and her legs with Americana "Light Cinnamon".  I then painted her loin cloth with Crafter's Acrylic "Forest Green", and the underside of her tail with Americana "Fawn".

     Next, I painted her hair with Accent "Real Umber", and her hooves with Vallejo "USA Olive Drab".  After that, I painted her belts and wrist wraps and guards with Accent "Mustard Seed", her staff with Ceramcoat "Walnut", and her horns with Folk Art "Barn Wood".

     I decided I wanted to add a little color to her loincloth, so I gave it a border with Apple Barrel "Yellow".  I then painted her belt buckle and fittings, as well as her wrist guard and the fittings on her staff, all with Folk Art Brushed Metal "Brushed Bronze".   I let everything dry for a while, and then I gave the entire figure (except the clear end of the staff) a wash with Citadel "Agrax Earthshade" wash.  When the wash was dry, I painted her eyes, and gave her some Folk Art "Metallic Emerald Green" eye shadow.  I then highlighted her skin with the base "Tanned Shadow" mixed with some Reaper MSP "Tanned Skin", and Reaper MSP "Tanned Highlight".

     I then highlighted her hair with some of the "Light Cinnamon", and then some Folk Art "Teddy Bear Brown"; and, next, I used these same two colors to highlight her legs.   After that, I highlighted her loin cloth with Folk Art "Hauser Green Medium", and the border with Crafter's Acrylic "Bright Yellow".  I then highlighted her tail and her horns with some Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White", and her hooves with a mix of some Americana "Mississippi Mud and the base "USA Olive Drab".   Next, I highlighted her belts and arm bands with some Accent Golden Oxide, and then a little of the "Golden Oxide mixed with some Ceramcoat "Maple Sugar Tan".  I wrapped up the highlighting by doing her staff with Folk Art "Dark Brown", and the metal fittings on her belt, staff, and her wrist guard with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  Lastly, I painted the head of the staff with Tamiya Color "Clear Green", and the whole figure 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".  After the Dullcote dried, I went back over the head of the staff with Americana "DuraClear Gloss Varnish".

     I really am pleased with how the conversion from demon to forest queen worked out on this, as well as the paint job.  And it was quite a nice sculpt to begin with as well.

     Be sure to tune in Thursday for another bonus post this week!

Rauthuros, Demon: Bones 1 Figure

    Many years ago, I think it was abut a year after the first Bones Kickstarter was delivered, I picked up the Rauthuros figure from the Bones 1 add-on Demons set in a gaming convention flea market.   I started working on it shortly after that, and for some reason it got set aside in favor of other projects.  It continued to sit in various states of being undone over the years, with me feeling guilty enough every now and then to pick it up and dab a little more paint on it.
     Anyhow, I recently picked it up once again, and since there really wasn't much left to do on it, I set about finishing it once and for all.  Sadly, any photos of the project, or notes n what colors I used along the way, have long since been left behind on my old computer.
     When I first washed and assembled it, I mounted it on a 3"x 1.5" inch base with the intent of using it as a super huge colossal  demon boss with my 10mm armies for the "Bear Yourselves Valiantly" mass combat fantasy rules.  I figured he would still be usable on this base for regular 28mm use as well.
   Anyway, here he is.  I figured I'd go ahead and post him for thoroughness sake, since he was a Bones Kickstarter figure.

That's an impressive inch wingspan he has!

And here he s terrorizing a unit of 10mm High Elves.

Damien, Hellborn Wizard: Figure 243 of 266

     This week I also painted Damien, Hellborn Wizard from the Dark Heroes set, which completes that set.  It now joins the list of completed sets over on the 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 it.  I then 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 giving the figure a wash with Reaper "Blue Liner" using a wet brush.  This was to help bring out the details so I could see them better.   When that was dry, I painted all his skin with Crafter's Acrylic "African Violet".  Next, I painted his pants with Crafter's Acrylic Cinnamon Brown, and then painted his coat with Ceramcoat "Opaque Red".

     Next, I painted his boots, coat interior, shoulders, and lapels, hair, belts and pouches, and what appear to be shirt cuffs? all with Black.  I then painted his staff with Folk Art "Gray Green", and the rock on top with Ceramcoat "Black Cherry".   After that, I painted his coat cuff strips, necklaces, buttons, and buckles all with Accent "Mustard Seed".  I then painted his horns with Folk Art "Cloudy Day".

        I went back and repainted his coat cuff stripes, necklaces, buttons, and buckles all with Ceramcoat "Bronze".  After that had a while to dry, I gave the entire figure a wash with Citadel "Nuln Oil" wash using a wet brush.   When the wash was dry, I painted his eyes, using the "Black Cherry" for the pupils, and then highlighted his skin with a mix of the African Violet and Apple Barrel "Apple Lavender".  

     Next, I highlighted his coat with the base "Opaque Red", and then highlighted his pants with Crafter's Edition "Spice Brown".  I drybrushed his boots, coat lapels, and shoulder pads, all with Americana "Zinc", and then highlighted his hair with Citadel "The Fang".  I then highlighted his staff by drybrushing it with the base "Gray Green", and then highlighted the rock with some Americana "Cranberry Wine".  I then highlighted his horns with some of the base "Cloudy Day" mixed with a little Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White".   After that I highlighted his coat cuff stripes, necklaces, buttons, and buckles all with Ceramcoat "14K Gold".  Lastly, I painted his base with Ceramcoat "Walnut".
     I let the figure dry over night and the next day I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish" and, when dry, flocked the base.  Another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor's Dullcote".

I'm happy with how the figure turned out.  I tried going with some bold color choices and in the end I think they worked.
     Next up I'll be starting the Iconics II Pathfinder Miniatures set.

Figure 243 of 266: Complete

Vaeloth, Hellborn Paladin: Figure 191 of 266

     Before getting into today's blog entry, I wanted to take care of a little bit of bookkeeping.  It always bothered me a little, after trading my "Bones I" Griffon figure away at Historicon '13 (See notations on figure total amounts on the top right column), that I wouldn't in fact end up painting all the "Bones I" Kickstarter figures; since I no longer owned that one figure. So, I finally rectified that problem over the holidays, and ordered a new Bones Griffon from Reaper.  I am now adding this figure back into the count, so my new total for this blog will be 266 figures.  These changes have been marked over in the top of the right hand column, and will be reflected in the figure countdown in each new figure article's title.
     Now, back to our regularly scheduled blogging! :)
    This week I continued to work on the Bedevilled set, and painted the Vaeloth, Hellborn Paladin figure.  Since I did the ice-devil blue-themed paint scheme on last week's figure, I though I would go for a more conventional red fire-themed paint job on this week's.
     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.  I then 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 all the armor Black, and then when it was dry, drybrushing it with  Ceramcoat "Bronze".  I then drybrushed highlights with Cermacoat "14K Gold".

    I then repainted the garments under the armor, and the wolfskin cape hanging on his back, using Black; to cover areas where the metallic drybrushing had gotten onto parts I didn't want it. Afterwards, I drybrushed the wolf skin with Americana "Neutral Grey", followed by Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey".  I then added spot highlights with Folk Art "Platinum Grey".  Next, I painted the Wolf's nose and the top of his muzzle with Black.

     Next, I did highlights on all the black garments and straps using first GW "Shadow Grey", and then lighter highlights with Folk Art "Settler's Blue".   I painted the shield Black, and then painted his head and tail with Reaper MSP Bones "Cinnamon Red".

    I then went to work on the shield.  I thought the shape of the shield's top was somewhat reminiscent of flames, so I wanted to carry that image through on the shield's motif itself.   I began by painting the outer edge of the flames, almost filing the shield, using Folk Art "True Burgundy".  I then worked inward towards the center of the flame with this succession of colors: Crafter's Acrylic "Deep Red", Crafter's Acrylic "Orange Spice", Crafter's Acrylic "Pure Pumpkin, Americana "Tangerine", Apple Barrel "Yellow", Crafter's Acrylic "Daffodil Yellow", and lastly a small center of White.  While I had the "Pure Pumpkin open, I also used it to paint the figure's base.

     My next step was to give the face and tail a wash with Winsor-Newton "Peat Brown" ink using a wet brush.  I then painted his hair Black, and when it was dry, I drybrushed it with the "Shadow Grey", followed by the "Settlers Blue".  After that, I painted his horns and the sword grip with Americana "Charcoal Grey", and did highlights on them both with Americana "Mississippi Mud".   I then painted his eyes, giving them "Deep Red" pupils; and I also, at this time, painted the wolf's eyes with the "Deep Red" as well.  I then painted the figure's teeth White, and did small highlight dots on the wolf's eyes with the White while I had it out.  Next, I highlighted the figure's head and tail, first with Folk Art "Deep Tomato Red", and then some finer highlights with the "Orange Spice".
        Next, I painted the sword blade with Folk Art "Gunmetal Grey". I then painted the top of the shield and the metal on the sword hilt with Ceramcoat "Bronze".   I then went back and highlighted the sword blade with Folk Art "Silver Sterling", and then did highlights on the shield top and sword hilt with Cermacoat "14K Gold".
      When everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Then, the following day, I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.      Later that evening,  I painted over the section of base I had earlier painted "Pure Pumpkin", with Distress "Black Soot" crackle paint.  I also, while the crackle paint was still wet, put a piece of black gravel in the wet paint to look like a large chunk of volcanic rock.  I set this aside for a day for the crackle paint to dry.  When it had dried, I very lightly drybrushed it with the "Tangerine" paint.

          I'm very pleased with how this fellow turned out, and especially like the effect the black crackle paint had over the bright orange paint on the base.

Figure 191 of 266: Complete

Sinessa, Hellborn Sorceress: Figure 190 of 265

     This week I found time to start the Bedeviled Set, and completed Sinessa, Hellborn Sorceress.  When I was looking at the figure and considering how I wanted to paint her, I thought she might work good as some kind of ice demon for my Frostgrave games, so I decided to paint her in a more wintery paint scheme.  I also thought I would experiment with the techniques for making ice bases written my MonkeySloth on the Reaper forums: Ice Base Tutorial .
    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.  I then glued the figure to a white-primed 1" fender washers 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 all the skin with Crafter's Acrylic "Cool Blue".  When it was dry, I gave it a wash with Iron Wind Metals "Mid Blue" Ink using a wet brush.   I then painted her horns with GW "Shadow Grey", and her hair with Americana "Neutral Grey".

     Next, I painted her spear with Americana "Buttermilk", and when it was dry, I gave it a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash using a wet brush. I then painted her skirt and collar with Crafter's Acrylic "Navy Blue".

     Then, when the wash on her spear was dry, I drybrushed it with Crafter's Acrylic "Light Antique White".  Then I painted the top of the spearhead with GW "Ice Blue".  I also used the "Ice Blue" to paint a section of the base.  Next, I did highlights on her hair; first with Folk Art "Platinum Grey", and then with "White". I then also drybrushed the spearhead with white as well.   I then did highlights on her horns with Folk Art "Settlers Blue".

     Next, I painted her eyes, doing her pupils with Americana "True Blue". I then highlighted all her skin with the base "Cool Blue".  I then did highlights on her skirts and collar with my new bottle of Reaper MSP Bones "Tropical Blue", that I had received as a freebie during their 12 Days of Christmas promotion.    I also used the "Tropical Blue" to paint the sleeves under her arm guards, and her shoes.  When dry, I painted over the "Tropical Blue" arm guard sleeves and shoes with Folk Art "Metallic Blue Sapphire".  I next used Ceramcoat "Bronze to paint all her armor, and when this was dry, I highlighted it with Ceramcaot "14K Gold".
      When everything had overnight to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish".  Then, the following day, I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.      Later that evening, I gave her spearhead a couple coats of Americana "DuraClear Gloss Varnish" to make it look more ice-like.  I also painted over the section of base I had earlier painted "Ice Blue", with Distress "Rock Candy" crackle paint.  I also, while the crackle paint was still wet, put a hunk of dried "Rock Candy" paint* in the wet paint to look like a large chunk of ice.  I set this aside for a couple days for the crackle paint to dry.
     When it had dried, I drybrushed it with White paint.   I also, at this point, decided I wanted to make the spearhead look a bit more icy, so I added some Woodland Scenics "Water Effects" to the tips.  The next day, I flocked the base with Woodland Scenics "Snow" flock.

Water Effects added to spearhead.

     I'm very happy with how the figure turned out.  I think she looks suitably frosty to be some sort of ice demon.  I'm also happy to have reached the point where I can start the minus 10 countdown to 200 figures completed.

Figure 190 of 265: Complete


    * Several weeks ago, I had poured an eighth of an inch of the "Rock Candy" paint into a small plastic cup, and let it dry.  When it had dried, I was able to crack it up into many little ice-like chunks.