darthfoley
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The ettin arrived yesterday. He is almost complete, so I imagine I\'ll just go ahead and finish him up (he has one club, the base and a couple small areas of fur left to go).
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darthfoley
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He looks pretty spiffy. As much as a dirty giant-kin can, at least.
TAB Studio
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I have no package as of yet but will check in as soon as I do
Anyone else have news??
Darth I am glad your two headed man is home!
Anyone else have news??
Darth I am glad your two headed man is home!
Interesting problem I\'d like some input on folks.
When i oppened up the package from FrenchKid with the mini below in it, the tissue that the mini was wrapped with had adhered to the hand (with pointing finger):
I tried to clean the tissue off with water, but it was truely imbedded into the sealer. In my efforts to get the tissue off, most of the paint on that hand came off with the tissue.
So, I will clean and reprime the hand (carefully). Then what? Should I try to repaint it, or leave it for someone else, or......
Thoughts?
Cheers,
grumb
P.S. - I really like this mini and think I\'m going to have to order one for myself.
When i oppened up the package from FrenchKid with the mini below in it, the tissue that the mini was wrapped with had adhered to the hand (with pointing finger):
I tried to clean the tissue off with water, but it was truely imbedded into the sealer. In my efforts to get the tissue off, most of the paint on that hand came off with the tissue.
So, I will clean and reprime the hand (carefully). Then what? Should I try to repaint it, or leave it for someone else, or......
Thoughts?
Cheers,
grumb
P.S. - I really like this mini and think I\'m going to have to order one for myself.
vincegamer
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sculpt a tiny cake in front of him with him digging his finger into the frosting.
It was really strange Arthur, the only place that the wrapping stuck to him was the hand....the rest of the mini came away clean.
I couldn\'t believe it when the paint came off, I was using a wet brush to try to remove the tissue from his hand, and the paint peeled right off.
I\'ll just repaint the hand to match as best I can. I don\'t have any of the Andrea paints, I\'ll try to fill in with the Vallejo skintones.
Here is what he currently looks like, sorry for the quick and dirty pictures.
@Vince,
You\'re silly, just silly....
Cheers,
grumb
paintingploddy
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The furry finger is quite strange. Don\'t want to know where he has stuck that.
vincegamer
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I like the idea so much, that next time I get a mini that\'s randomly pointing I will do just that.Originally posted by Grumb@Vince,
You\'re silly, just silly....
Cheers,
grumb
TAB Studio
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I got the package of the Ork ,he is in good shape FK ,thankyou.
Grumb if you want send him here next ...with works of heart I learned a lot of restoration tricks on chipped and broken minis.I will fix what I can if it helps
Cheers Tracy
Grumb if you want send him here next ...with works of heart I learned a lot of restoration tricks on chipped and broken minis.I will fix what I can if it helps
Cheers Tracy
TAB Studio
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Good deal I am going to try to get pictures of the orc here, he came in looking so dapper it is hard to believe. It is going to take me some time to get them up but I will
paintingploddy
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There\'s no rush. He wouldn\'t be wanting to come back here in the middle of witner.
paintingploddy
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Bump - Any progress?
Well, actually...
I actually got a chance to sit down and start working on the dwarf last night. I thought I would post this as a WIP. Here are the pictures after I primed the chainmail with black prior to painting it. I always like to base my metallics with black versus the white that the mini was primed.
I will start with a drybrush of Vallejo chainmail, then mix it up with some mithril silver, working up to Vallejo metal medium for the final highlights. There will be a few washes of Tamaya smoke in between.
Anyway, here is the fisrt set of pics. I\'ll post the others as I work the metal up from black:
Cheers,
Grumb
I actually got a chance to sit down and start working on the dwarf last night. I thought I would post this as a WIP. Here are the pictures after I primed the chainmail with black prior to painting it. I always like to base my metallics with black versus the white that the mini was primed.
I will start with a drybrush of Vallejo chainmail, then mix it up with some mithril silver, working up to Vallejo metal medium for the final highlights. There will be a few washes of Tamaya smoke in between.
Anyway, here is the fisrt set of pics. I\'ll post the others as I work the metal up from black:
Cheers,
Grumb
Sorry folks, hate to double post, but I wanted to get these pics up before I lost them. Finally got to put some actual paint on this mini. I had intended to photo each step of the of the painting process, but quite honestly got caught up in the painting and didn\'t stop long enough to take pictures....sorry.
Scary how you can see the flaws when the pics are so much bigger than the real figure. Needs a couple more washes...
Cheers,
Grumb
Scary how you can see the flaws when the pics are so much bigger than the real figure. Needs a couple more washes...
Cheers,
Grumb
paintingploddy
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Have you applied Tamiya smoke yet?
Yep, but then highlighted up again after. Think I\'m going to do another wash with thick smoke, then add some black ink to hit the shaded areas. The metal came out MUCh brighter than I wanted. Might give it a wash with Vallejo smoke which is more brown as well...not sure yet.
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