28mm Reaper Miniatures - Fellclaw, Scarecrow Guardian

Though Halloween is in the rear view, we are still in Fall so I'm gonna finish and post more scarecrows that are near completion. The villains, as you may have noticed, almost neatly divide between pumpkin headed monstrosities and regular ol' scarecrow types. The last of the pumpkin headed ones are the cavalry from the Wars of Ozz range; I'll get to them soon. Before I get to that though I have a murder of scarecrows from Foundry that are almost done.

But first, this monster from Reaper:

I started with a black undercoat, gray zenithal, then Speed and Contrast paints. But again for me, it looked awful. So I just used those layers as a base and built up and shaded from there depending on the piece. Boots and the claws and "skin"  I mostly left the speed paint but added a highlight.

First time using fluorescent paints in the eyes to get a glowing effect. They came out ok.

I used a bunch of the leaves I punched out with the Green Stuff World punches. They are too bright - but a thin coat of Contrast browns worked great to make them appear more natural. The skull on the base got lost among the same leaves necessitating this overhead shot.

  You can see this entire collection painted up so far by clicking "Sleepy Hollow" in the cloud at left or click here.

Austrians for Silver Bayonet are also nearing completion.

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