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I thought it had been too long since I painted a fantasy figure, so I reached into my Big Bag O' Monsters and this was the one that came out. (Full multi-angle image linked due to excessive boobies): https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rmDg_Rk9xkw/WYFH353IOlI/AAAAAAAAIps/cuqeA94FFScu0brueXZlQcGYawXQthsuwCLcBGAs/s1600/20170802ReaperHarpy.jpg It's 77041 Harpy by Julie Guthrie. As usual for me these days, it's one of the plastic Bones miniatures, and if you want one it will cost you the princely sum of about three of those Yankee dollars.

I created this monster from a mix of bones (eyebeast, mockingbeast, harpy, nightspectre, ape demon, bed,) hands from the kingdom death phoenix, sculpey, green stuff and plasticard. I have a WIP here. This was a great deal of fun to sculpt and involved a lot of scary background music to get me in the mood. As a kid, I had an overactive imagination, so I can completely empathize with the kid under the blankets. I even tried to fool the monster under my bed once by dropping a pillow off the back of the bed while I made a flying leap for the lightswitch by the door! Enjoy!! C&C always welcome, and I'm happy to answer any questions. I'll be bringing this fellow with me to Reapercon, so feel free to come pick him up and look closer! Also, if there's anything that doesn't look right, let me know- I still have time to fiddle with it.

Finally getting a moment to sit down and post this! This (like it says in the title) was my Summer exchange mini for Falstius. She was very fun to paint, and I'm pleased with a lot of what I did here. She was the guinea pig for a new dark skin recipe that I'm veeery happy with, and I also like the execution of concept on her: the bird half of the harpy was based off a California Condor. I figure Harpies are not meant to be pretty creatures, so basing her off a parrot or even a sparrow wasn't really appropriate. I came down to Starlings (one of my least favorite birds in North America), city pigeons or some sort of carrion bird. Once I decided on carrion bird, it was a simple matter of going for one with more visual interest than a turkey vulture, so California Condor it was! I didn't want to alter the skintones of the human half, so her hair had to be pink to get in the flesh color of the condor's head. I think it came out pretty neat, and I hope it terrorizes some players for Falstius! A back shot to tease y'all into clicking the link below: And the link because this bird has mammal parts: Caw! C-Caw!

I painted this Reaper Bones harpy as a quick fun mini for gaming. Hence no fancy base, and very simple metals, etc. I didn't even carve off the mold lines (though I probably should have done at least that!) She's topless, so here's a link to more photos on my website.

Here is my version of the Bones Harpy. This is my second artistic effort in the past 14 months and I'm working hard to shake off the dust. Input always appreciated. Please scroll down a few posts for links to the other images!

This past weekend I finished painting the bones Harpy. I can only show her back here. If you want to see her front, you have to go to my blog. I don't think I did a good job with her tail feathers.

Here is the Bones Master List 'Let's Paint Reaper Bones!!!!!' of all WIP of the Bones Miniatures. Personally, I prefer Harpies to look more like in this comic: Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic So I started yesterday to change my Harpy. Here front side you can see >>here<< I need to change the back of her. I'm not sure if I try to sculpt feathers or try to use my 'Dremel' to make a normal back.