Painting a Reaper D&D Dwarf King (Fur Cloak Tutorial)

[@clairemcnabb2098]

You’ve actually taught me about painting than any other artist and research. I watch so many videos and even read books. You make everything so simple and easy to follow. I think you are amazing!

[@TheRunesmythe]

In my opinion, gold armor works well for both royalty and Paladins, so he could be a Dwarf Paladin King. Normally I cringe when I see straight silver used to highlight gold/bronze/brass/copper/ etc, but with the yellow ink glaze it tones it down and makes it into a reflection you might reasonably expect to see on such a highly polished surface like this. Very awesome work!

[@xreev0x]

I have viewed this so many times just for that fur pattern on the cloak.

[@therealDonMac]

Great call on the fur rather than violet cloak. Turned out amazing. Thanks for the tips.

[@ryansargent661]

I just discovered your channel maybe two weeks ago and I’ve been really enjoying it. Beside learning from them, I find your voice tone easygoing and it is very relaxing to watch your videos. I’ve not got much time to paint right now but I can’t wait to try out the different techniques you are using. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@drakemallard4459]

Great fur pattern!

[@Bert_G_Orin]

Awesome job on the mini! Both the fur cloak and the purple cloak would have looked great! You mention in the video that you might have had to strip the mini, could you possibly do a video on how to do that? That would be helpful. I have a few projects that I would like to repaint.

[@trevorclapham5571]

Looks really good

[@heroicfool8541]

I really liked the armor look in the beginning but the final result was even better. I'll have to keep this color combos in mind. I'd love to see your take on different colored metallics, particularly red. I have a paladin I wanna put in red armor but I have no idea what to do to acheive that look.

[@TheVexinator]

I like the fur cloak a lot, personally would have kept the inside magenta to retain that regal feel.

[@longstreet0163]

That cloak is amazing. To say it was flat and plain it now looks like actual fur.

[@zachhardy7767]

So great!

[@evanstrong4064]

Is that a new variant of the classic music I hear or was I not paying attention before?!

[@entredeuxbouchees]

Do you think adding a layer of zenathol (on the cloak only) and then adding a tint would bring back a tinted royal fur look? Something like a rare beast fur that has highlights of blues or reds for exemple. Great tutorial!

[@redgreen09]

looks good to me see as post new

[@ImaginerImagines]

Great job on the fur texture. It really fools the eye and makes it look like the texture was on the model. I think the variation on the fur pattern is fine, I don't think nature generally is perfect, especially after it is on a tanned fur hide.

[@HQDungeons]

where is the rotating display from?

[@myfriendscallmelefty8934]

Trying to find this reaper mini, is there a specific name or is it from their new set and thats why i cant find it?

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Oops. I'll add it to the video info. Reaper Borin Ironbrow, Dwarf Adventurer.

[@mithralnuggets8437]

Do you sell any of your miniatures after you paint them?

[@thomasfrey859]

Is the magenta used in this video the reddish 70.945 Magenta, or the 70.735 Magenta Fluorescent? I love the look of the cloak. (watched another 40 seconds and it's fur... NOOO!!!!)

[@ThePaintingClinic]

The regular 945 magenta.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

I can picture this dwarf king leading his men into battle.

[@Kojak0]

First of all: thank YOU for pointing out the extreme highlights being all the rage right now - that's something I quite frankly really hate to see on a miniature, because it looks unnatural, and that goes for any material people paint - hell, I have seen those extreme highlights being done to hair for gods sake! Secondly, regarding the finished cloak, I think it looks good, but might have done well with a glaze of brown all over to mute the texture. Another way to do it might have been to use thick paint to create a texture before painting it normally with thinner paints. I actually use thick paint to create wood patterns on wooden weapon stocks and the like´, and that paint I put down is only there to make it look like wood grain. This is one of the few instances where you actually want brush strokes showing up.

[@TheRunesmythe]

Like many things, extreme highlights are alright as long as they're used sparingly; the problem (in my opinion) is that they're being so overused right now that it seems like every little detail on a miniature has them sometimes. This is especially true when it comes to miniatures wearing lots of armor and produces what I like to call the "Tron look" where you have fairly dark color armor with minimal highlights overall and very sharp edge highlights that look more like glowing lines than light reflections (See: Most Space Marine tutorials). To me it looks very cartoonish and detracts from what might otherwise be a really cool looking miniature with a decent paint job in most cases I see. This is actually a pet peeve of mine and I cringe every time I see someone put a straight silver edge highlight on any sort of gold/brass/bronze/copper surfaces because to me it looks terrible; the exception being the miniature in this video because the yellow glaze actually softens it back to a reflection you might reasonably expect to see on these types of metallic surfaces.

[@1who4me]

I thought the purple looked great

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

Reaper must be rolling over in their graves when you paint one of their minis using Vallejo paints and not Reaper paints...hahaha

[@TheRunesmythe]

Honestly I don't think it bothers them since they originally just produced miniatures before adding paint to their product line. In fact, aside from the videos on their channel, I believe their regular "in house" painters still use a variety of paints from many different manufacturers for a lot of their work.

[@albertreed966]

That magenta was a bad idea from the get go, I think it looked too “GIRLIE”. Royal purple might have worked but, the fur was a better idea!