Dark\'s WIP (Hasslefree Dio)

[Darkmessiah]

Dark's WIP

Alright guys, back again after a bit of a break over crimbo, been chippig away at a few projects and heres wot i have so far


Waterfall - at the moment this is just a practice piece in making realistic natural bases, am goin to try to emulate cascading falling water, its either going to be a spring theme (with cherry blossom) or a winter them (with snow and ice), not too sure yet am also thinking about making a small raid on hasslefree to buy their Hanako geisha ninja mini
any suggestiosn for places that sell light pink coloured scatter/flock would really help!

iv take a few pics of this as i was workin so it may end up being a tutorial :nerd:

Grot Duel

Finally got around to buying some grots and putting the industrial wasteland base i finished a few pages back to some use! still got a fair bit of work to do. planning on having them fighting ova a big orksy head wiv big pointy teef! if any one knows where i can get 28mm scale pliers (for pullin teef!) and a eavy spanner (for bashin!) id appreciate it!

PH Marine backpack, finally got hold of some acrylic tubing, had to heat it and stretch it to get it to the right diameter, still lots of work to do on this as well, the tubes are goin to end up being alot shorter and have end caps and prob some tubing connected to em. thanks to a suggestion from demonherald am lookin at capillary tubes as the acrylics ones iv made arnt quite uniformally the right shape or diameter.
Am looking for This type of effect

WL

finally got these bad boys done, am quite happy with em, nice dynamic simple poses with all the variants

all the best
Dark

 

[slah]

beatiful bases - truly excellent!

 

[stubert]

Well I found these light pink leaves Here hope that helps.

Your bases are looking fantastic and I really like the idea of the Grots fighting. I think you might have to make the pliers good luck.

And its nice to see your still making that pre-heresy Space Marine. Iv been wait to see more progress on that for ages.

And the Wraithlord\'s look great. Espeshly the poses. Hope to see more of yor stuff.

.....stu.....

 

[GreenOne]

I really like the way the light plays on the big \'cliff\' base... moody :wow:

 

[Bigdennis52]

that industrial waste base is amazing, i love it

I like the big cliff too

looking good

 

[Darkmessiah]

Thanks for the comments guys, their really appreciated!

righteo time for a little update,

got a nice little parcel from hasslefree yesterday and i could help but have a little tinker last night after work

so little freddy bagshott, got him nice and cleaned up

i cant get over how small his base is!

And Hanako on her base

 

[Darkmessiah]

alittle update of freddy\'s base

base is mostly done, need to go over the rust on the sign and the barbed wire, the sign needs some sharp highligths as well, also ill add some more orangy/brown washes in the middle of the base and prob some red or green tones to define the sand bags a little more, make em stand out :wink:

 

[Darkmessiah]

a little update on freddy, the painting is quite a way along, although theirs still alot of cleaning and sharpening up to do, although the base is pretty much done

also i need a bit of help identifying part of the mini. theirs somethin attached to his belt but i cant tell wot it is! a bayonet, a pistol holster? i just cant tell! :lol:

anyone have any ideas?

Dark

 

[freakinacage]

i think its a pistol holster...think...

 

[bullfrog]

Your choice of colours for the Grot Duel base is beautiful and the brown/blue work very well together.. of course. I really like the way that you have painted the light reflecting and passing through the running water ... gives it an almost etheral look.

As for the scale tools I think that I might have what you are looking for but could be a fraction too big. The hard part is finding them so it might be easier if I let you know where I sourced them from. If you check out charms etc. for scrapbooking you will often find numerous goodies useful for figure painting and basing. I think that the ones I bought were part of a pack of mini sized tools from Darice ... also bought at a scrapbook shop. You can get assorted bottles, food... whatever you want.

Try checking out Plus Model\'s range of miniature accessories. They also have things like tools, road signs, bottles, cups and glasses etc.

 

[Darkmessiah]

thanks bullfrog, i think am goin to end up making em myself, their a little too specialized to buy

A little update, freddy is pretty much finished, ill prob go back and tinker with a few details but hes mostly finished, decided to paint the odd lookin bit as a holster, i think it makes most sense, but i think its far from lookin like a holster... thanks for the suggestion though guys

Just wondering wot u guys think of this idea?
i want gollum to be on the bend of a river. now lookin at the composition of the base i want a low point (river bed) a mid point (gollum and his rock) and then a high point (a tree) but am thinking perhaps their isnt enough space for the trunk. so how about suspending the actual branches over gollum to make em look like their coming in from outside the base. of course the rod needs to be hidden better, but would it work? or is it too much?

Dark

 

[mickc22]

I don\'t see any reason not to have the tree there, if you don\'t want the whole tree just have half of it

 

[Mourner]

the gollum idea with the tree is great, but the plastic rod does need to be hidden, maybe you can put a \"glass\" wall (clear plastic) around the entire thing, with the branches coming out of that wall

 

[A Luna]

I would hide the plastic rod since they ruin a lot of great pieces IMHO.
Great work on everything so far

 

[QuietiManes]

Very cool. I think I\'d go with putting in some trunk, even just a thin bit, no thicker than the rod holding the branch up now, maybe 3-4 times as wide at the branch (just showing like a slice of the whole type of thing)? That way you can get some cool roots comming out of the trunk into the water. I like roots...meh.

Another option is hanging vines, creepers, weeping willow branches, etc. That sort of thing. Might end up being alot more difficult, probably ruin the look you seem to be going for also (by the time you get enough to distract from the clear or black rod).

The display dome idea previously mentioned would be a close second vote for me.

 

[Darkmessiah]

alrite guys, havnt had an update for a while, iv not long got back from salute (no prizes am dissapointed to say ) iv also been concentrating on a commission recently, so not much time for my own stuff, but here is a little update on gollum
iv resolved the tree issue, its bending around from the back of the cliff, their will eventually be a small waterfalls trickling down the rockface into the pool below. am thinking about doing this piece in a monochrome, or a moonlight colour scheme (since we can only see in black and white in the dark/low light, so i thought it make sense )
am gunna use these pics as reference but any advice about monochrome techniques would really be helpful

am also working on This mini, am still working out how the base will look, he will be walking down a small staircase in somethin like a old/abandoned Turkish/Indian tiled palace, more progress will follow soon hopefully!

All the best

Dark

 

[War Griffon]

Hmmmm, for me that tree thing doesn\'t work the top part of the rock face appears to have a head/face (not a bad thing) and coupled with the tree roots thingy it looks like a hand that is coming around the cliff face to snaffle poor Gollum...

Just my thoughts but if I think it would be better without the tree roots/branches.

 

[Darkmessiah]

alrite guys and gals

am rethinking gollum for now, iv removed the tree and am rethinking the cliff face am not entirely sold on it, i was hoping just to take slot out of the cliff and erase the rest but its not working, it needs to wrap around the base a little more so thats on hold at the moment

anyways, at the moment am waiting on some new wooden bases, so the pieces i wanted to work on i cant (i like to have a scene and atmosphere all set out before i start painting a mini) so instead of taking a break i decided to revisit an old project (squigball) and reinvent it as GrottyRaces or Squiggy races, idk!

here is the original

and here is the updated project

its now a diorama, i wanted a dick dastardly scene, i need to a grot jockey flying off his stead and add another squig coming over the brow. i may add an accomplice over the other side. the squig also needs the bottom of his mouth cut away and resculpted so its open in surprise and ill prob increase the size of the eyes so i can make him less menacing and more cartoony

let me know wot u think!

 

[JesterzUSMC]

I love to see cartoony dipramas!
And snots and squigs are always fun!
Keep it up!

 

[mickc22]

liking it so far, keep it going