Bones 77449 - Invisible Rogue (with 77035 - Deladrin, Female Assassin for comparison)

[Laoke 3639]

I've been thinking about doing this for awhile - painting up one of the clear "invisible" adventurers in Bones III as a translucent figure.  The obvious choice was 77449 - Invisible Rogue, as my delightful wife painted the matching 77035 - Visible Deladrin some time ago.

 

I painted the figure using a thinned Tamiya Clear Blue X-23 (thinned with Tamiya Thinner X-20).  This produced a very light blue tint to the figure while at the same time introducing some definition.  I also hit points where I wanted extra definition, mainly the face and weapon transition points, with unthinned Tamiya Clear Blue.

The broccoli is basically Reaper Peacock Green worked up through Reaper Clear Green to Reaper Clear Yellow.  The bottom of the base has been painted Reaper Pure Black.

 

Important Note:  Tamiya Clear paints are significantly different from Reaper Clear Paints.  Tamiya Clear are translucent, Reaper Clear are not. 

 

 

 

  Issues - there's a big one in that because of the black I painted the bottom of the base, the boots of the translucent figure are significantly darker than the rest of the figure.  It almost reads right, but I'd have been better off doing the first coat on the bottom a green or maybe a white so they looked like they were clear going onto the grass of the base.  It's something I'll consider later, although could largely be ignored if you rebased the figure.  But on the whole I think this came out pretty good, accidental scimitar that we never noticed originally on Deladrin and all.

 

  There's one additional issue that I didn't spot till after I posted this - a Virtual Chocolate Fish™ to anyone who can tell the class what that very delibrate mistake was for our educational porpoises.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Laoke

[Glitterwolf 127912]

Very Cool!

[Chaoswolf 96577]

Neat effect!

 

Bent sword? Mold line on cloak?

[Laoke 3639]

I'll give a hint : notice anything odd about the background?

[Maledrakh 5534]

Clearly, they are in "inception" mind mode.

[CorallineAlgae 7186]

On 7/17/2017 at 5:46 PM, Laoke said:

I'll give a hint : notice anything odd about the background?

 

Is it that the bricks are horizontal on the left and vertical on the right?

 

Really nice minis. I love the color choices on the normal figure. 

[Glamberry 975]

that's an awesome effect! I really like those tamiya paints but don't have much experience with the rest of them. Are the matte ones...truly matte? Reaper paints are the only ones that are a true matte from what i have tried so far and i would like more...but shipping and VAT...*shows holes in pockets* Tamiya is available here.

[Laoke 3639]

2 minutes ago, CorallineAlgae said:

 

Is it that the bricks are horizontal on the left and vertical on the right?

 

Really nice minis. I love the color choices on the normal figure. 

Yes!  I had each of the three Dwarven Forge tiles I use as a backdrop orientated a different way, and didn't notice till I'd packed everything away and posted : )

 

Virtual Chocolate Fish™ heading your way!

 

[Laoke 3639]

24 minutes ago, Glamberry said:

that's an awesome effect! I really like those tamiya paints but don't have much experience with the rest of them. Are the matte ones...truly matte? Reaper paints are the only ones that are a true matte from what i have tried so far and i would like more...but shipping and VAT...*shows holes in pockets* Tamiya is available here.

The Tamiya Clear paints, without exception, are the very definition of a gloss paint - I suspect they're actually a tinted gloss varnish in origin.  I don't work much with Tamiya paints outside of the Clears, but I think they're used most often by modellers - should be reviews of them around for miniature painting.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Laoke