Bones 1 Miniatures: Purple & Violet

It's another miniatures adventure, with a purple & violet theme! 2 magic users on a journey to spooky Dark Elf territory. All of these are cast by Reaper Miniatures, and most are part of the Bones 1 Kickstarter, which started soliciting pledges way back in the time before COVID: July 2012.

We open with our pair of surface-dwelling spellcasters and their familiars:

• Bones 1 "30 New Bones" Wizard in a floppy hat from "Galladon, Male Wizard" by Bobby Jackson (SKU 77054)
• Bones 1 "Familiars" Bat from Familiars 1 (02018) by various (SKU 07048)
• Bones 1 "30 New Bones" Lady caster in a big dress from "Devona, Female Wizard" by Werner Klocke (SKU 77036)
• Bones 1 "Familiars" Fairy from Familiars 4 by Julie Guthrie (SKU 07088)

They stop to get directions, supplies, and perhaps to enjoy a rustic meal with a household of country folk and their farm cats:

• Bones 1 "Townsfolk II" Pitchfork man from "Townsfolk: Village Rioter" by Bobby Jackson (SKU 77140)
• Bones 1 "Townsfolk" Mom with 2 kids from "Townsfolk: Mom & Kids" by Bobby Jackson (SKU 77087)
• 2 Cat familiars (metal) from Familiar Pack I by Julie Guthrie, Richard Kerr (SKU 02018)

I imagined that these hardworking farmers would wear clothes in faded pinkish and lavender colors; unlike our wealthy eldritch travelers in rich, deep (perhaps illusory!) colors.

I painted these cats to honor my own beloved brown & orange tabby cats.

The magicians are sure they're on the right track when they encounter lots of big purple spiders! Purple spiders actually exist, including the Avicularia purpurea "Purple Pink Toe" spider. As with other domestic pets, I imagine that these spiders have been selectively bred (by Dark Elves) to maximize their attractive pigmentation. 

• 2 Bones 1 "Vermin" Spiders from Vermin: Spiders by Kevin Williams (SKU 77126)
• 2 Bones 1 "Vermin" Spider swarms from Vermin: Spider Swarm by Shannon Stiltz (SKU 77128)

You may notice some skulls littering the bases under these (and other) minis. I put these skulls under some minis to remind you that these monsters are deadly, kind of like a skull & crossbones "poison" symbol. The skulls are from Games Workshop. 

And finally they arrive at their objective, meeting with a pair of Dark Elves.

• Bones 1 "Dark Elves" assassin from "Zalash, Dark Elf Assassin" by Bobby Jackson (SKU 77123)
• Bones 1 "Dark Elves" caster from "Liela, Dark Elf Wizard" by Werner Klocke (SKU 77121)

Although the D&D Drow Elves are described with 'obsidian' skin, I was inspired by the purple theme and painted these as World of Warcraft Night Elves with purplish skin. Humans have different skin color variants, why not Dark Elves? 

I try to paint these miniatures for about an hour each evening. Each batch takes about 2 weeks to complete. During these 2 weeks, I bought a blind bag of mystery D&D dice, and inside each transparent die in the bag was a blue plastic spider (COOL!). Then I finished reading a dreadful nonfiction book, and I was looking for a fun novel to start on. I remembered this ONE book in my queue; I was painting spiders, I randomly got spider dice, it was the perfect time to start reading "This Book is Full of Spiders" by Jason Pargin, originally published the year the Bones 1 Kickstarter started, bringing it all back to 2012.