It's not Tat, it's Big Bones!

I admit to getting a bit more than just the core set in the Bones 4 kickstarter….but I have decided to paint the entire core set before tackling any of the expansion sets. However, there are also a bunch of add-ons to do. Most of those are rather large… but we start with some mid-sized ones:

These are the “Skeletal Monsters” add on subset. A Chimera, an Owlbear and a Manticore, plus a heap of monster bones / spawn pile scatter terrain piece. Also there is a sprue of different heads to you can convert to other monster skeletons if you like.

I am keeping the sprue of monster skulls in the bitsbox for now.

The wings are in a much more rigid (and presumably more brittle) material than the bodies that seem to be in the much better and less-rubbery-than-earlier Bones 3 material.

Chimera:

I made a 3D printed 70x50mm oval base for this one. These were hollowed out from the top so the miniatures own base fit inside, with some putty to fill them out.

Owlbear:

I made a 50x30mm base for this one.

Manticore:

This one has a 60×35 base.

The bone pile scatter terrain bit.

I have a bone to pick with you guys…

How I painted these:

Black undercoat with white ink zenithal sprayed on. After this was thoroughly dried out, I painted Citadel Skeleton Horde contrast (yes! Contrast paint! It works like a thicker ink or stain!) all over.

When this was thouroughly dry, I drybrushed in varying degree with several bone-type colours, both yellowish and whiteish ending with Reaper Splintered Bone at the very tops.

Details such as horns, beak, teeth, stingers and claws in various black and grey colours I mixed on my pallette.

Base in Vallejo Earth followed by some tufts and my autumnal flock mix, finised with black rims. All of them done from basecoat in an evening including drying times.

Skeletal Monsters

add-on subset from the Bones 4 kickstarter, 2017

Reaper Miniatures

Sculpted by Julie Guthrie

Made in Bonesium PVC

should be available from reapermini.com some time in the future