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[Painting Miniatures] vs the unending tide of grey plastic
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I'm very glad I have the metal originals from 2001. When they switched to resin they exchanged several sculpts (Gimli, Frodo, Sam, Legolas, Aragorn) for sculpts from other sets in the line I would assume because they took better to resin molds or the metal molds were shot. The plastic replacements that came later (the only set you can get currently) is abysmal by comparison.
The Perry brothers do amazing work, but they could only do so much with plastic at the time.
UHU glue, the German made kind in a tube. It is thick, it is gooey and clear and mixes very well with paint. Work some green in there, apply to Cthluhu, now he's all slimy!
Planning on rolling up a Death domain cleric inspired by the Knights of Morr from Warhammer. So I'm looking for a human(oid) mini with heavy armor and a shield. The thing is most armored dudes that come up have like crazy intricate armor, while I'm looking for very minimal ornamentation.
I picked up the Age of Sigmar getting started magazine that came with a Storm Cast in it, I planned to grab an xacto knife and shave down the lightning and hammer on the shield and smooth off the shoulder ornamentation, trim off the halo, that kind of thing. The problem is this mini is huge when compared to the others I've done, it's got a much larger base and just looks a bit out of scale for the game.
Not really tied to any particular weapon (though since they'll be playing with some undead, I'm thinking blunt instrument). I'm planning on Strength not being the dump stat. Just looking for a big shield, and plain looking armor. I'm not particularly tied to a male character, but most female characters wearing "armor" tend to have their own design issues that just aren't going to play well with my idea of a heavily armored tank standing in front of a desecrated graveyard holding a horde of zombies in.
Potential Game of Thrones spoiler:
And less imminent dragon fire.
Only thing I'm gonna go back and mess with is getting rid of the feathers I painted white vertically down the wings. Didn't turn out how I expected. That'd look better if you did like, alternating colors feather to feather.
Guess I'll spend some time clicking through Reaper after work.
Side note, does anyone know of any distributors of Coat D'Arms paints in the US? When my ancient pot of Citadel brown ink finally ends I want a replacement lined up (Coat D'Arms being literally the same stuff as the old Citadel line) and the Vallejo Game Ink brown is a little on the ruddy side.
https://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/02330
https://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/02681
But honestly? Either try this, or this website in general. They got really nice stuff. Pewter though, mostly. https://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop/index.php/female-warrior-cleric-with-weapon-head-options.html
A quick google for "Hobbit feet" shows that they're pretty gnarly looking, but still better than you'd expect for a pair of feet that had never been inside shoes in a world where cobblestone roads are the latest and greatest innovation in paving.
Of course, now I have "Hobbit feet" in my Google search history.
That ought to bring up some fun ads.
I present.... a Poxwalker
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Bravely Default / 3DS Friend Code = 3394-3571-1609
You can't make it out from the shitty photo but they are actually are a slightly darker skintone than the rest of his skin and are shaded more with brown ink than the chestnut ink used on his hands and face.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Thankfully I've only got about two dozen left to clean up and assemble - mostly Imperium stuff.
I can't wait to start painting.
Visit him at Monstrous Pigments' Instagram and Facebook pages!
I don't think that I could bear to part with it after all this.
Hell I was considering entering it into a GD later this year but I need to kidnap someone with a car.
As it is I'm gonna have to build a custom shelf and a perspex case for it (otherwise it'll be a bitch to dust).
Visit him at Monstrous Pigments' Instagram and Facebook pages!
When I originally envisioned this, it was maybe 30cm square and featured perhaps two dozen minis, tops.
It's gotten a bit... out of hand.
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Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
Yeah that's just to mark where he is going. I had to tear up some of the polystyrene to make space for him.
Visit him at Monstrous Pigments' Instagram and Facebook pages!
Good color choice. Dark Reaper is the unsung hero of the Citadel line.
Vallejo Model Color Dark Sea Blue is what I usually use in its place. There are also a few Reaper paints that are good matches but those are much harder to come by in stores but Vallejo is the closest, consistency-wise, to Citadel.
$3 per bottle is easier to deal with than $6-7.50. That and their washes are better.
For comparison, here's his old red livery:
I was just in the hobby shop and asked the owner if he could get Vallejo dark sea blue or if they would eventually stock dark Reaper... He looked at me like I grown horns.
Apparently they're supposed to have reaper.... He'll have one in for me on Friday
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Good to know... I looked at the army painter dark tone while I was in there, as they didn't have any Nuln oil in stock.
I'll grab the dark tone on friday.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Just Aragorn & Boromir to go!
One painted, next to my Leader.
One fresh from the de-iconing.
It'd be cool to be able to swap things around... I'm still on the basics of painting. Modding still feels a ways off.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Look at the sprues, I think the hands are where the weapons attach and each have their own or similar so it might be able to be magnetized. Not sure about Rotigus he has a unique head and such.
Hard to tell... Rotigus has a unique left arm, but the right arm looks like it just terminates at the wrist, so that'd be easy.
I can't begin to figure out what some of those sprue parts are
Now attach Fat slab #3
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
For the GUO, id focus on magnetizing the hands/weapons, and just pick whatver head you think is coolest. I can't imagine anyone being a dink about rottigus not having the right head, especially if you're just running the one model.
Captain Steve Rogers America 'Slammer' Samuels! the pinnacle of the U.S. Super soldier Paragon Program and legally distinct from any marvel character because he has a Tesla Rifle and NO shield!
The M8 Grizzly Assault Walker. A colossal disappointment in nearly every game, which is a shame because its my favourite K47 model and the model that got me interested in the game in the first place.
"Leapin' and Hoppin' on a Warpshadow" - Mah Nids
The Swordwind Rises! - Biel Tan. All Aspects. All the time.
"Before seeking Victory, first make yourself Invulnerable to defeat" - Sneaky sneaky Raptors