Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

[Mad_Jack]

Sometimes you’ve got to laugh. I’ve put in a lot of effort painting the underside of the wings and I only just noticed most people won’t be able to see it when the mini is on the table.

I feel your pain. I've painted over a dozen copies of the dragon from Reaper's 02969 Familiar Pack VIII, and as you can see, his head is basically tucked under his wing when you attach his wings.

Which is annoying as hell cuz the face has sooo much character for a ridiculously small figure. So every time I paint one, I have to modify the positions of both his head and the wings and mount him on something like a tree stump or rock that tilts his front end upward so you can see the face...

 

[Mad_Jack]

Well, I pulled the trigger and pledged for Reaper's latest KS, the reformulation of their MSP paints...

I lost pretty much my entire paint collection a couple years ago, when I had no heat for an entire winter and they all froze. I haven't really painted much, if at all, since then, but maybe restarting my paint racks will jumpstart my return to painting.

 

[Simon The Hunter]

I tried... I mean it's ok, but I coudn't get the blending how I wanted it and it looks very monochromatic... I tried to go for a Wedge Tail Eagle colour scheme but yeah, don't ask about the tongue and eyes, haha!

 

[MGibster]

I tried... I mean it's ok, but I coudn't get the blending how I wanted it and it looks very monochromatic... I tried to go for a Wedge Tail Eagle colour scheme but yeah, don't ask about the tongue and eyes, haha!

I have a hard time with contrast. At first it'll look fine to my eye, but then after I've finished I realize everything looks like the same color. Your mini looks pretty good. I like the dramatic rock he's standing on.

 

[Simon The Hunter]

I have a hard time with contrast. At first it'll look fine to my eye, but then after I've finished I realize everything looks like the same color. Your mini looks pretty good. I like the dramatic rock he's standing on.

Yeah I know what you mean. Thanks fof the kind words, I did forget to give the rock a wash but meh, it's in the display cabinet now never to be touched again (unless I manage to roll a griffon on the random encounter tables haha)

I think my biggest issue (after just finishing 5 dwarfs) is that I rush everything and then get upset when I have highlight paint splatered all over other parts of the mini because I am impatient.

 

[MGibster]

I think my biggest issue (after just finishing 5 dwarfs) is that I rush everything and then get upset when I have highlight paint splatered all over other parts of the mini because I am impatient.

I often find myself growing impatient as I approach the end of a project. Depending on how much I care, because not every project is important to me, I typically just stop, walk away, and pick it up a few hours later or the next day.

 

[SkidAce]

I often find myself growing impatient as I approach the end of a project. Depending on how much I care, because not every project is important to me, I typically just stop, walk away, and pick it up a few hours later or the next day.

Yeah, I get impatient with mooks.

And oddly, the unique featured NPCs (cause you always see a little more room for improvement, but that's got to dry, and then a little gets on something else, and you have to fix that...etc etc.)

 

[Aellic Mornbringer]

Another entry in the HeroQuest OG paint set, "I present to you, the Murder Hobos featuring Bettie "The Barbarian" Page!" (Thanks to @MGibster for the Bettie Page mind worm, now I can't unsee it with the barbarian's hair..)

Oh and an Abomination who rushed the stage.

Overall this was a fun set to work on. While I've experimented a tiny bit with color dilution and color mixing, the yellow for the tunic was what I'd term my first really successful mix to get what I was looking for. A key takeaway is I need to drybrush more white on my non-monster NPCs. I don't mind a grimdark vibe but it's still too dark (the barbarian's skin most especially but some of the lighter colors like the elf's pants and collar). I think as I improve my slapchop priming I will see a difference there. When I try to paint white primed minis, my speed paint technique really shows its flaws. Heh

I did watch a great video where they used some AP airbrush designed paint skin tone after the fact to punch up their regular speed paint flesh, I think I'm going to get some of that and try it on the barbarian.

Beyond that, I think I have some goblins, the gargoyle and the evil caster left and I'll have painted at least one of each of the OG set.

Oh, quick question for those who paint or enhance the bases. Do you start all of that before priming, typically after, or is it a very grey "it depends" on what you're trying to do with the base? For these ones I want to start experimenting with something simple like some sand but I have a feeling I should have done some prep work before finishing the painting of the actual miniature. Thanks!

 

[SkidAce]

Another entry in the HeroQuest OG paint set, "I present to you, the Murder Hobos featuring Bettie "The Barbarian" Page!" (Thanks to @MGibster for the Bettie Page mind worm, now I can't unsee it with the barbarian's hair..)

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Overall this was a fun set to work on. While I've experimented a tiny bit with color dilution and color mixing, the yellow for the tunic was what I'd term my first really successful mix to get what I was looking for. A key takeaway is I need to drybrush more white on my non-monster NPCs. I don't mind a grimdark vibe but it's still too dark (the barbarian's skin most especially but some of the lighter colors like the elf's pants and collar). I think as I improve my slapchop priming I will see a difference there. When I try to paint white primed minis, my speed paint technique really shows its flaws. Heh

I did watch a great video where they used some AP airbrush designed paint skin tone after the fact to punch up their regular speed paint flesh, I think I'm going to get some of that and try it on the barbarian.

Beyond that, I think I have some goblins, the gargoyle and the evil caster left and I'll have painted at least one of each of the OG set.

Oh, quick question for those who paint or enhance the bases. Do you start all of that before priming, typically after, or is it a very grey "it depends" on what you're trying to do with the base? For these ones I want to start experimenting with something simple like some sand but I have a feeling I should have done some prep work before finishing the painting of the actual miniature. Thanks!

I paint bases last, so i can see the overall mini and choose a fitting color (normally stone or grass).

Did pre plan for this base, but still did it last...

 

[RangerWickett]

From my BattleTech RPG campaign.

Clan Sea Fox

Federated Suns