Pingo paints 77291, the Bones Kraken (also a carnivorous plant or Sarlacc), many pictures

[Pingo]

Forumites may remember I painted this more than a year ago.

 

Which I did, and then I, errr forgot to take finished pictures and post them.  Sorry.  I'm fixing that.

 

This is Reaper's Bones kraken, #77291, which I believe was once offered in a resin-metal combo but is now sold in the much lighter and less fragile (and less expensive) Bonesium.

 

When I put one together for a friend, I noted that the front end would make a pretty good carnivorous plant, especially when tucked into a lotus flower-shaped candleholder we have.  It also seemed a pretty good evocation of the Sarlacc in "The Return of the Jedi".

 

So when I put my own together, I left the body and the front end separate, both for ease of storage and for versatility of use.  (I never did figure out how to put the tentacles on, though.  I tried to follow the store image in both the ones I put together and they still both came out different.)

 

I also love this model because it comes with a wonderfully elaborate base, the prow of a wrecked ship.  We have been using that as scenery.

 

Some of the creature has been painted with interference paint, which is either near-transparent or luminously glowing iridescent color depending on the angle of light and viewing.  I've tried to include pictures to show the change.

 

First are photos with a white background, to show the model clearly (I went a little overboard with underwater effects later).  A few have Dark Sword Miniatures' mermaid warrior, DSM 1197, to show the scale of the model.  This creature is BIG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark Sword Miniatures' mermaid warrior, DSM 1197, included to show the scale of the model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very, very old WIP thread here.

[Dilvish the Deliverer]

I really love what you did with this.  And all of the colors!  

 

And thank you for posting this and reminding me about the shipwreck base.  It would look great in Frostgrave sticking up out of the ice.

[Pingo]

After the straightforward white-background portrait photos, I pulled out my iridescent blue crushed organza and my unbleached parchment paper (wadded up and then smoothed out again) to make some underwater scenery.  I found the pictures had drastically different moods depending on whether I used the flash or not, so I included some of both.

 

This is madness, but a lot of fun too.

 

Once again, the Dark Sword Miniatures DSM 1197, mermaid warrior, is included in some images for scale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pingo]

Details and separate bits, in an underwater setting, with Dark Sword Miniatures DSM 1197, mermaid warrior, for scale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chris Palmer]

Wow! The colors in this are simply amazing! And the patience it must have taken to paint in all those detailed scrolling patterns! And kudos for discovering all the versatile ways to use the one kit!

[Talae]

This is a thing of beauty!

[Pezler the Polychromatic]

Interference paint squiggliness is so darn gorgeous. This definitely earns its way into House Polychromus.

[tiniest rhombus]

So beautiful!

[Darkmeer]

Just beautiful.  Wonderful work, Pingo. 

[MojoBob]

That truly is spectacular. I'm iridescent with envy :)

[Pochi]

Your colors are so vibrant and beautiful! I love it!

[Glitterwolf]

This is absolutely fantastic!

 

Those swirls really help it pop and the colours are amazing.

 

I have been thinking about it, that shipwreck is a very pretty piece in itself.

 

Using the head as a carnivorous plant is also a great idea.

Edited January 31, 2017 by Xherman1964

[Citrine]

Wow!

[dargrin]

I really love what you did with this.  And all of the colors!  

 

 

This is exactly what I think as well.  THe purple and the gray really give it a lifelike appeal to it.  Great work here.

[kitenerd]

Fantastic paint work on an amazingly epic mini!

 

I think the real lesson here is background and photography - that kraken looks so much better against the deep blue!  All of those rich colors suddenly seem perfect and everything just sings.  I liked it on white - i LOVE it on blue!