Join our next #speedpaintchallenge! @reapermini Bones 77131. Limit: 4 hours, 7 colors +B&W. Due next #miniaturemonday pic.twitter.com/iOaosK7JLo
— Mocha (@Mocha_Minis) September 8, 2014
The premise is simple. You have 4 hours to paint the selected model using a limited palette of colors. The goal, to paint the mini to the best of your ability with the time and colors available. I found that Bones #77131 is one of the pirates from the first Bones Kickstarter and it was in the Vampire Pledge box. And since I didn't need to go out and pick up a mini specifically to join in, I decided that I would take part and see how well I could do.The miniature in question is this one here. #77131, Finaela, Female Pirate by sculptor Patrick Keith. Tuesday night, after I got home from work and ate dinner. I set the oven timer for 4 hours, selected my colors and began work.
My color choices were fairly easy to make. Since black and white are given, I went with a darker shade flesh tone, a dark and light brown, a dark and light red, a silver and a gold. This would give me a nice red color for her coat, plus browns for the leathers and metallics to make her weapons more interesting.
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decided to make her gloves, boots and hair black. Her chest armor dark brown, her pants light brown and the belts and bags a medium brown. From there is was just a matter of putting paint to the model within the allotted time.
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could continue with highlights.
Overall, I think she turned out well. I ended up finishing an hour and 15 minutes before the deadline and it's possible that I could have done a bit
more with it. But I think she looks pretty good for a quick job. Plus it was neat to paint up something I maybe wouldn't have picked out of the box on my own.
I'm not sure if I'll be joining in on a weekly basis. But I liked the challenge of it and I could definitely see myself doing more of them down the road if the models being used are part of the Vampire box I have on hand.