Mega's menagerie of miniature madness

[Willdorling]

Woooah there MM. Leave some glory for the rest of us lol. Really good work sir! I love your style and he tones are beautiful.

Brill!

 

[megazord_man]

Cheers guys, I've not encountered a duff Hasslefree mini yet, it's a great company to deal with and they're a proper painters mini. It's funny how a less busy mini means that you're able to concentrate on getting it right and letting the paint do the talking rather than the tiny details of the sculpt.

I'm going for true metallics on this one as I'm not such a fan of nmm (just a personal thing mind you). I've not thought about the base much apart from I want a whole load of blues and cold colours in it.

 

[AndyG]

Just been saying on wills WIP that I've gone jungle he's gone arctic and we need a battle scene and a dungeon crawl to round out the classic barbarian adventure locals .

Or a huge burger kinda man vs food C'MON style lol:laugh:

 

[Willdorling]

I thought about dungeon for mine but have never tried snow so that influenced my decision.

 

[10 ball]

damn you keep that paint smooth, blast you!

 

[TomasP]

really nice... yep, really nice...

 

[megazord_man]

Here's the next installment. At this stage I'm not sure if I'm improving him or simply changing him. I'm going to do something different for a day or so, come back to him and see what I think. I do know I need to add extra shading to his right forearm and work on his back.

 

[AndyG]

Hows about getting on with the other bits on him and the base?

When you get the idea of the type of surroundings and spot colours then you can play with the skin some more then.:good:

 

[megazord_man]

That's a good idea

 

[skraaal]

Looking good MM. You could always play with the other bits on him to help balance him out in terms of paint application then adjust the skin to match the other colours that you put on him, similar to what Andy's suggested with playing around with the base colours.

* Edit: Haha didn't realize Andy wrote that too! Great minds eh...

 

[megazord_man]

So far I've not glazed any other colours in (I've painted up a test arm on another model to see how some purple or red looks) but I have continued to work on him - I've spent some time on his back, face and a little more on his arms.

I've also painted up this fella - it's a friends first sculpt. Very different to get him looking good as he's not particular smooth. But it's headed in the right direction.

 

[TomasP]

great job you've got going on there - looking smooth and crisp - can't wait to see what's next

 

[megazord_man]

Here's some more progress - I've darkened his legs but looking at these snaps it appears as though I need to apply more shading. We'll see in the morning. Otherwise my camera was in a flattering mood this evening as he looks better in the hand than in the pictures, but that's just the way of minis I guess.

 

[skraaal]

The hide boots look good - nice job on the gem colour too.

 

[war0827]

Wow. Love the flesh tone and the contrast you gave it. I'm sure the model looks 10x better in person than in a picture. Can't wait to see the finish model.

 

[AndyG]

Excellent my man lovely sapphires too good boots your doing the TMM on the sword gonna enjoy seeing what you have done with that

 

[TomasP]

Looking great - very nice job too on the boots and underpants with belt combo...

 

[10 ball]

nice, love the dark blue against the skin tones

 

[megazord_man]

Cheers all

I hope I'm getting somewhere! I'm feeling like I need another project for a few hours as he's starting to out stay his welcome. The strange grey parts on his legs are where the final glaze is reflecting the light - it should go once I dull coat him (if I dull coat him). Before I move on to the sword and hand is there anything that needs a little more tlc?

 

[Milosh]

Nope. He is pretty awesome as is. I wouldn't dull coat him at all, I like the shine one can get with acrylics on skin.