My Second Monster: The Screaming Antelope (Painted Mid Sept, 18)

"The was once a fearsome monster that was trained by the Hand to be a steed for the Goblin. However, upon smelling its new master, the monster's mind shattered and it ran into the unknown,foaming at the mouth and biting the noses off the stone faced floor."

- Excerpt from Kingdom Death: Monster, Screaming Antelope Showdown

The time came that I had free time and the courage to tackle another monster. I chose the Screaming Antelope Miniature from the core game since it's the second showdown monster that survivors face.

This miniature was painted mid September, 2018. The Screaming Antelope, difficulty wise, is on par with the White Lion. For my miniature, as usual, I wanted to experiment more with shading and highlighting while staying as true as I could to the artist's vision of how the Screaming Antelope looks on paper. 

The fur on the back of the miniature offered the greatest opportunity to play with shading and highlights. I gave the fur a brown base coat, and then used The Army Painter Strong Quickshade Wash coat. The Army Painter has a slew of different tone quickshades that can help an amateur miniature painter with wash techniques. I know that there is a bit of a controversy with using these quickshades (something about how they can be a cheat to proper wash painting), but they help helped me a lot to understand further how washes work. Also, using quickshades allows for better consistency in wash tones which can sometimes be a hassle for someone whom isn't too familiar with doing their own blended wash tones. Also, the quickshade was very helpful to adding additional tone to the horns and hooves.

After the wash, I blended the brown that was originally used with the base with watered down off-white acrylic paint, and then did the highlights. The fur was easy to highlight. The technique for highlighting requires dry brushing wherein you basically lightly brush high surface points on a miniature; think raised spaces that would experience more light being reflected from the surface. These areas on the fur are bold, and easy to dry brush without the worry of touching unwanted areas. All in all, I think the fur turned out great.

The same can be said for the skin of the Screaming Antelope. I used a dark stone base coat, then quickwash for the shading, and then tried for an red oak highlight color to accentuate. I wanted the skin to seem to bleed or be warm.

Finally, it was time to tackle the "mouth" of the antelope. This is the most notable feature of this miniature: the actual orifice of this creature is under the belly, wherein the rib cage opens to show a gaping maw that can prove deadly to survivors. The painting was simple: I used the Glistening Blood effects warpaint from The Army Painter. This paint basically allows a surface to look like blood or bloody organs. I used that then used the soft tone wash to give a little shading to the mouth. Looking back, I'd like to do a bit more detailing on the teeth of the mouth, but otherwise, I think it was good practice.

This was a fun and easy monster from KDM to paint. Quick too. Of course, there's room for touch-ups in the future, and when that happens, pictures will be posted. Hope you all enjoy!