Monster March 5! - painting challenge

I’ve enjoyed tackling the giant for sure Nav.

Like all really big stuff though I found after a few days I’d been painting it like a normal 28mm miniature and it was lacking a lot. You really need to be introducing many more highlight and shading layers to make these massive miniatures look decent and fill the space.

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…indeed, and there is plenty of detail to work with on those Mantic Giants.

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Thanks for adding me Swordy! Tho I’ve no plans to paint the ice phoenix this month :wink: Being part of the challenge should help me get through the other two beasties!

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Was planning mainly on building rank & file guys for my dark age undead spin off force this month, but I’ve also found a reaper purple worm and a pair of wings I’d hacked off a d&d pit fiend. Revenant king on winged wyrm it is - initial wip pic to follow.

[An ‘accidental’ Mierce sale delivery should show later in the month, which might see a little action :wink: ]

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Eagle convertion into a Giant Raven. The riskiest part was resculpting the beak to the correct shape. Base colours are now done, dark blues, slate blue and black, with a dark green and then a purple wash to give the feathers a dynamic spectrum of colour. I’ll highlight in white and slate blue and dry brush in black once it’s dried.

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After testing some stuff I think I’ve settled on a paint scheme. My future ootgl army is going to be blue and green themed so I wanted my big owl to fit in. Looking up blue owls got me so results of a hoax from a while back with a ‘new’ blue species of owl that turned out to be photoshop. It looked pretty cool so I went with it. Here is the base coat on two wings and the body (the large wing is a different color trial with way more brown that I won’t be using)

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Good colour choices @Morofang

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Hello!

It’s time for the next update on #MonsterMarch5 painting challenge! Some great progress again, well done to all the participants!

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Initial progress on the winged worm

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Couple of further wip pics.

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looking good

Looking pretty sweet there Sceleris. Where did you get those wings from?

Cheers.

Cut off from a nolzurs/pathfinder d&d pit fiend iirc (needed an abyssal fiend not an archfiend :wink: )

Right, suppose I’ll have to get back to the rank & file now :wink:

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Banshees base redone for my Mythological ‘De Danann’ Herd Harpies

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Small progress update … slow and steady, very slow definitely! :laughing:

2 Horses fully painted and varnished, one based as well as one Rider finished and the other just needs cloak and shield painted, which I’ll likely finish tomorrow.

The finished Rider (the one on the left of those two) is kind of an experiment as well. I wanted just a tad more model variety for the 2nd rank and since the different parts kinda fit quite well I used: (Old) Mantic Stormwind Horse and Legs, (Old) Mantic Drakon Rider upper body and the cloak of the current Dragon Kindred Lord on the back.

Quite happy with the result. Will post pictures once all finished and assembled as well. :slight_smile:

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Been quite ill lately so I’m really flagging behind. The hammer is converted from a mantic dwarf and the putty work is adding small additional detail to the model. There’s a lot of putty work to do around the neck lines when I’m able.

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i admire your slow and steady approach @Mikes, although the concept is alien to me. i’m more of a tazmanian devil, and my work area is no where near as prestine as yours either, with paint splatters and glue drops on it … different strokes… but the models are looking excellent, btw. i am also curious about the wooden holders with the wires on them… they are a work of art in themselves, and look great for holding models or placing them at good painting height on a table , but what do the wires do?

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Looking forward to seeing the completed model @WoofBird, coming along nicely. i still have to get that one for my Northern Alliance army, but its on my to do list.