The "fresh to the hobby guy" WIP book

[giyomuSan]

Hi everybody, my first post here at Cmon so what better idea to make a wip thread to break the ice

I touch a bit on mini painting long time ago ( at the time of Humbrol paint and hmm Mithril figure and such ), but just recently started to get my hand at it like about 3 month before.

I am working on building a mini scene currently using 2 Avatars of Wars figures, orc shaman and barbarian marauder chief.
I posted the painted orc in the gallery here.

I started build the base scene and also the 2nd figure the barbarian.

This is my set as it will be:


Make couple progress on the base scene already , mostly paint and texture past things


Next would be some dry brush and starting adding vegetation and moss effect.

and my barbarian start ..on the skin right now

[ricardo523]

Well for a newbie your first post promises good things to come! I've commented directly on the gallery link for the Orc. Great model and so far you've done a solid job on it.

[giyomuSan]

@ricardo523
Thanks, yeah I just saw your post , thanks for the feedback , this is always good to have a fresh pair of eyes on what you do

[giyomuSan]

little update for the base...still some work to do

[alim192]

looking good really like the skin on the orc

[giyomuSan]

a bit of progress on the barbarian, mostly applied some base color see how that look overall, still undecided for some part

[giyomuSan]

still on that barbarian...couple more to go xd

[giyomuSan]

done with the base for the vignette, well mostly need to wait stuff dry a bit to maybe add couple touch here and here and that barbarian need to get in also.

[giyomuSan]

well almost done....

[giyomuSan]

Finally ending that first vignette attempt , couple photos of the final things..also put in my gallery.

[KruleBear]

Nice work especially that lush base.

[giyomuSan]

Well..let keep it busy, so starting a new minis / scenery with this cute frog and it bumblebee
Just to change from the big muscle fighter guys or the green guy haha ( well frog skin may tend to be greenish though...)

[ricardo523]

Nice stuff. I found it difficult to put enough time into both painting mini's AND work on the bases- they can both take a long time and I was not making too much progress on either. I'm concentrating on the mini's now but a good base really does go a long way.

[giyomuSan]

Nice stuff. I found it difficult to put enough time into both painting mini's AND work on the bases- they can both take a long time and I was not making too much progress on either. I'm concentrating on the mini's now but a good base really does go a long way.

Thanks, yes I know what you mean with the time..I am not doing game nor army so I try to get a full set as much I can for each minis, I found base work kind of cool too but that can indeed take time..the only things that can be a big drawback is to lost motivation when you start to work on the same things a little too long

[Coyotebreaks]

cool stuff, that base looks fantastic. and the models look good on there two. the new project looks interesting, you have made a good start on that base.

[giyomuSan]

cool stuff, that base looks fantastic. and the models look good on there two. the new project looks interesting, you have made a good start on that base.

thanks, hopefully this next one endup well

tiny update, did not get much time today so I just shape the base and some watered pvc glue over it..need to dry now.

[EndlessAnagrams]

Really great basing techniques!

[frzntoz]

The vignette is awesome. Love the groundwork. The display base for the frog guy is shaping up as well. Looking forward to your next steps.

[giyomuSan]

added some base coat on that base, mix of black, white and brown.
I am using cheap paint for this..however that’s very thick paint so have to add quite a bit of water to it to get it cover the recess made by the cutter.

[giyomuSan]

paint coat dry, so got to my next step adding some texture coat for the rocks and ground parts.
my mix for the rocks is quite reddish but since i will apply some washes on top of that later I should be fine