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

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

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

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.

odinsgrandson wrote: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!!!

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.

Are the hatchings freehand or sculpt?

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.