6 posts tagged “reaper”
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.
I am so late on this but my partner was understanding.
I believe I have explained how a mini exchange works previously but I'll summarize here. You sign up, you get a name, you paint a mini, you send it off. Someone else paints a mini and sends it to you. Fun all around.
I like to research what the person receiving my mini prefers. I do this by searching the forum for things they've posted or commented upon. Normally they give some guidance when they sign up (elves, females, etc.) but I like to do my own research too.
This time around I was paired with someone who only likes display minis. This means they're part of a diorama of some kind and not meant for game play. Hmmm....
I picked up a couple of the cheap wooden bases at the hobby store and started stacking blocks. I came up with a spiral staircase on a round base. The mini is a wizard walking down stairs. Of course, the stairs weren't the same height as the ones I made but that can be worked around. I mangled my first attempt at getting him off his integral base and my friend Erin took pity on me and sent me one already de-based.
So he's walking down the stairs on one side of the diorama. I needed something to fill the space on the other side. Meet Mr. Rat.
For the full effect, have a look at the 360 degree 'movie' I made.
Oh - the lantern is from an adventuring accessories pack and the hanger was made by my friends Abaroth and KeeblerOrc with their fun laser cutter. That's actually a candle holder but I didn't put that part on it. I needed a lantern hook.
I did more than just these tonight but I didn't get pictures of one thing and the other isn't quite all together yet. So you're stuck with my WIP shots.
I coordinated an army round-robin kind of thing. For those who signed up, here's how it is going. The first person sends out four minis to each person in the round along with a color scheme. Each person has two months to paint them and send them back. Then the next person does the same thing and so on. This one takes more of a time commitment than a simple single miniature to be done in two months. *
These are from a Reaper Warlord Darkspawn army. I'm not familiar with this army so I was at a loss as to how to paint them correctly. I got some great advice from my buddy Shakandra so I have a much better idea of how to make these look right.
The fluff said they had either violet or purple skin. I can't remember right now. But the color scheme for this army is flame red so I needed to make the skin not clash. That's why the subtle.
The skin color uses undercoating. That means I put a coat of purple down and the brought the skin tones up on top of it. That tints the skin colors without having to mix the purple into every layer. I like this. It's my newest favorite technique.
The hair isn't finished. That's just the base coat. I'm going to take it up to a very light cream white so that vivid marigold is only in the deep shadows. That's another technique I'm liking but still practicing.
Once skin and hair are complete it's on to armor. Armor will be a neutral because of all the colors on there already. And I'm tempted to use my 'bad guy' leather colors. I found that using the tanned skin colors really creep me out when used for anything but skin. However using them for leather on the bad guy figures just makes them that much badder, in my opinion.
Howdy! I haven't introduced myself yet because I haven't had anything to show.
I just posted a big ol' post on my blog about my latest project. It has pictures and everything.
Here's a teaser:
To give you an idea of scale. The stone piece is a 3 inch diameter circle. The figure is in what they call '28mm scale' which means it is supposed to be 28mm from feet to eyes. A quarter will come to about the middle of his chest, if that. So it is kind of 1:60 scale.
I do like working in 1:12 and 1:6 but right now I'm doing a lot in the 1:60 size. Pretty much all of my current projects are on my blog but I hope to get back to the larger stuff in the near future so I can share it here.
FYI - the stonework is from molds by a company called Hirst Arts (and/or Castlemolds). They're like Lego for castles. Way addicting. And the miniatures (both wizard and Mr. Rat) are from Reaper Miniatures. Wonderful products and the best bunch of people you could hope to meet.
So I hope I've introduced myself properly and showed off the latest projects.
Yes, I know that they aren't shop girls any more but this is a fantasy game and I can call them whatever I want!
Anyhoo...
She's done except for her coats of varnish. A quick paint job but an effective one I like to think. She'll look quite nice behind the counter of the shop.
