In getting ready for it, I realized I needed some minis to run the little adventure at the back of the DS book. Silt Runners are small-sized lizardfolk who maraud about the deserts of Athas taking things that don't belong to them. Pawing through my collection of metal and plastic minis, I realized that I had just the thing to represent them.
The Greenspawn Sneak from the D&D pre-painted collectible minis sets:
Not bad for pre-painted plastic, huh? Since he is a common, I have a good handful of them.
Now I needed to fix that paint job for a desert setting. I busted out the Foundation Paints and the Devlan Mud and had at it!
I used Khemri Brown on the skin tone, Deneb Stone for the weapons, and for the flesh tone on the leader. It was washed with a 70/30 mix of Devlan Mud and Elmer's Glue.
Not much in the way of conversions. I did add spears to 3 of them, and did some strategic re-painting on their weapons to make them bone instead of metal. Instant Silt Runner warband!
Some folks have contacted me with ideas and links to possible DS mini sources (thanks, Charles!), but I am always up for more, so please let me know!
--Scott
Nice repaints.
ReplyDeleteDarksun is great. I am looking forward to the next release. I've been adding to my 25mm Dark Sun figures. Since the official ones are a bit over-priced, I've been making due with proxies.
The some of the Space 1889 minaitures from RAFM work well as elves.
(http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=S1889)
And I've been getting various 25mm historicals from Iron Wind as well for humans from the various city states.
Good suggestions! Makes me think that some of Parroom Station Red Martians might make some good Githezerai!
ReplyDeleteYES! I was thinking that as well.
ReplyDeletenice job,intrigued by your mix of a wash made with ink and glue...I do not have devmud-I use caliggraphy inks with a shellac base would that work as well. does the ink still pool in crevasses-any tutorial on this?
ReplyDeleteI have used my ink-glue mix with lots of washes over the years. It does two things:
ReplyDelete1.) Dilutes the ink/wash and makes it less dark
2.) Acts as a flow enhanced, granting some extra control over where the ink/wash ultimately rest. It makes it a bit easier to keep off of the high spots and in the crevices.
No method is perfect, so I would experiment on a mini you're not afraid of ruining first. This will allow you to test your brand of ink with the method and see if you like the results.
Hope this helps!
GW's Harad would work really well for bandits/small town guard. Their weapons are also bone already!
ReplyDeleteAnother great idea! And I have some already!
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