The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures

[Muzfish4]

The Dark Fable range is being transferred to Dragon Bait Miniatures, which is run by a close friend of Mike.

https://www.dragon-bait-minis.com/

Great painting here and wonderful way to capture the theme.

I am very sorry to read about Dr Mike Burns. I never met him but backed a couple of his KickStarters and always found him friendly and a real pleasure to deal with. Glad to see his work will live on.

[The Golem]

Thanks for the comments!

What did you use to paint the skin of the tomb raiders? I've been trying to lock a good paint combo down with little success.

The tomb robbers were painted quite some time ago. At that time, I used a mixture of Ratskin Flesh and Bestigor Flesh (GW) as a base colour, then dipped my minis into Quickshade Strong Tone (Army Painter), matt varnished them, and finally added a few shy highlights.

Now I no longer use Quickshade (too much of a hassle to use as I live in an appartment). I simply start with Ratskin Flesh, followed by a wash of Reikland Fleshshade, then I layer and highlight with diluted Bestigor Flesh and Ungor Flesh.


I just finished painting some Tomb Kings skeleton horsemen this week:

[M.P.]

Oh my , your paintjobs are simply superb.

[swiftnick]

They are fantastic!
In my Aegyptus there are no horses. We had a couple of games where chariots just ran everybody over.
Instead of the army painter dip have you tried the coat of arms version. Much less smelly and dries quickly.

[The Golem]

Hello, it's been a while since I last posted here.

I was out of inspiration/motivation during november but I eventually took my paintbrush again as I received a challenge (on another forum) to paint a mini.

So here it is: a mummy carrying a seemingly unconscious woman.
Did the mummy abduct her? Did she pass away in tragic circumstances and the mummy is taking her to the tomb? Or is the lady simply too drunk to walk back home after partying too hard? It's up to your imagination.

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely additions and I really like the bases that the riders are mounted on 

[AKULA]

Lovely flesh tones on the Lady, but the skellie cavalry are   

[WuZhuiQiu]

Hello, it's been a while since I last posted here.

I was out of inspiration/motivation during november but I eventually took my paintbrush again as I received a challenge (on another forum) to paint a mini.

So here it is: a mummy carrying a seemingly unconscious woman.

Those are some amazing flesh tones on the lady! How did you paint her?

[The Golem]

Thanks for the comments!

Those are some amazing flesh tones on the lady! How did you paint her?

I used GW paint for her skin:

• Ratskin Flesh
• Reikland Flesh Shade
• Ratskin Flesh (again but leaving out the darkest areas)
• Bestigor Flesh
• Ungor Flesh
• Pallid Wych Flesh

I thin the paint a lot and I build the skin tone layer after layer, focusing progressively on the most highlighted areas.
Sometimes I also mix the paints when I'm switching colours to avoid a brutal transition, for example: Ratskin Flesh -> Ratskin flesh + Bestigor Flesh (1:1) -> Bestigor Flesh -> etc.

[syrinx0]

Beautiful transitions on her skin.  A great contrast to the mummy.   

[Muzfish4]

Lovely work!

[Mason]

Beautiful transitions on her skin.  A great contrast to the mummy.   

Exactly what I was thinking.
 

Stunning!
 

[has.been]

Again lovely paint jobs. As mentioned her flesh is a masterful piece of work,
but (weirdly) I am drawn to the Mummy's flesh. How did you achieve it?

[mweaver]

This thread is extremely inspirational.  Thanks for the great pictures and the tips.  I may try my hand at making bases in the style you described - I really like the results.

One problem with coming to Lead Adventure Forum when you have this kind of problem is that we tend to be enablers.    Great work!! Show us more! Have you seen these miniatures?! 

Speaking of which, the "Desert of the Dead" Kickstarter, by Troll Trader and Tabletop Games, looks to be shipping soon, so if you didn't back it you should hopefully be able to order figures from their site soon...
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ttcombatundead/desert-of-the-dead-fantasy-wargaming-miniatures/description

-Michael

P.S. Show us more!

[The Golem]

Thanks again for the comments fellas.

but (weirdly) I am drawn to the Mummy's flesh. How did you achieve it?

Strange attraction but who am I to judge?

• Basecoat of Skavenblight Dinge (GW) - 2~3 thin coats to get a nice coverage
• A wash of Agrax Earthshade (GW) or any dark brown ink
• Highlights done with Stormvermin Fur (GW)
• Last highlights done by adding some ivory beige paint into the Stormvermin Fur
• I think I added a glaze (a very thinned wash) of sepia to finish it

In contrast to the lady's skin, the colour is a bit dull but then dried mummy skin isn't exactly the most colourful thing to behold.

Speaking of which, the "Desert of the Dead" Kickstarter, by Troll Trader and Tabletop Games, looks to be shipping soon, so if you didn't back it you should hopefully be able to order figures from their site soon...

I know this KS and I am waiting for my pledge to be delivered (soon I hope). Although with the sheer amount of minis that KS will add to my pile of shame, I'll probably have to stop buying minis in 2021 until the mountain of unpainted  plastic, metal and resin becomes at least a hill.