{"id":5821,"date":"2022-02-14T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2022-02-14T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:28:52","slug":"howto-paint-crocodile-tabletop-mini-figures-alligator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/14\/howto-paint-crocodile-tabletop-mini-figures-alligator\/","title":{"rendered":"HOWTO: Paint crocodile tabletop mini figures (Alligator)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6cxQZWTjZHY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I demonstrate how to paint four different color schemes for a crocodile or alligator mini-figure. I use a cream colored base coat on all 4 necks, a gray base-coat on the back of two figures, a dark green base-coat on the back of the other two figures. Then I drybrush one of each with either a black or a muted yellow for highlights. I also demonstrate red, black, and yellow eyes, and the mouth\/teeth details, plus gluing flocking to the base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4-crocodiles-done4x3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The figures were printed from a free model on Thingiverse by Mr. Stirling:<br \/>\nSwamp Alligator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:4165302\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:4165302<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Items you may want to follow along (Amazon Affiliate Links):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Hf6uVr\">MonoPrice Mini Delta 3D printer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HcFCFD\">Acrylic paint set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3F5QJOQ\">Flocking Kit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HiTnmf\">Sharpie 37161PP Permanent Markers, Ultra Fine Point<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I demonstrate how to paint four different color schemes for a crocodile or alligator mini-figure. I use a cream colored base coat on all 4 necks, a gray base-coat on the back of two figures, a dark green base-coat on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/14\/howto-paint-crocodile-tabletop-mini-figures-alligator\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-5821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-minifigs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5823,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5821\/revisions\/5823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}