Dwarfs! Reaper and Oathsworn

[Sanael]

Three Dwarfs, all pretty quick paint ups. I haven't posted much lately, but I haven't been entirely idle. 

 

First up, one of Schubert's Shieldmaidens. I started this lass at Reapercon 2013 for a weathering class with Proctor...very good class, which I put to good use elsewhere, but the weathering I did on this mini has been painted over. I used a lot of purple, including her eyeshadow. Although she was started well over a year ago, once I sat down with her I spent less than six hours on her.

 

 

Like most of Derek's sculpts, this one is super fun and super easy to paint. She's got personality and plenty of space to get fancy if you want to (I didn't, here, but if I get another of the Shieldmaidens some time I know where I will do some patterns and whatnot).

 

Next, Bondagur! Or Bonagur, depending on whether you read the blister card or the online store. About three and a quarter hours time on him, all in one sitting. I'm trying a new method for metallics...I paint in a really rough NMM-style basecoat (not very smoothly or painstakingly blended), then use a thin layer of metal. Then I use the shadow color from the NMM to blend in some opaque shadow over the metallic. This is an odd combo of Shaded Metallics and NMM, but it comes out pretty well on the table and is faster than I've ever done either technique full bore...rough blends so the NMM isn't slow, and the shaded basecoat gives me a jump on the shaded metallic technique.

 

Wait...shaded basecoat..? Wappel is insidious. He's like cat hair: just gets everywhere.

 

 

One of Bob Olley's, this sculpt is hilarious. The crazy fringe on his sleeves, the ridiculous WWI Epic damn-the-torpedoes charge and grimace...this guy is great. And his eyes are tiny. Combine the fun of the sculpt with my determination to have him done in three hours (missed it by that much!) made him a blast to paint.

 

And finally an Oathsworn Cleric. I painted her in one sitting, maybe four hours, at Reapercon 2014. Maybe three hours of actual paint time on her, since there was a lot of stopping to talk to people and ogle the things Wappel and Lyn were doing at the same table. She was a bit of an experiment: only six bottles of paint were opened for her, and none of them used straight. She could use some brighter highlights, but I like the overall result. Which paints, I'll mention after the pic...see if you can figure it out without peeking!

 

 

OK, here we go...Violet Red, Marine Teal, Marigold Yellow, Blackened Brown, Ghost White and something I've forgotten that might have been Rust Brown. I love the Oathsworn dwarfs I have, and they are great fun to paint. Add to that the environment in which I painted this one, and I always smile when I see it in our case.

 

Anyway, these three are totally done and off my table, but I always love feedback!

[Guindyloo]

Great colours on all of them and the eyes on the first little lady dwarf are gorgeous! She's especially very striking.

[Lovejoy]

I know which one's my favourite, but then I'm a teeny bit biased...

[Knight of the Dinner Table]

Great color choices. I like the dwarven lady best ... the braid and the freehand on the cloak, the detail on the staff and on her clothing are great.

 

On the other hand, I'm also impressed with the second dwarf, especially his black hair and black boots ... shading / highlighting something that is supposed to appear "black" is something I'm struggling with.

[Sanael]

Thanks, all! They were all a bunch of fun to paint.

 

Knight, the black on that guy is just about the easiest thing ever...the "black" is what Anne once called "lively black," a fifty-fifty mix of blue liner and brown liner; the highlights are Ghost White. The trick is to just put the highlight in the smallest possible line. This makes shiny leather boots and hair and its really quick. There are other ways to do black, and if you aren't looking for polished leather this one isn't the best, but this is likely the easiest.

 

Lovejoy, glad you saw this one. Keep an eye on my WiP thread, there should be another of yours in the next week or so!

[MissMelons]

Wow, I love your dwarfs too! What the heck Sanael!

[Mutilatedlips]

Cool freehand on the back of the dwarf girls cape. I like the unique color choices on Bono too.

[seej]

The cloak freehand is very nice. Also, thanks for the lively black discussion. I had not heard that before, and now need to go find an excuse to try it out.

[Sanael]

Seej, the Lively Black is brilliant for soooo many things. I love it for black hair especially...really, the only excuse you need to try it is a mini with hair!

 

Mutilatedlips, thanks! I've been having fun making each of these dwarfs a little different, color-wise. Green and gold is a fun combo.