Public Holiday Means A Chance To Paint Something From The Backlog!

Public holiday means a chance to paint something from the backlog!

Pretty happy with how this turned out for something I didn't really have a plan for when I started. I had no clue what colour I was doing for the hair until I mixed up a pink by accident and just rolled with it.

Putting the rust effect on the sword was lots of fun, it's such a cool texture.

This mini is Ninjix Crazy Paladin from Miniatures Blueprint.

Latest mini: Big Snail!

Super fun to paint this one, I did the snaily flesh by airbrushing a greeny-yellow-grey from the top, and a grey-blue from the bottom, then layered some different colour shift paints over that. I think it turned out really good for that glistening snail-skin lood.

I also experimented a bit with some goopy effects, with UV resin, not as happy with those, but I think they work alright, and for my first time using UV resin that way I think I'm happy.

This mini is Slug. the Snail God by Witchsong Miniatures. (I scaled the print down to about 55%, just to print it in one run).

Painted up a knight... somewhat recently, then took a while longer to figure out how to paint her base. Really happy with how the marble on that one turned out though.

I originally intended to use this figure to try and learn non-metallic metal, but after a couple of tries I decided, actually, I value my time XD

Honestly, I'm really very happy with how it looks with regular metallic paint anyway, nice and shiny.

I'm also glad I took my time with the base until trying out a technique for marble with some dried-out wet wipes and the airbrush. Definitely going to see if I can find more excuses to use that in the future.

This figure is Knight 05 by Galaad. (scaled up by an amount I forget for this print).

Painted a cute little goblin squire :3

Not much to say about this one, just a quick fun paintjob I did in a night. Trying to get back to painting more regularly, and this is a good step in that direction!

One note for myself is that I think I went a little too dark with the darkest green. Or possibly didn't shade lighter tones across enough of the mini. Particularly the tail I think is a tad too dark for a lot of its surface. I was trying to push my dark/light contrast a bit more, but I think I overcorrected. Something to experiment more with though, because I do love some places with that darker green.

This mini is Goblin Squire by Twin Goddess Miniatures

Cool dragonborn wizard!

This was a great mini, I got to play with drybrushing metallics which is always fun, and I've been looking for a chance to play with layering red on robes a bit.

That coat trim was kind of a pain to paint, especially since it was a yellow going over the dark red I'd already painted the robe with. I like how it came out in the end tho, worth the effort!

I tried out using some colourshift paint for the orb on the staff, with a painted gradient under it. It worked ok, but the overall colour is a lot less striking then if I'd just painted it with a bright, regular paint. Still, its got a kind of cool effect, I might play with that more in other minis I think.

I'm also really happy with how the base turned out, only for it to mostly get covered by the mini. Tried out painting the cobblestones a variety of colours and tying it together with a wash and drybrush in the end.

This mini is Zuldikis DragonBorn Mage by Miniatures Blueprint

New mini! The cutest lil wizard :3

This is my character Noda for an upcoming game! They're a racoon folk student mage who definitely got their invitation to wizard school through 100% legitimate means.

I painted them a little rough in places, but its a small mini so its less noticeable :D

I'm also experimenting with the picture-taking process a little. Got a glossy piece of black acrylic, which is cool by holy cow does it like to pick up every little spec of dust around. I really need to do some serious dust-busting sometime XD

It also jars really badly with the backdrop I've been using. I might need to pick up some black felt or something. I should also probably look at actual guides and stuff rather than yoloing it, but oh well :)

This mini is Callum the Tabaxi Wizard by Twin Goddess Miniatures