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This is a bunch of minis in one. I was looking at my pygmy mammoth mini a couple of months ago and I just felt the need to dangle something from its tusks. I found some little bottles I had bought years ago from a Michaels or Joann and the rest of the ideas followed smoothly. I chopped some phosphorescent plastic from a little dino model you find in Fred Meyer and put those in the bottles and they do glow in the dark. I wasn't able to take a good photo of that, alas. I first saw the idea of a large pack animal with lanterns on it, traveling into an uncertain world, years ago when I saw this art: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/7638820 and fell in love with it. List of materials - Pygmy mammoth https://www.reapermini.com/search/mammoth/latest/44111 - Shadoweyes Catfolk rogue https://www.reapermini.com/search/cat rogue/latest/44118 - Adventuring accessories https://www.reapermini.com/search/02638 - Adventuring accessories II https://www.reapermini.com/search/02963 - green stuff (I used the silicone sculpting brushes and vaseline to get this level of detail) - little bottles from Michaels or Joann - phosphorescent plastic (I used the plastic support for the dino pieces from JARU, Inc. Dino World Glow Fossils - no dino pieces were harmed in the making of this mini) Here are more close up photos. And here is the making process. He even has a uvula :) I chopped off the platform and the swords from the rogue cat. And then I cut off its legs and tail so i could reposition them on top of the mammoth. And then I summoned the green stuff. It was really hard to detach the sacks from their metal anchor. I was basically chewing away at the metal with my pliers. But eventually they came off. Priming this was challenging. I sealed the base with a heavy layer of gloss sealer later on. Invoking more green stuff, this time for the cape, blanket edges and the harnesses. I used the cap on one of my new brushes to support the rolled up corner of the cape overnight otherwise it would have fallen flat. I smeared it with vaseline so it wouldn't stick and become a problem once the green stuff dried. Sculpted the edges of the blanket because just painting the dangly threads on the mammoth looked flat and most unsatisfactory. I think I'll name her Shen. And have her wreck havoc for my players in my D&D campaigns. I don't have photos for the harnesses because after staring at this mini for so long I got dizzy and had to lie down. And then I forgot to take pics and I finished the piece. The harnesses are just twisted long strips of green stuff. I measured the distance from the tusk to the hand and then made them and let them dry before attaching them. Hope you enjoyed this build :)

While in the painting swing, I painted 77149: Damien, Hellborn Wizard from the Bones Kickstarter. While doing that, I had an old figure from a friend. The figure is worn; all the edges have been smoothed. His only distinguishing feature is that he is carrying a lot of baggage. I would be curious to know where he is from if anyone can identify him. I used a strong tone on both figures. I fear that it made Damien a little muddy. I also did not wait long enough for the tone to dry before I flocked the base, so you can see static grass in the crevices of the figure. I noticed this after I took the picture. I think I got all the grass off.

I know I disappeared ages ago and all, but I'm kind of back =] I've still been painting, winter just got me into a bit of a funk about it (I don't have a proper setup, I paint on my couch, so sadly I can't set up a daylight lamp), but now that the days are lengthening again, I'm starting to get back into it. So I've ended up owning two lots of Fenrisian Wolves - the first pack, I started painting as elemental sparkle wolves, haha, but I've stalled a bit with them, so I grabbed a second pack and painted them up a bit more normally... So here they are. My apologies, my mini photography is a bit rusty now. Other views of black wolf -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12809642_10153680379578451_7812538568900650579_n.jpg?oh=955d6ea26aeb9316df13fd32e2debcd4&oe=578D1AEE -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/12806164_10153680379698451_1475325282760357864_n.jpg?oh=bad171fd47d082b1ae5a3f5b9df127dc&oe=574E4143 Other views of brown wolf -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/12798899_10153680379893451_4576821689376815235_n.jpg?oh=d0e56b0532bc28e5da57b9a827ae0e6e&oe=5791D012 -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/v/t1.0-9/12814667_10153680380073451_8243732796132182097_n.jpg?oh=edf7eb89843a8d38e2bfad7e0acf14b3&oe=5796EBF6 Other views of grey wolf -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/12832336_10153680380118451_6399009229824780678_n.jpg?oh=6ecbdd66ff36933c3b3c23b6329bbed5&oe=575E5988 -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12794423_10153680380253451_5626015197122943825_n.jpg?oh=9a378f23f5620be1f6ed2c15ceda3151&oe=57592B0A Other view of russet wolf -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/v/t1.0-9/12805941_10153680380568451_7580973580657698334_n.jpg?oh=6b5cddcf757b79796577010452de165c&oe=578F120C Other views of white wolf -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/947034_10153680380793451_707076640208729619_n.jpg?oh=9d545bf8f8756844c61add8382648658&oe=5790041D -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/12799269_10153680380643451_2432158290969337879_n.jpg?oh=8bc01bfcc1675964bbd5b2273dc61c97&oe=578F77BB Other view of the pack -https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/12809539_10153680379318451_2454393923799436313_n.jpg?oh=cdd54a553e1972039e8f6bd7b20c1333&oe=5750A2BC Paints used were... A variety of Citadel paints and a couple of P3 paints, largely drybrushed on, all wolves primed black with Army Painter spray, and bases done with cork (rocks), and assorting Army Painter bits of foliage and stuff. Sand from the beach for dirt, etc =P

This henchman is a awesome sculpt. He's actually one of the very first minis I picked up [he's pewter, before Bones came out] and painted when I frist started learning to paint minis. I stripped his mediocre paint job and am re-painting him, because a awesome mini like him deserves a better paint job The camels I'm painting up at the same time because I'm using lots of the same colors =P They're a bit sloppily painted because I'm just toying with color placement right now. Once I'm happy I'll go back and clean everything up