Hello everyone,

I've been away from the FFG D2e forums for far too long but wanted to show off my miniature painting as well. I've painted the majority of the D2e heroes from the core through to the expansions and the conversion kits. I haven't gotten into the H&M Collections yet but I'll get there eventually. I was inspired to get back into painting thanks to watching many of Sorastro's videos. His thorough tutorials helped me understand the steps I was missing to bring my figures up to an even higher standard. I still need to balance out my thinned paints as some of my figures look better than others. Without any further delay, here are my most recent painted figures from the Shadow of Nerekhall expansion.

Rendiel was the first hero I started painting before I stopped for about 1-2 years. I was trying to learn how to glaze and get really smooth transitions. I put close to 8 hours into this figure before I stopped painting for the long hiatus. I came back to this figure, after watching Sorastro's tutorials, and fixed a lot of areas. I think he came out pretty good for my first run after such a long break, he also took an additional 6½ hours to finish with my new skills.

I then followed up with Orkell the Swift. Most of you are fairly aware how rough this figures face is unpainted. I did my best to fix the model up and came out with this. Sadly, my reaper metallic paints are not the best and I had an extremely difficult time working with all of his metals. I'm not happy with how they turned out and have since ordered Vallejo Air Metallics. From my research, these are the best metallics right out of the pot. I'm also really pleased with shading on his muscles and leather. In hindsight, I probably should have mucked up his boots a bit and made them a bit dirty for another level of detail. Another 6½ hour figure.

Next was Tinashi the Wanderer. Another rough model to work with but I generally like how she turned out. I attempted to so some glazing techniques on the base to give a bit of a purple glow to the puff of smoke she's leaping out of. I don't think my transitional highlights are the best here on the purples. I think the paint was not as thin as it should have been. Again, the metal on the hatchet was just a product of poor paint quality, in my opinion. I really need to take my time on the transitions and thin out my paints better. I'm not sure if my ratios are right or when I need to add more water/medium. This figure also took 6½ hours to complete.

Finally, I finished up SoN heroes with Ravaella Lightfoot. She was a very quick figure to paint thanks to the lack of crazy details on her. the leather portions should have been a bit darker in my opinion but I really like how her hair and cloth through her hair turned out. I'm a bit disappointed in the shading on her pants. Again, I didn't check the thinness of the paint before applying. Something I'll be certain to check before using on my next figure. Ravaella only took 4½ hours to complete, which was surprising to see.

I'll be certain to show off more as I finish them. If you'd like to see my older minis and how my skill has progressed (and a testament to Sorastro's tutorials) see the link in my signature. Any comments, questions or critiques are more than welcome.

Thanks for looking everyone!

I like Ravaella the most. I think your highlighting on her makes what little details her mini has really pop well. I haven't opened my copy of SoN yet, but I have heard that these are terrible casts, so I think you did wonderfully for what you had to work with. Look forward to seeing more.

Hi Tomkat,

Thanks! I really like how Ravaella turned out, overall. I really thought she was going to be the worst character to work on and turned out to be the easier of the four. I definitely agree these figures were the worst cast yet.

If you haven't already checked it out, take a look at my Instagram page, it's filled with my older (less skilled work). I really want to strip the paint off Dezra the Vile and fix her after my next batch. That figure is the bane of my previous painting runs.

I also aim to have one figure done every week, or so. I only have a few hours in the week to paint them so I fit in 1-2 hours a night when I can.

I really like how you painted skin and the brown cloth on the Orkell mini! Perhaps I would try to achieve a higher contrast in the reds in future, adding further highlights (mixing in yellow).

Like your Ravaella, too, reminds me a bit on how I painted her...Well maybe I am gonna upload some of my jobs again soon