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Kally's not my first rodeo in terms of Bones - just his overly squishy bits were a bit of a curveball to me. Your mileage may vary, but I've honestly had no issue with Army Painter on any Bones that aren't obviously rubbery. Kally's a little quirky, but the paint is still adhering fine to even his gently sticky bits. However, as I've said, I'll grab some liner for next time if I get another with squishy bits. The only time I've had issues with paint coming off is when I've overhandled anyway (I have quite acidic skin apparently, lol) and the use of primers of any variety seem to be irrelevant in that situation, or when I've painted straight onto Bones and forgotten to wash the miniature first (my first Bones dragon had this issue, I resolved it eventually and also hugely reduced my handling of him, and all was well).

Thank you <3 Fair enough - did not realise this. It's a little late for Kally, of course, but if I ever get another with the notably squishier bits, I'll order some ^^ thanks for the tip.

^^ Ta - grisly's my thing, haha. My Nethyrmaul is alarmingly slimey, for instance. Heh xD Thanks =] hoping I manage to see him through to the end without losing momentum. That's fair - I unfortunately live in the UK, and without doing another full sized order, brown liner isn't too easily aquired over here (I don't think, at least). I also hate hand priming with the fires of thousand suns ^^; I did wonder if his softer were bits were made softer for that reason, it's not too big a deal, just surprised me a bit. I used Army Painter because I use it on all my Bones with no issue. That he's gone sticky on the two softer bits is just a minor inconvenience for now, so long as I keep him off fabric it's not the end of the world. Also fair is your preference for less gore - I know it's not for everyone, but I see quite a lot of 'drier' looking Kallys, so wanted to try something different. That, and Chaos themed dragons appealed to me far too much - Kally = Khorne, Nethyrmaul = Nurgle, now just to find a nice feathery one for Tzeentch and one I can sculpt boobs onto for Slaanesh. Agrax I'm very fond of, but I find it smells really earthy xD it's quite bizarre.

Thank you I seem to favour gory minis, haha, so going for a freshly reanimated with newly made shreds of flesh sort of look, rather than old rotten flesh. Figure it should keep him nice and bright

As the title says, two of my dear friends chipped in to buy Kaladrax for me for my birthday this year, and in preparation for the Bones 3 KS delivery, I'm trying to get my painting game sorted out again. Interestingly, his body and limbs and tail were all nice and solid, but his head and tail tip were incredibly rubbery and soft, and quite shiny. Annoyingly, both have also reacted to the spray I used (Army Painter) to prime, whereas the rest of him did not. They're just sort of dimly sticky and tend to pick up fluff like crazy. However, I'm hoping that as they get properly covered in acrylic, that'll stop being an issue. But yar... I'm not doing the challenge, because I'm bad enough at finishing minis already, without adding craziness to the mix =P so this is my chill Kally paint log. Gonna be painting him up as an alternate sort of greater beastie of Khorne, as I've decided that avatars of chaos are fun. I started out spraying him red, after of course washing him and tweaking a few bits. I'd taken him up to Drifter's to show him off and get a bit of help with him. Then a huge brush and some GW Screaming Skull happened. Then some Rhinox Hide got smeared on his horns and stuff, started adding a wee bit of depth to him. Then I transported him all the way home again, wrapped in a towel to keep him nice and cushioned, in my handbag, across the country. Been home a few days, but work happened, so more paint only just happened, and most of that paint has been Agrax Earthshade, though he's also got some Khorne Red going on in his face. His horns got hit with Screaming Skull again too. Nice leg shot for ya here. It's worth noting he's not attached to his base, he's just sitting on it so he doesn't warp himself. And this evening I boiled his wings and made them a much nicer shape, coz they were mighty strange before. So now they're resting on a towel, in my kitchen, and I've got a cheeseboard ordered to use as his base, coz this guy is so crazily huge, haha. No small brushes used yet - all big chunky ones out of a cheap painter's set from Ryman's and a massive one I picked up there for a couple of quid too. So um, yes, wish me luck? ^^;

Another thought - a mythological hippocampus would be awesome! The fish-horse type creature =] maybe one sitting up on a rock like it's just got out of the sea and one swimming, for people with more underwater-y campaigns and stuff.

The various hounds =] 02897: Hellhounds 02522: Hell Hounds 14215: Hound Of Judgement,Crusaders Solo 03432: DHL Classics: Undead Hounds Especially the Hound of Judgement, I only discovered him recently and he's lovely =] And moar! 14376: Nalada, Sister of the Blade Warrior 14204: Acacia,Crusaders Sergeant 03746: Ava Justinia, Female Templar - this one especially, she'd be a lovely match for the Crusaders and <33333! 03521: Naline, Evil Female Knight 03520: Elise, Good Female Knight 03403: Na'Kaat, Female Half Dragon Paladin - by extension, moar dragon people 03331: Bettina, Female Hero 03314: Angel of Radiance - Angel wings as seperate bits to purchase too... Wing sprues in general are wonderful. 03004: Dorva, Female Dark Elf 02551: Monique Denoir And cavalry. You've got loads of really cool cavalry, some of it kind of paired to regular unmounted minis - transitioning cavalry to Bones would be amazing and if possible, mounted and unmounted versions of minis would be awesome. Maybe the mounted versions as just a rider? As Bones is so convertible it'd be a much simpler job to slot them onto a mount of your choosing, than it would be with metal. I do apologise if any of these are in Bones 3 already, I've a rotten memory ^^;

I have a very similar WIP on this guy - yours looks great =] The sculpt, as soon as I saw it, screamed blue to me, haha, even though I know the artwork he's based on and use the book. The bone/blue complement each other fantastically. Your basing is gorgeous too.

I just saw your post of one of these chaps in the Hobby Report thread and spent ages trying to work out where this guy was from... Did think Warmachine, and so began aggressively clicking through the entire range on a not-at-all-local-gaming-store's website and eventually found them. I now see, of course, I could just have backed up into Show Off and all would have been revealed =P They are gorgeous and the colour scheme is really striking =] You make me want to get Warmachine minis, curses! I'll have no pennies left and I only just got paid D: But nah seriously, those are some stunning paintjobs and your bases make mine shrivel up in shame, haha. Absolutely amazing - nicely done =]

Haha, thank you

Thank you <3

I've been painting for about a year and haven't really completed very many... I am much more confident in what I do though, even if what I do isn't that great. It's certainly quicker than it was, at least xD First mini was a fairly heavy conversion, and I learned a huge amount from her. I'm still very fond of her, even though I am quite tempted to either make another version of her or perhaps repaint bits of her. Narthrax, however, is my current project, and he's close enough to finished that in all honesty, I might cave and call him finished xD just need to get some neater photos of him. I've not painted any proper humanoid minis in a while, so can't compare directly.

This is what I figured, haha =] thanks! Thank you <3

Thank you I do have a Sir Forscale, but he's up in my case atm... Perhaps I'll retrieve him later and take a couple of extra photos, haha.

Yup, certainly know that feeling well.... I'd honestly mind less if I didn't photograph most minis while laying on my stomach xD it's kind of uncomfortable. If I had a decent table setup to shoot on, I'd probably take a lot more photos because it would be easier to steady my camera, etc. No tripod here >.<