Reaper Miniatures Halloween Tree - 3692

I found this awesome figure at the local hobby store about a week before Halloween.  It's a metal model which is awesome and I added a base and a few items to give it some character.  I then painted it on the night of Halloween!

Unfortunately I didn't pay too much attention to the pots of paint I was grabbing.  I used Reaper's paints on this one and I think exclusively out of the MSP HD line.  I think the main bits were:

• The pumpkins were based in Umber Brown and then painted up using Burning Orange and Fireball Orange.  
• The tree itself was just a lot of brushwork starting with Charred Brown, Umber Brown, Golden Brown, Desert Tan, Tusk Ivory, and Maiden Flesh.
• Bucket was Rusty Red over a brown base.
• Owl was Golden Brown and Griffon Tan.
• The base was Dirty Grey with blotches of Field Grey, Mossy Green, and just a little bit of Candlelight Yellow.

This is another Jason Wiebe sculpt and there's something about his models that just sing to me and make me want to get the paints out.

WizKids Owlbear - WZK73349

Another fantastic Wizkids mini in their Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures line.  I happened to find this Owlbear in stock (which at this point is difficult) at my local gaming store this past week and had to paint this right away.  I just love the sculpts, love the price, love the pre-primered, and that they're directly licensed material straight off the pages of the Wizards D&D books.

Painting instructions for Owlbear (used my Vallejo Game Color)...

Step 1: Use Sombre Grey on the entire model
Step 2: Wash entire model with watered down Sepia Ink (about 50/50 ink to water)
Step 3: Drybrush model with Sombre Grey
Step 4: Drybrush model with Wolf Grey
Step 5: Drybrush model with Ghostly Grey
Step 6: Use Leather Brown on face
Step 7: Use Orange Fire on beak
Step 8: Use a mix of Orange Fire with a bit of Leather Brown as shadow on beak
Step 9: Highlight ring of feathers on face with Ghostly Grey
Step 10: Use Black on eyes, claws and base
Step 11: Use Ghostly Grey to draw a line in eyes
Step 12: Use Rotting Flesh to highlight claws
Step 13: Drybrush Cold Grey on base
Step 14: Drybrush Stonewall Grey on base

As noted in previous posts, Wizkids should publish sculptor.

Reaper Miniatures Troll - 89041

This is a great looking troll model sculpted by Jason Wiebe and cast in bones.  The original is a metal model within the Pathfinder line.  I love the Resident Evil style mouth and the figure has great movement sculpted into the pose.

The model was painted a bit at a time so I don't recall exactly my steps.  I believe I used Sick Green as a base coat.  Then covered that with Goblin Green.  Then a mix of Goblin Green and I think Escorpena Green for highlights and I might have added a bit of Sun Yellow for final highlights.  Then washed that all back down with a heavily diluted Sick Green.  The belly I used the Goblin Green with Bonewhite and after a few layers added just a bit of Sun Yellow.  The warty lumps on the model I first hit with Hexed Lichen and then put a dab of Sun Yellow on top.  The lump of hair on the back was based coated with Terracotta and then drybrushed with a bit of Vermin Brown and then just a dab of Bonewhite to the mix for a light drybrush final highlight.  Teeth and claws started with Desert Yellow with Bonewhite highlights - the teeth received a final highlight of Dead White.

Kickstarter paint total: 118 + 1 Troll = 119

More Reaper Miniatures Burrowing Horror - 77372

Finally finished up another project which has been sitting on my desk for five months.  I had five of these bones models of the Reaper Burrowing Horror and I needed to complete one of them for a gaming session I had coming up.  I posted the pic and instructions back in May.  I finally finished the other four tonight using the same set of instructions.

Kickstarter paint total: 114 + 4 Burrowing Horrors = 118