Every now and then I get a wild hair, and paint a fantasy figure, or two. There’s no sort of project attached to these figures, though they do occasionally make it onto a table for roleplaying games. Here are a couple of my recent efforts.
I painted this Dragonborn wizard for a friend. It’s a reaper figure. I have to say it was a real pain in the ass to clean up…all of those spiky bits and undercuts meant lots of flash, and I’m not sure I managed to get it all. On the other hand, the level of detail makes for a really striking figure in the end! Can I officially say that I REALLY hate slot bases? There I said it. Hate them. I wish they weren’t so prevalent in fantasy figures.
Balasar the Dragonborn and Ivan Browncup venture forth into the dread Plane of Blue Posterboard. (Ivan is a Red Box Miniatures figure)
This is a “DeTerilizzi Masterworks” miniature, sculpted by the completely masterful Tom Meier. Meier absolutely captures the feel of the DeTerlizzi sketches these figures are based upon. This particular figure came in 3 parts, and was an absolute breeze to put together. Fantastic casting, too…cleanup took all of five minutes. A real treat! I think it may be time for me to learn how to paint non-metallic metals. Also, her face needs some more attention!
By request…
ArkieGamer 
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These are just brilliant! And that Masterworks figure is awesome ….
Thanks, man. Meier is such a good sculptor…he has finesse!
Yup, that he is !!!!
I agree, splendid work on the dragon born, but the Tom Meier one is my favourite. You achieved a very nice, rich green tone and the armour (no matter if TMM or NMM) looks very realistic. You capture the play of light on its surface very well. I agree, too, that the face would benefit from some very subtle highlights to bring forth the delicate physique of this outstanding sculpt. I would rank Tom Meier amongst the best if not the best sculptor of our time and your excellent paintjob did do it justice.
Well, thank you very much!
Oh, could we see a photo of the back of the miniature? I would love to see the coat from that perspective. Did you use any red for the shadows or just very dark green?
I’ve added a rear quarter shot.
No, there was no red in the shadows. The miniature was base coated in black, then a fairly thin coat of Vallejo black-green was applied, then a slow build up to Vallejo flat green with some yellow added for the highest highlights.
Thank you for this! I really like the green you achieved, but i said so before. Did you paint a freehand on the shield or is this battle damage?
Thanks again! Come to think of it, I believe I was adding in some really light beige color for the highlights, rather than yellow.
Yes, there’s a freehand design…some sort of elvish rune and some magical symbols, but I’m not all that happy with how it turned out.
Amazing job and sweet miniatures, man!
Thank you very much!
Brilliant work. Love these minis
Thanks very much!