Petrified Miniatures???

[stivo]

I am going to try making a diorama that involves The Gorgon Rackham miniature and another miniature being turned to stone. Does anyone know any good techniques for the \"stoned\" figure. Also do you think i should stone the miniature\'s weapon, clothes and armour or just skin? Thanks all

 

[paleotaur]

Well, I think I would \"stone\" the whole figure. It is far easier on both the painter and the viewer. I remember seeing someone who did a \"Thousnd Squats\" army and I thought it was a horrible paint job until I knew that part of his fluff was that they turned to stone from using magic a\'la the old chaos dwarves. My point is, if the whole figure looks like a statue, it will be easier for the viewer to understand what is going on.
As far as technique, I\'ve not yet painted any statues, so take this with a grain of salt. I would do a simple light grey finish with appropriately darker shadows and drybrushed highlights to deliberately bring out the \"chalky\" or \"grainy\" quality of the stone. You might also think about making them different ages, with darkening and water stains etc, on different statues to give them character. Hmmm, after I looked at that last bit I realized that you may get told that you didn\'t finish the newer loooking ones if you go that route. Oh well, that\'s my input, for waht it\'s worth.

 

[Chrispy]

I think in \"Clash of the Titans\" in Medusa\'s lair, all the warriors had stone weapons and clothes. As for techniques, I\'d try a stone color like blue grey or khaki. Temperance\'s Sand Elementals show off a kind of marbling and look like stone. Remember that stone also has imperfections lthat show up as dots, lines, and such.

 

[Flashman14]

hmm . . it might be cool if you made the victim be stone from the legs on up to maybe the torso and have the rest of him normal - as if he is turning to stone as we watch!
neat! right?
no?
ok.

 

[paleotaur]

No no, Dr. Evil, I mean Flashman, I think that\'s a great idea! But I think I would only do that for one of the victims, though. Damnit Stivo, Now you\'ve got me wanting to do a scene like this!

 

[Jormungar]

Stoned...

I think that having one or two of the figures turning to stone and maybe one of two actually stone is a great idea.

As for effect, you could do a marble and granite effect. Paint the stone parts or whole figure a medium, cold gray. Then take a crappy brush, and from a few inches away flick a black wash at the figure. It might take a few tries to get it right. Also, try other spot colors. Then, paint in some random, organic white lines. This will give the illusion of marble veins in the rock.

Another idea would be to use Vallejo\'s crackel medium mixed with gray paint over either black or white. This will look like the figure is kind of cracking apart.

Good luck!

 

[Jeff_Hofmann]

Grainy Primer or sand in the basecoat?

Broken weapons, hands and noses, especially if the statues have been knocked over.

Moss....dark green flock.....no yellow bits like GW flock.

I hope to see this idea soon!

 

[stivo]

Its coming along - i have painted one figure \"stoned\". It is a GW one with no hands. I drybrushed it various shades of gray followed by a watery green wash.

 

[mouse]

Interesting...

I know that this is a tab off...but creatures like Medusa or Gorgon, at least in D&D sense, only stones living creatures...inanimate items don\'t get stoned in the process...

An idea to get the stoned effect will be to use the basing substance (forget from which company) to coat thinly on the skin. Let it dry and paint it if necessary (Grey with bleach white as highlight)