Reaper Bones: Mangu Timur

This week's Monday Miniature is the first figure from the Bones I Dark Heroes set:  77148 Mangu Timur, the Fist of Khardullis.

Monday Miniatures: Army Week

For a change of pace, this week on Monday Miniatures is Army Week.  Instead of working to paint a given Bones figure, instead we were tasked with showing the progress made on our current Army from any game system.  So what do I do, since I'm not currently playing any army-based games?  I dug up several old (and new!) figures that needed work and got to it!

Reaper Bones: Leisynn, Mercenary Mage

This week's Monday Miniatures is a return to the dark side!  From the Necromancers set of Bones I comes 77174 Leisynn, Mercenary Mage:

Reaper Bones: Townsfolk: Wench

Following on the heels of last week's Storm Giant is 77085 Townsfolk: Wench.  It was nice to have a bit easier of a miniature after the giant, as I was apparently not the only one to be in a time crunch on the larger figure!

Reaper Bones: Storm Giant

This week on Caffeineforge's Monday Miniatures is the massive 77163 Male Storm Giant, the companion of 77162 Yephima, Female Cloud Giant in the Reaper Bones Kickstarter.  I don't know if storm giants and cloud giants normally mingle, but at least it's thematic (though I'm left wondering why the cloud giant got a name, but the storm giant did not).

Reaper Bones: Townsfolk: Strumpet

This week's Monday Miniature on Caffeineforge.com is 77086 Townsfolk: Strumpet:

Reaper Bones: Vermin: Spider Swarm

This week's Monday Miniature is the 77128 Vermin: Spider Swarm, a pretty basic pair of miniatures:

I didn't go into a lot of detail on the spiders for a few reasons.  First, it's a swarm, so they're all jumbled together and the "mass effect" is the most important element (compared to individuality).  Second, I figured they'd most likely be the same species of spider, so there naturally wouldn't be a huge variation.  And finally, I wanted to use it as a brief experiment with washes, so I needed the base colors to be roughly identical.

The figure on the left of the picture above was washed using a combination of dark brown and black washes, while the one on the left was washed using a lighter brown wash.  To make sure they weren't completely identical, I tried to paint different spiders black on the two bases.  Overall, I feel that they're similar enough to be in the same swarm, but different enough to provide some variety; I'm pretty pleased with the effect.

Next week's figure is 77086 Townsfolk: Strumpet; I expect to see some interesting entries for that one!

- M:M