01537 · Gus · Bonesylvanians

[Mocha]

I really love the Bonesylvanians. After taking Derek Schubert's "Monochrome Painting" class at the Reaper Artist Conference last October, I was really excited to try my hand at it. [side note: Check out the miniatures he used for the class demos (and later finished up) in Derek's forum post here. Give it a shot, it's something everyone should try at least once!]

 

I won't claim that I painted Gus using only black and white-- I added a bit of blue too! I painted him using only Ghost White (of course), Snow Shadow, and Blue Liner. The only exceptions to this are his eyes = Brilliant Blue and his tooth = Pure White. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. I found that painting white can be a real challenge and that painting monochrome is leading me into some interesting future painting studies in values and textures! 

 

Gus · Sculpted by Bob Ridolfi · Limited Edition Reaper Miniature #01537

[jscurrier]

So good. Love the detailed eyes. Your really good!

[Marineal]

Fantastic job!!! I love him!

 

ETA: Your blog hates me. ;)

Edited May 18, 2015 by Marineal

[Glitterwolf]

Cool Ghost

[Thes Hunter]

Nice chains.

[seej]

Great job. Lovely eyes and chains.

[Slendertroll]

Lots to love here! Very crisp NMM on the chains, beautiful eyes, and the monochrome is so natural that I wouldn't have even realized you only used five paints if you hadn't told us.

[HenryRequiem]

wow, that's one heck of a nice paint job 

[ub3r_n3rd]

Such a neat little guy, very well painted!

[Pingo]

Holy cats, that's good NMM on those wrist cuffs.

[chaosscorpion]

Eyes are great. He looks like a real trouble maker.

[Mocha]

Fantastic job!!! I love him!

 

ETA: Your blog hates me. ;)

Just fixed the comments settings-- you should be good to go. Sorry about that!

[Matbar]

Painting with few colors is so difficult to do well, so double thumbs-up on this awesome piece.

[Silvervane]

Great job on Gus.  I attempted to do a blue monochrome on mine as well.  Yours turned out better than mine.  Eyes really set it apart from mine.  

[Mocha]

Thanks, all   He's definitely a mischievous little guy and since he doesn't have a lot of different textures on him, he's a great mini to test out monochrome painting and painting eye details that just won't fit on other miniatures-- lots of room to play around with!