Mini: Stone Golem
Manufacturer: Reaper Bones Series
Painted: 14th Dec – 15th Dec 2013
I just want to say how proud I am of this model. I have recently been participating in Caffeine Forge's Miniature Mondays. I found that the other painters inspire me and the 'deadline" pushes me to paint every week. When they said that this was this weeks model I wasn't very interested. I kept putting it off because I wasn't feeling inspired. But I finally decided that if I was going to get it done that I should pick up a paint brush. I decided that I would use the model to try some new techniques and the result has made me very happy.
I have never freehand painted on a mini before and all those ruins are freehanded. I also have never attempted to make something appear glowing like I did with the eyes and to an extent the runes. The photo made the glow on the cheeks a little stronger than you see on the mini but I think it turned out great.
I want to say that it wasnt the quality of model that made me feel unexcited - its just a stone golem is kinda boring and not a subject that interest me. The model itself is beautiful and I had a lot of fun painting it once I got myself started.
Colours Used
Primer - None
Base Colours - V. G. X.Op Heavy Charcoal (72.155)
Main Colours
- Body: V. G. X.Op Heavy Charcoal (72.155) mixed with R. MSP. Pure White (09039) * Note: I gradually added more White for different Layers of Dry Brush
- Wash: C. W. Badab Black
- Eyes & Runes: V. G. X.Op Heavy Red (72.141), R. MSP. Fire Red (09004), R. MSP. Fire Orange (09006)
- Under Eye Glow: A very light watered down R. MSP. Fire Orange (09006)
- Cuff: R. MSP. Shadowed Steel (09052)
- Head "Bolts": R. MSP. Polished Silver (09054)
Glowing Eyes
This was something new I experimented with after watching this tutorial
Basing
Construction
- Reaper's "broccoli" glued onto a black base.
- Fish-tank pebbles glued onto base
- coarse sand layered up to the same level as the "broccoli"
- Fine sand glued over the top of it all (including "broccoli")
- Citidal Liquid Green Stuff used to fill any gaps in the sand.
- Another layer of craft glue to seal it before painting
Bases' Colours
- Sand Base Colour: V. G. X.Op Heavy Brown (72153)
- Sand Wash: C. W. Badab Black
- Sand Highlight: R. MSP. Golden Highlight (09093)
- Stone Base: V. G. X.Op Heavy Charcoal (72.155)
- Stone Highlight: V. G. X.Op Heavy Charcoal (72.155) mixed with R. MSP. Pure White (09039)
- Moss: R. MSP. Highland Moss (09083)
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