It's winter somewhere...

Even though the temps are supposed to go back into the 90's again for next week, there must be snow around someplace!

If there is, you might find one of these snowy owls from Cool Mini!

As I did with all the other critters, a bit of a portrait to kick things off...

Shaded basecoat was particularly 'active' on this figure.  I was using a beat up brush to jam paint into recesses.  So vigorous that it shook the camera. :-)

More of the initial layers, with some hints at the markings to come.

As you work your way around the wings again and again, it starts to emerge as if you were carving it!

Lots of shape, where there was none before.

To get even more shape, time to glaze!!!

The glazing not only brings out the darker colors, but it tints areas such as the face, and allows you to create more subtle markings...

Such as these on the outer edges of the wings.

Lots of 'final details' and then there were a pair!

Flyin' away...

Who?

Bring it on...

One more bike... one more to go!

This time, the leader of the pack.

This was a very nice base, from DragonForge Designs.

Almost there!!!

Big Bird has an eye on you.

The Osprey may have been the most complex of all the birds.  The markings had something to do with that, but also the shapes of the wings.  It could make it difficult to get things into camera view. :-)

Time for another color sketch!

These handy guides are fun... I get to paint in two dimensions again!

A helpful comparison to the actual face...

Shaded basecoat... I really beat up some craft brushes here.

Lots of scumbling the paint into crevices!

Then dry it off, and do some more shaded basecoat

And some more...

Finally!  Out come the glazes.

As usual, profound difference after those are applied.

And Fin.

Blood Rage

It was a surprise to me to realize this is actually the third time I have painted the Gluttony figure fro Raging Heroes.  This is the second fantasy version, and I have one 40k version almost complete.  I have another one of those under way as well, which was an experiment with weathering powders.

It gets more fun each time I paint it, as I see more details and test out new colors.

I have some more of these, and I think I might try to do some conversions on them.  Perhaps go more towards a Nurgly look by adding lots of pustules and such!

Once more, many thanks to those good folks from across the sea!  They have been very kind.  

Here are the two fantasy versions side by side...

In the Catbird seat...

Hmm, I think only Sox fans might recognize that.  Anyway, time for some big critters!

Armed with a sketch for reference...

Shaded basecoat time... although it is much more elaborate on these big guys.

Some more work, and it's almost time for glazes.

Speaking of glazes...

You can see the difference in the front wing from the back wing.  All that shading and tinting!

Side by side, just about finished.

And Fin.

I needed some extra help on these large creatures, so Wage offered to help!  He works hard.

This was supposed to be Halo night...

You just never know who might stop by unannounced!

Here's another walker from the original Zombicide game.  I never ceased to be amazed at what they did with all aspects of this.  The minis are really nice and paintable when you consider the low cost per fig.

There are all kinds of fun painting opportunities on them... colors, blood, bases, and so on.

I painted this one very quickly as a warm up for the painting blood video.

I have some more walkers, as well as a few runners, so that should be fun!

Here's a sneak peek at a figure that I painted a while back.  You will be seeing him next week!