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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Strange Aeons => Topic started by: valhallan on 12 January 2014, 06:40:35 PM
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I know everyone here has probably got one of these guys from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter, but I figured I'd toss up some pictures of my guy I just finished painting in case people need motivation to do their own. He was surprisingly easy to make look pretty good. Mostly drybrushing and washes, to be honest. Slimy Deep One is for scale.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tbgtNznvNAM/UtLextkGmvI/AAAAAAAADxw/QhHcHV-f844/s1600/P1120079.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BNAjG-Iwetg/UtLeyDSIQnI/AAAAAAAADxo/WAX5ZiqWHIo/s1600/P1120080.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2lmMZHaYVYA/UtLey-1YNSI/AAAAAAAADx4/HReJ2iFSu2Q/s1600/P1120082.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7w8OjwXZBgA/UtLexnQwJNI/AAAAAAAADxk/kw8_TJ3aiXc/s1600/P1120077.JPG)
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Nice pj!
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That's really quite creepy, he looks like leather that's been left in the rain but in a really good and realistic way.
Great painting :)
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Very nice! ;D
And yes, I also have him here... 8)
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Nice. I'll trade you mine that is built, gaps filled with greenstuff but that's it. Interested?
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Looks great !!
But have to say i dont like the model.
The bigger the monster the smaller the wings, quite old problem.
one of the reasons i really like uncle mikes ;)
But once again great paintjob!
Greatings
Florian
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Looks great !!
But have to say i dont like the model.
The bigger the monster the smaller the wings, quite old problem.
one of the reasons i really like uncle mikes ;)
But once again great paintjob!
Greatings
Florian
Yeah, i imagine this thing flies like a cartoon bee.
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I kind of like the small-winged bloated toad type of representation for Cthulhu, to be honest. Like his wings could be vestigial, or they only work in space or some low gravity planet or something. He has to walk around on Earth because he's not from here, so his wings don't work the same as they do wherever he's from. And thank goodness for that.
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Well, if I remember correctly, Lovecraft himself stated that Cthulhu's wings were "long and narrow", and also "rudimentary". Bear in mind Cthulhu doesn't belong to this world, or its laws.
And regarding the paintjob, very nice effect you've got there. Never underestimate what drybrushing and washing/glazing can achieve! Good idea opting for a muted and limited colour palette, too.
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Well, if I remember correctly, Lovecraft himself stated that Cthulhu's wings were "long and narrow", and also "rudimentary". Bear in mind Cthulhu doesn't belong to this world, or its laws.
And regarding the paintjob, very nice effect you've got there. Never underestimate what drybrushing and washing/glazing can achieve! Good idea opting for a muted and limited colour palette, too.
Plus "wings" could just e the best way to describe something that defies description.I'm not so sure old Cthulhu would need to obey the laws of physics so he might simple levitate and the human mind provides the wings as a defense to stop it from breaking down at the sight of a mountain sized creature from beyond reality flying through the air.
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Well, even when he levithates he should look cool and not not like comic bee suuuuummmmm :)
No small wings :)
By the way
one recomendation,
some washes on the claws would be nice!
greetings Florian
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Really nice work, I love the skin effect and a bold move not going green, hats off to you :o
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By the way
one recomendation,
some washes on the claws would be nice!
greetings Florian
I hear ya on those claws. It wasn't until I took those pics that I realized the claws look way to white, though some of that is the camera flash. They are more yellow-ish brown than the picture shows, but they could do probably do with a darker wash of Ogryn Flesh, for sure.
Thanks for the comments everyone!
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I really love the colours you've chosen here. I think the purple hues work very well with this model and you've made it look much better than I expected from the model itself. I have one and thought it was pretty good, but not great. Your example shows how much a good paint job can do!
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Wicked cool! Love that mouth! :-* I;ve got one of these guys sitting around and may just have to dust him off and get painting. Great job!
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I love what you've done with it, fantastic painting. If I ever paint mine I may steal your scheme :)
For some reason I find the bendiness of the Bones offputting, so I've not managed to finish any at all :(
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First rate!
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Very nicely done. As I'm probably the only one who didn't get in on the original Bones KS (on Bones 2 I did pledge for the GOO they come up with but that was it) I'm going to have to pick that up soon, the more I see of it the more I'm liking it. And I must agree, although a lot of people tend to dismiss washes and drybrushes, I'm a big fan of the results you can get if you take some time with them and get the most out of the techniques. Also a fan of the color palette you've chosen. Thanks for sharing.
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For some reason I find the bendiness of the Bones offputting, so I've not managed to finish any at all :(
I hear you on that. The various bent spears and swords on the Bones models when I got them kind of irked me too. However if you heat up some water to boiling, take it off the stove top and dip the bent Bones miniatures in the hot water for about ten seconds, and then remove them and let them cool they will revert back into their correct/straight shape (the shape they were intended to be molded to). You may already know that, but I didn't until I found it online. Once I tried it on one Lizardman and it worked I went ahead and did it to all the bent up Bones in one big batch. Of course now that means I have to actually paint all 300+ of them. :o