Rising Sun the board game painting

Currently on my painting table are the Oni of Souls and the Clan of the Turtle. This oni is the last monster left for the core box so I’m looking forward to having it finished. This will be a nice completion achievement for me.

The clans will be an entirely different matter and will take a long time to complete. The sheer amount of details is incredible. It already took me an hour or two completing what you see here. Contrast paints are really helpful here. I tend to use them as shade/wash over a basecoat of the color I want. I then build up the midtones and highlights from there.

My old enemy yellow is also present. I find it difficult to achieve a smooth coat with this color. Even the Molotow inks that I just bought seem to be too translucent. Anyways, I’ll find a way.

So here is my little update for this project. I’ll keep you posted for the rest.

I really like how I painted the red skin on this one. Really clean, and deep red like the concept art.

The minis of Rising can sometime be a little bit overwhelming. There is so much details and different shades to master. This is a good example. I took me several hours to complete.

It was also one of the first time that I tried to do an OSL effect. I don’t like it at all on this mini. I think I ruined all my hard work. Still, it was too late in the process to come back. So it got varnished and will stay that way as a reminder of what not to do.

This one is really creepy. However, it was pretty straightforward to paint. Especially using Contrast Paints.

This is a new one which never appeared here. It was a bit challenging to paint because a couple of parts are difficult to reach. So I took a seat and looked at the unpainted mini for a while before coming up with a plan of attack. I painted the metal ball its holding first and then the water. Once that was thoroughly dried I tackled the rest of the mini. This way any mistakes could be corrected with a damp brush without fear of removing my previous hard work. I also started using contrast paints on this mini. This is how I achieved the blending on the fins and mustaches.

I’m proud of how the water turned out. I really like this one and there’s 2 more dragons left to paint for this game. I’m looking forward to it.

This is one of the first mini I painted. Nothing has changed. However, I have a new smartphone with a much better camera and I also can use it more effectively nowadays. So here are some better pictures of it.

Hi,
As a change of pace I decided to continue painting my Rising Sun copy. I’ve been working on and off on this project for a while now. I’ll show you what I’ve been up to and what I’m painting right now.
Enjoy!

Again changing pace from my Star Wars Legion army. This is Komaina one of the monsters available in the base box of Rising Sun. Overall a pretty simple paint scheme of Citadel Auric Gold and several pass of Reikland Fleshshade. It doesn’t show well on these pictures but I’m really proud of the eyes. I used my Windsor&Newton Series7 brushes. Never thought good quality brushes would make such a huge difference on my painting skills. I would wholeheartedly recommend this brand and model. They are a bit expensive though but I’ll take care of them so they should last me long enough.

So here is my finished Oni of skulls. I’m really proud of this one. Probably one of the most challenging mini I had yet to paint. There is so much details and the sculpt is really good so I took my time and used all the talent I could muster. I think the result is pretty good. Easily the best mini I have painted in my life. It took about 10-15 hours to complete. Considering that this is only one of maybe 50 more like it, it will be a long winded project for sure. Enjoy!

Here are some work in progress of the Oni Skulls.

Hi there,

I deleted my previous photos because somehow they ended up sideways. So here are new ones. This is the Oni of Spite. I redid the hairs because I didn’t like them and then worked on the base some more. Still don’t like the base so we’ll see how I can improve it. I’ll probably end up simply painting it flat red.