#7-12 The Bones Brigade

So 6 miniatures in 3 weeks turned into 6 in 4. I know it's been a while since my last post, but in this time I have been able to do some other things with my time than paint (Skyrim, LoL). I doubt I will try to do this many at a time again. It's not that I cant it just begins to feel like a chore. It's probably the reason I didn't get a lot of my Warhammer 40k miniatures painted when I used to play. Although it does feel good to be 2 weeks ahead of my goal.

Alright now for the skeletons. These guys come from the RAFM box set Shambling Death. I have quite a few RAFM miniatures for 2 reasons. They are readily available at The Sentry Box where I buy a lot of my miniatures and hobby supplies, and they are cheap compared to a lot of the other companies out there. This box of skeletons only cost $22 and came with 18 miniatures. I painted the robes on them different colors so that when I use them for D&D I can tell them apart on the table.

Things I liked about these paint job was the blue and green clothing. I think I am going to try and work more with these colors in the future. I didn't like the bone color. Particularly the brown ink. I think in the future I am going to prime white from now on with skeletons.

Let me know what you think, and if you have suggestions for future minis. I might do a sci-fi figure in the next couple of weeks maybe even a GW model.

Taking advantage of the warm day to clear coat and prime my minis.

 I need to start editing my photos so they don't look jumbled like this.

WIP skeletons

I thought I would work on a couple of skeletons for the next few weeks. Here is a quick pic of what I have going so far. I'll have more information on what type of miniatures they are in the future. I cant really put links up for this post since I am posting with my phone.

Sci-Fi to Fantasy: Space Marines Journy

I did this top conversion about 2 years ago where I shaved off the back pack spot of the emperors champion model to turn him into a knight and I found that it worked pretty good.  No putty was added just some patient shaving with a hobby knife and filing.  

The other day I did the same thing with a chaplain, I am thinking about turning him into some sort of dark cleric.  I shaved his back pack spot off as well as added an old chaos marauders arm for his right hand.  I had to take out a section of the arm because it looks to big for his body.  It looks better now with about 2mm taken out but I think we can all be completely honest and say that GW sculpts often times have strange proportions. I am thinking either a shield or a chain for his right hand but dont have any good ideas for what type at the moment. I mostly just wanted to show some possibilities for your old space marines.

#6 Eldessa, The Necromancer

Six weeks in and still going strong.  This week I chose a miniature that I had started over a year ago but never finished painting. Although she was partially painted before I redid most of the figure except for the metallic shoulder pad.  It was an interesting mini to paint, lots of skin and robes.  To be honest I think I need to get my eyes checked because I see a lot of details in my photos that I don't think I can pick out while I am painting.  I'm sure it is time anyway since I haven't had my eyes checked in over 10 yrs.

The part I liked most about how this paint job came out had to be the purple robes.  My biggest dislike was the sword.  I probably rushed it a little.  Some of you may be wondering why my bases always seem to be a little glossy.  I use Vallejo Glossy Black on the edges of my bases to give it a finished look.  This mini had a base sculpted to it but I thought she would tip over to easily so I pinned her to a simple square base.



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Eldessa, Necromancer Reaper Mini
P.S. TGFRFF (Thank Goodness for Reaper Figure Finder) I couldn't remember what this one was called it was so long ago I bought and opened it.