Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

[Clint_L]

Still plugging away at Bones 6:

 

[Richards]

Excellent detail work on the scales!

And I don't recall seeing a marilith demon with a rattle on the end of her tail before. Interesting.

Johnathan

 

[MGibster]

Still plugging away at Bones 6:

I especially like the little gila monster! Or whatever that lizard is.

 

[SkidAce]

Marillith FTW!

 

[MGibster]

Grimtalon from Reaper Minis is a fairly large model. For $30, it’s a pretty good deal. I’m trying to figure a color scheme and I’m leaning towards red shoulder hawk.

Even now I still get intimidated by these big projects. But at least it’s not expensive.

 

[Aellic Mornbringer]

I just did a griffon a week or so ago and trying to figure out the color scheme was the hardest part. It's still a work in progress because the white cowl and (primary I think) feathers came out too grey vs. white. The other feathers transition from a brown to a reddish tint brown that went okay.

 

[Clint_L]

I especially like the little gila monster! Or whatever that lizard is.

It's actually a large-sized miniature, and I think it's supposed to be a large monitor lizard, like a Komodo dragon. The Marilith is quite large so the lizard, which is an average large looks small in comparison.

 

[Clint_L]

Grimtalon from Reaper Minis is a fairly large model. For $30, it’s a pretty good deal. I’m trying to figure a color scheme and I’m leaning towards red shoulder hawk.

Even now I still get intimidated by these big projects. But at least it’s not expensive.

And then again, you describe Grimtalon, which probably has a 12" wingspan as "fairly large," so maybe our personal scales are different!

Here's mine. It's boring. I basically just did it like an eagle, and kind of screwed up the tail, but can't be arsed to repaint it. Base is nowhere near as cool as yours, either (that's a gargantuan base, for scale).

 

[Simon The Hunter]

And then again, you describe Grimtalon, which probably has a 12" wingspan as "fairly large," so maybe our personal scales are different!

Here's mine. It's boring. I basically just did it like an eagle, and kind of screwed up the tail, but can't be arsed to repaint it.

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Looks awesome!

 

[MGibster]

And then again, you describe Grimtalon, which probably has a 12" wingspan as "fairly large," so maybe our personal scales are different!

Yeah, my descriptions are pretty broad. A regular size miniature is anything appropriate for your run-of-the-mill PC up to ogre, troll, or even a mounted horseman. Then you have larger miniatures like Warhammer dreadnoughts, tanks, and other regular vehicles, and then you have fairly large miniatures which is everything bigger then all the others. A lot of the fairly large miniatures, Grimtalon included, can be rather impractical as transporting them to a game can be difficult.

Here's mine. It's boring. I basically just did it like an eagle, and kind of screwed up the tail, but can't be arsed to repaint it. Base is nowhere near as cool as yours, either (that's a gargantuan base, for scale).

I am mandated by law to love the bald eagle and I've painted a WizKids griffin in a similar scheme. Bald eagles seem like a good choice when you want a good looking bird done relatively easy. For my Grimtalon, I plen on using a combination of good old brush work and airbrushing. I plan on establishing some undershading and using light coats and glazes to get it mostly done and then doing brush work on some of the final details. My goal is to end up with something that looks like a real bird you might see in nature. Or at least fool someone into thinking it looks like a real bird you might see in nature. That's generally not something I need to strive for when painting a dragon or a dinosaur.

Reaper has a metal giant eagle that looks like it might be close in size to Grimtalon for a whopping $50! I'd hate to put that thing together.