Bronze Age Winter Fantasy. Attack of the snow trolls

[BZ]

Just got these translucent miniatures from Reaper. I have never got miniatures finished so quickly  base them and done!!

Thanks! Without this, I wouldn't be brave enough, not to paint the translucent Reaper minis! Maybe I will try a light drybrush in a very bright green, to make the details a bit more visible.

[Steam Flunky]

The new miniature is a Frostgrave barbarian body with Victrix head and shield.

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[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely 

[commissarmoody]

Very cool.

[tancrede]

Great work here.
I love this ancient-fantasy feeling in your work.

[Sunjester]

Absolutely superb stuff here!

[Reed]

Great kitbashing on that barbarian

[Elk101]

Very effective paintwork.

[BZ]

Thanks! Without this, I wouldn't be brave enough, not to paint the translucent Reaper minis! Maybe I will try a light drybrush in a very bright green, to make the details a bit more visible.

I did it, and I think it looks pretty good! Its still translucent, but the drybrushing makes the details much more visible:

(Basing is not done yet, and there is glass varnish on them, matte comes later)

[James Morris]

I did it, and I think it looks pretty good! Its still translucent, but the drybrushing makes the details much more visible:

(Basing is not done yet, and there is glass varnish on them, matte comes later)

That works really well! Great idea.

Loving this whole thread, by the way.  Those wraiths are terrific.

[Mr. White]

I did it, and I think it looks pretty good! Its still translucent, but the drybrushing makes the details much more visible:

(Basing is not done yet, and there is glass varnish on them, matte comes later)

Looks great! A unit of 10 of these doesn't look to cost that much either. easy unit to achieve in an evening.
Did you wash them as well or just a dry brush over the plastic? Did you to any sort of clear sealant on the plastic first for the paint to stick to or just paint straight onto the plastic?

[Neunfinger]

What a wonderful thread. Nice conversions and wonderful pictures.

[BZ]

Looks great! A unit of 10 of these doesn't look to cost that much either. easy unit to achieve in an evening.
Did you wash them as well or just a dry brush over the plastic? Did you to any sort of clear sealant on the plastic first for the paint to stick to or just paint straight onto the plastic?

The plastic of Reaper should bond to acrylic paints well, so I drybrushed it directly (in 3 steps) and after that sealed it with varnish (with brush, because the solvents in a spray bottles can damage the plastic). I didn't use a wash, because I think it would have made it less translucent. Its really only 5 minutes pro miniature, its insane quick.
Additionally I want to coat it matt after basing.

[SotF]

The plastic of Reaper should bond to acrylic paints well, so I drybrushed it directly (in 3 steps) and after that sealed it with varnish (with brush, because the solvents in a spray bottles can damage the plastic). I didn't use a wash, because I think it would have made it less translucent. Its really only 5 minutes pro miniature, its insane quick.
Additionally I want to coat it matt after basing.

Don't use a wash on the reaper bones stuff unless you've covered the area in paint already, at least with the green translucent ones. I've tried and it doesn't work that well because it doesn't stick right. A lot of inks don't stick right either and you get a mess in the end.

[BZ]

Don't use a wash on the reaper bones stuff unless you've covered the area in paint already, at least with the green translucent ones. I've tried and it doesn't work that well because it doesn't stick right. A lot of inks don't stick right either and you get a mess in the end.

Sometimes paint also doesnt want to bond. Its like the surface were hydrophobic (Im washing them always before painting). I dont know why, but seems, that the more the paint is watered down, the more likely it will happen. Thats why Im always priming them, altough theoretically not needed...