Chris Palmer
This past week I also painted the Fungal Handmaiden from the Bones 4 Darkreach Expansion set. I’m considering an “Island of the Living Mushrooms” scenario for our Ghost Archipelago campaign, and wanted to start working on the Mushroom folk from the Darkreach set. I didn’t want to jump right in with the big Queen figure until I worked out exactly how I wanted to paint these. I had seen someone on the Reaper Forum who had done their mushrooms in very pale muted colors, and I wanted to try for something a little like that as well.
I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish-soap added and then rinsing and drying. I then glued the figure to a black primed 1" fender washer with Aleene’s Tacky glue. I then set the washer in my painting grip.
I was planning on doing this figure in a series of washes, so I began by painting the entire figure with Americana “Snow White”
I then gave the “clothing” a wash with very thinned Ceramcoat “Denim Blue”. After that, I did the top of the cap with a wash of very thinned Americana “True Blue”.
Next, I used the “Snow White” to touch up areas of the face, arms, hair and underside of the cap where the blues had mistakenly spread. I then gave the face and arms a wash with some Citadel “Reikland Fleshshade” wash. When that was dry, I gave the underside of her cap and her hair a wash with the very thinned Americana “Antique White”. I then painted her eyes using Americana “ Light Cinnamon” for the socket shadows and Accent “Real Umber” for the pupil dots.
I then highlighted the face and arms with Crafter’s Acrylic “Light Antique White”, and highlighted the hair and underside of the cap with Americana “Bleached Sand”. After that, I painted the specks on top of the cap with the “Snow White”.
It was now time to work on the rocky outcropping the mushroom was growing from. I began by painting the outcropping and rest of the base with Americana “Zinc”. When dry, I gave the base a coat of some Citadel “Nuln Oil” wash. When the wash was dry, I gave it alght drybrush with some Folk Art “Porcelain White”.
I let the figure dry overnight and the next day I gave it a coat of Americana “DuraClear Matte” varnish. Then, another overnight dry, and I sprayed it with Testor’s Dullcote".
I’m really happy with how she came out. I like the effect of the pale washes and they were relatively easy to do..
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Very nice! I’m impressed that you’ve done all that with washes!
Thanks, John! Yes, I kind of surprised myself with this one. With the low cost of the Bones, I love having the freedom to experiment.
Beautiful
Thanks, Imperialrebelork!
Nice job again Chris
Thanks, Mark!