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[Frankthedm]

Hunched Stone Giant.

My first really skin heavy work. I regret not pulling this guy into separate pieces before painting. Made both huge and large bases for this fig... sleep closing in… must post…

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Giant size.


Details after sleep…zzz

[ixminis]

Simply cool. 75mm and that's because he's crouched down... eep!!

[Sergeant_Crunch]

How tall would you guess this guy to be if he were standing? He's freaking huge, which is a good thing since he's a giant. Nice blending on the skin and that apron/smock/kilt thingy has a good leathery feel to it.

[Frankthedm]

75mm is the width of the metal lipped soup can base.

Like the WotC DDM Hunched Giant, this is a huge* mini that can squeeze onto a large* base. Were it to stand up, he’d be about 4” [20’ in mini scale] tall, about the same height as my Death Giant Lich. I prefer giants to be quite a bit larger than the D&D rules call for, 12 feet tall is just too puny for hill and stone giants. Ogres and trolls work at that size, but a giant’s knee should be the height of a human’s face IMO.

His club is a tree rather than a stalactite to have some variation in the tribe of these I will be painting up. He has not used the club much, but the grip has been worn down by his stony hands. The rocks in his reach were painted close to his own skin tone intentionally to represent the +8 [40%] bonus they get to hide in stony areas.

*’D&D size class’ Man size = 25mm base, Large mini = 40mm base, Huge mini =75mm base.
http://www.wizards.c...5_PG150_WEB.jpg {Jolly green giant is huge]

Steps taken
Dark grey primer
Base coated skin a mid grey
Base coated the apron a mid brown
Damp-Dry brushed the skin with a light grey mixed with base grey, lightening the grey each coat
Damp-Dry brushed a light brown directly onto the apron.
Magic washed dark grey over skin
Used a high gloss brown glaze on apron
Damp-Dry brushed the apron with a light brown mixed with base brown, lightening the brown each coat.
Damp-Dry brushed the skin with a light grey mixed with base grey, lightening the grey each coat.
Dry brushed the skin with the pure light grey on the upraised skin areas.
Spray Gloss coated while standing on back porch, left out in the cold due to stink for half an hour.
Touched up left chest muscle with light grey dry brushing.
Dull Coted while standing on back porch, left out in the cold due to stink of Dull Cote for 10 minutes, moved to garage and gave 2nd Dull Cote. Left in there for an hour to let stink dissipate.

Took a 7gram black poker chip and abraded the top of it.
Took 2nd copy of this fig, held it in place on base.
Slopped white glue on to the poker chip, leaving place where the mini will contact the base dry.
Dipped the base into dried out used coffee grounds.
Used 2nd copy if the fig to make sure the mini base glue points were clear.
Allowed the glue to dry, brushed off loose grounds.
Applied more white glue to the grounds and dipped into the grounds a second time.
Allowed the glue to dry, brushed off loose grounds.
Applied more white glue to the grounds and then applied the static grass.
Allowed the glue to dry, Brushed off excess grass.
Abraded painted mini’s contact points [knee, bottom of toes]
Applied white glue to contact points and pressed into base.

Took a 3 inch soup can lid that had been opened with a side cutting can opener.
Mixed white glue / water with dried out used coffee grounds to make base filler.
Taped another poker chip into the offset center of base.
Filled base with coffee ground/glue mix.
Allowed to partially dry, popped out poker chip.
Put extra glue on inner area to toughen up where the smaller base will be inserted.
Let dry & dry fit to get a feel for what the base needs
Hot glued together two pairs of gravel rocks
Painted up five pieces of gravel so they did not look like RL gravel.
Took a RL stick from bits box that looked like a huge club.
Abraded the grip as if worn down by strong stony hands.
Rubbed the club with the paper the coffee grounds were dried on to brown it slightly.
White glued the rocks to the base. Dry fit the fig JIC. Let dry.
Applied thinned white glue to the exposed grounds & applied static grass.
Applied thinned white glue to club tip [to soak through grass] and to where it would rest against a rock.
Fit the club and let the whole setup dry on the heat vent.
Photo shoot! {Mage Knight Castle wall was the backdrop}

[Frankthedm]

Here is another image that might show the scale better. The other big boy is my Death giant.

[haldir]

that is pretty sweet lookin conversion there, Frank

awesome paintjob on it as well

RM

[Frankthedm]

bump

[Lord Robert of Worcester]

Now everybody whant to get stone!

[Redhandstudios]

killer work, man.
The base within a base is a fantastic idea (especialy conferring the +8 modifier for the heavy stones!)
Way more work went into this guy than you would ever think of, thanks for the post and the worklist...wow. Just wow.