Assorted Bones

[Slashhamster]

Here's a few random Bones minis that I've finished over the last couple of months.  I finally got around to photographing them when I finished the bookshelves recently.

 

77318 Bookshelves

I didn't pick any of these up during the Bones II KS, but we grabbed a few during the 12 days promotion.  Love the detail on these and can't beat the Bones prices!  They work really well with DwarvenForge Game Tiles and I wanted to get them painted in time for the City System KS shipments.

 

 

 

 

77156 Owlbear

This was a pretty quick paint job.  I had initially planned to do more with him, but after finishing a few basic steps, I looked at it and said, looks good, don't mess it up!

 

 

 

77144 Mummy

Another simple paint job.  I painted him quite awhile ago as he was a test piece to see how different sealers worked on Bones.  I've had some poor luck with Krylon sprays (turn glossy over time, no matter how matte it looks initially), so this was a test with just testor's dullcote.  Definitely no shine months later, although not sure it really provides that much protection either.  Luckily, it's Bones, durable, and a simple figure, so I'm not concerned.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!
 

[annexation]

Loving those bookshelves. I mean, everything here is fantastic but those bookshelves move me.

[Mad Jack]

 Great job on the bookshelf.

 

The cool thing about the bookshelf is that it was sculpted by our very own TaleSpinner, a forum member who's become a professional sculptor.

[Limey72]

Awesome stuff here ;)

[kitenerd]

WOW - really liking the owlbear paint job - great work - if that is simple, then i need to work on simplifying ;) - eyes are awesome

 

mold line/seam on the shoulder is really jaring - they are a pain to hide, but it would have made a big difference on this figure

[Darsc Zacal]

Those bookshelves look fantastic. Your work on the wood and the books themselves make me think I should be picking up a couple more myself.

 

And great paintwork on the owlbear too. Nothing about it indicates a quick paint job. Very nice!

[Glitterwolf]

Agree on the bookshelves.

 

All is pretty nice, but those rock!

[Edsterdoom]

Great bookshelves

[vegascat]

Those bookshelves are really cool, but that owlbear is easily one of the best I've seen so far.

[Evilhalfling]

I love the owbear.  

Did you straighten the bookshelves some how? the (unpainted) ones I have seen always looked terrible warped. 

[Slashhamster]

Thanks all!

 

WOW - really liking the owlbear paint job - great work - if that is simple, then i need to work on simplifying ;) - eyes are awesome

 

mold line/seam on the shoulder is really jaring - they are a pain to hide, but it would have made a big difference on this figure

Yeah; I thought about trying to do something about it, but it wouldn't be simple gap filling since there's so much texture going right over the seam.

 

 

Did you straighten the bookshelves some how? the (unpainted) ones I have seen always looked terrible warped. 

I figured I would need to, but no, I didn't even do the typical dunk in hot water thing I do with most Bones.  Maybe I got lucky, not sure.  I did use a knife to cut the bottoms and flatten them out a bit.  They were fairly wobbly initially (and you can tell in the pictures they're still not perfectly flat) but they stand well enough on their own now.

 

 

Those bookshelves are really cool, but that owlbear is easily one of the best I've seen so far.

Thanks; the trick on this mini is focusing on the face.  Almost all of my time was spent working on the face.  It is clearly the central point (even more so than normal).  Beyond the face, the rest of the mini is just some basic painting and drybrushing.

[tiniest rhombus]

Fabulous work on all of them. That silly crazy owlbear is awesome, definitely one of my favorites so far.

[JDizzO]

Great Job!

 

~Looks at own owlbear/bookshelves~ 

[JackMann]

Thanks all!

 

WOW - really liking the owlbear paint job - great work - if that is simple, then i need to work on simplifying ;) - eyes are awesome

 

mold line/seam on the shoulder is really jaring - they are a pain to hide, but it would have made a big difference on this figure

Yeah; I thought about trying to do something about it, but it wouldn't be simple gap filling since there's so much texture going right over the seam.

 

 

Next time, try filling in the gap, and then going back over it with a tooth pick or other pointy object, going with the grain of the fur texture.  It should end up looking fairly unobtrusive.  That said, I think the model looks pretty awesome as is, and I'm sure the seam is a lot less noticeable at arm's length.  Great work.

[LionMyth]

that owl bear is awesome ... great eyes and beak ... so awesome it makes me hate that the seam wasn't green stuffed