As you can see, the miniature comes in two parts, and to facilitate the painting, I've left the miniature in the parts and prepped/primed them separately.
Welcome to another full length painting tutorial. This time, it's a Reaper piece with some specific coloration requests.
THE MINIATURE
Let's take a look at the mini, it's from the Reaper Warlord
line of miniatures, Merack Overlord Sgt. Per the client, the base was to
be left blank as he wished to have uniform bases for all of his army. And
will be painting the rest based on the results here.
As you can see, the miniature comes in two parts, and to
facilitate the painting, I've left the miniature in the parts and prepped/primed
them separately.
In terms of the priming, the miniature was first given a base coat of black enamel paint thru my Iwata Revolution CR airbrush. Then I diluted a 50/50 mix of Reaper Master Series Paints (MSP) Pure White and Misty Grey and airbrushed that over the black enamel.
Now for the "look" of the miniature.
I was given quite a few choices, and I chose the look of Rackham's Kyrus the
Somber miniature. I like the brown, blue, bone tones that the piece has
and thought it would match up well with the Merack miniature. Now, the
second part of the "look" is the use of Reaper MSP Blue Liner. So while I
have some leeway, since this is a different miniature, I won't be doing an exact
copy of the piece, but more of the "scheme". Make sense? Good, I'm
glad it does to you.
So, with all this in mind, it's time to pull out the brushes, paints, water and other necessary items...
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
The Paints... First off, let's talk paints. For this project I'll be using only Reaper Master Series Paints, so if I don't say "MSP" after a color, just take it for the fact I'm using nothing but MSPs on this project.
The Brushes... the ones I use comes down to four brushes: Reaper Masters 0 for base layers, DaVinci Maestro 10 size 0, DaVinci Maestro 10 size 000, and a Windsor&Newton Series 7 Miniature size 000. I won't get into much detail about which brush I'm using when unless I think it's applicable. Let's just say that any brush you use should have a good sharp tip, bend well when used for feathering/layering, and you should keep it clean. Golden Taklon brushes aren't cut out for miniature painting.
The Palette... in this case I use two types. First I have some ceramic 12 well palettes that I picked up from an online art store and then I also use some Strathmore paper palette when I just need to mix some quick colors. Saves time for when I really need to thin my paints.
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