Mudgullet the Froghemoth Part 1

 In honor of my new house, I decided that the first mini I paint here had to be something kinda special. And by special, I mean BIG, since I finally have the space to display my big minis. I don't yet have the display shelf/cabinet to display it, but that's coming... eventually.

In the meantime, let's get to it!

The first thing that needed doing was cleaning up the mold lines. For the most part they weren't too bad, and were only noticeable on the tentacles. As you can see though, this is a pretty big "mini." The base is over 4" and Mudgullet definitely hangs over it on all sides. 

After taking care of the mold lines, it was a quick dry fit to see how it all went together, and see how the gaps looked. Again, not too bad. and again the biggest issue is the tentacles. Nothing a little greenstuff can't take care of. However, before I glue the beast together, I wanted to see where painting would be an issue. Obviously the underside of the body and inside of the legs were the worst. The mouth might be a problem too. 

Time to slap some paint!

I went ahead and skipped priming, and dived in with Olive Shadow, which seems to be out of production. I considered Olive Drab and Troll Skin as alternatives, but Olive Drab was too bright and Troll Skin didn't have the dirty brownish tinge I wanted. Initially I tried Ogre Skin on the underside of the tentacles straight over the white Bones, but it was too bright. I then painted it over the Olive Shadow, and got a base color much closer to what I was looking for. 

For the non-rocky parts of the base, I slathered on Muddy Brown. Unfortunately the base was kinda warped. Nothing for it but to glue it onto a bigger base. A 5" base. Gonna have to come up with some custom stats, as the 5e version is only supposed to be on a 3" base.

 That's a 4" base in the background.

I'm not really sure what a froghemoth's mouth should look like, but this mix of Gothic Crimson and Monster Maw works I think. Also I started working on the teeth and spikes.

But as you can see here, only got so far. They were all base coated with a mix of Walnut and Russet Brown, working it's way in layers toward Dirty Bone.

And then there's the gap filling. Both around the neck and the tentacles.