Tuesday, 31 December 2019

D&D Water Priest

D&D Water Priest

This miniatures is an official D&D miniature from Gale Force 9 Games for 'Princes of the Apocalypse' or Elemental Evil campaign. I've only painted the priest so far, though the miniatures set comes with Gar Shatterkeel the water cult prophet. There is a painting guide, here's the link: https://dnd.gf9games.com/painting/tabid/140/entryid/211/gar-shatterkeel-and-water-priest-painting-guide.aspx.


Rather than using the painting guide, I decided to use the wonderful illustration from ' The Princes of the Apocalypse' campaign book and my own palette though I found the colours and paints used for the conch shells were great, so I used them.






Sunday, 29 December 2019

Reaper 03722 Jurden, Half Orc Paladin

Reaper 03722 Jurden, Half Orc Paladin


Excellent half orc paladin sculpted by Bobby Jackson. Painted because one of my players was playing a half orc paladin in my ongoing D&D campaign "Princes of the Apocalypse". Great miniature that just brings across a half orc paladin.




Loincloth:
  1. Vallejo Model Colour Grey Blue 70943 + Vallejo Model Colour 907 Pale Grey Blue - basecoat.
  2. Vallejo Model Colour 907 Pale Grey Blue - Layer.
  3. Citadel White - Final layer.
Cloth Strip, I wanted a different kind of white compared to the loincloth:
  1. Citadel Base Paint Rakarth Flesh - basecoat.
  2. Citadel White - Edge highlight.
Half Orc Flesh:
  1. Vallejo Model Colour 886 Green Grey - basecoat.
  2. Citadel Shade: Athonian Camoshade - Wash/shade.
  3. Vallejo Model Colour 886 Green Grey - layer.
  4. Vallejo Model Colour 886 Green Grey + a touch of Citadel Layer Kislev Flesh - layer.
  5. As No.4 (above) with a touch of Citadel Layer: Flayed One Flesh - final layer.

Otherworld Miniatures WE19-Giant Boars

Otherworld Miniatures WE19-Giant Boars

Giant boars sculpted by Jo Brumby. Really nice minis that were quick and easy to paint.



Saturday, 28 December 2019

Hidalgo Skeleton UnD-02 by Morgue Miniatures

Hidalgo Skeleton UnD-02 by Morgue Miniatures

Another superb miniature from Morgue Miniatures, sculpted again by Mr Paul Muller. Love the detail including a tiny skull topping Hidalgo's cane. Sheer joy to paint.




I won't mention, what colour/paints I used for bone, since it's the recipe I use for all my bone/ skeleton work which should be mentioned in previous blogs. However I will mention what colours/paints I used for the cracked earth base.

Base (cracked Earth):
  1. Citadel Texture: Agrellan Earth - Thick Coat.
  2. Citadel Shade: Seraphim Sepia - Shade/Wash.
  3. Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform 70.921 + Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sand 70.847 - Dry Brush.
  4. Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sand 70.847 - Light Dry Brush.

Hidalgo's Pantaloons/Trousers
  1. Vallejo Model Colour Hull Red 70.985 - Basecoat.
  2. Citadel Nuln Oil Black - Shade/ Wash.
  3. Vallejo Model Colour Hull Red 70.985 - Layer.
  4. Vallejo Model Color Cavalry Brown 70.982 - Final Layer

Finally a pic with Hidalgo toasting Catrina.


Thursday, 26 December 2019

Catrina Skeleton UnD-03 by Morgue Miniatures

Catrina Skeleton UnD-03 by Morgue Miniatures

Well what can I say ? I can't be unbiased because this is one of the miniatures that is produced by my tiny cottage miniatures business that is run by myself and my lovely wife. Obviously I had to paint her, so to emphasize the amazing sculpt by Mr Paul Muller. Fantastic miniature with amazing detail.



Dress was painted using:
  1. Citadel Necron Abyss Blue - basecoat.
  2. Citadel Asurmen Blue - wash/shade.
  3. Citadel Necron Abyss Blue + Citadel Mordian Blue - Layer.
  4. Citadel Mordian Blue - Highlight layer.
  5. Then airbrushed lower section of dress with Scalecolor SC33 Sunset Purple.
  6. Citadel Leviathan Purple - wash/shade.
  7. Scalecolor SC33 Sunset Purple - Layer.
  8. Scalecolor SC33 Sunset Purple + white - Highlight Layer.
Some of the flowers on the dress were painted:
  1. Vallejo Model Colour 70.966 Turquoise + Vallejo Game Colour 72.026 Jade Green.
  2. White was added to the above colour for highlights.

Monday, 23 December 2019

Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game Gnolls

Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game Gnolls

Compared to the pants sculpts of the water cult warriors, these sculpts of gnolls are awesome. Like the size and must say one of the best representations of gnolls in the miniature market, to date. Real pleasure to paint these guys.



Thought I'd shown you their behinds as well as the typical front.
Again I painted them slightly different for playing purposes, since the sculpts are exactly the same. So rusty armour for one and different hair colours for all 3, though stuck with the same overall grey fur.

Talking about fur, here is the colour and paints used for the dirty grey fur based on the Citadel Colour app 'Dirty Grey':
  1. Citadel Skavenblight Dinge - Basecoat.
  2. Citadel Agrax Earthshade - Shade/ wash.
  3. Citadel Stormvermin Fur - layer/ fine lined.
  4. Citadel Stormvermin Fur + a touch of white for a slightly lighter colour - edge highlight/ top layer.
For the arm and lower leg bandaging:
  1. Citadel Rakarth Flesh - Basecoat.
  2. Citadel Agrax Earthshade - Shade/ wash.
  3. Vallejo Model Colour 70.874 Tan Earth - just as edge highlight/ top layer. Leaving the shaded area.



Saturday, 21 December 2019

Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game - Water Cultists Water Cult Warrior

Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game Water Cultist Warriors


Carrying on painting miniatures for my D&D campaign of ' Princes of the Apocalypse' and using miniatures from the Temple of Elemental Evil board game. It was time for the Water Cult, Water Cultist's warriors. Again I decided to paint each one slightly different and have different base terrain to denote them whilst playing. 


These miniatures weren't the best in terms of quality & sculpts, but they were perfect for representing Water Cultist 's Warriors as the official art from the campaign book, shown below.


The only noted paint colours used were for the shields and gloves:
  1. Vallejo Model Colour Red Leather 70.818 & Vallejo Model Colour Cavalry Brown 70.982 ( darker shield had more cavalry brown added).
  2. Citadel Reikland Fleshshade & Citadel Fuegan Orange shade/wash.
  3. Forgot & didn't note the highlight paints used.