Reaper Miniatures Cadirith, Demonic Colossal Spider - 77395

 

This colossal was the big bad at the bottom of the chasm. I was running a module by Kobold Press that has the adventures going down into a muti-level chasm and at the bottom is this huge demonic bone spider. I didn't have a huge demonic bone spider, but I did have a huge demonic "Bones" spider sitting on the shelf in a pile of "Bones" from an early kickstarter for the "Bones" product line from Reaper. So I had this bad boy emerge from a pile of bones at the bottom of the chasm and everything worked perfectly.

One of the difficulties of this colossal monstrosity is that the original white Bones mixture has a tendency to bend/warp over time for something this big and heavy. Another problem, in the tactical combat of a Dungeons and Dragons game everyone playing needs to know which squares the monster is in order to determine both player and monster attacks. 

I solved both problems with a base and a paperclip. The bottom of the spider has a hollow and I bent one side of the paperclip into the hollow and superglued it into place. I then determined that the monster without the legs is basically "huge" in game terms which is a 3" diameter base. The paperclip was then superglued to the base and the base covered with compound. Problem solved - the spider has proper game dimensions and the weight of the miniature is on the metal post of the paperclip.

Painting instructions for Demonic Colossal Spider (used Vallejo paints)...

Step 1: Airbrushed the entire model with a dark blue
Step 2: Airbrushed the entire topside of the model with Magic Blue
Step 3: Airbrushed the very top (from the 12-o'clock position) with Electric Blue
Step 4: Airbrushed the bulb part of the spider with an Orange
Step 5: Brought the model into the hobby room and brush painted the remainder
Step 6: Use Scarlet Red on the talons
Step 7: Use Bloody Red on the tips of talons
Step 8: Use Black on the pincers and eyes
Step 9: Use Livery Green on the eyes
Step 10: Use Hot Orange on spikes
Step 11: Use Orange Fire on tips of spikes
Step 12: Use Black on base
Step 13: Drybrush Cold Grey on base
Step 14: Drybrush Stonewall Grey on base

Kickstarter paint total 179 + 1 Demonic Colossal Spider = 180