With the Qubeley at the painting stage I decided to start something new to work on at club with what I am titling Dungeon Crawl II. A sequel to the a kit from a few years ago. Similar in them but using the 30 Minute Fantasy kits as the base and mixing parts.
Tonight’s work focused on the torso and head. Progress can be seen in the following photos.
I really don’t know what this is all about, but it’s cool! These kits seem to blur the line between model and action figure, no? Are they part of a tabletop RPG?
The 30 Minute Mission/Sister/Fantasy are kits that are design to be quick to build and highly customizable through mixing parts from different kits. In this case just doing a pure fantasy build, playing with metallic paints and just doing a pure relax build.
Tonight’s progress on this guy. Got the hips assembled and both arms. I also got the arm armor parts on. Lastly played with the poseing a little to get a feel for the movement of the arm parts. A productive night.
All together the look is starting to take shape.
Tonight’s work was focused on getting the legs done. These took a little bit to do but can say i am satisfied. So at this point all that is left is the weapon. I also have an idea for some added details, but need to see if I have the tools to do it here or in FL.
Got the weapon done for this guy. Do think I will add some additional details, but that will come after painting. So for the moment this is as far as I will be able to get.
Been a while since i shared progress on this guy, i will admit i got busy on another project that unfortunately is now in the trash. So i am going to try and get this guy done by next month.
So to start i painted a number of the detail pieces brass as a base gold color, using black primer as the base color.
Next i came back and did a drybrushing of bright gold. This did not give the amount of differentiation that i had wanted, but im gonna call it good enough. Will start work on the armor in the coming days.
Made some significant progress on this guy.
First up I got all of the armor pieces base coated in Alclad steel.
I then did a heavy drybrushing of Army Painter Plate Mail Metal. While this was not the exact look i was going for, i like it all the same. So these parts are not sitting with the gold parts from earlier awaiting washes.
I then moved on to working on the cloth pieces. To start i did a zenithal base to them.
This was followed by a thin base coat of the blue i wanted to use.
Next i did a 50/50 mix and focusing more on the high areas to build the 3D effect. Will resume work on these later after they have some time to set up.
While working on the cloth pieces i also started work on the fur sholder piece. Like the cloth pieces i started by doing a zenithal, but i achieved it by drybrushing white.
This was all painted with a thin coat of Deck Tan to give a base color to the fur. Will comback to this once the paint full sets up.
Great progress. Enjoying seeing the breakdown of the processes your using for the individual parts.
So got the cloth parts basically done, need to come in with the highlight color to do the edges and the holes but these parts are more or less done.
Next i did the final drybrush of white on the fir parts and calling that also done.
I almost forgot about the center part of this piece. Wanting to use the same colors i decided to use glazing the get the look i wanted. Plus this would be the first time trying this technique and seemed a good place to try it. To start i used the base blue i used on the cloth, Army Painter Deep Ocean Blue. From there i added thin layers of paint building up the color, first to a 50/50 mix of Deep Ocean Blue and Tidal Blue, then to pure Tidal Blue. Each layer i focused closer to the middle of the panels as the color was built up. Unfortunately i forgot to take progress photos, i blame using a hair dryer to speed up drying time and in turn speed i was able to work.
So here is the finished result. For a first attempt i am happy with it. I do think this is a technique that does require a decent amount of practice to master, but i am satisfied with what i was able to do. Now its a day or two to set up before i start adding a panel line wash to pick out details.
My system for “gold” metallics on my 40K projects has become a bright gold base, a sepia wash, and then a drybrushing of silver. Of course the scale is very different, so I can’t guess how that process would work out on this piece.
This is certainly true, but in my experience it also is a technique that benefits from some time and physical distance – once it’s assembled onto the model and viewed from a “normal” distance, the effect “works” better than when you’re squinting at a single piece out of context adding each layer. 
Fun thread @Ranger_Chris61, thanks for keeping us updated!
This is certainly true, but in my experience it also is a technique that benefits from some time and physical distance – once it’s assembled onto the model and viewed from a “normal” distance, the effect “works” better than when you’re squinting at a single piece out of context adding each layer.
100% on this, even just holding it a couple feet away the colors really nicely blend together. Its only when you are looking at it right in your face do you notice any imperfections.
More detail work today on this project, specifically the horn detail.
Started by laying down a base layer of khaki. This would serve a dual purpose of both covering the underlying metalic paint and providing a good bone base color to work with.
Next came the first shadow layer which was apllied in a thin coat over the horn. I then came back as it was still a little wet and stippled in a very thin layer of the same color in the middle and high points to build up some more saturation.
Lastly for tonight i did a 50/50 mix now focusing more towards the center portions and high portions building up the color. Again i came back in and stippled in a very thin coating like the previous layer.
I’m with Tom on not knowing but sounds like you did a pretty fair job of explaining Chris. I’ve had to divert to quick builds to get a sense of completion while building some of my longer term projects that seem to take a year or better to complete. Totally get it.
Progress is lookin’ swell on this one so far.
Big update today with this project getting closer to the finish line.
Continuing with the horn, did the next layer of paint. Since this was going to be the highlight color i focused almost exclusively on areas where light would hit.
Wanting to smooth out the color and bring up some of the tones i got some glazing medium and used a brighter color to glaze the horn. The end results look really good. Unfortunately the subtlety does not show up on camera well.
Next i did a quick wash on the eye parts to give them a little different look over the base plastic
After this i made the editorial decision to skip the panel wash i originally planned to do. This was both to save time and because i feel it really dies not need it after seeing it at this state. So the reassembly procress began.
This shot does a great job of showing how well the colors go together with each other.
Rough in reassembly shot showing a more complicated look. It was here i remembered i had been a little rough with the left skirt piece and DID need to do the wash in-between the panels. So that is now currently drying, and will most likely need a second coat.
Lastly, something I knew i wanted to do from early on in this project finally came into play. As a bit of personal background, back in high-school I played the ever living crap out of a game called Diablo II. One of the equipment mechanics that was implemented was the ability to socket gems for added bonuses. So as a nice homage to it, and as an easy way to fill some points that were designed into the weapon and shield, i used actual rhinestones to give it that added bit of pop and interest.
Nicely done mix and match between the two kits! The work you did with the cloth and blue armor piece really liven up the figure and gives it some extra dimension.
Thank you, im just happy everything has worked out without too much trouble.
Started work now on the base. Took some air dry clay, rolled it out and then ran a texture roller that i printed out over it. While it did not turn out as well as i would have liked, this entirely due to my mistake of not properly securing the clay after the last time i used it and needing alot of water to get the clay to properly stick together, but it will be good enough. Any imperfections i can cover up with some scenic materials. For now though its going to be a week of letting it fully dry before cutting and painting, both to ensure no issues and/or breaks occur, but also due to being out of town.
