Sir Conlan, Alistrilee, & Sajan, Iconic Monk

[Vacaroja]

I wanted to do a couple things with these guys. First, I wanted to see what I could accomplish in under 3 hours of work on a single mini. This included the prep, prime, and painting of each (though I didn't prime Sajan). And second, just play around with more Bones figures because, except for the bigger models, I admit to not being the biggest fan mostly due to the fuzzy details and cleaning the mold lines can be a pain on them. But I want to get to know them better because they're not going anywhere! And I have a lot of them now too.

 

Here's what I got out of it -

One, since I had a time constraint, I didn't obsess over getting every mold line smoothed out and I didn't do any green stuff patching and I just had to get over it, haha.

 

Two, the sculpt really matters. Sir Conlan was easier compared to the other two.

 

Three, I had to constantly remind myself not to hyper focus on little details as is my habit. An example would be faces. I spent about a half hour just on Alistrilee's face. (And these pictures don't do her justice, it looks way better in person, I think.)But that's part of the reason I wanted to try this - to see where I spend too much time and improve technique and habit along the way.

 

And four, I know things could go faster if I gave in to more drybrushing, but certain things never look quite complete to me when I do that.

 

 

 

 

Going to go back to hyper focusing on some of my other projects for now. But I'll definitely do this more often. Maybe a couple every other week or something like that.

 

[Rigel]

Especially good work on Sajan there! Love the color scheme.

[Glitterwolf]

Well done.

Sajan is my favorite, not just his skin but his eyes are in the right spot and of the right size as well giving him a realistic face.

[ShantyShakin]

I love the colors you went with on these, especially the last one. Really pops! Nice work.

[Inarah]

They all look great. 

[Vacaroja]

13 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Well done.

Sajan is my favorite, not just his skin but his eyes are in the right spot and of the right size as well giving him a realistic face.

 

Yeah, Alistrilee's eyes are HUGE. But those are the lines of her eyes on the model and I didn't adjust them any. Could have, but didn't.

 

7 hours ago, ShantyShakin said:

I love the colors you went with on these, especially the last one. Really pops! Nice work.

 

The colors on Sajan are actually replicated from the art of him in the Pathfinder RPG books. I didn't stray much from that when I saw them because they work. So not my idea!

[Iridil]

Wow these are very nice - I can't believe you did them in under 3hrs! I really like how Sir Conlan's armor turned out and the skin tones on the monk - inspirational!