Tiny Terrasaurs

When I painted the Raptix, I used P3 paints because I only had the colours I wanted to use in P3. For the rest of the Terrasaur units that I had, I was lucky in that I already had pretty much all the colours I wanted to use in Vallejo Model Air paints, so I didn't need to worry about thinning. I guess that's why the airbrushed coats, are smoother - although there was still some degree of spotting, which is especially visible on the Spikodon.

I did like the splatter effect that I inadvertently achieved on the Raptix, so for the Elite Carnidon I tried to replicate it manually by flicking paint off a paintbrush. The resulting spots looked good, but were smaller than what I got on the Raptix. I'm not sure how to control the spot size. I also experimented with a more neutral shade for the Elite, which I think worked better with greens I was using.

 

I put more effort into the eyes this time, painting the area black first. I tried several eye colours across the models; I think the yellow worked the best simply due to being the brightest. The eyes are still hit-and-miss though; they mostly look OK on the Carnidons, but don't really work on the Brontox and are just too small to see on the Spikodon (I probably should have skipped the black outline on the Spikodon since the surrounding area is so very dark anyway).

Colours:
The Carnidons were basecoated in Vallejo 72.705 Game Air Moon Yellow, then had Vallejo 72.732 Game Air Escorpina Green airbrushed down at about 45 degrees, followed by Vallejo 72.729 Game Air Sick Green airbrushed almost straight down.

The Spikodon was also basecoated in Vallejo 72.705 Game Air Moon Yellow, with Vallejo 72.729 Game Air Sick Green airbrushed at 45 degrees and Vallejo 72.728 Game Air Dark Green airbrushed straight down.

Finally the Brontox also started with Vallejo 72.705 Game Air Moon Yellow, then had Vallejo 72.706 Game Air Sun Yellow airbrushed down from 45 degrees, then Vallejo 72.708 Game Air Orange Fire was airbrushed straight down.

The Elite Carnidon then had Vallejo 72.728 Game Air Dark Green flicked down from above with a brush, to try to get a spotted pattern.

All the models then had their teeth and claws picked out in Formula P3 Menoth White Highlight, eye outlines and pupils painted in Vallejo 70.950 Model Color Black, and Formula P3 Ryn Flesh applied inside the mouth.

For the eyes I used Vallejo 72.005 Game Color Moon Yellow, The Army Painter Warpaints Electric Blue, Citadel Edge Blue Horror, Citadel Edge Guass Blaster Green, and Citadel Layer Moot Green on different models - though I can't remember which model got which colour.

Finally all the models were dipped in Army Painter Quickshade Strong Tone shade/varnish, except the Elite Carnidon and the Spikodon, which instead got the much colder Army Painter Quickshade Dark Tone shade/varnish. Once this was dry a coat of Vallejo 26.518 Matt Acrylic Varnish was airbrushed on.

The Carnidons felt a little too big for 25mm bases, so I put them on 30mm round acrylic bases. The other two were small enough that the 25mm clear acrylic round bases felt appropriate.