Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

MGibster · 2026-04-05T15:26:31+0100

Simon The Hunter said:
Q: What colour should I paint the "fabric" that is around his shoulders, tail and dangly bit at the front (a dino sporran?)? Also, should I go for a gold for the armour, I was thinking of trying to do a dark jade colour... thoughts?

Oh, I see. I paint a dinosaur and suddenly you just happened to pick up a dinosaur man? I think jade and gold would make for nice colors. I could see jade or gold for the armor working equally well. You have a lot of interesting textures on that model to work with.

payn · 2026-04-05T16:38:50+0100

What colors should I paint my next mech???

SkidAce · 2026-04-05T16:59:21+0100

Simon The Hunter said:
Remember the guy with the nice face a few posts above? Well he got old fast, I'm on to a new shiny...

3d printed this dino guy (75mm scale), took a good 7.5 hours just for body and then some for the arms and base and am TRYING to paint him half decent... this is what I have so far...

Q: What colour should I paint the "fabric" that is around his shoulders, tail and dangly bit at the front (a dino sporran?)? Also, should I go for a gold for the armour, I was thinking of trying to do a dark jade colour... thoughts?

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That tongue works it!

MGibster · 2026-04-05T16:59:47+0100

payn said:
What colors should I paint my next mech???

Something outrageously bright. Preferrably in metallics.

Simon The Hunter · 2026-04-06T00:15:28+0100

MGibster said:
Oh, I see. I paint a dinosaur and suddenly you just happened to pick up a dinosaur man? I think jade and gold would make for nice colors. I could see jade or gold for the armor working equally well. You have a lot of interesting textures on that model to work with.

...I was inspired by your work!

MGibster · 2026-04-06T15:03:05+0100

It isn’t that often I paint two miniatures that are so similar. The big one is a triceratops made by Pegasus Models I painted a few years ago. The smaller is a Reaper mini I painted a few days ago.

I used the same colors, even the exact same Army Painter yellow,

SkidAce · 2026-04-06T15:07:21+0100

MGibster said:
It isn’t that often I paint two miniatures that are so similar. The big one is a triceratops made by Pegasus Models I painted a few years ago. The smaller is a Reaper mini I painted a few days ago.

I used the same colors, even the exact same Army Painter yellow, View attachment 433833

Beautiful...maybe the horns and spikes on big one less yellow and more bone, like the little one?

Still, good work.