This is actually a pretty old project but it is still worth sharing. These skeletons are made by "Fat Dragon games" and was printed on my Ender 3 Pro (which is a 3D printer). Personally I am really impressed with the quality of these models. It is the first time I have seen a 3D printer make something so detailed that you could actually paint it like cast miniatures. Thumbs up for Creality which has developed this printer.
I have shared how I painted these models below the picture. It's an easy and fast way to paint lots and lots of skeletons.
Painting Guide
Here's an painting guide on how I painted these models. This guide is meant as a quick and easy way to paint lots of skeletons to a decent standard so they will look good.
Start by spray priming the models and the paint them in the order below. I have primarily used colors from this set to paint the models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoR74XEvogQ&feature=emb_logo I have also used a few Vallejo Washes
Skeletons Bone:
Paint all of the bones with Leather Brown, don't mind if you hit some of the other parts of the model. Just a quick paint.
Medium Drybrush the bones with Skeleton Bone
Light Drybrush on all raised bones with Matt White
Paint Highlights on all raised boneparts with Matt White
Apply a slightly thinned strong tone wash
Metal Parts (Weapons):
Paint the area with Gun Metal
Apply a slightly thinned strong tone wash
Highlight edges with Gun Metal
Boots
Paint the boots with Oak Brown
Apply a slightly thinned strong tone wash
Light Drybrush with Fur Brown
Highlight edges with Fur Brown
Clothes & Capes:
Paint the clothes with Dragon Red
Apply a Vallejo Red Shade Wash
Highlight raised areas with Red (Warpaints)
Wood
Paint with Leather Brown
Apply a slightly thinned strong tone wash
Light drybrush with Monster brown
Base
Paint the base with Dark Stone
Drybrush Necromancer Cloak
Very Light Drybrush Ash Grey
Apply a slightly thinned strong tone wash
Add a small piece of tufts or something else to break the monotony of the base a bit.
That's it, you model is finished. You can paint a lot of skeletons really fast if you use this method. If you want to improve the overall look you can add some rust to the models weapons and use a bit of extra time on blending the cape and the bones. The base can be upgraded a bit with some earth pigments.
Personally I really like how these models look as they are, if I wanted to paint up a model as a display piece I would take a completely different approach from the beginning and paint up every shadow and highlight instead of using washes (but this is also far more time consuming).
Thanks for reading the post, I hope that you could use the quick painting guide for something. Feel free to post a comment or send me a message if you have any questions or feedback,
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