Monday, December 4, 2017

Some Recent Christmas Themed Painting

    When this time of year rolls around, I always wished I had worked more on the Christmas themed figures I have collected over the years.   So, over the last few weeks, with my seasonal mood increasing, I decided to finish up a few of them.
     First I completed Reaper's "Pack Reindeer", which has been sitting half done on my painting desk since I got him last December. 

      I then painted Coppestone's "Lovely Assistant". This figure comes in a blister with a Santa Claus figure, which I've put on a washer and primed, but haven't gotten to yet.


     Lastly, I just finished Reapers "Santa's Helpers"; a three pack of mechanical robot ornaments.    I tried an experiment with these; painting them first with special Chrome spray paint, and then using Citadel gemstone transparent paints on them: Spiritstone Red, Soulstone Blue, and Waystone Green, in an attempt to given them that lacquered mirror look that real ornaments have.  When finished, I sprayed them with Testor's Dullcote to give them a protective coat, and then went over them again with a brush-on glossy varnish to give them that glass ornament shine.   I'm rather plesed with how they came out.

        This will probably wrap up what Christmas figures I get done for his year; since, with the Christmas activity around the house ramping up, my painting time become more infrequent.

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  1. Those ornaments are excellent, you really nailed that shiny mirrored look.

    And it seems like the pack reindeer could easily be converted to be a real pack beast for a Lapp or Nordic themed Frostgrave/D&D force.

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    1. Thank you, Lasgunpacker!

      Yes, with a little bit of effort, it wouldn't be hard to trim off the large teddy bear. There is also a trumpet, which you could greenstuff over, or just claim that there is a musician in the group. :) And there is a drum as well, but that could be easily painted as a canister of some sort.

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