A thing a week 2026, week 25

ed> due to some scheduling shenanigans, this guy didn't get posted when it was supposed to. Luckily, with the power of the Internet, I've backdated so that none shall be the wiser.

 This week we start our biggies tour where I work through a bunch of the bigger-than-normal figs in Bones 5. 

First up we have two biggies and neither of them are particularly worthy efforts. The Dragon-Lion on the left needed at least some gap filling and the fur colors really needed to go up at least a couple layers. I got good hue contrast between the scales, the fur, and his mane but none of those parts by themselves is well handled. At the time of this writing, I was going through a really painful medical issue and freaking out about making it to Bricks Cascade so suffice to say, my attention was elsewhere. The Catoblepas on the right is more or less the same deal except that the sculpt featured more or less one texture which makes my indiscretions less obvious. Also of note, I glued it all together and really struggled getting the green on the base he's standing on. Don't worry, I didn't learn, and will make the same mistake many times in the coming weeks. 

One of the most egregious example of gluing stuff together and then struggling to paint stuff is this guy who I call "treasure dragon." Because he's on a pile of treasure. Get it? This guy is purple to contrast with the yellowy gold pile he's laying on and his left arm is a real mess. Somewhere during the painting, it fell off and I think I ended up with a blob of glue that made it not fit correctly so I ended up having to do a lot of filling. It's hard to notice if you don't know but it's definitely not as good as it probably should have been. A coat of Badger Ghost Tint Orange went over the gold which makes it pop a little better and ultimately the composition works even if the dragon's paint job isn't particularly good. They can't all be bangers, kids.

2026 finished mini counter: 149