PICTURE HEAVY Everything Mouse Painted in 2017 (She thinks)

[Paradoxical Mouse]

So, 2017 was my first year in this hobby. I discovered the joys of miniatures. I discovered Reaper. I discovered Bones 4, and the Reaper forums with it. I'm going to post pictures of everything I've painted this year, more or less in order...with a bit of a blurb about my journey. Starting with before I joined these forums, my first miniatures. 

 

KOBOLDS - WizKids Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures - 72557

These were my first miniatures I painted. Yeah. I started with small kobolds... And with WizKids... (I didn't have primer on hand to start).

 

GOBLINS - Reaper Bones - 77024

What comes after kobolds? Goblins. I have no idea how there are only 9, when they come in packs of 6....I only remember painting 9, as well...This is a mystery... Also, these guys got painted based on a Runescape quest...yeah. I'm a nerd.

 

ADVENTURERS - WizKids Deep Cuts -  72596, 72597, 72600, 72601

So I used the WizKids adventures for Acolytes in my Hoard of the Dragon Queen game...yeah...these were my first human paint jobs.

 

Golanth, Half Dragon Warrior - Reaper Dark Haven Legends - 03463

Golanth was the first metal mini I painted. I remember loving tinting his armor. I also had to base him to keep him from falling over.

 

Various Furniture - Reaper Bones - 77319, 77138, 77137

I wanted some dungeon dressing...

 

Swarms - Reaper Bones - 77129, 77128

Thanks to Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the enemies my players are most afraid of are...RAT SWARMS. Yeah, the rat swarms in ch.1 almost ended up with a TPK. Good times.

 

Halfling Rogue - WizKids Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures - 72627

This chick was my first painted player mini. She was a halfling bard. I remember giving up on her eyes.

 

Dracolisks - Reaper Bones - 77379

I was super proud of these guys when I first did them. I loved how the washes looked!

 

Cultist - Reaper Bones - 77351

My goodness, I started to do detail with this guy! I'd actually discovered Reaper's forums with him, but I stayed just a lurker for a while.

 

Andriessa, Female Wizard - Reaper Bones - 77386 OR 77381 (DDS2)

I really spent a lot of time on her. I wanted to try and see just how detailed I could paint. 

 

More Goblins - WizKids Deep Cuts - 72579

More goblins.

 

Black Bear (Companion Animals) - Reaper Bones - 77216

The druid kept turning into a bear. It made me angry, but I still painted him up a mini.

 

Phoenix  - WizKids Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures - 72563

I just kind of stuck some red ink on this one.

 

Deep Ones - Reaper Dark Haven Legends - SKU ????????? (None of my searches are finding these guys)

 

Peryton - Reaper Bones - 77392

 I actually used reference photos for this guy!

 

Spiders - Reaper Bones - 77025

Mister Mouse is scared of spiders and hates these guys. He insists I keep them put away.
 

Cassie, Female Gnome Wizard - Reaper Dark Haven Legends - 03340

Recognize her? She was the first mini I posted up on these forums! She was used as my mini for my player character, Ashes. She was also my first attempt at basing. Additionally, you might remember her being my avatar for a long while.

 

Zombies - Reaper Bones - 77053, 77014

I played with some special effects with these guys. I still love the results! 

 

Skeletons - Reaper Bones - 77242, 77241, 77244, 77238, 77237

So many skeletons! I also think I have the wrong sku for my spearman...

 

Ghast - Reaper Bones - 77159

 

Wraith - Reaper Bones - 77097

I tried adding a tuft of grass to this guy, in the back.

 

Plant Thing - Reaper Bones - ?????

I got this from Stoneskull...don't know the actual SKU.

 

Bear - Reaper Bones - ??????

I have no idea the SKU on this bear - it came with Bones 3 core. He was my first attempt to paint for display, instead of tabletop.

 

More Cultists and a Circle - Reaper Bones - 77351

I tried to get a glowy effect on the circle...I still like the first cultist I did a little better...

 

Tombstone - Reaper Bones - ?????

From Bones 3 Graveyard

 

Necromancer - Reaper Bones - 77283

I hate the paint job I did on her...she's the last mini I painted using only Army Painter Paints...

 

Level Up! - Reaper Learn to Paint Kit - 08907

And so, I leveled up (I have no clue where the gnome went, and the pirate apparently needs a touch-up)

 

Adventuring Kid - Reaper Dark Haven Legends - 03783

And so, I tried to apply what I learned and also do NMM...this kid didn't turn out so great. But I tried!

 

Hot Foot - Reaper ReaperCon 2017 Mousling -  01616

My FIRST MOUSLING!!!! I'm still really happy about how the bubbling lava came out. Also my lesson in painting before assembly.

 

Bandit - Reaper Bones - ?????

 

And so, I went back and tried speed painting something...

 

Lizardman Archer - Reaper Bones - 77425

Speed painted to test Eldar colors...

 

Wrapping Dragon - Reaper Special Edition - 05193

I finally start to be getting shading and eyes! Yay!

 

Christmas Speed Paints - Reaper - ???, 77436, 77435, 77433, 01552

And so, I now speed paint at a much higher quality than I even slow painted at in the beginning.

 

I feel like 2017 was great. 92 painted miniatures later, I think my skill has improved drastically. I hope my skill keeps improving in 2018!

[Zink]

Nice work! If you keep painting at that rate your skills can't help but keep improving this year.

[Cyradis]

Goodness, Mouse!! You've gone through so many 20s of minis!! This is wonderful! 

[Glitterwolf]

Great work, you have improved on the way.

 

Keep painting and you will get better and better.

 

Most important, have fun while doing it!

 

And I'm happy you joined us on the forum!

Thx for participating in  the Candy Exchange!

[DragonWyrm]

It's always amazing seeing someone improve.

[buglips*the*goblin]

5 hours ago, Zink said:

Nice work! If you keep painting at that rate your skills can't help but keep improving this year.

 

Yup, that's the key.  Once you get the basics nailed down to second nature then you get a little bored and start looking for more work to do.  

 

Great first year, Mouse!  I like you, you're a good fit for this board.

[Darsc Zacal]

Wow! What an impressive output Mouse!

And it's very cool to see how your skills developed so quickly.

Greatstuff!

[Lord of the Dish Pit]

A very impressive first year! 

[Nunae]

I also started painting in 2017 and you got through sooo many more miniatures than I did. Good job! I'm sure your players appreciate the sudden repertoire of baddies.

[Zink]

4 hours ago, buglips*the*goblin said:

 

Yup, that's the key.  Once you get the basics nailed down to second nature then you get a little bored and start looking for more work to do.  

 

Great first year, Mouse!  I like you, you're a good fit for this board.

 

The goblin likes you.  Run girl, while you can! 

[Paradoxical Mouse]

Thanks everyone! I have really appreciated the love and support of the forums as I've been practicing over the last year! If anyone knows the SKUs I'm missing above, I'd appreciate it - I'm trying to begin documenting the minis I own, and I'm having trouble with the Bones 3 releases...along with the metal Deep Ones. My store searches weren't very successful.

[Zink]

I have a terrible time finding the skus and names for a lot of the Bones minis too. My descriptions I type into the search engine often don't match what Reaper thinks they are and there's enough that browsing takes forever.

[Clearman]

I usually go back to the Kickstarter images.

 

There is also a Google Sheets spreadsheet that someone on the forum shared.  I believe it matches the SKUs to the KS stretch goal in which they were added during the campaign.

[NecroMancer]

Lots of work there!  You really improved quite a bit as well!  

[Chaoswolf]

Congratulations on a very productive first year!