I painted the first two Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Hypnotic Spirits. The first one I painted black with red light coming from his face and the holes in his robe, and the second one I painted as a slightly translucent-looking blue-green. The blue-green color scheme is inspired by the necromancer campaign in Might and Magic Clash of Heroes.
Julie painted Drizzt Do'Urden and his black panther, Guenhwyvar from Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt . Julie and I painted the Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Feral Trolls. We used a lot of dark washes on the trolls to give them a more grungy appearance. I painted the brown Feral Troll, and Julie painted the green Feral Troll. I helped Julie by painting her green troll's bracers and hair. Julie painted the Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Athrogate Dwarf Battlerager. She used a copper metallic acrylic paint for the spikes on his helmet, chest plate, shoulder armor, and boots. The used silver metallic acrylic paint for both the metal armor and the studs on the leather armor. Painting the Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Drow Duelists was a really fun project. There is so much detail in the armor of these miniatures, which gives you a lot to work with while painting. We used quite a bit of metallic paint on the Drow Duelists. To create the metallic look to both the red and purple armor elements, we mixed silver metallic paint with regular red (or purple) acrylic paint. Julie's Drow Duelist's red and black armor was inspired by Elder Scrolls' Daedric armor. John's purple armor was inspired by the Drow from Baldur's Gate. Unfortunately, the matte varnish greatly diminished the pop that all of the metallic areas. We ended up re-painting over most of the metallic areas after the varnish dried to restore the metallic sheen. In the future, we definitely won't be varnishing our miniatures that have metallic paint. Our third painting project was painting the Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Hunting Drakes. We painted them with acrylic paint and finished them with a matte varnish. We enjoyed painting the individual scale details on these miniatures. The Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Goblin Cutters were our second miniature painting project. We used metallic acrylic paint for the daggers, belt buckles, and metal armor. To make it easier to handle the miniatures during painting, we hot-glued them to empty spice containers. This allowed us to hold them without smudging the wet paint. Once the miniatures were painted and dry, we removed them from the spice containers by dripping a couple drops of rubbing alcohol under the base to dissolve the hot glue. Julie and I chose the Spider Swarm as our very first miniatures to paint. We are new to the hobby, but watched some tutorials to learn how to paint our own miniatures. We had already primed our Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt miniatures and we let the primer dry for 24 hours before painting. We used acrylic paint and a matte varnish. To prepare our Dungeons and Dragons miniatures for priming, we first washed them with warm water and liquid dish soap. After that, we let them completely dry before priming. We primed our miniatures in a well-ventilated outdoor area and wore protective eyewear. It's good to wait at least 30 seconds to a minute between each coat of primer to avoid the accelerant eating away at the plastic. It's important to prime your miniatures when the temperature is in the recommended range for your primer (listed on the label). To be safe, we allowed the primer to dry for 24 hours before painting the miniatures. |