Becoming a Master Miniature Painter: My Journey with the Reaper Bones Knight

The final miniature in the set was the Reaper Bones knight. It was the culmination of all that I had learned from the previous miniatures. It was a bit more difficult, but I had a really good time painting it. The paint issues I had earlier didn't show up much because the problematic paints were mixed with others, lessening the problems.

Like the other miniatures, they say you don't have to prime them; they come ready to paint. So, I just dove right in and painted the miniature. The basecoat for this one is grey. The biggest issue I encountered was that both the miniature and the basecoat were grey, making it difficult to see where I had already painted and what still needed painting.

After putting a grey base coat on a grey model. Don't think I will ever do this again myself. Hard to tell if I missed any spots.

The next step was to paint the back of the shield black and add some light brown to the fur around the edge of the armor. The back of the shield was easy enough, but I had some trouble controlling the brush for the fur.

Adding my first colors. I had some issues with the brown on the arms but I got it done.

Next, I added blue to the cloth under the armor and the front of the shield, and some brown to the leather of the gloves, belt, and knife. I also used shiny silver to paint the sword, the metal parts of the knife, and the end of the belt. This step went a lot smoother than I was expecting. Getting into some of the corners of the shield and deep parts of the armor proved difficult, but I worked my way through it. I felt that the hardest part was identifying all the areas that needed painting.

Added all the other colors to the miniature at this point. I had some troubles with the blue but got it figured out.

From here, I added some details that I wanted to. I added red to the front of the figure, just trying something out. I wanted to see if I could add the detail, and it turned out okay. I'm still not sure if I would try it again. I also added some black to the inside of the visor slit, which looked pretty good. I also applied a wash over the figure, which I think made it look pretty good.

Added some small details like the black in the helmet and red on the front. Not sure I would do the red again though.

You can see some of the details on this back side as well. You see the wash on the shield and other places and silver studs.

Overall, I liked how the figure turned out. It was the last one in the set and supposed to be the culmination of the set. I enjoyed painting it and feel like my brush control and ability have grown. I probably got a bit cocky with the red, but you'll never grow if you don't try new things. By this point, I was mixing so many paints together that I had almost no issues with paint being too thin or anything like that. I think this miniature was my second-best attempt of the three. It was close to the orc, but I still think the orc was my best job out of the three.