Reaper Mini Generic Knight

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Been away from the bench and the forum for a long while. Looks like a lot of great stuff has been going on while away.

I needed something simple and fun to help get my head back in the model building space. So I painted up this guy. Sorry, none of my usual progress shots. I just wanted to focus on the painting process.



It was a nice warm up exercise to prepare for the resumption of work on the MaK Falke.

Thanks for taking a look!

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Yeah! Great to see you Phoenix, and really nice finish on that dude. The purple is great. Is that blue metallic one color, or a silver base under a blue tint?

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Thanks. Good to be back. :slight_smile:

I was going to go with a classic red for the surcoat, but decided to throw caution to the wind and went with purple instead. Interestingly enough it was the choice of purple for the surcoat that decided the use of a metallic blue for the armor.
The blue metal is a single color. Vallejo Gunmetal Blue with a drybrush of Vallejo Steel on top. To give it an appearance of use.

It doesn’t look like it but there’s something like 20 different colors on that single mini. As I pull paints I just leave them out till I’ve finished the paint job. This is what I have on my bench after finishing him.

It can get a little crowded towards the end. lol
And I still haven’t put them away. :sweat_smile:

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I envy your figure painting skills Johann as that is an impressive mini figure.

Glad you’re back and am looking forward to seeing that MaK Falke back in action on your bench bud.

Joe

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Cracking figure work I must say. You chose a nice color scheme- both eye catching and detailed. I like that red under the chainmail and the leather belt. The various metal shades compliment each other nicely too.

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Thanks Joe. It’s nice to be back and I appreciate the kind words. :slight_smile:

There’s really nothing to envy. I’ve no natural skill when it comes to figures. Most of my projects get at least one bath in alcohol before I get anywhere near the finish line. I spend lots of time learning the ways it doesn’t work, and at the end if I’m lucky, I’m left with something that did work. :laughing:
My one piece of advice for anyone learning to paint figures. Keep applying paint till it looks less bad. Seriously, I cannot count the number of times I was like, f*** it. Adding one more layer of paint cannot make this dumpster fire any worse, and suddenly it gels. It’s like my fairy godmother snuck in when I blinked, and bashed the snot out of the figure with her magic wand removing suck. :open_mouth: :laughing:

Having said all that. I’m Feeling pretty good after completing this. Hopefully it’s enough to kick me back into gear and I’ll have something new to post on the Falke. :crossed_fingers:

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Hey @Karl187 thanks for stopping by and the feedback. I’m glad you liked the color selection. I discovered I can’t start painting till I’ve settled on what the color palette for the model is going to be. I’m not good at winging it. I’m still learning about color theory, but even the basics have proven to be quite helpful.
I had to stop by and take a look at the Gold Rush Bust you’ve been working on. All I can say is “wow”. He is looking amazing. I’ve bookmarked your thread so I can follow along. :slight_smile:

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Thank you my friend, very kind of you to say about the bust! I do kind of wing it myself- I have a rough idea of the kind of look I’m going for in a figure but I often change my mind about colors. I tend to work on one area at a time or one hue of color at a time- like red bits or leather bits- before moving on to other areas. Everyone has their own way of doing things- as long as you are happy with your approach- a happy modeller is a better modeller!

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I follow a very similar process. Using this mini as an example I did the surcoat first and then moved onto the armor, the chain mail, and sword. Then moved to all the leather bits. I like to move from blocking large in the areas of large color first and then work my way down to the finer and finer details. If there is exposed skin on a figure. It’s a messy process for me and if I get it done first I worry less about accidentally slopping color where I don’t want it.

:100: To that!

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