Lone Lemming's WIP
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Lone Lemming
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TBH the skull tattoo is a bit in the dark, as the sun was shining yesterday, here is a close-up:
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Thanks, Hairster, but I still feel that it is an incidental result coming from the shade color. But I am especially satisfied with it, too.
Thanks, KruleBear, SaintToad! I messed it up totally, of course, see below
Yap that skincolor on the arm is just mind blowing. Super realistic!
Can't wait to see the finished mini but I'm sure it will be awesome
Thanks, CyAniDe! Was planning to finish it yesterday, but the other tattoo was not progressing as well as I planned. Maybe tomorrow. And I will try to add some flow improver, too, based on your idea.
Back to the mini, I added some weathering and finished the sidearm:
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Some SBS about the other tattoo (seems to be bigger than a palm, but hey, maybe he is some ex-army mercenary):
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Chaotic Creations
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This figure is going to be epic once your finished... absolutely brilliant work on the freehand tattoos there mate, they look awesome. I’m really looking forward to seeing this one complete.
Lone Lemming
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Thanks guys,
I used watered down 1:1 skin:VMC DarkSeaBlue mix. (You should be aware the VMA and VMC Dark Sea Blue are two really different color!)
But gluing together is XXL PITA, minigun is heavy as hell, my finger hurt and went numb keeping the arms in place. I really need a glue which:
- Bonds in less than 10 minutes
- Can bond metal, will not chip off like superglue
- Strong, stronger that superglue
5 min Gorilla epoxy glue seems not up to the task.
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Next try tomorrow, bought some mini clamps, maybe it will help. But I feel that it will look good...
I used watered down 1:1 skin:VMC DarkSeaBlue mix. (You should be aware the VMA and VMC Dark Sea Blue are two really different color!)
But gluing together is XXL PITA, minigun is heavy as hell, my finger hurt and went numb keeping the arms in place. I really need a glue which:
- Bonds in less than 10 minutes
- Can bond metal, will not chip off like superglue
- Strong, stronger that superglue
5 min Gorilla epoxy glue seems not up to the task.
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Next try tomorrow, bought some mini clamps, maybe it will help. But I feel that it will look good...
CyAniDe
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If you haven't got any Vallejo paints yet, Model Color Dark Sea Blue is a MUST HAVE !!!! xD
It's great for everything.
Hmm epoxy glue was the first that came to mind but since you already tried it I don't know anything that would fit that requirements.
Did you pin the parts? With pins in place the glue bond doesn't have to carry the weight and therefore doesn't have to so strong. Superglue is usually enough then.
For pinning I'ld have drilled a small hole for the pin in the arm, glue the pin in with superglue. Then drill a much wider hole into the body part, fill it with epoxy putty (like milliput) and fit the arm into position. That way the pin makes it's own hole into the milliput and fits perfectly. Another good tip I learned is to use some vaselin on the pin and anything that would touch the milliput. That way you can easily seperate the parts after fitting since the milliput won't stick to the fatted parts. You can even let the milliput dry and seperate the parts after it cured.
Learned that when I built an anime figure in 1:8 scale. Since I painted the different parts with airbrush I had to make sure that everything fits perfectly after painting the different parts.^^
Lone Lemming
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Just showing you the assembled mini, did not touch it in the last couple of days, but you deserve to see it in its current state. I did not have the time and the enthusiasm to fix the flaws, but I plan to do them next week. I will reply to you tomorrow.
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QuintusPeltrasius
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Wow! Those free hand tattoos look freakin amazing! Awesome work Lem.
Lone Lemming
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Thank you guys!
Issue was that the arm turned around the pin, and it was hard to keep it in place. Maybe I will need to spend even more effort to prepare the mini. And use two pins for heavier parts.
But this whole "assembling" thing was always a problem for me.
Accelerator is for super glue. And sadly it still easily chips off the metal.
Issue was that the arm turned around the pin, and it was hard to keep it in place. Maybe I will need to spend even more effort to prepare the mini. And use two pins for heavier parts.
But this whole "assembling" thing was always a problem for me.
Accelerator is for super glue. And sadly it still easily chips off the metal.
Lone Lemming
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Thank you guys, I won't give up on hip, but TBH I lost some motivation. Really enjoyed painting the mini, but I am now struggling with the assembly and background, however I can show some progress on the latter.
I used
- home cut 8x8x15 mm XPS blocks, separated by 1mm plastic cards , covered with wood filler, to build the walls and some uncut xps sheet for the edge of the sidewalk
- Used Dioramasphere's excellent tutorial to build the road and the sidewalk
- Failed miserably in case of building the drain gate, but used an Atztech one instead
And tested it with some colors, but it turned out to be to desaturated:
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I used
- home cut 8x8x15 mm XPS blocks, separated by 1mm plastic cards , covered with wood filler, to build the walls and some uncut xps sheet for the edge of the sidewalk
- Used Dioramasphere's excellent tutorial to build the road and the sidewalk
- Failed miserably in case of building the drain gate, but used an Atztech one instead
And tested it with some colors, but it turned out to be to desaturated:
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gorb
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Nice one Lemm, I like the scratchbuilding.
My two cents, for what it's worth: I think you are right with the desaturation - the figure itself is fairly desaturated, so it isn't standing out from the background.
Maybe make the background darker?
Then again, he is wearing urban cammo in an urban backdrop, so maybe that is what you want. Like I said, my two cents, I'm no expert or anything
My two cents, for what it's worth: I think you are right with the desaturation - the figure itself is fairly desaturated, so it isn't standing out from the background.
Maybe make the background darker?
Then again, he is wearing urban cammo in an urban backdrop, so maybe that is what you want. Like I said, my two cents, I'm no expert or anything
Chaotic Creations
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The figure is looking great, and the base is very fitting for him. Great work
