Damar, Adventuring Mage

[odinsgrandson]

Well, here's a character that I painted from Reaper (for a client). Overall, I was rather pleased with how he turned out.

[Axtklinge]

Lovely!
Out of curiosity, how many hours does it take you to complete a mini with that sort of detail?

[odinsgrandson]

Around six to eight hours at this level. I've done some in less (four is kind of the lower limit).

[Axtklinge]

Thanks!

Just one more curiosity question if I may...
Assuming you give your minis a primary before you start, do you use different primers, or do you prime them with the same colour regardless of the colour scheme, you intend to use?
I used to prime everything black when I started painting fantasy minis (well, I painted mostly "chaos", so the lots of black, and armour seemed to request "black primer"...).
Over the times I started using two different primers (black and grey), depending on the colour scheme I intended (lighter schemes had grey primer), but now a days I almost excursively use some sort of 'Ivory-white" ("not so white" white) for most minis.
Would you mind sharing your insight on this?

Cheers,
A.

[Magictobe]

Around six to eight hours at this level. I've done some in less (four is kind of the lower limit).

If only I could do that in 12 hours I would be a pleased man!!!

Verry nice!!!

[odinsgrandson]

I use black primer. I've tried others, and I prefer black for everything (even those super bright Super Dungeon minis- all of them were primed black).

It shouldn't make much difference most of the time, since you'll be covering up the whole primer in your colors. If you do make a mistake, black is your friend, and white is your enemy (so if you're going for time, black is better). That's about it though.

[nazgob]

Are the hatchings freehand or sculpt?

[odinsgrandson]

They're part of the sculpt. I haven't tried the quilt freehand yet, but I saw Zach Lanier painting some of that at Gencon last year, so I might try it out for myself soon.