Gremlins

I saw these on the new release rack at reaper and had to pick up a pack.  First thought is look at the cute little gremlin right before they slide their wicked knives into you.   Or that's what I think of them anyway.

I think the key to these is going to be skin tone.  I'm thinking of using the same color as on the goblin commando but I think I want to stay away from them looking like goblin children.  Maybe I should go with more green based skin since my goblin was grey/blue.

Skin

1. Base Reaper 09158 Olive Drab
2. Reaper 09159 Worn Olive
3. add Reaper 09143 Yellowed Bone  to Worn Olive to make highlight

Eyes

1. 09037 Pure Black
2. 09003 Blood Red

Knife

1. 09053 Honed Steel
2. Wash Badab Black

Clothes

1. Reaper 09110 Oiled Leather, 09150 Bloodless Skin, 09041 Dark Skin
2. Wash Devlan Mud

Base

• Reaper  29831 Ashen Brown 

Goblin Commando

Next up is a Goblin Commando.  The mini is from Reaper's Pathfinder range.  I really like the artwork associated to pathfinder and they seem to go with a grey skin tone for goblins rather then the traditional green.  I think I'm going to stick with this and see where it goes.

Dog Skin

1. Base with Reaper 09044 Tanned Skin
2. Wash with GW Gryphonne Sepia
3. Highlight with Reaper 09045 Tanned Highlights
4. Paint scratches and abrasions with Reaper 09003 Blood Red

Dog Mouth

1. Base Reaper 09003 Blood Red on Tongue
2. Reaper 09143 Yellowed Bone on Teeth

Dog Fur/ Feathers/ Fur pants

1. Reaper 09037 Pure Black
2. Reaper 09088 Stormy Grey
3. Reaper 09089 Cloudy Grey
4. Reaper 09090 Misty Grey

Leather

1. Base Reaper 09110 Oiled Leather
2. Wash GW Devlan Mud

Saddle/ Skull On Goblins head

1. Base Reaper 09143 Yellowed Bone
2. Wash GW Devlan Mud

Goblin Skin

1. Reaper 29833 Ash Grey
2. Reaper 09057 Ashen Blue

Wood on Spear

1. Reaper 09041 Dark Skin
2. Wash GW Devlan Mud

Base Color

1. Reaper 29831 Ashen Brown

Field Trip to Reaper

On Saturday Reaper held a party to celebrate the end of their Bones Kickstarter.  It managed to raise 3.4 million so that's a lot of little plastic men they have to deliver in March.  Reaper rolled out the red carpet and supplied food, drinks and bones to paint.  I thought about bringing a basic set of painting gear but in the end left it all at home.  This made the paint and take more challenging as I did not have the colors I'm use to using or my normal brushes.  Still it was a fun time and hey the minis were free so no complaints from me.

I have no idea what colors I used but I did a lot of wet mixing, trying to get highlights etc. Once I got home I decided to touch the up and use some washes to pretty them up some.

• 77008 Male Human Warrior

• 77007 Ghost

• 77011 Dwarf Warrior

• 77010 Kobolds X 3

Mantic Skeltons

Last Night I stayed up late finishing a group of 10 Mantic Skeletons.  I think that came out OK for table top quick paint jobs.  Not particularly thrilled by the them but they will look fine when playing Dwarf King's Hold.  Now I just need to paint the Dwarf's for that game.  The painting was sped up by mostly using a single base coat followed by a wash.

Cloth

1. Base with Reaper 09023 Imperial Purple
2. Highlight with Reaper 09024 Amethyst Purple

Wood

1. Base with Reaper 09204 Half Orc Highlight
2. Wash with GW Devlan Mud

Leather

1. Base Reaper 09110 Oiled Leather
2. Wash with GW Devlan Mud

Armor

1. Base with Reaper 09049 Ancient Bronze
2. Wash with GW Badab Black

Blades

1. Base with GW Boltgun Metal
2. Wash with GW Badab Black

Shields

1. Base with Reaper 09090 Misty Grey
2. 2nd Coat with Reaper 09100 Pearl White
3. Used GW Decals
4. Sealed with Reaper 09107 Brush On Sealer

Bones

1. Base Reaper 09143 Yellowed Bone
2. Wash with GW Devlan Mud

Eyes

1. Reaper 09005 Phoenix Red

I'm not dead.  Just stopped blogging for a while.  I thought about doing some catch up posts but I think that's what burned me out on blogging last time I tried.  I'm going to try and start using this space to record the minis I paint and games I play.

Right now I'm addicted to watching the Reaper Bones Kickstarter.  What a great deal.  the biggest worry is when will I have time to paint all of those Mini's

And there is still 7 hours to go