[Miniatures] Dog's Bones - 2018 ->Dec 18th - Animals

ced1106 · Aug 18, 2013

Agreed on the wash. I like QuickShade Inks (eye droppers) washes. The brown Strong Tone is the most versatile, but black Dark Tone is useful sometimes.

With Bones, I find applying a wash of Pledge Future Floor Wax (Amazon and Walmart) mixed with some runny AppleBarrel black craft paint REALLY helps find the details and mold lines.

Here's a pretty good tutorial for washes:
http://www.how-to-paint-miniatures.com/miniature_painting_washing.html

Some D&D Adventure mini's I primed white then washed black, then colored.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ced1106/media/Miniatures/IMG_0520_zps9407e7dd.jpg.html?sort=6&o=2

dogoftheunderworld · Aug 28, 2013

Fighters - good or bad?

Here are some big bold fighters. BBEG? Heroic PC? You decide!

dogoftheunderworld · Aug 30, 2013

Wizards' Turn

Now the Wizards get their turn...

tangleknot · Aug 30, 2013

Bottom wizard looks really good! However the top girl miniature could probobly use a few washes to bring out her hair and shoes.

Many of the miniatures look "grainy." I've had this happen before when I used cheap spray can primer, and the nozzle just sputtered the paint out. - maybe the reason? or it could just be the photograph...

BTW are you using a sealant like matt or semi gloss finish? Its a very good idea to do that if you haven't already (or paint jobs can and will flake over time).

Thanks for posting, looking good

dogoftheunderworld · Aug 30, 2013

tangleknot said:
Many of the miniatures look "grainy." I've had this happen before when I used cheap spray can primer, and the nozzle just sputtered the paint out. - maybe the reason? or it could just be the photograph...

BTW are you using a sealant like matt or semi gloss finish? Its a very good idea to do that if you haven't already (or paint jobs can and will flake over time).

Yes, the grainy look is from the primer I was using. I stopped priming when I noticed it, but still have several more that have already been primed...

I am using a sealant as well -- although often I have been taking the photos before I seal them.

Thanks again!

tangleknot · Aug 30, 2013

If you need to remove paint, I've always used pinesol. Works great on plastic and metal, just leave the mini in it for a day and scrub with an old toothbrush (if it didn't all just come off)
Just try it out on one bone mini first though... just in case it dissolves bones...

I only mentioned the sealant cause I didn't know to do it for about 1 year into my hobby, and by then I was starting to do "touch ups" on my flaky minis

Live and learn I guess.

dogoftheunderworld · Aug 30, 2013

Quick Undead Horde

A quick base & wash for my Undead Horde. Skeletons, Zombies/Ghouls, and a Mummy. I did a couple of extra layers/steps on the mummy, but basically quick base coats and a wash. I went ahead and re-based these, since the broccoli bases were a little small.

dogoftheunderworld · Sep 1, 2013

Rats

A quick swarm of Rats as well as a couple of Rat Swarms:

tangleknot · Sep 1, 2013

Here's a couple tips. When doing fur, very Very lightly dry brush off white color to give the fur a bit of sheen. As for small rodents white/red dots for eyes really help them stand out especially on swarm tokens.

dogoftheunderworld · Sep 3, 2013

Huge Griffon

Okay, so the scale of this Reaper mini is a bit off... way bigger than my other (WoTC) griffons and really too big to be "Large" -- so I mounted on a Huge-sized base and we'll call it an "Advanced Griffon" -- or as I like to say "the mother of all griffons"