Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 16

Well that's Pandora's box finished aside from the pillars.  I need to learn how to paint marble first.  If anyone knows how to paint white marble, please let me know.

Now onto the minis.

Lots of big dudes this time.

Let's start with Medea

She just looks evil, look at that malevolent grin.  I've tried to make the spell in her left hand look as evil as possible, grey and smoky, drybrushed with various pinks to make it look more malevolent.

Tityos

He's big and made of rock.  I've tried to keep him earthy, specially the roots holding him together.  I might use him as an earth elemental in D&D too, he's one of the nicest I've seen.


Griffon

I love griffons.  They're just so cool, and this is possible the best griffon miniature I've ever seen.  Look at it, it's magnificent.  I've tried to make it look as natural as I could, I could have done a GW and went to town with tiger stripes and whatnot, but decided against it.  I find a more natural colour scheme on an unnatural beast makes it seem more real.

Apollo

I've gone for a green cloak on Apollo, mainly because I don't think I've done one yet.  He's one of the better posed divinities.  I've tried to keep him bright, with lots of gold.

Hecate

Hecate has three faces.  Why not? She is the goddess of knowledge and magic.  You will know more if you have 3 sets of eyes to perceive the universe.  Going with the magic theme, I've tried to make her look as mystical as possible.  I've gone with dark blue with contrasting silvers and off whites, even her hair is purple, contrasting with the silver of her crown.  Her skin is pale with a blueish hue to it. 

So that's Pandora's Box, minus the pillars.  It was a long road, but I got there in the end.  I think I might start the Poseidon expansion next, which is thankfully smaller. 

Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 15

That's another batch finished.  Just five more and a few pillars to go.  Then I can move onto the Poseidon expansion.

Hell hounds

We've seen these before in the main box.  You get three in an alternate sculpt in Pandora's box to bulk your unit up to nine.


Orion

He's big, beefy and has a huge club.  He's a hunter, so I've gone with neutral colours to emphasize this.  With his white hair I think he looks a bit like a massive Geralt of Rivia.


Phoenix

 Big fiery vulture.  I now no longer like painting fire, this was a bit of a chore.  There was no quick and easy to paint this thing, mostly fine detail work.  I've tried to make the beak and feet look like smouldering coals.

Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 14

That's the next batch done.  Pandora's Box is almost complete.

Bellerophon

He was a pain in the arse to paint, mainly because he was ready built.  If the wings or rider were separate I would have made a better job on him.  Also Pegasus looks more white in the pictures than really life.


Eurytion

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The detail was a bit blurry on this guy, especially round the face.  I tried my best, and I think he turned out okay.


And a viking... wait what?

This is a preview miniature for Mythic Battles Ragnarok.  I'm planning on using him as a thug for d&d.  He looks like a fantasy warrior, my historical brain screams no to the viking part.  I do think he looks cool though.

Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 13

It's taken me a while but the next batch is done, mainly because I'm working on a few projects at once.  This time it's a few odds and sods.

Sisyphus

Is it just me or does he look like Sean Connery?

The Graeae

I've tried to go for a traditional swamp hag look with these ladies.  I've used dirty earthy colours combined with pale purple skin to achieve this.  I'm really quite chuffed about how they turned out.

Echidna

The mother of monsters.  I've done her lower half in a similar manner to the other snakes in the set.  I decided to go with brown horns because I felt that ivory horns wouldn't pop against her skin.  I also go to paint fire.  I like painting fire.

Helios

Helios is one one of my favourite sculpts in MBP.  The sense of motion is amazing.  You can just imagine that whip lashing out and incinerating his enemies, leaving nothing but ashen husks.  Being the god of the sun I decided to go with a sky theme.  I painted his cloak blue to contrast against his blonde hair and halo thing.

Currently on the painting block are a few fantasy minis, some more Mythic Battles stuff, a dwarf organ gun for Kings of War and some plague marines.

Oh and Happy New Year!

Some monsters for D&D

That's another pile of miniatures that have been sitting around my desk for months finished.  This time its some monsters.  All are Reaper Bones again.  Although I did manage to prime some Mythic Battles stuff when it wasn't raining, or blowing a gale... or both.

We'll start with the basilisks.

I bought two of these ages ago, because where's the challenge in just on murder lizard with a petrifying gaze.  I've gone for an unassuming brown, which is unintentionally shiny.  I decided to keep it that way because it makes it look a bit snake-like.




Kobolds

Everyone's favourite whipping boys.  I've only got 6 so I really need more.  What they lack in threat they make up for  in numbers.  I went quick and dirty with these because no one really stops to admire the paint job on fodder.


Fire Giant

I started painting this one at the same time as the last one.  But for some reason I never finished him.  He's done now though.  I've gone for the same look with dark skin and armour set against bright contrasting hair.  He looks like he's charging forwards ready to splat someone with his massive sword.  I say splat because that sword is wider than the torso of most human sized miniatures.



I've got quite an interesting mix of Mythic Battles Pantheon miniatures lined up next; including Helios and Echidna. 

More Fantasy Heroes

More fantasy miniatures painted, again with the tieflings.  Here we have a couple of tieflings and and a half orc.  Again these are from Reaper's Bones range.

 Let's look at the tiefling warrior first.

This is the same mini as in my last entry (I got sent a second by accident).  I've decided to make him the opposite of the other.  This one is cold, whereas the other one is hot.  I actually dig this sculpt, I'm left handed so I approve of seeing a left handed warrior every now and again.  This guy also has purple hair for reasons.

Female teifling spellcaster.

She strikes me as a warlock, probably due to the trident of bone she's holding.  I've gone for a bright red skin tone, and decided to contrast her hair and loincloth against this.  I think it works.

Female half orc spellcaster

Half orcs are hard to come by, so I try to pick them up whenever I can.  Like many bones miniatures she suffers from soft features, which is common among the Bones range.  It's annoying, but I persevered. I decided to put her in a bright yellow dress to contrast with her dark skin.  She could act as any spellcaster, there's nothing that makes her jump out as one type or another.