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Love the old 40k back story and as usual great conversion and painting :good:

Lovely work mate

Cracking work mate :good:

Welcome to the forum :)

I recommend you attached the mini your working on to a holder of some sort, like a mini vice, old paint pot, wine cork etc
will stop paint going on your fingers then onto...

Thanks all.
Ha ha, Yes stefan and I've been looking more and more like him lately!

More wip on demon and because it was raining all day Saturday I sightly converted a heroquest ork. Been...

Great painting, especially like the face

This is looking fantastic!!!!!!

Nice work. A bit of rust or dirt around the metals on his boots I reckon :good:

I'd also (I know it's at a late stage in the painting) be tempted to drill out the gun barrel

Cracking team mate, the warm pallet of skin and reds work brilliantly:good:

Thanks all, more wip of the handsome fellow.

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Great face:good:
You've really caught life in the eyes.

Perfect mini choice for your Metallics:good:

Bravo !
I especially like the muted reflections in the nmm steel :good:
Also love the little birdy :)

Thanks :)
Adding the under layers of the skin , thought I'd show them building up.

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Welcome back :)
very good work, clean and sharp :good:
On the armour a few more progressions of darker greys or a wash or two of black just to tone down the step in the blends.

:in-love::love::love:

Standout colour scheme, it goes well against the pale skin

Congrats mate. Flat looks fantastic :good:

Thanks all :)
more wip, trying for a mix of ‘lifelike’ and fantasy. I’m finding fenris grey added to the skin colour is a good highlight. All still wip.

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Mike I’m surprised your body hasn’t washed up on a beach somewhere! :doctor::terror:

Bloody well done mate. Wish I’d had been there :(

Nice green skin tones :good:

Well done mate :good:

From my experience if the mini doesn’t grab you from the start it’s always going to be a struggle to finish or even give 100%

Thanks all. Orks nearly finished and some wip on bust

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Looking mighty fine :good:

Very nice. Stefan you have left the eyebrows on the hat !

Congratulations Mike :good:

Great to see you back matey, can not believe it’s been two years !
Fantastic base work as usual.

Thanks all :)
graishak, no thanks mate two are enough for me !

more wip on yellow orc.

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Well done matey :good:

Used w&n series 7 for ten years then started to get disappointed with their hit and miss quality. Then by chance found the world of dental brushes. Very hard to get, expensive but supreme quality....

Welcome. Good advice from the others :good:
To add, remember prep work is vital for a well painted mini. Make sure you remove all the flash and mold lines before you start :)

The deep shadows on the skin and mouth really make the mini ‘pop’ :good:

Big project! Will follow with interest:)

Nice work mate, the greens of the base contrasts well against the yellow jacket.

Thanks all :)
Orc on piggy, still wip in places.

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Great to see your work mate, how’s things?

Fantastic mate :good:
especially like the leathers and the glass effects

Thanks all :)
Nearly finished red ork, yellow orc is having a repaint as I'm not happy with the yellows.

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Well at least we know where to go if we need a dragon. You’ve got them all !

You’ve kept a high standard of painting throughout the set of miniatures :good:

Quality work as usual mate :good:

Congrats on the bronze :good:

Thanks :)
More wip. I hate painting red but I enjoy the challenge of it too.

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Love these, they have a great balance of real nature and fantasy

More wip on the orc duel

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Fantastic:good:

Thanks all :)
back from competition. nice day out, had a laugh and a beer.
Comp was compact but of a good standard of entries.
My skele hit an iceberg and sank with all hands on board. Then on...

Some great work matey, especially impressed with the colours and textures on the genestealer.
The plinth/base is working well with a good balance and symmetry with the only exception is the one...

You’ve caught a life like stare in his face which works well with the characters stance.

Bravo sir. Excellent blends and lighting :good:

Thanks all. Well the powers that be at GW have sprung a new mini painting competition at the Aos event next weekend. So over the last month I’ve had fun painting a skeleton to enter. I’ve also made a...

Very impressed with this :good:

Bloody creepy , great work :good:

a chap I worked with said the same about drinking a bottle of scotch a night ;)

Congratulations mate. Have to say the photo looks like a movie set in the future, with both of you as cyborgs lol ;)

Looking forward to the bases :good:

Nice work, especially like the aged skin on his hands. :good:

Nice concept and execution :good:

Congratulations on the demon :good:

Well done matey

Back from euro miniature expo. Had a great weekend meeting my friends and had a massive laugh staying at Andy's playing heroquest and watching movies. Just for a moment we felt like free men !
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He is scared of needles ! :)

Love all the details mate and very impressed with the banner :good:

Liking the colour pallet your using. Some of these new gw minis are great but my God they look a epic commitment to paint !

Very standout and effective colours and a high standard over all the minis. :)

Very good painting, clean and sharp :good:

Start a WIP thread so people can give tips and advice as the miniature progresses.
My first tip is prepping the miniature, get rid of all those pesky mold lines.:good:

A high standard tut. :good:
Imo I would leave out the glaze of bloodletter at the end, it took away the nice blends and left tide marks.

90% done just a few tweaks needed.
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Scale75 autumn/fall green (same colour) is very close

I always use just water with a tiny drop of dish soap added.

Warm yellows work well with the cold blues. :good:

Welcome :)
Regarding the white robes, as the armour is a cold blue I would suggest a warm white for contrast. Instead of trying to shade the base white down try to layer up from a very light tan...

I can't believe my eyes!! I do believe this is the first dragon I've seen you paint in years, which is incredible seeing you own ALL the blasted dragons in the galaxy. :rotfl:
Fantastic start Mike...

Ekipage got mine for £13 same as a w&n series 7.

Cyanide yes dont know what that nonsense is about either? I'm quite happy with the brush, very light weight and keeps a perfect point at the...

Been to see the knife angel today. It's a sculpture made from knives all taken off the UKs streets in an effort to reduce knife crime and promote thought in our society. Very impressive and heart...

Very impressive mate. Sadly I wont be seeing you at gd this year.

Thanks all.
@ ekipage. After years of using winsor and newton series 7, I haven't been impressed with their quality recently so after doing alot of research I stumbled on the world of very high...

Thanks all. Well with a new brand of brush more progress.

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That base is the dogs dangley bits !

Great details on the prep, look forward to next stages :good:

More wip.
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Lovely painting, it has a 'warm' feel running through the entire colour scheme :good:

Thanks both. No matter how good you are, theres always better !
8 hours in and what a joy to paint, been a messing with tones, yellows towards the top of the head, reds middle, very dark blues ...

Cheers all. Bronze was for orcs.
Tinkerbell got to finals and got a honorable mention during the awards but got outclassed by some top painters. :worship:

I've started painting this ugly mug to...

Thanks all. Salute went well, got three finalists and a bronze:)
Great meeting up with friends, congrats all the winners. I'm starting to love salute more than GD , never thought I'd be saying...

Gaming quality.

He he :male-fighter1::laugh::rolleyes:

Congrats matey

Cheers all :)
All finished for next Saturday.
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Woah! Old school dragon , love it :good:

Thanks all.
More HQ fun. Converted this little goblin to be carrying a torch. Good practice for some osl :)
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Nice work, love the toadstools :)

One and three i do hundreds of times a week at work.
It's part of the company policy !

Thanks both :)
Dexter ive taken a few photos of the pin. The legs seem strong enough for the mini so it's just a case of a firm bond between them.
Very very tiny drill bit for a small hole vertical...

Outstanding mate, I especially like the material effects :good:

Don't know why but I keep thinking star trek !???

Cheers both.
I've finally got round to putting slambo up on the gallery :)
http://www.coolminiornot.com/436121
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Well done on the win mate, great work

Well done my friend :brushwave:

Very Impressive , :good:

Thanks all :)
More WIP.
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Great colour contrasts / compliments going on in your work lately :good:

A bold move adding blood all over the finished miniature , it paid off, well done :good:

I still own the game from when I was 10 years old!
I've been planning on re- painting the miniatures to a good standard for years and nows the time :)

Thanks, blood effect done with Tamiya Mini X-27 Clear Red

Rainy Saturday afternoon cheered up with another HQ mini :)

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As you say a massive improvement over the two years. :good:
On the skin, the 'step' between layers is harsh, focus on smoother blending to get a nice event graduation.

Heads named Stefan :)

Thanks all :)

Blood!!!
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Glorious puss filled painting! John blanche through and through :good:

More wip. Skin colours used are base of tallard flesh, blended up with elf flesh then using scale 75 arabic skin with some dark flesh and reds to shade down with glazes. Highlights made up from elf...

Yep heroquest for the win!

Great work :good:

Carefully!!!

Sketching in her skin by putting in light placement. Also a HQ mummy that's been slightly converted with an outstretched hand.
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Thanks all :)
Spent a few hours over the weekend painting the heroquest elf. I will be working my way through the hq minis over this year. I've always wanted to paint the lot of them to a reasonable...

Thanks all. The leaves are dried maple and are partley painted, blending the real colours and textures then enhancing with thin glazes of paints.

dexter let's see some wip :)

Hope things are okay Mike.

Thanks all :)

Cloaking device engaged.

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Yep a real sharp standout paint job :good:

Nice squiggy !

Thanks all :)

@ creepybS - post some wip shots of yours, it's great to look / learn from others ideas and representations of the same miniature :good:

Lol lol. Do you think I could enter GD ? Lol

Mystery solved !
Class painting as usual, always one of my favourite threads to look at :good:

Very stand out paint job :good:

Thanks all 🙂
More Wip.
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You can use just normal grease proof paper, I found the purpose made wet palette paper slightly better though.
Ebay search etc for some. I can't think of the manufacturer at the moment !?

Great reds !

Thanks all.

More WIP. Been working on the little brass bell in NMM. very challenging shape but all good fun :)

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Good to see you back matey

Real painters have Cadmium on toast for breakfast , washed down with a mercury coffee :)

Thanks all :)
Ive been struggling over xmas with painting mainly due to my mojo being so dented from smashing my GD entry in November :(
But with the new year and a new mini im painting for Euro is...

Entering major competitions can get you and your work out there to potential customers

Clean and sharp :good:

Voted and commented. Great work mate :good:

Nice work :good:

Loving the conversions, esp the one in the middle :good:

Do it Mike, you could be a 'bad' santa ! Lol

The blue tones on the metals compliment the pale skin. Very nice.

Theses sculpts are definitely you, if you get my meaning lol ;)

Top level work with a great story going on :good:

Yes a big congratulations :beerwave:

Very impressed mate. Fantastic paint with great storytelling :good:

Well done mate, especially love the colours on the genestealer :good:

You forget to mention the excellent catch !

Thanks guys :good:

I've had a complaint from a certain pesky swede that I didn't mention who the pesky swede is so he is Stefan. :)
Well done mate.:)

Post golden demon update after the above disaster.
Good news out of tradegy as I got a commendation for my fleet officer, seeing he was never going to be entered and the single category (as usual)...

No chance of repair, it's totalled. Especially with only two days to go :(
3 months work down the drain.
Mojo rating : zero

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two days until golden demon and I drop the miniature. Don't know what to say ! :(

The painting in short bursts is paying off, very tidy and good contrast :good:

Good to see you busy busy mate :)

Great painting so far, love his eye !

Welcome :)

Any pic's from this year's Mike?

Thanks all :)
Finished. Base much better and in theme with 40k now i reckon. Massive thanks to Sproket for his help with this :good:

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Never fear I'm still working on the base to make it more 40k

Thanks guys, More WIP on the space wolf dio, carnt stand looking at this now. Its fought me all the way and not happy with it.

Also a fleet officer thats nearly done apart from some extra base...

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Well done Mike

Your painting has massivly jumped in standard in just one year. :good:
Love the dark shadows on the wizard.

Fantastic mate, hope you can make it to GD

Excellent as always mate. The freckles are a little strong on her face imo but everything else is superb :good:

Nice sharp painting :good:

Congrats matey, well deserved :good:

Nice work mate. :good:
I recommend taking a scale photo against something (I use a lego man lol) to show how damn small LOTR minis are !

Love em :good:

Nice clean painting :good:

Well done mate

Lol lol :laugh:

Photos Mike ??? I'm hungry to see what I missed :)

Well done matey

Nice work mate.

Hello mate, yes it's been an age since you posted. Forum activity has gone quite compared to the old days :(Instagram, facebook etc have unfortunately taken over.

Bravo sir :good:

Can't go this year ( something to do with making million £ cars) but next year I will have the spare days holiday to book off in advance.
Really down about it tbh but got to roll with the punches. ...

The dark shadows really boost the contrast bringing these to life !
Great work matey :)

Nice work on the lion :good:

thanks all. Small amount more on the orc duel and some WIP of a Termy scrap im planning for GD in November.

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Very realistic

Turning out to be your masterpiece and will pair brilliantly with the bust

Very impressed :good:

Voted. Well done mate.

Good to see you back matey. Splendid work, especially like the warm glow you have achieved.

Nice work :good:

Love the purple choice for the face

Welcome, nice work. Photos need reducing next time.

Liking the blue sash, great contrast against the reds :good:

Welcome :)
Yes there's a waiting time before you can edit your account.

Always love checking out this thread, full of old school goodness.

Well done mate :good:

It seems that forums have lost favor nowadays. Instagram and Facebook have replaced them :(
Shame because the feedback and interaction on forums is much better than just clicking 'like' !

Great to see you back mate :good:

Welcome :)

Very nice :good:

'Poetry is an art form that is older than literature, itself, and dates back to ancient times. It is used as a form of communication, a way to tell a story, and a way to express emotion.'

Been...

Good to see you back mate and hope your wife has a full recovery :)

I spy top level painting :good:

80% done mate, stay on target !
Real winner this one :good:

Always a pleasure checking out your thread :good:

thanks all :)
more wip.

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