TSR's Female Elf Magic User

This figure is an archived miniature from the 1983 TSR Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Magic-Users & Illusionists. The sculpt details aren't that great, but the figure was fun to paint in a simple color scheme. Finished in November 2002.

Painting Instructions for Female Elf Magic User

Step 1: Undercoat models with white primer
Step 2: Use Dark Angels Green on vest
Step 3: Use Bronzed Flesh on face and hands
Step 4: Wash face and hands with Flesh Wash and 50% water
Step 5: Use Elf Flesh on face and hands
Step 6: Use Golden Yellow on shirt and pants
Step 7: Use Scorched Brown on staff, belt, and boots
Step 8: Use Scab Red on crystal ball
Step 9: Use slightly watered down Vermin Brown on hair so as to seep into grooves
Step 10: Use Snakebite Leather on boot top fur
Step 11: Use Red Gore to Blazing Orange and highlight crystal ball blending in the layers
Step 12: Use Bestial Brown on staff, belt, and boot
Step 13: Use Snakebite Leather on staff, belt, and boot
Step 14: Use Vomit Brown on staff, belt, and boot
Step 15: Wash Fiery Orange on shirt and pants
Step 16: Use Sunburst Yellow on shirt and pants
Step 17: Use Bad Moon Yellow on shirt and pants
Step 18: Add Skull White to Bad Moon Yellow for highlights on shirt and pants
Step 19: Continue to repeat by adding more Skull White until all highlights finished
Step 20: Use Snot Green on vest
Step 21: Use Scorpion Green on vest - start to highlight mix in with Snot Green a bit
Step 22: Use Bilious Green on vest for final highlights
Step 23: Use watered down Dark Flesh on hair as a wash
Step 24: Drybrush Leprous Brown on hair
Step 25: Mix Leprous Brown and Bleached Bone as highlight on hair

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