Sci-Fi Troll

Here we've got a Sci-Fi troll from Reaper Miniatures. It's a metal fig, but I slightly modified the position of the arm holding the gun. It was originally straight out, and I wanted a less action oriented pose, so I placed it downward, pinned it, and had to put a little bit of green stuff around the shoulder. Sculpting was limited, but easy. 

This fig will be used in an upcoming game of TFA when I get together with Scott in May. This guy's going to be a bruiser!

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Reaper Ogre

I think that ogres are pretty cool, and I'm a sucker for well-sculpted ones. This Ogre from Reaper's Bones line certainly fits the bill. I prefer the plastic ogres to the metal ones: not only are they cheaper, but they won't chip or break when they get dropped (not that anyone ever drops them, no...). I really enjoyed painting up this one. I have another Bones ogre half done, and will finish it in between painting Orlocks, hopefully.

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Ogre Mage

I finally finished up this excellent Ogre Mage from Reaper Miniatures. This is a great fig that oozes character and is dynamically sculpted. I have a soft spot for ogres, and I simply love this fig!

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Reaper Cleric

Here's a great fig that I picked up immediately when I first saw it, and it naturally took me forever to finish painting it. I actually have lots of figs half and three-quarters painted, and many that are painted, but with unfinished bases. I usually stop painting when I get to the little fiddly bits on the figure, and put it aside thinking that I'll come back to it in the next day or two, but rarely do. I also hate dealing with bases, so I wait forever to finish them off, usually working on several figures at a time. Hopefully I'm not alone in this. But I digress…

So, here's a fig that I simply call Cuthbert (after the saint from D&D, of course), made by Reaper.

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Bones Hellhound

He's a Bones Hellhound, but I am using him as a Chaos Hound in the store WFB Chaos campaign.

A quick, simple paint job on this guy got him on the table and into the fray--check him out!

A bit blurry, but a size comp w/Champion. 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Bones Golem Painted!

I just had to paint this awesome figure, and as I may have alluded to earlier, I have painted this guy before!  So you get some Bones/Dark Heaven comp shots as well!

On the left, the Bones Golem, and on the right, the metal version! 

Even cooler than the mini is what I did to paint him.  I took him out of the bag, scraped a few mold lines off, then glued him to a base.  After waiting for the basing pumice to dry, I then base coated him with Delta Ceramcoat Trail Tan.  I put him under a fan for 30 minutes, then hit him with some Army Painter Soft Tone ink.  After letting him dry over night, I came back the next day and dry-brushed him with Trail Tan.

After finishing the base, that was it!

So no rinsing, no primer, just right at him with the base coat and bam!

Can't wait to get more of these!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Possible Projects For The Week

I thought I might share some of the figures I might try to get to this week.

Nothing earth-shattering, but this stuff motivates me to pick up the brush.

Left to right: GB Dark Age Warrior, BT Komodo, Reaper Bones Golem. 

I got the Bones Golem from my buddy Rico, who picked it up at the Historicon flea market of all places!  It seems some Bones backers bit off more than they could chew, and are now dumping the stuff where they can.  Bully for me!

I may do him in a sandstone paint scheme, but we'll see!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Repainted D&D Half-Orc Monk

As promised, here he is!

Ready for action vs. Reaper Golem!

Of course, when this Golem comes out in Bones, I'll paint him again! 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Bones Knight

Another entry in my growing Bones collection!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Bones Wood Elf

Got a Bones Elf (Short) Bowman done last night.  I did not realize his bow had been miscast until I saw a few pics of him online.

Oh well!

I used the Army Painter Soft Tone ink on this one and was able to get some nice effects with minimal work. Good stuff!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Bones Medium Dragon

Been on a bit of mini-hot streak painting Reaper Bones figures of late!  Today we have their awesome Young Fire Dragon.

Check him out!

He'll make an ideal leader for a fantasy skirmish project I have percolating.

We shall see.  Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Bugbear Redux

As promised, more pics of the Reaper Bugbear, this time with some better light!

A meeting of the Minds! 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Bones Bugbear

Last night I painted a Reaper Bones Bugbear using an old method with some new tools.  My buddy Jan hung out with me a couple of weeks ago and he brought me a bottle of the Army Painter Strong Tone ink--this is the water based stuff, not the oil-based "dip" stain I have used on and off for the last 12 years.

Anyway, after priming him black using Vallejo brush-on primer, I laid some base colors on him (a mix of Foundry, GW, and PP), then applied the Strong Tone.  Wow!  It lit him up like a firecracker!  Great stuff!  Check it out!

Pictured with Bones Bathalion.

I did very little highlighting after the wash, but I am very pleased with the outcome.  Needless to say, I cannot wait until more Bones hit the store shelves.  I hope more Bugbears are included in the second wave of Bones releases.

I'll try to take some other shots of the Bugbear with other models (and in better lighting) later this week. 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: An Evil Adventurer

Baraka Ein-Arm comes from the Terronus: Isle of Goblins Goalsystem game and D&D supplement I did more than five years ago (time flies!).  His true origins stem from a Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play campaign I ran back in the late 1990's.

My good friend, Kurt M., played a dwarf scholar named Baraka.  It seems he could not keep his hands off of one of the famous Doom Stones, and so he and the rest of his group quickly went Chaotic Neutral, if you know what I mean!  They were sort of like Red Lanterns well before DC Comics decided to add extra characters based on different colors.

Anyway, after having his arm snipped off by a Chaos mutant, Baraka used the Stone of Earth to fashion himself a new one!  What could go wrong?

A scale comp with Reaper Dragon Man. 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Zannark, Initiate of the Sapphire Lodge

Finally finished my sorcerer character, Zannark, Initiate of the Sapphire Lodge.  This mysterious and dynamic figure will make an ideal NPC or player character in any fantasy game, including Pathfinder!

Check him out!

Facing off against a Tiefling I painted a few years back! 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott