Dem bones!

Posted February 11, 2012

Ok - 60 skeletons (ok 59...room for a hero) done. Finally. This took a long time because halfway through I had to travel to San Fran for a week. I captured most of the steps for these on video and will do a "speed painting skeletons" tutorial soon(ish). The photos make them look a wee bit too colorful. I added a fair bit of rust and "greenish tarnish" to these because I wanted to give them a bit of visual interest. But it comes off a little strong in the photos. With a unit this large (get your mind out of that gutter) I think it's almost a must to magnetize and transport them on a tray rather than rank them up at game time. Maybe I'll show how I do that, at some point.

Also I notice the little decal on the banner is slivered (silvered?) a bit so I'll probably touch that up.

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Great looking unit. Would you mind giving some insight into how you did the weapons and shields? The someone ethereal look with the rust is really cool.

I have video of it, just need to find time to edit and release it :) Boltgun base, mithril silver airbrushed onto larger areas and speartips, washed with Secret Weapon Sewer Water wash, rusted by rubbing on some MIG pigments orange rust.

These are awesome Jarrett. I cannot wait for the video (although obviously I will)

Caught your site from over at Frontline Gamer and your sir, put out some seriously amazing work. Can't wait to dig through your archives and see what you have in store for the future!

- Tim

Put up the video soon! I loved seeing the last video, and am very excited to see how you created this effect! They turned out awesome

Thanks Tim, thanks Minitrol etc :) Nick, I'd love to but I'm sooooo busy at work it's ridiculous. Could be a while. I'll try :D

Jarrett

Looking forward to the YouTube video on how you painted these skeletons! They look AWESOME!

love these, my favorite part is the weapons and shields!

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