Animatronic troll and kobolds ( 04004, 04005)

[vulture]

These guys were among my first completed miniatures from Bones 5 because, well, they were easy. Not much too them, and a simple paint-job at that, but dang, they sure are fun!

 

 

 

For whatever reason my metallic paints seem to go bad more quickly than everything else, so it ended up being more challenging than I expected to even get the paint on the model.  It was a good opportunity to experiment with a tarnished and greasy brass look, so I made it work. The reaper bases were great here because I was able to nest the built-in bases inside and just match the texture with GS rather than go through the hassle of removing it. for quick sessions shortcuts like that are crucial or it bogs down the whole process.

 

Edited April 17 by vulture

[Grand Slam]

Solid work on the eyes...and the metallic bodies have a great shine to them. Top notch.

[snitchythedog]

I had a good hard look at these to use as constructs for Frostgrave and decided against it.  After seeing yours I will have to have a rethink. 

Edited April 18 by snitchythedog

[Chaoswolf]

Good work on all of them!

[Iridil]

These look great -especially the troll - makes me rethink them...

[vulture]

Yeah, I get it. I saw them as a bit of a goofy gimmick offering, but oddly, that is why they saw the paint table so fast. No pressure, no expectations, just something simple to splash paint on. I find that I am often "in my own head" - overthinking what I want, with high expectations and that leads to lengthy paint "work". Sets like this let me ditch all that noise and just have fun. In the end, they are probably more useful than I was expecting. 

Edited April 19 by vulture

[Glitterwolf]

Great job, love the eyes!