Bugbear Shaman WIP and some base experiments

I’m painting 02603: Bugbear Shaman, Skrug 

Here are some progression shots. Sorry about the cluttered workbench background. But, in the background of the first 4 pics here you can see the skeleton reaper miniature (as in an actual reaper, not a Reaper Miniatures mini) which is one of my vintage Ral Partha hand painted miniatures. Down below are pictures of that miniature (after gluing his arms and scythe back on) with new base details.

Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.

 




Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.
Bugbear Shaman hand painted miniature. Click to enlarge.

The skin tone gets progressively more yellow from yellowing brown. I’m going to be washing it with Agrax Earthshade, so I want to bring out the yellow so it doesn’t get lost. I made a custom wash of Flash Gitz Yellow and water.

Next up, I added some rocks, sand and grass to the bases of Alizar (my elven necromancer in Pathfinder, still playing him!), a Reaper anti-paladin type mini and a vintage Ral Partha skeleton reaper with scythe. I love what the added textures bring to the miniature.

Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.
Rocks, sand and static grass added to miniature bases. Click to Enlarge.