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2020 Pogre's Miniatures and Models - Sebeki from Crocodile Game and a Wild Boar
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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 7990025" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p><strong>Painting 60 miles per hour - Bones Reaper Gloom Stalker aka Hook Horror</strong></p><p></p><p>Years ago I published a number of painting articles in a now defunct hobby magazine. I did a number of step-by-step miniature paint jobs, and some of the most popular were the speed painting articles. Since that time (early 2000s), the hobbyist has a lot more tools for speed painting including Contrast paints from GW and now, Instant Colors from Scale 75. The down side is a lot of these new tools are fairly expensive.</p><p></p><p>I use Contrast paints, but I started speed painting way before these were available. I thought I would share how I painted this figure very quickly. If you would like me to post a true step-by-step sometime - let me know. I looked for some of my old articles, but sadly, those are all gone.</p><p></p><p>I start with a figure that is conducive to speed painting. This is typically a large abomination type monster. I'm going to take my time on characters and key npcs, but let's be honest, I am throwing these figures on the table for one encounter - and their job is to maybe scare the PCs, but ultimately die in droves!</p><p></p><p>My standard for my speed painting is a figure that anyone would say is nicer than a pre-painted figure. If you run a game with a lot of pre-painted figures there is nothing wrong with that, but they really are not cheap these days.</p><p></p><p>Let's use this monster for an example. Below you can see a pre-painted Hook Horror. As pre-painted models go it's not too bad. However, a quick google search will reveal you are throwing down between $18 and $25 for this model.</p><p><img src="https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/prepaintedhookhorror.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The figure I am painting is a Bones Black Gloom Stalker - retail $7.99 and readily available at major online merchants for $6.55.</p><p></p><p>From start to finish this figure took 36 minutes of painting time. Naturally, that's not counting drying time, but it is easily doable with drying time in a few hours. If you used a hair dryer you could easily finish the whole thing in well under an hour.</p><p><img src="https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/061_hookhorror_a.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/061_hookhorror_b.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/061_hookhorror_c.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Step One</strong> - wash the model with a touch of dish soap and water.</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Two</strong> - prime it black with a brush on primer. I use Vallejo black primer. I prefer spraying models, but some sprays react badly with the Bones material - it stays tacky even after you finish it. If you have an airbrush, by all means use it. I have a nice air brush, but no booth currently. Maybe some day!</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Three</strong> - heavily dry brush the whole model with a slightly off-white. </p><p></p><p><strong>Step Four</strong> - Paint most of the model purple. I was going to use a Contrast paint for this. However, I did not already own a GW Contrast Purple. Plus the cost of a bottle of the stuff is more than I spent on the model and I was going to use quite a bit. I don't normally watch YouTube, but this guy over at Goobertown's video on making your own Contrast Paints caught my eye.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0rc0EOOys" target="_blank">Goobertown Video</a></p><p></p><p>I don't know the fellow, but he seems pleasant enough. I recommend speeding up the video - I found him very understandable at X1.75 speed.</p><p>I have some original GW inks and a fair amount of purple. I mixed some old GW purple ink with some Liquitex Matte Medium in equal parts and added a bit of flow extender.</p><p>The result was an ink/paint that behaved a lot like Contrast paints. And, as I had all the stuff on hand, saved me $8.00. </p><p></p><p>I avoided the head, stomach carapace, hooks, and claws. I used a big cheap brush and covered the rest of the figure. The nice thing about inking over a black figure dry brushed with white is shadows are very nearly automatically created.</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Five</strong> - While the purple dried I drybrushed the base in successively lighter shades of gray right up to nearly straight white. The figure comes with a great base, so that saved me some time and was going to almost immediately make it better than the pre-painted model.</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Six</strong> - I touched up the head, hooks, underneath carapace, and foot claws with the same off-white I dry brushed with - I was a little too sloppy with my purple.</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Seven</strong> - I covered the head, hooks, underneath carapace, and foot claws with GW Contrast Skeleton Horde. If you don't have Contrast Skeleton Horde here is a quick ink alternative: 2 parts brown ink, 2 parts orange ink, 1 part yellow ink, and 2 parts water. I used that formula for years to create my bone ink.</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Eight</strong> - I did some light highlights of the bone colored areas with Vallejo Game Color Bonewhite</p><p></p><p><strong>Step Nine</strong> - I painted the eyes with a mixture of 2 parts bone white and one part Vallejo Game Color Livery Green</p><p></p><p><strong>Finished</strong> - I could have spent a lot more time on this figure, but it will look great in the dungeon. There is also a certain satisfaction in starting and finishing a model quickly. It is welcome break from terrain painting and more detailed layer painting.</p><p></p><p>Models completed in 2020: 64</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 7990025, member: 6588"] [B]Painting 60 miles per hour - Bones Reaper Gloom Stalker aka Hook Horror[/B] Years ago I published a number of painting articles in a now defunct hobby magazine. I did a number of step-by-step miniature paint jobs, and some of the most popular were the speed painting articles. Since that time (early 2000s), the hobbyist has a lot more tools for speed painting including Contrast paints from GW and now, Instant Colors from Scale 75. The down side is a lot of these new tools are fairly expensive. I use Contrast paints, but I started speed painting way before these were available. I thought I would share how I painted this figure very quickly. If you would like me to post a true step-by-step sometime - let me know. I looked for some of my old articles, but sadly, those are all gone. I start with a figure that is conducive to speed painting. This is typically a large abomination type monster. I'm going to take my time on characters and key npcs, but let's be honest, I am throwing these figures on the table for one encounter - and their job is to maybe scare the PCs, but ultimately die in droves! My standard for my speed painting is a figure that anyone would say is nicer than a pre-painted figure. If you run a game with a lot of pre-painted figures there is nothing wrong with that, but they really are not cheap these days. Let's use this monster for an example. Below you can see a pre-painted Hook Horror. As pre-painted models go it's not too bad. However, a quick google search will reveal you are throwing down between $18 and $25 for this model. [IMG]https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/prepaintedhookhorror.jpg[/IMG] The figure I am painting is a Bones Black Gloom Stalker - retail $7.99 and readily available at major online merchants for $6.55. From start to finish this figure took 36 minutes of painting time. Naturally, that's not counting drying time, but it is easily doable with drying time in a few hours. If you used a hair dryer you could easily finish the whole thing in well under an hour. [IMG]https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/061_hookhorror_a.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/061_hookhorror_b.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://pogreblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/061_hookhorror_c.jpeg[/IMG] [B]Step One[/B] - wash the model with a touch of dish soap and water. [B]Step Two[/B] - prime it black with a brush on primer. I use Vallejo black primer. I prefer spraying models, but some sprays react badly with the Bones material - it stays tacky even after you finish it. If you have an airbrush, by all means use it. I have a nice air brush, but no booth currently. Maybe some day! [B]Step Three[/B] - heavily dry brush the whole model with a slightly off-white. [B]Step Four[/B] - Paint most of the model purple. I was going to use a Contrast paint for this. However, I did not already own a GW Contrast Purple. Plus the cost of a bottle of the stuff is more than I spent on the model and I was going to use quite a bit. I don't normally watch YouTube, but this guy over at Goobertown's video on making your own Contrast Paints caught my eye. [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0rc0EOOys']Goobertown Video[/URL] I don't know the fellow, but he seems pleasant enough. I recommend speeding up the video - I found him very understandable at X1.75 speed. I have some original GW inks and a fair amount of purple. I mixed some old GW purple ink with some Liquitex Matte Medium in equal parts and added a bit of flow extender. The result was an ink/paint that behaved a lot like Contrast paints. And, as I had all the stuff on hand, saved me $8.00. I avoided the head, stomach carapace, hooks, and claws. I used a big cheap brush and covered the rest of the figure. The nice thing about inking over a black figure dry brushed with white is shadows are very nearly automatically created. [B]Step Five[/B] - While the purple dried I drybrushed the base in successively lighter shades of gray right up to nearly straight white. The figure comes with a great base, so that saved me some time and was going to almost immediately make it better than the pre-painted model. [B]Step Six[/B] - I touched up the head, hooks, underneath carapace, and foot claws with the same off-white I dry brushed with - I was a little too sloppy with my purple. [B]Step Seven[/B] - I covered the head, hooks, underneath carapace, and foot claws with GW Contrast Skeleton Horde. If you don't have Contrast Skeleton Horde here is a quick ink alternative: 2 parts brown ink, 2 parts orange ink, 1 part yellow ink, and 2 parts water. I used that formula for years to create my bone ink. [B]Step Eight[/B] - I did some light highlights of the bone colored areas with Vallejo Game Color Bonewhite [B]Step Nine[/B] - I painted the eyes with a mixture of 2 parts bone white and one part Vallejo Game Color Livery Green [B]Finished[/B] - I could have spent a lot more time on this figure, but it will look great in the dungeon. There is also a certain satisfaction in starting and finishing a model quickly. It is welcome break from terrain painting and more detailed layer painting. Models completed in 2020: 64 [/QUOTE]
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