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Painted as a gorgon for D&D, so iron not brass. Quick speed paint. Not terribly much to be done given the colour scheme. Tried to make the floor a bit more interesting. .

After not having painted in a while, I speed painted the Bones brass bull this afternoon. It was a bit of an experiment as I had not used any paints from my new VMA metal set yet. It would be nice if they had a little more opacity, but heavily oxidized is good too.

I've been trying to tick off some of those D&D Monster Manual entries, and painted up a bunch of large beasties. I kind of speed-painted these (spent a bit more time on the Oni), but am pretty happy with how they turned out. Feels good to produce stuff for the collection. The Brass Bull is from Reaper of course (the Bones variant), the four-armed ape is from Bombshell Miniatures, whilst the Iron Golem, Stone Elemental and Fire Elemental are all from Otherworld Miniatures and the Oni is from Zenit Miniatures. They're all really cool minis I think. Anyway, hope you like em!

First, Gauntfield: Rotpatch: Family out trick or treating. I think I might have to get enough of these for an army... A lovely couple out for Halloween. The smaller figure is from the Wizards of the Coast Ravenloft board game. Strahd from the same board game. I don't really like this version of Strahd. Hag from the same: Graveyard Spirit from Malifaux, alternate coloration. Painted this one at the paint and take at Origins. Haven't fixed it up since getting home. The primer was a bit grainy. Happy Halloween!

Had a fun paint session with family on Saturday. My brother-in-law and his daughter have never painted a mini so I asked if they wanted to join in as my daughter and I painted something. They had a great time. Even the brother-in-law who got so into it and when anyone asked if he was having fun would just say "it is something to do". My daughter chose the Brass Bull: My niece chose the Chimera: And the brother-in-law was given the Sharkman: He already has plans on what he wants to do next weekend to finish it up. So we will need to get him set up at the table once we are back from Reaper HQ. A pic of the girls enjoying their paint session: I continued work on my metal Dire Bear when I was able to do so. Between helping out where I could and keeping the girls from trying to pour out their own paint I got a few swabs of the brush down.

This is 77256: Brass Bull, from the Bones II Kickstarter. It's not in the store as yet, apparently it's due for release in June. I wanted a Gorgon, not a Brass Bull, so I painted it in rusty iron colours. Note, that's a D&D Gorgon, not a mythological Gorgon. It was a very quick and easy paint job, but the gunmetal dry-brushing didn't photograph very well at all.

The moment I saw this model in the Bones II list, I knew I wanted to buy it. Marouda likes Bulls, as she's a Taurus (not into astrology, but likes the animal and imagery). As I've written before, the Brass/Bronze Bull is a thing with a strong Ancient Greek heritage. As much as I like the Foundry Model, this one is a good bit bigger, and as such, more impressive. Incidentally, this model is a Bob Olley sculpt, and a nice one at that. I started this a little over a month ago, after starting a brief survey on how to base it. Reaper's Brass Bull. You can sort of see the glowing eyes I gave this one. Now, I know that most Reaper Miniatures are essentially "counts-as" models for various Dungeons and Dragons beasties. What was interesting to me was when one of my friends was over for Friday Night Zombicide, and saw the part-painted model on my paint desk, and remarked that he recognised it as a "Gorgon" and talked about it turning enemies to stone (ok) via a breath attack (huh?) Now, as I've mentioned before, I'm not a huge D&D guy, and to me "Gorgon" always meant a snake-woman of Medusa's Ilk. Medusa being the name of a specific Gorgon, rather than the name of the snake-haired woman's race. Because, you know, that's what they are. This shot shows off the freehand Hoplon shield. I'm quite proud of it. So I did a bit of Googling the next day. I found that, yes indeedy, a Brass (or Bronze) Bull is a proper D&D Monster that petrifies its foes via a breath attack. Huh. Still, it required a bit more reading to figure out. Eventually, I found this blog post by F.Wesley Schneider (of D&D and Pathfinder fame) who explains it all in a way that makes it all make sense. It'll still never make it a Gorgon to me, but I can absolutely understand and respect the reasoning behind it, as well as the many years of legacy to those who play and are familiar with D&D. It's much the same kind of acceptance as my own to bright green Orcs, which was not something I'd ever considered or pictured before my introduction to and immersion into Warhammer in my early teens, but now after several decades is a thing I automatically default to. Showing the discarded Kopis sword. A couple of flank shots. When I saw the photographs of these I noticed a small amount of wear (already!) on some of the scales. I've gone back to retouch those bits and will be giving them a bloody decent shot of varnish tonight and tomorrow. Finally, a size comparison shot. We have Stabby McStab, the Chronopia model, the Reaper Bull and finally, the Wargames Foundry bull. While the basing does make a difference, the Wargames Foundry bull is significantly smaller. I'll still manage to work out a use for both in the eventual Mythical Greek Army. I've got some ideas, and both bulls would remain very nasty opponents. I might add some flower tufts to the base of the Reaper model, though. I like the contrasting effect that flowers have with such a terrifying monster of Brass and Steel!

Alrighty! I think he's done. The poor matador had to be carted off for burial. That'll teach him to take on a construct! The lances are shaved toothpicks. The cape is greenstuff and the base done with freehanded lines. Colors are the ocher gold triad plus mahogany brown and 3 whites- leather, pure and titanium. The cape is mahogany brown, spattered crimson, big top red, fire red and some highlights of lava orange then glazed with clear red. The lines are the snow triad. I did the blood with the reds plus some walnut brown and gloss medium, then a bit of water effect mixed with red. Enjoy! C&C always welcome! He'll be a gift for the Reapercon Free Auction so come out to Denton, paint, have fun, and feel free to bid on him!

Since I'm doing a similar color scheme, I'm working on these two together Right now they're just a coat of Antique Gold over a Olive Green base