Reaper Miniatures Death Shroud - 3723 and Another Even More Contrast Paint

 

Like the ghost, I found another model that I could use a single Vallejo Xpress Color to use on the model - and like the ghost, the Death Shroud is a wonderful metal model - I just love metal models and this model has an awesome stance and flow.

I took what I learned from the ghost in regards to applying the paint and this time tried pulling the paint down so that it would pool more at the bottom and in the underneaths of the model. As I was being more deliberate with the technique of the brushstroke, I was more successful - not perfect, but definitely a better job of using the brush to guide the settling of paint.

Reaper Miniatures Lurien, Ghost - 3170 and Even More Contrast Paints

 

Back to the metal - I love metal - don't ever take my metal away! Just something nice about the feel and weight of a metal model that is lovely.

And back to the contrast paints - or as Vallejo call them Xpress Color. This time I wanted to try a metal model undercoated with white and I figured this ghost was perfect. No need to overthink this - just apply a single color.

This is another interesting experiment because the paint wants to dive into the depths of the model - which is fine but doesn't necessary mean that it's going to leave the highlights and shadows that you'd normally give a model thinking about the light source. On the other hand it does give the model character and depth with little to no effort. I was also able to manipulate the paint a little bit before it starts to set and dry. You can kind of pull it to thin it down in areas to give a lighter effect - but it's a bit tricky. Some areas I was successful on and others not so much.

Reaper Miniatures Owlbear - 77156 and More with Contrast Paints

 

This owlbear has been sitting on my desk based for quite awhile and I had the perfect experiment for it - some more playing around with Contrast Paints - I'm using Vallejo's version called Xpress Color. They're hard to find in stock and therefore I have a limited pallet of Brown, Blue, Green, and Grey. Which is fine as I don't want to go crazy in investing in a new paint line without doing some more testing. The first was the freebie woodland fey creature which was a 3d printed model.

This is my first attempt at trying it on a Bones model - this is the original white bones which came from one of the early kickstarters. I didn't do anything special to it - no primer, nothing - I just wanted to see what would happen if I started slathering this new paint directly over a bones model.

The end result is okay. The paint pools into the depths leaving it light on top and dark in the recesses. The painting was quick and what I learned from the first model is I had to be careful painting within the lines. So with that level of care I literally slapped paint on as quickly as possible to see what I could get - sort of the situation every DM gets into - the game's tonight and you just thought of this great idea and you need to grab that non-painted mini off the shelf and get it ready for tonight's game. Certainly within 30 minutes you can have a respectable mini to game with.

Kickstarter paint total 180 + 1 Owlbear = 181

Fat Dragon Games DRAGONLOCK: Stoneskull Tower Final

Finally finished! Painted up a couple of layers as were needed by the game module. The roof I drybrushed it with Scorpion Green and the gargoyles grey, and the dome gold.