Reaper Miniatures Giant Cobra - 77321

 

This is the same model painted two different ways - both have been sitting on my desk for most of 2022 as paint dumps - when I have a bit of extra paint I'd dump it on these models.  I then made an effort to finalize these in-between the holidays.  

I really this model - I find that quality of large models like this (to give perspective the model is sitting on a 2" round base and sits 1-1/2" high) in the Bones format looks pretty good and doesn't suffer the degradation of detail of the smaller figures.  Additionally at $4.49 msrp, it's a great price point versus the $13.79 of the metal version - particularly for a miniature that quite honestly isn't going to last long against your players.

Kickstarter paint total 174 + 2 Giant Cobra = 176

Reaper Miniatures Razormouth - 44026

 

This was the first Bones Black mini I painted and not the Ogre Juggernaut - I painted this in conjunction with the Basilisk in prep for a sidequest event in our Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign that the players to date (mid-April when I'm backposting this) still haven't gone.  This was sculpted by Chris Lewis - a relatively new sculptor for Reaper - it's a cool model.

Obviously I used white on the teeth, lol.  I think the flesh was Scaly Green with Jade Green highlights and maybe the scales were Sombre Grey with Wolf Grey drybrushing.  The fins and claws are Bloody Red to Hot Orange to Orange Fire.

Reaper Miniatures Basilisk - 77371

 

I painted this Basilisk for a side adventure in my Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign, that funny enough, even though I'm backdating this post six months, the player characters have yet to encounter.

This was a pretty quick paint as I was getting ready for that week's session in case they went down the well.  I recall putting an undercoat of black, then used the Scurvy Green, Jade Green, and Foul Green shade to highlight on the body.  Then Scarlett Red and Bloody red for the scales.  I didn't even base it properly because I was really expecting to need it right away, lol.

This is another Bones from the Kickstarter.

Kickstarter paint total 173 + 1 Basilisk = 174

Reaper Miniatures Eando Kline - 89026

 

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - although this model didn't receive any red.

This is 7 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 172 + 1 Eando Kline = 173

Reaper Miniatures Hobgoblin Warriors - 77476

 

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - so this model has a red bow on the first and red hair on the second.

This is 5 and 6 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 170 + 2 Hobgoblin Warriors = 172

Reaper Miniatures Cuth Wolfson, Barbarian - 77373

 

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - so this model has a red axe handle.

This is 4 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 169 + 1 Cuth Wolfson, Barbarian = 170

Reaper Miniatures Juliette, Female Sorceress - 77057

 

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - so this model has a red cloak.

This is 3 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 168 + 1 Juliette, Female Sorceress = 169

Reaper Miniatures Vernone, Ivy Crown Knight - 77382

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - so this model has a red shield.

This is 2 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 167 + 1 Vernone, Ivy Crown Knight = 168

Reaper Miniatures Galadanoth, Elf Sniper - 77320

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - so this model has a red bow.

This is 1 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 166 + 1 Gladanoth, Elf Sniper = 167

Reaper Miniatures Dragonman Warrior - 77060

I needed a dragonborn NPC for a game I was running so I grabbed this Reaper bones miniature.  As I'm backdating this figure from a year ago, I have to think about what I did...

Looks like the entire miniature was based with an undercoat of black and then all the metallic bits of the plate, shield, and sword drybrushed (done first because it would make a mess of all other areas of the model).  I remember then using a dark blue to light blue on the cloak, chest, and shield.  Brown leathers on wrist guard and the blue-greys for the dragon.

It turned out rather well - although I'd love to have a go at the metal version of this one.

This does count towards my Bones Kickstarter total - left off at 165 - so...

Kickstarter paint total 165 + 1 Dragonman Warrior = 166

Lost Mine of Phandelver Campaign

I did a thing, lol, I purchased an entire campaign of miniatures for the 5e Lost Mine of Phandelver which is the introductory campaign for the 5e Starter Set.  It's actually a well thought out campaign module that takes the players from first through fifth level.  I've ran the module for friends and family a couple times and I have an idea of wanting to run this at my local hobby store for newbies.  

I found this set from 3D Dungeon Labs on Etsy.  It's a brilliant idea, the Etsy shop owner has sourced a number of sculpts from various artists and prints them as a complete set.  I love the selection he's chosen and there are 125 miniatures that makes up the complete set of encounters you need for this game module.

Opening the box I was greeted with a listing of all the models as well as a nice dice set of Orion Nebula Light Blue Galaxy.

What a great way to open the box - a set of really good looking dice.

The models were bagged together by chapter and then individually bagged with a tag stating what the model was - fantastic!  Each of those bags was under a layer of what could be best described as artificial straw packaging.  It certainly did the job of keeping all the models safe.

Here are the models for chapter 1.  In addition, I received some bonus models (they were tagged "Bonus" on the bag) - how awesome is that!

The models printed out nicely.  They're a harder plastic that's more model sprue like than let's say Reaper Bones or pre-painted models.  Most of them have the base separate from the model and will need to be glued.  I'll be painting and posting here in order of the encounters in each chapter.

The vendor has a website at www.3ddungeonlabs.com which has a link to their Etsy shop.  Lots of fun eye candy but I think that I have enough here to keep me busy for a bit.

Reaper Miniatures Orc With Axe - 6017

 

Early 2000's a group of us were playing 3/3.5e D&D in person and I would paint some of the models used in our games - hence this group posting of Orcs back in 2003.  Our DM moved up to New York and we used early video cameras over dial-up modems looking at miniatures on a map - an early version of a VTT system, lol.  

In late 2021 our DM found these four models and sent them back to me.  There were a few dings from time and travel through USPS, so I took the opportunity in early 2022 to patch them up.

Originally, I posted these together, but I've figured out the sku number and I'll take the opportunity to post each individually and backdate this post to February 2022 when I fixed them up before putting them back in the display case.

This is 4 of 4.

So this one is interesting - I couldn't find it on the Reaper Miniatures website on it's own - only as part of a four pack with the code of 6017 - which included two of these models along with two of 2124. As I don't have additional copies of those two miniatures this must have been sold in the past on its own - I also reviewed Lost Mini Wiki and didn't come up with anything there.

Reaper Miniatures Orc Warrior of Kargir - 2272

 

Early 2000's a group of us were playing 3/3.5e D&D in person and I would paint some of the models used in our games - hence this group posting of Orcs back in 2003.  Our DM moved up to New York and we used early video cameras over dial-up modems looking at miniatures on a map - an early version of a VTT system, lol.  

In late 2021 our DM found these four models and sent them back to me.  There were a few dings from time and travel through USPS, so I took the opportunity in early 2022 to patch them up.

Originally, I posted these together, but I've figured out the sku number and I'll take the opportunity to post each individually and backdate this post to February 2022 when I fixed them up before putting them back in the display case.

This is 3 of 4.

Reaper Miniatures Orc Warrior of Kargir - 2262

Early 2000's a group of us were playing 3/3.5e D&D in person and I would paint some of the models used in our games - hence this group posting of Orcs back in 2003.  Our DM moved up to New York and we used early video cameras over dial-up modems looking at miniatures on a map - an early version of a VTT system, lol.  

In late 2021 our DM found these four models and sent them back to me.  There were a few dings from time and travel through USPS, so I took the opportunity in early 2022 to patch them up.

Originally, I posted these together, but I've figured out the sku number and I'll take the opportunity to post each individually and backdate this post to February 2022 when I fixed them up before putting them back in the display case.

This is 2 of 4.

Reaper Miniatures Orc Warrior - 2124

Early 2000's a group of us were playing 3/3.5e D&D in person and I would paint some of the models used in our games - hence this group posting of Orcs back in 2003.  Our DM moved up to New York and we used early video cameras over dial-up modems looking at miniatures on a map - an early version of a VTT system, lol.  

In late 2021 our DM found these four models and sent them back to me.  There were a few dings from time and travel through USPS, so I took the opportunity in early 2022 to patch them up.

Originally, I posted these together, but I've figured out the sku number and I'll take the opportunity to post each individually and backdate this post to February 2022 when I fixed them up before putting them back in the display case.

This is 1 of 4.

Reaper Miniatures Devona, Female Wizard - 77036

 

This is the third of three heroes for our in-home Temple of Elemental Evil reincarnated campaign which has been published by Goodman Games.  As noted in my barbarian post, I'm painting up a barbarian, rogue, and sorcerer.  The sorceress has the blood of a silver dragon, so this mini has "dragon wings" on the back painted silver.

Painting instructions for Devona, Female Wizard (used Reaper paints)...

Step 1: I'm using Stynylrez primer on the bones models - just slop it on and cover everything - it works great!
Step 2: Use Desert Tan on skin
Step 3: Use Elf Flesh on skin highlights
Step 4: Use Mustard Yellow on hair
Step 5: Use Flesh Wash on hair
Step 6: Use mix of Mustard Yellow and Elf Flesh to highlight hair
Step 7: Use Rusty Red on clothing and staff
Step 8: Use Brilliant Red as highlights on clothing and staff
Step 9: Use Dragon Blue on robe
Step 10: Use mix of Dragon Blue and Elf Flesh on robe
Step 11: Use Blue Wash (Vallejo) on robe
Step 12: Use Filigree Silver on cloth "wings", belt, and gloves
Step 13: Use Dragon Black on base
Step 14: Drybrush Cold Grey on base
Step 15: Drybrush Stonewall Grey on base

Kickstarter paint total 164 + 1 Devona, Female Wizard = 165

Reaper Miniatures Deladrin, Female Assassin - 77035

 

This is the second of three heroes for our in-home Temple of Elemental Evil reincarnated campaign which has been published by Goodman Games.   As noted in my barbarian post, I have a couple minis I'm reusing from another campaign and painting up a barbarian, rogue, and sorcerer.

Painting instructions for Deladrin, Female Assassin (used Reaper paints)...

Step 1: I'm using Stynylrez primer on the bones models - just slop it on and cover everything - it works great!
Step 2: Use Rusty Red on cloak
Step 3: Use Rich Leather on leather bits
Step 4: Use Desert Tan on face
Step 5: Use Dragon Black on hair
Step 6: Use mix of Rusty Red and a drop of Dragon Black as a heavy wash on cloak
Step 7: Repeat step 6 with more Rusty Red until final highlights of pure Rusty Red on cloak
Step 8: Use Vallejo Umber Wash on all leather bits
Step 9: Use Elf Flesh for face highlights
Step 10: Use Vallejo Flesh Wash for face
Step 11: Use Nightsky Blue as highlights on hair
Step 12: Use Pilligree Silver on blades
Step 13: Use Dwarven Gold on blade handles
Step 14: Use Dragon Black on base
Step 15: Drybrush Cold Grey on base
Step 16: Drybrush Stonewall Grey on base

Kickstarter paint total: 163 + 1 Deladrin, Female Assassin = 164

Reaper Miniatures Goldar, Male Barbarian - 77047

 

I'm currently working on three heroes for our in-home Temple of Elemental Evil reincarnated produced by Goodman Games.  It's a beautifully done reprint and expansion of the original T1-4 module produced by TSR.  We're having a great time - I'm repurposing an elven cleric and half-elven paladin for two of the party members and painting up a human barbarian, human rogue, and a half-elven sorcerer.  The barbarian was completed last night and the other two have their base layers done and I just need to add a bit to finish them.

Painting instructions for Goldar, Male Barbarian (used Reaper paints)...

Step 1: I'm using Stynylrez primer on the bones models - just slop it on and cover everything - it works great!

Step 2: Use Uniform Brown on skin

Step 3: Use Stained Olive on cloak

Step 4: Use Rusty Red on axe handle

Step 5: Use Ruddy Brown on leather bits and loin cloth

Step 6: Use mix of Ruddy Brown and Tusk Ivory to pick out feathers of loin cloth

Step 7: Use Dragon Black on metal bits

Step 8: Use mix of Filigree Silver and Retro Slate on metal bits

Step 9: Use Green Ochre to highlight skin

Step 10: Use Faded Khaki as final highlight on skin

Step 11: Use mix of Ruddy Brown and Rich Leather and Faded Khaki to highlight leather bits

Step 12: Use mix of Stained Olive and Faded Khaki on cloak

Step 13: Use mix of Stained Olive and add more Faded Khaki on cloak

Step 14: Use a wash/glaze of Uniform Brown on skin

Step 15: Use a wash/glaze of Stained Olive on cloak

Step 16: Use Dragon Black on base

Step 17: Drybrush Cold Grey on base

Step 18: Drybrush Stonewall Grey on base

Kickstarter paint total: 162 + 1 Goldar, Male Barbarian = 163

Just for fun - I took pictures before using a protective matte finish (above) and afterwards (below).  I always double-coat my game playing pieces - first with Rust-Oleum's Matte Finish protective finish for craft projects - it says matte, but it still has a sheen - however, it does lay a very good protective layer.  Then I hit it with Testors' Dulllcote which brings the shine back down - not completely, but close.  If it's a model that I'm going to use very little and then place onto the display shelf then I'll use the Testors' Dullcote only.  It offers some protection on its own, but the combination of the two makes for an awesome barrier that withstands any abuse I've ever thrown at a mini including drops and I don't have to be careful at all on the game table - just scoop up the minis and throw 'em in a bin when I'm done.