Rhianna - Urban Grunge Rhinoceros (77587 Avatar of Resilience by Jason Wiebe)

[Peithetairos]

Finally I can reveal my entry for the 2. Quarterly Reaper Miniatures painting contest. I am very pleased with the results and even placed fourth. The competition was strong as per usual and very impressive freehands as well as glow effects made the top three stand out.

 

Rhianna is based on Reaper Miniatures Avatar of Resilience. I changed quite a bit about the miniature to fit the urban fantasy theme: New weapons, including a scratch-build pump gun, pants, leather straps across the chest and more.

 

I had lots of fun converting this mini and painting her was also a good, if challenging experience. Pink is not usually a colour I choose, but here it really works. I used Kimera Colours Magenta with a bit of The White as a base colour. That was crazy vibrant, so I desaturated it with some grey. For the shadows I mixed some Purple into the Magenta which really helped to make it pop. Finally, highlights were applied using a baby pink.

 

I had trouble getting the right look for the Juicy logo, but ended up using metallics for it. Micro dots failed and had to be painted over again.

The small labels and garbage were also a first. The labels are all freehands and distressed afterwards. The cigarettes are small styrene strips and the Pepsi can made from some aluminium foil.

 

So a few questions to spark discussion:

 

• How do you go about sequin, glitter or fake 'crystals' on miniatures?
• What is your favourite recipe for pink?

[Glitterwolf]

[Chaoswolf]

You did a really great job on this figure! 

 

Sadly, I've got nothing on your questions.

[warswithtoys]

Never thought of using these guys as mutants, I shall steal this idea, off shopping now...

[Rigel]

Absolutely spectacular!

 

I use a drybrush of pearlescent metallic for glitter. I'd imagine actual glitter is the right scale for sequins but refuse to mess with the stuff. 

[Inarah]

8 hours ago, Peithetairos said:

• How do you go about sequin, glitter or fake 'crystals' on miniatures?
• What is your favourite recipe for pink?

 

 

Cheap metallic paint, it has larger particles and looks more like glitter. Well, it is glitter. 

 

I use pink straight out of the bottle. 🙂

 

[Corsair]

I love the bubble gum!

[Peithetairos]

10 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Mr Burns being Mr Burns

 

Thank you! I feel he would make some slippers out of her... 

 

4 hours ago, Chaoswolf said:

You did a really great job on this figure! 

 

Sadly, I've got nothing on your questions.

 

Glad you like her!

 

3 hours ago, warswithtoys said:

Never thought of using these guys as mutants, I shall steal this idea, off shopping now...

 

Thanks! I think I will convert a few more of the Avatars to Urban Mutants. I have the Avatar of Wisdom, too, and want to make him into a peddler of counterfeit and illegal goods.

 

2 hours ago, Rigel said:

Absolutely spectacular!

 

I use a drybrush of pearlescent metallic for glitter. I'd imagine actual glitter is the right scale for sequins but refuse to mess with the stuff. 

 

Much obliged! Actual glitter is a good idea. If I could find the right diametre one could build it up as a 3D texture.

 

1 hour ago, Inarah said:

 

Cheap metallic paint, it has larger particles and looks more like glitter. Well, it is glitter. 

 

I use pink straight out of the bottle. 🙂

 

 

Also a good idea. Which pink is your go to? 

 

20 minutes ago, Corsair said:

I love the bubble gum!

 

Thank you! I thought of painting a translucent effect, but decided against it. Too hard to wrap my head around it and too little time before the submission deadline.

[Inarah]

7 hours ago, Peithetairos said:

 

Also a good idea. Which pink is your go to? 

 

 

 

Lately I've been using a lot of Thuvian Sun Orchid SKU: 89537, it has a pure magenta pigment so it mixes really well for blending.  Most of my other pinks are discontinued, the Blush Colors Triad 9747,    Spattered Crimson 9277 (not a pink but it makes a beautiful one with white),  Dead Rose 9653 (another dark one), and the seasonal Breast Cancer Pink.

 

[Gantrell]

Very nice. good use of color. Amusing scene.

[Grand Slam]

I really like what you did with the skin. Adding in the subtle hints of color help it pop (and stay cohesive with the model's overall color pallette). The detailed bits, like the sign, cigs, and printing on the pants, are all flawless.

 

As far as glitter goes, Folk Art actually does a line of glitter-based paints. I've never tried the colored ones, but I've used the "clear" one (basically, a matte varnish that adds a glitter effect over an existing color) and I was impressed with it. They're cheap and worth experimenting with, if you're curious.

[Iridil]

Wonderful scene tells a story. Amazing conversion which makes it so different - love the skin and use of pink throughout.

[Peithetairos]

On 7/3/2022 at 5:12 AM, Inarah said:

 

Lately I've been using a lot of Thuvian Sun Orchid SKU: 89537, it has a pure magenta pigment so it mixes really well for blending.  Most of my other pinks are discontinued, the Blush Colors Triad 9747,    Spattered Crimson 9277 (not a pink but it makes a beautiful one with white),  Dead Rose 9653 (another dark one), and the seasonal Breast Cancer Pink.

 

 

As a fan of pure pigments I will check out the Thuvian Sun Orchid, thanks for the tip!

 

On 7/3/2022 at 7:07 AM, Gantrell said:

Very nice. good use of color. Amusing scene.

 

Thanks a lot! Glad you like it.

 

7 hours ago, Grand Slam said:

I really like what you did with the skin. Adding in the subtle hints of color help it pop (and stay cohesive with the model's overall color pallette). The detailed bits, like the sign, cigs, and printing on the pants, are all flawless.

 

As far as glitter goes, Folk Art actually does a line of glitter-based paints. I've never tried the colored ones, but I've used the "clear" one (basically, a matte varnish that adds a glitter effect over an existing color) and I was impressed with it. They're cheap and worth experimenting with, if you're curious.

 

Much obliged. That was indeed my intention with the skin: subtle texture and colour variations that take up other elements of the mini. I think the logo on the pants could be enhanced, but really hard to get it right. I have a lok if I can get Folk Art in Germany.

 

3 hours ago, Iridil said:

Wonderful scene tells a story. Amazing conversion which makes it so different - love the skin and use of pink throughout.

 

Thank you! Narrative is indeed always high on my list for such vignettes and the mutant conversion inspired by TMNT was also great fun. I imagine she just keeps a parking space free for Bebob.