Chris Palmer
[Edit: I meant to publish this yesterday (Monday the 24th), but got so caught up in Christmas Eve activities, I totally forgot. Now that Christmasing has quieted down for a moment, I thought I’d take the opportunity to get it on the blog. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!)
This past week I once again mined my Bones backlog for something quick and simple that I could squeeze in painting among the usual pre-Christmas chaos. I also, wanted something I could give a Holiday or Winter spin, and thus I landed on the Were-armadillo figure from the Bones 3 Stoneskull Expansion, which I thought would make a pretty good “Holiday Armadillo”.
I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying it. I then, after clipping the edges of the figure’s integral base to make it smaller, glued the figure to a black-primed 1.5" fender washer with Aleene’s Tacky glue, and then placed the figure in my painting grip.
I began by painting his back armor with Americana “Mississippi Mud”, and then his chest plates with Accent “Golden Harvest”. After that, I painted his legas and arms with Accent “Real Umber”.
I then decided to repaint the middle back armor section with Folk Art “Teddy Bear Brown”, and . used the same color to paint his tail. Afterwards, I painted his face and hands with Anita’s “Burnt Sienna” and then painted his claws and nose with Americana “Bleached Sand”.
Then, after everything had overnight to dry, I gave the entire figure a coat of Citadel “Agrax Earthshade” wash. When the wash was dry, I drybrushed is upper and lower back armor, as well as the small bit of armor on his head with Crafter’s Acrylic “Storm Cloud Grey”, and then a little Folk Art “Platinum Grey”. I then painted the eyes ceramcoat “Black”, and highlighted his face and hands with a mix f the base “Burnt Sienna”, and some Crafter’s Acrylic “Orange Spice”.
Next, I highlighted the middle section of back armor with a mix of the “Storm Cloud Grey and Americana "Khaki Tan”, and then highlighted his underbelly with Crafter’s Acrylic “Daffodil Yellow”. After that, I highlighted his arms and legs with a drybrush of Americana “Neutral Grey” mixed with Americana “Light Cinnamon”, and highlighted his claws and nose with the base “Bleached Sand”. I wrapped things up by highlighting his tail with the “Khaki Tan”.
Lastly, I painted the base with Ceramcoat “Snow White”.
I let the figure sit overnight, and the next morning I gave it a coat of Americana “DuraClear Matte” varnish. Later that afternoon I flocked the base using Woodland Scenics snow flocking. Another overnight dry, and I sprayed them with Testor’s Dullcote".
I’m happy with how this fellow turned out. The yellow should have been a little paler to truly match the costume; and seeing the final photos, I see I need to go back and add some tiny reflection dots to the eyes, but overall I think I came pretty close.
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Excellent choice! Looks good! Hope you’ve had a great Christmas (we’re into the last 35 minutes of Christmas Day here in the UK)!
Thank you, jnv! I had a great one; lots of minis and paint from Mrs Claus. 🙂 Hope you had a good Christmas too!
Looks good, though I had not seen that episode of Friends as I bailed on that series before it ended. Think you did well on the color match! Happy New Year!
Thanks, Mark! Happy New Year to you, too!