Greetings Descent players!

As some of you may know, I've got an ongoing series for painting the miniatures for Descent Second Edition on YouTube at Egghead Hobbies.

I'm pleased to announce Episode 8 - Skarn just posted. I thought I had him completed twice before I was really done, but all the extra work really paid off in the end (and caused the video to be completed much later than I had initially thought).

This video is one of my longest yet, but this paint job had more work on any one single miniature than I have ever done before, so I think there's a correlation in there somewhere. Numerous colors of base coating leading into washes, drybrushes and highlighting almost made this guy complete, but then I chose to experiment with chipping fluid, and then experiment again with pigment powders.

I didn't notice on my unpainted mini (but it's really apparent looking at a colorful, detailed one) how different the mini looks from the reference picture with the area under the head metal filled in as opposed to hollow. It doesn't seem practical to have the mini hollow in that section, but it really stands out with that concentration of metal color at the top.

Great work- I think the books on his leg are my favorite part.

Thanks for the kind words Zaltyre!

I've also been noticing a lot of differences between the reference art and the miniatures myself lately.

Just like you pointed out the head isn't hollow as shown. Also, I noticed the left arm is completely different, I mean radically different from the art to the sculpture.

Guess it just reinforces my theory on using the art as a basis for my painting, and just go with what my gut tells me.

Thanks for checking it out!

Great job! Im amazed by the final result, ill be using your video as a guide, trying to figure out which citadel paints match the ones you are using. Hope to see more lieutenants. Congratulations!!

Gonz, try this, might help in your conversions:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

Wow thanks a lot!!

Now i will be able to copy your minis. Ive seen your whats on the bench and im excited about the lieutenants & heroes