LittleBluberry Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) You have inspired me to possibly relent and pick up one of these enormous Bones dragons. I was avoiding them because they're undead, but yours is beautiful in it's skeletal glory. Edited September 14, 2013 by LittleBluberry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetic_joe Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 This has possibly been the coolest WIP thread ever. I think Buglips is now elevated to hero status. Remember this day for on this day a simple Goblin slayed the draconic god! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flygyrl Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I have to add in with the others that this was an amazing wip to follow! FABULOUS job!!!!! Now where are those margaritas soneone mentioned? This definitely deserves a celebration :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 High five! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Rikers Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I don't know what strikes me more, the massive size, the neat sculpt, the beautiful selection of colours on the base, Kaly himself, or just how quick you've finished him. Top notch job Buglips, anxiously waiting for more close-ups! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damenace Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Looks great buglips! Ill send you a pair of smelly socks as a reward! Edited September 14, 2013 by Damenace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) I'm glad people enjoyed this WIP and the result. Like all of my WIPs, I had no idea if it would work, get done in time, or what. That might sound like a scary way of working, but it's actually become addictive. It strips out the luxury of worry, and with that gone I'm forced to think fast, move quickly, and do what I can without fussing. For the most part it works out, and sometimes I discover some neat things - like the time I did the Bugbear's skin.I think worrying about it is what kills it for most folks, so I say don't worry; be painty! All of it is pretty easy stuff, it just takes practice. I had to cut short answering questions and doing write-ups as the sand ran out of the hourglass, so now I'm going to go round some up and see what I can drum up for answers and/or clarification. This is scaring the hell out of me, considering I was thinking of trying to drybrush Kally. How many hours of dry-brushing have you put into Kally so far, Buglips? That's hard to say. A bunch. The first basecoat of bone shadow was most of it, and you can solve that by either not using a semigloss black or dullcoating in between that and the next layer. Each successive layer is a smaller area, so it naturally goes faster. If Kaladrax all on his own is intimidating or more time than you want to devote to one creature, pick away at him piece by piece. He's probably good practice. So you could do the base stone work in between other projects. Then come back and do the skull. So on. Eventually he'll be ready for assembly, and if you do it that way it'll probably hardly seem like work at all. The base is superb and the bones are very nice. The only part I'm not sure about is the innards. I like where you are going, but I'm not sure they won't be too dark in the end? I guess they'll show off the lighter bone color well if they are a bit dark. Great work my fine goblin! The innards were a looming problem from the beginning, so I had my mind on them from the start. As mentioned, I didn't want a fleshy-looking Bacondrax. This pretty much meant the innard colour had to be dark. I didn't want just black, though. Or plain, boring grey - especially as the stone base was grey. So in the end I settled on the Dark Elf Skin triad as a compromise. As a colour, it was a good choice. As a paint, it was not. I had a lot of trouble with it, under thinning it separated easily - even eagerly. I don't think it would be a problem on a normal sized miniature for skin, but because of the size of Kaladrax it was a huge obstacle. In the end, because of this consistency problem, all the dark elf skin bits got a little abstract. The overall effect works, but close inspection would reveal many flaws. As buglips current DM.... I am very pleased with the progress of my most powerful minion. (Inserts generic evil laughter). As such I cannot abide with pesky animal rights groups derailing my attempts at world domination. Therefore I have dispatched a host of Lawyer Genies to deal with this *problem*. Keep painting goblin. Kaladrax has only one master - he who breathed life into him. I.e., me. But I may let you use him or take him for a walk, because after many years of training you have finally been able to stop destroying my painted little people during play. I remember the lawyer genie. Got me out of some tight jams. Mr. Goblin sir, Thank you for another VERY insightful WIP. I learn something every time I follow your progress.I do have a question (sorry if I missed it if you already answered). How many paint bottles did you actually end up going through? Specifically in regards to the bone triad, but other paints too. In the end, despite my concern (which is why I bought 5 Bone triads), I didn't use up a single full bottle. The heaviest casualty was the Bone Shadow - that was fresh and unopened and I got through 3/4 of it. The Coat D'Arms black survived almost to the end. There was enough left in it to finish the job, actually, but it was getting gloopy. CDA bottles have a little lip on the inside of the cap and my rule of thumb is that if there's not enough left to fill the rim after shaking then consider it toast. The Armor Grey was next heaviest, and that was barely a dent. I wouldn't be able to pick it out from a line-up of my other Armor Grey bottles. And though you didn't ask about brushes, it was 3. The Reaper Kolinsky 0 was already mostly dead, and I sacrificed what was left to try and preserve my Q Series 5R in case I needed it for smaller bits later. The Red Sable (Artoo) pretty much disintegrated right away, probably the glue in the ferrule was weakened from abuse. So the 5R wound up doing the heavy lifting anyway, but my concern for its survival was unnecessary. A selection of a half dozen other brushes, from 5/0 to 0, filled in where necessary. Edited September 14, 2013 by buglips*the*goblin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySloth Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Congrats man. This was crazy to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Mercury Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I bet I could do a whole nother Kaladrax with the same brush. Sturdy! And I'm pretty sure we'll never find out! Awesome work, Buglips! I really like the reasoning (and subsequent coloring) you used for the "guts" to avoid a "bacon" effect, and the weathered bone effect looks great! Kudos, my good man... er, goblin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 A note on the red bits on his wings: when I went to do the wings, those were very distinct parts, so I assumed they were leftover skin bits. Because of his size, and to add colour, i decided to make them red. I left them very dark (it's reaper aged red brick with a quick highlight of reaper blood red) so he wouldn't wind up looking like spider-man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosielicious Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 This has been fantastic to watch, and it's given me plenty of ideas about how to paint my Kaly. I particularly enjoyed the insight into your thought process regarding not baconating him. I think I'm going to aim for a jerky kind of look with mine, as that makes sense from a slowly-drying-out perspective. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 That's not a bad idea. I bet that could look pretty good on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai-Mongar Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Damn, I don't check the WIP forum for a while and this is what I miss out on! I'm going to have to go through the whole thread when I've got the time, but the end result is amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Knight Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 This has been fantastic to watch, and it's given me plenty of ideas about how to paint my Kaly. I particularly enjoyed the insight into your thought process regarding not baconating him. I think I'm going to aim for a jerky kind of look with mine, as that makes sense from a slowly-drying-out perspective. ...now I'm hungry... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thes Hunter Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I think you are on to something about the worry Buglips. I know the worry is what killed painting for me. It was speed painting that helped me out of that funk. I realized with speed painting competitions that I would get a better mini done in an hour than one that I spent 80 on. (Maybe my time with drawing and painting set me up to think every project should take 80+ hours to do.) Now that fear is mostly done with. I have painted more minis this year than I have my whole life, and it feels great. But I still have Da Feartm when it comes to doing big projects. I think I am going to grab one and just do it, Buglips style! <music starts in her head and she hears...> wop! wop! wop!, heeeeeeeyyyy sexy goblin... Wopa Buglips Style! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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