I have a love affair with the Monster Block Dice figures that Fanath put out. I bought a full set and it wasn\’t long before I knew I needed extras to give me enough for two teams to have as many as they\’d need.
By the end of 2016 I\’d painted up six of the seven I had acquired (the blue guy is still a work in progress).
These miniatures have been out for a while and I think the molds are starting to get a little the worse for wear (which would also explain why the models are getting harder to find), but they are just so cool… so:
This time around I decided to use my airbrush for most of the models. There were a few stages to this:
- Airbrush Stynylrez Black Primer
- Airbrush zenithal highlight of Stynylrez White
- Airbrush Vallejo Livery Green
- Airbrush Secret Weapon Algae Green wash
- Drybrush Livery Green mixed with some Vallejo Neon Green
- Base of GW Rhinox Hide for the darkest recesses of eyes, teeth and bandages.
- Layer over with mixes through Vallejo\’s Filthy Brown up to Coat D\’Arms Bone.
- The mice were kind of ad-libbed one in grey, the other in brown.
- The band aids were based with Army Painter Fur Brown and then layered up to Army Painter Tanned Flesh for that ugly off flesh color.
I think I really improved the tongue on the newer dice compared to my original effort.
I am pleased with the bloodshot eye effect here and the right hand one going cross-eyed to see the mouse he\’s captured.
Of the last two the one on the left is one of the originals that I painted up. I used washes on the the bandages of that one but tried leaving that out on the newer one. It shows a little but there is still good color gradation despite this. I also haven\’t gloss varnished the new dice yet… waiting for the humidity to drop some.
Well I hope you enjoyed this look into my process. I am currently back to speed painting minis for Test of Honour – I\’ll post about that next week but I should have a post on the painting competition coming over the weekend!
Raggy Paints 
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