Recently I finally made time to start painting my chibis for Super Dungeon explore. I’ve never painted and chibi miniatures before, and I wanted to try and improve my ability to paint more brightly colored models; most of mine tend towards dark and gritty. To that end, I wanted to do a lot more layering and blending than I normally do. Also, I’ve never done any non-metallic metals, and I wanted to try it out.
https://i.imgur.com/MlvelLZ.jpgThe miniatures on the left are various Super Dungeon Explore Miniatures. The I got the kobold used, without a weapon arm or tail, and I had to kit bash a new arm and sculpt a new tail. I painted the Ooze with a gloss varnish to give it the appearance of being wet, which also made it more translucent. I did not expect that, but I really like the effect.
https://imgur.com/R0VGajWhttps://imgur.com/iCBhQqXThe gypsy between the squirrel and Chibithulhu is the free test model from the current Rocket Pig Games Kickstarter (
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocketpiggames/stout-hearted-heroestm-dungeoneers?ref=user_menu). I printed her ono my 3D printer, and painted her up quickly to test the color scheme I wanted to go with (I have never been happy with my attempts at red hair). I’m really excited about being able to print off a quick “trial mini,” and then going back a taking more time to print and paint a final version once I have the broad strokes of my design figured out. I tend to shy away from things that I have not had good luck with in the past when I’m painting a more expensive character, but when I can print off a test copy of a model for around $.03, I start feeling pretty bold.
The Pumpkinman/Gourd Leshy and Chibithulhu are from the Bone 3 Kickstarter that I received recently. They were a blast to paint, and I got to feel especially festive. I also loved all of the space to paint Chibithulhu’s eyes.
https://imgur.com/1SRskTehttps://imgur.com/DnRd23FI can't seem to get the Img button/feature to work, so I just posted links. Is there a tutorial or something?