Whew, getting close to the end of the 12 Days of Reaper! The miniature for December 15 is the last of this year’s offerings that I painted, and then tomorrow is the last day with one of the new figures for the year. Today’s figure is this adorable cat dragon. I think Julie Guthrie did a remarkable job capturing the mischief and wonder that is a cat (dragon) encountering a decorated Christmas tree. I know I’ve seen that expression many times – and dealt with the aftermath!
As with the other holiday figures I painted in 2019, I used a grayscale underpainting with primer to paint this little guy, but I painted him first and didn’t take great pictures. I do have one camera phone picture of his grayscale stage.
Reaper Miniatures is running their 12 Days of Reaper promotion from December 5 through December 16. During the promo, one special holiday figure of the day is included free with every purchase of $40 or more from the online Reaper site. And for the first time ever, they are making the 12 Days figures available for purchase separately, for two weeks following December 16.
The 12 Days promotion stacks with the promotion to include a free Dungeon Dweller of the month with each $40+ worth of order. So for every $40+ you order at this time, you’ll receive two free metal figures. And if your order totals more than $65, you also receive a Christmas Sampler package that includes Bones miniatures, candy, a postcard with cool art by Talin, and a naughty or nice surprise. There are a fixed amount of Samplers, so those are while supplies last.
Here is the schedule of figures for each of the 12 Days of Reaper.
The Dungeon Dweller of the month is Caerindra Thistlemoor. I posted pictures and information about her last week, including some work-in-progress shots with lighting reference pictures and some information on how I rough in the lights and shadows. You can read that here: https://birdwithabrush.com/2018/12/03/caerindra-thistlemoor-roughing-in-lights-and-shadows/
You’ll find the Reaper website here: http://www.reapermini.com/
Bird with a Brush 