Painting Reaper Bones Fire Giant Queen

[@Biostasis5x7]

Everything you touch turns out great. Even in the videos where you seem disappointed with the final product looks ten times better than anything I end up with. Keep the videos coming, I learn bits and pieces every time you post a new video.

[@williamporter7596]

Outstanding work on her hair in particular.

[@coralinealgae]

Love the Reaper Inuit style fire giants. They're so unique. Her hair came out amazing.

[@bluepigeon3242]

I gotta say I love these reaper bones videos

[@bluepigeon3242]

also your voice cut out a bit at 11:40 but came back like 5 seconds later

[@ThePaintingClinic]

I have a glitch in my video editor. Trying to track down the problem.

[@coralinealgae]

I agree. The Reaper Bones videos are fantastic. So helpful.

[@drakemallard4459]

The hair really stands out. Great job!

[@Empireabc]

Congrats on the Patreon success dude. Really happy for you!

[@maxbrandt6]

Very nice painting, given what you had to work with from the Reaper BONES line.

[@BraxtonSharkboy]

Love how the fiery effect came out on the hair, looks really amazing. I just got into D&D and painted my first miniature last night, aint the greatest but definitely happy on how it came out. Underestimated my abilities lol

[@mch12311969]

Beautiful paint job and excellent tutorial. The hair and skin tone really pop.

[@nidge4887]

hairs fantastic,esp the top view. was having problems tackling similar armour till i found this. thanks

[@drakemallard4459]

Fantastic hair! One of your best jobs!

[@olixyz1996]

Looking great doc!

[@astrochelonian]

Thank you for this. I was struggling with red hair for some time. This is just what I needed!

[@jayknight1099]

Thanks so much for these videos, its hard to get a size estimate from the pictures on the website, and your art/lesson is spectacular.

[@skipx5858]

great video

[@jacobnrgaard3363]

How do you make your paint flow so well? And how do you avoid that the paint dries out when you are not using a wet pallet? If i use a dry pallet my paint is clumpy and unusable after about 5 minutes.

[@DrDeathmonger]

I think it turned out great. At what stage should you wash the model in alcohol? I painted a Bones hill giant last week and it seemed like it took the paint forever to dry. It's still a bit glossy. I used Freak Flex airbrush paints for the first time so maybe that's why.

[@ThePaintingClinic]

It's the oils in the plastic that cause those problems. Give it a good spray and scrub, and maybe a short soak, with rubbing alcohol. Let dry. Then prime.

[@DrDeathmonger]

Good info. I washed it with some dish soap to remove any mold release, but I'll do it this way. Thanks! :)

[@GaddisGaming]

Have you tried Future floor wax to make your metallics shine again after you have dullcoated them? or you can paint the metal after you put on the Dulcoat.

[@howtogetcommitted]

I am just now getting into painting miniatures I don't even know where to get the paints and brushes... where should I start?

[@robertevans3173]

I am new to the channel, are you still making videos in this series? Good job, I hope you keep up the good work.

[@commandervulkan]

Fire Giants are really big Dwarves.

[@aspektx]

...and Humans are really just Dire Halflings.

[@heyo49]

I have problems with bones figures being sticky after I prime them with spray can primer. Is there a solution to this or stick with my water based gesso from now on?

[@johannesblank1552]

I had the same problem, especially pronounced when using black Army painter spray-on primer, the minis were sticky even after several coats of paint. I now use white Citadel primer, and no longer have the stickiness problem.

[@coralinealgae]

Many spray primers cannot be used with plastic PVC minis. The best spray primer that I have found for any plastic minis is "Krylon Camouflage with Fusion for Plastic ultra-flat". It bonds better to plastic than anything and dries in minutes. The sand, gray, khaki, and black colors are my favorite. You can get them at Walmart. Just be sure to get Krylon and NOT another brand.

[@TheRunesmythe]

I don't know if you're still having this problem, but its something I've had happen as well and I know there are posts about it on the Reaper Forums. My first tip is to make sure and wash your Bones miniatures well; use warm, soapy water and some kind of a brush you can really scrub with. Like a lot of resin/polymer kits, Bones come with the remnants of the mold release agent on them so even if you can't see it, its still there and will only cause problems later on (i.e. inhibiting primer and paint adhesion). Just before you're ready to put down some primer, take a few minutes and give the miniature a last cleaning with some isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol; any will do, but I'd recommend 91% or higher as these tend to get the best results. This will clean anything off the miniature like dirt, oil, etc. as well as make sure the last bits of mold release are gone. There's a list on the Reaper Forums about which rattlecan primers work well with Bones material; I recommend you check it out and, if you plan on still using rattlecan primer make sure to get one of the brands listed. Personally, since I own an airbrush I use Vallejo Polyurethane primer and it goes on and stays on every time without problems, however both Reaper and Army Painter make brush on acrylic primer which should work as well.

[@willierants5880]

Dr. going through your older vids and enjoying them. One question I keep asking is how you attach figures for painting. I see you use temp bases or permanent bases then affixed to your ubiquitous pot of paint. I can only imagine you use hot glue? Or perhaps blue tack? Or... I'm sure you cover it somewhere, but haven't found it yet.

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Hot glue. More solid base than poster tack.

[@willierants5880]

Ah, thank you for clearing that up. It's a small thing, but it was nagging at me to no end. I may now watch in piece.

[@TheRunesmythe]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of either the current Fire or Frost giant sculpts; I saw a preview several months back of the third Bones series with some new Frost giants in it that looked more like what I remember but nothing on whether they're going to do any new/different Fire giants. Still, the mini came out decently though I agree with your assessment; maybe a semi-gloss instead of the matte finish would have kept some of that contrast.

[@ashez2ashes]

Was this the metal or plastic one?

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Bones plastic.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

That gal looks amazing! I second the color scheme suggestion for painting redheads/gingers; I dated a redhead for years and have a coworker who is a redhead, and I keep them firmly in mind for when I paint red hair. I will have to reverse engineer those colors with my P3 paints. What brushes do you use in your videos, BTW?

[@duke1252]

Where did you get the music from? I follow a podcast that talk about DnD stuff and this music is always playing in the background. Thanks

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Read the video notes.

[@duke1252]

Oh, thanks

[@Ajax-wo3gt]

Unless of course it's an anime style character; in that case use as much red as you like.

[@Thorin193]

How about a video on how you paint gems? :)

[@SidneyGutteridge]

the new GW paint looks pretty good imo

[@Higzilla]

Thats a good model... cant think of a better fire giant.. Video is not bright enough.. Early minutes cant tell what you are doing... I'd work on the lighting..

[@ThePaintingClinic]

New camera needs tweaks.

[@argonautofpain]

Random stab in the dark here, but I've got a ton of model kits that I'm trying to part with. Horizon models, polar lights, some resin kits, mainly superhero and classic movie monsters if your interested or if you might want to trade a few models for some work. I've got a marvel Cable that I was wanting to have completed, if you're interested.

[@redgreen09]

welll fist thinf fist like the mii ;;;;]]]]]

[@ethantastic]

that sounds like dwarvish so im going to upvote

[@redgreen09]

well had long rant bout the PC wind cleaner but the minis more the subjet still need the win cleaner PC fixer

[@millgiass]

She's nowhere near as cute as the Cloud Giant.