4 posts tagged “army”
I'm posting the progress of my elf army over on the Reaper Miniatures discussion forum because, well, they're Reaper miniatures, they're for a Reaper game, and it's fun.
I posted a quick update stating that I had used epoxy putty (green stuff) to mount the one-piece figures and since they didn't really look any different they could use their imagination.
And there's always one.
A very jovial post said that my loyal fans demanded pictures of the green stuff. Never one to disappoint, here's what they got.
But arranging the figures did show that one of the fairies had a wing malfunction. The giant eagle fell over after I took the original picture and clipped one of the wings. I can repair it while working on the rest of the figures. Better now than later!
So all the figures in this picture are ready for primer. Let's see if the weather cooperates this weekend.
No, it doesn't have a name yet. It's going by the clever code name 'elf army',
Here's the combination of primed and unprimed minis. I didn't get to filling in the gaps last night so that's something to do before moving on. Some of the unprimed ones are single cast (no assembly needed) so I can prime those whilst working on the others.
These are the elves that started it all. Mostly grunts there's a sergeant and a warlord in there somewhere. And I think a cleric. They kind of blur together when they're all in one place.
Got the reds pretty much done and started on the metallics. At least, figured out what will be silver and what will be gold and got the silver started.
Metals will be a combination of silver and gold. Technically both are neutrals so I'm good with having them both on there. Then it's just cleanup and I can call them done.
Still working on these little guys. I did get an idea on how to paint what from someone else who suffered through painting them so I'm well on my way to being done.
For those who don't paint minis, red is one of the more difficult colors to paint. It just doesn't cover and then you have to be careful highlighting it so it doesn't go all pink on you. I stopped tonight after getting everything red I wanted red. Trying to do more would have been .. bad. As it is I have a little cleanup to do where red went places I didn't want red.
I'm saying 'red' a lot but that's because it was what I painted tonight.
Here's a better shot of the violet skin and stuff.
For those who want to know, you get a good deep red by painting it another color first. Red by itself doesn't cover very well so you end up with splotchy coverage. I painted all the red areas a rust brown that has fantastic coverage. Then the red only had to darken that. It's what we call "a trick of the trade".
The person who sent these want them done in what is called the Fire Triad. It goes through oranges and yellow. So I'll start bringing the highlights up to that yellow, probably starting tomorrow. Then it's just the metallics and some detailing, like the horns on some of them, buckles, etc.
The end is in sight.
