14479 Drys, 77198 Barrow Rats, 77144 Mummy, 91006 Prarie [sic] Tick Queen, 92652 Skeleton with Axe, 92671 Demon, 80026 Agatha Fox

[jonishi]

In order to get back into painting I decided to paint a few Bones, and to do it quickly so as to not get frustrated and lose interest trying to make everything perfect. I still ended up spending more time on these guys than I had hoped, but it was mostly because I was trying new things, so I guess that's ok. I'm not sure I got all the names and numbers correct in the title, I had a hard time finding some of them in the catalog so feel free to point out any corrections needed. 

 

First up: a dryad! To be clear, this is the Bones version. I don't think a tree can really be considered to be nude, but linked here just in case. I was trying out non-human skin tones, this one is shaded with dark blue and the highlights are a light teal. I always read that you should push highlights more, but I generally get impatient and the final, lightest highlight will ruin the careful layering underneath like it did here... 

 

Practice continued with this demon(?). The photo shows him to be much more saturated than he is IRL. 

 

Next, a tick that I tried to paint to be glowing inside. I didn't really a good photo of the glow, the gradient is much stronger in reality. The topside was meant to be like a dung beetle blue, but it came out looking a bit sci-fi. 

 

I painted these mummies as a quick break, they were probably the fastest of the bunch! They are purposefully differently colored, so they can be distinguished more easily during a game. 

 

This skeleton was also a quick job, I tried to make his equipment look dirty, old and rusty. 

 

I had tremendous fun making this guy look diseased and gross. I didn't realize there was another of these until I was looking up this part number, but I will see about making that one another color as this pale flesh seems like the easy way out to make it look sickly.

 

Agatha seemed like she would provide a bit of variety. I tried to paint her in a comic-book style, with more sharply defined shadows and highlights. I shaded her coat more smoothly so it would contrast with the rest.

 

Finally, this burrowing creeper that I image just came popping out of someone's lawn for a snack. I'm not sure how the anatomy of its head is supposed to work, but I gave him six eyes. Looking at it now, maybe I should put some clumps of grass on its back. 

 

[malefactus]

That is quite an assortment of BEAUTIFUL creations. Picking out a favorite would be a difficult chore except that Dirty, Disgusting Rat is just SO perfectly revolting...WONDERFUL choice of colors. VERY WELL DONE all around!

[FireElemental]

Nice. The tick is oddly pretty.

[revloc02]

I also like the tick. And the base on the Ankheg is cool. Good job.

[Glitterwolf]

Nice job.

 

My favorites are the Tick and the Rat.

[jscurrier]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

[jonishi]

Thank you all for your kind words, they are very motivating 

 

Feel free to also point out things that could be improved, though!

[breegull]

I love Agatha, and the tick, and the rat, and Ankheg and...

 

I haven't really wanted to paint Ankheg myself, until I saw yours popping up out of the lawn.  That's great!  I also really like that dark greenish(?) tinge he has on his legs and face.

 

I love-love the highlights on Agatha's hair and boots.  She looks just like a comic book character.  I actually think she'd look better with nice strong shading and highlights like that on the rest of her. The smoothness of the red coat is nice, but I'd like to see deeper shadows/lining on the creases around her belt and the collar, for instance.

Edited May 20, 2015 by breegull

[Chaoswolf]

I think your idea about putting some grass on the ankheg's back is brilliant!! You should do that.

 

I'm stealing that idea from you, BTW.

[breegull]

I think your idea about putting some grass on the ankheg's back is brilliant!! You should do that.

 

I'm stealing that idea from you, BTW.

 

Oh yeah, forgot to say that too.  Ditto.

 

Jonishi, consider your idea stolen.

[jonishi]

I love-love the highlights on Agatha's hair and boots.  She looks just like a comic book character.  I actually think she'd look better with nice strong shading and highlights like that on the rest of her. The smoothness of the red coat is nice, but I'd like to see deeper shadows/lining on the creases around her belt and the collar, for instance.

 

I hadn't considered it like that, perhaps that will help bring the point across. I'm not sure I will come back to Agatha, but I'm planning to paint the rest of that series in a similar style.

 

 

 

I think your idea about putting some grass on the ankheg's back is brilliant!! You should do that.

 

I'm stealing that idea from you, BTW. 

 

Oh yeah, forgot to say that too.  Ditto.

 

Jonishi, consider your idea stolen.

 

 

You're both very welcome! I actually turned the base for the Ankheg upside down, as someone on this forum suggested, and filled it in rather than sculpting a hill on top of it. I think that helps with the lawn-look. 

[Chaoswolf]

Yes, it does.