TSR's Female Monk

This figure is an archived miniature from the 1983 TSR Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragon Monks, Bards, & Thieves. While an interesting model, I find it amazing how far sculpting has come within the fantasy line.

The model shows a lot of flow which made the robes enjoyable to paint. Again, I used the dark to light painting method whereby the basecoat of the model started at Dark Angels Green. Finished in May 2002.


Painting Instructions for Female Monk

Step 1: Undercoat models with white primer
Step 2: Use Dark Angels Green on robe
Step 3: Use Bubonic Brown on hood and leggings
Step 4: Use Scorched Brown on pouch and ropes
Step 5: Use Bestial Brown on pole
Step 6: Use Chaos Black on blade
Step 7: Use Dark Flesh on hair
Step 8: Use mix of Bronzed Flesh and Elf Flesh on skin
Step 9: Use mix of Dark Angels Green (2/3) and Snot Green (1/3)on robe
Step 10: Use mix of Bestial Brown and Snakebite leather on pole
Step 11: Keep lightening up mix with Bubonic Brown on pole
Step 12: Use mix of Snot Green (2/3) and Dark Angels Green (1/3) on robe
Step 13: Use watered down Snot Green on robe
Step 14: Add a glob of Scorpion Green to watered down Snot Green and put first highlight layers on robe
Step 15: Add a glob of Bilious Green to watered down mix and put final highlight onto robe
Step 16: Use Bubonic Brown and add a dab of Bleached Bone - highlight hood and leggings
Step 17: Continue Step 16 by adding more Bleached Bone to the mix until pure Bleached Bone highlight
Step 18: Use Elf Flesh as highlight on skin
Step 19: Use Pallid Flesh as final highlight on skin
Step 20: Drybrush Vermin Brown on hair
Step 21: Drybrush Leprous Brown on hair
Step 22: Use Bestial Brown on pouch and ropes
Step 23: Use Snakebite Leather as highlight on pouch and ropes
Step 24: Use Bubonic Brown as final highlight on pole
Step 25: Use Chaos Black on base

Emperors Choice Anna Streetshadow

Anna Streetshadow is from Box 1 of the Legends Eternal Fantasy Miniatures. Instead of the "blending" technique, this model was painted using the dark to light overstroke method.

Finished in May 2002.

Painting Instructions for Anna Streetshadow

Step 1: Undercoat models with white primer
Step 2: Use Bronzed Flesh on skin
Step 3: Use Dark Angels Green on cloak
Step 4: Use Bestial Brown on pants
Step 5: Use Chaos Black on all leather and metal
Step 6: Use Red Gore on belt
Step 7: Use Dark Flesh on hair
Step 8: Wash skin with watered down Flesh Wash
Step 9: Use mix of Bronzed Flesh and Elf Flesh on skin
Step 10: Use mix of Dark Angels Green (2/3) and Snot Green (1/3) cloak
Step 11: Use mix of Bestial Brown and Snakebite leather on pants
Step 12: Keep lightening up mix with Bubonic Brown on pants
Step 13: Use Scorched Brown on boots and leather straps - leave black edging and creases
Step 14: Use mix of Snot Green (2/3) and Dark Angels Green (1/3) on cloak
Step 15: Use watered down Snot Green on robe on cloak
Step 16: Add a glob of Scorpion Green to watered down Snot Green and put first highlight layers on cloak
Step 17: Add a glob of Bilious Green to watered down mix and put final highlight onto robe
Step 18: Use Bestial Brown as highlights on boot and leather straps
Step 19: Use mix of Bestial Brown (2/3) and Snakebite Leather (1/3) as final highlight on boots and leather straps
Step 20: Drybrush Boltgun Metal on sword and metal bracelets
Step 21: Drybrush highlight of Chainmail on sword
Step 22: Drybrush final highlight of Mithril Silver on sword
Step 23: Use a black wash on metal bracelets to dull down the metal
Step 24: Drybrush Codex Grey on bags
Step 25: Drybrush highlight Fortress Grey on bags
Step 26: Use a black wash on bags to dull down highlights
Step 27: Drybrush Vermin Brown on hair
Step 28: Drybrush highlight Leprous Brown on hair
Step 29: Final highlight drybrush of mix Leprous Brown and Bleached Bone on hair
Step 30: Use Blood Red as a highlight on lower part of belt
Step 31: Use Blazing Orange as a final highlight on belt
Step 32: Use Chaos Black on base

Ral Partha's Brown Thief

This figure is an archived miniature from Ral Partha circa 1984. I don't know much more about it other than that.

I have had this model sitting around staring at me on the table for awhile.
Every time it just kept saying brown. When I had some extra brown left over from another model I just went to town. My goal was to create "color" using various shades of brown. I kept highlighting or darkening my main color accordingly. My attempt at this was purely academic and the light source was the torch instead of the typical overhead lighting. Therefore the model should give a feeling of the yellow/red torch casting it's glow across the model.

I tried something else too that didn't quite work. When finished, I used a yellow/orange wash on the brown highlights to try and create a glow from the torch affect. It seemed to only dull the highlights down and therefore didn't really work as desired although if you look closely at the highlights you should be able to see the yellow/orange tint. I just thought it would be more profound of an affect.

Finished in May 2002.