{"id":1565,"date":"2018-08-03T16:29:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2018-08-03T16:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:30:45","slug":"vanja-fire-giant-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2018\/08\/03\/vanja-fire-giant-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanja Fire Giant Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t have much interest in Giants until I featured them as an extinct legendary race in the backstory for my Heretic’s Creed campaign. This inspired a growing fascination with the “big people” that’s lead to me including them in more and more prominent roles in campaigns.<\/p>\n

Vanja the Fire Giant Queen is one of many Giant miniatures that I acquired through the Reaper Bones Kickstarters. It’s the first Giant miniature that I’ve painted and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.<\/p>\n

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I decided to go with a different look than that of the stereotypical Fire Giant and I’m pleased with the results. This is a miniature that can fill a number of Giant roles. I started by removing the miniature’s nipple spikes – which were ridiculous – and painting a mixed metallic base on the clothing. For skin I used my “red flesh” mix that I first put together back on Andre Durant<\/a>.\u00a0 I decided to paint the hair green and started with an emerald base coat. I used a basic bronze for the scale cape.<\/p>\n

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I had a lot of fun using color shift paints for some of the details – like the green on the bracelet and runes on the spear. Otherwise I used some of my favorite metallics to help the various bits of armor, chains, and jewelry stand out. The “Dip Method”<\/a>\u00a0added some depth as the final step. I used snow on the base…because I’m lazy and really happy with the effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t have much interest in Giants until I featured them as an extinct legendary race in the backstory for my Heretic’s Creed campaign. This inspired a growing fascination with the “big people” that’s lead to me including them in more and more prominent roles in campaigns. Vanja the Fire Giant Queen is one of… <\/p>\n

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