Here is the first hero I am painting in Stuffed fables: Piggle.
Colors used in the first painting session: «Centaur skin» and «Grimoire purple». Centaur skin gives a good pig color I think, but both suffer from bad coverage. The photo above is after 3 layers, so there will be a few more before I can continue.
| Pig skin | Centaur skin |
| Shield | Grimoire purple |
| Ear, snout | Toxic boils |
| Candy | Pixie pink & Matt white |
| Eyes, mouth, eyebrows | Matt black |
| Hooves | Leather brown |
After a second session and another three layers of paint on the pig I feel quite satisfied with the result. I might add some light wash, but I have not decided yet.
A great source of inspiration for how to color this miniature was Paul Gestwicki’s Blog. After actually reading some of the text and not only looking on the pictures I see that he painted the bases of the hero miniatures according to the color on the dice used to control that character. Great idea that I choose to follow!
| Eyes | Matt white |
| Base | Warlock purple |
| Shade / wash | Soft tone |
I can’t decide if I think Piggle looks best with our without the «Soft tone» wash on the body. Anyway, I’m quite happy with the final result.
Forgot one thing! (One more thing…) I was thinking of putting «Gloss varnish» on the lollipop for a wet/sugar coated effect. Finally came around to adding it, and I like the result! Three layers of gloss varnish and it looks like it is so sugar coated so I’m almost trying to eat it.
| Lollipop | Gloss varnish |