oistene's WIP - a mostly dead space
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oistene
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So! I was going to paint a new Zombicide piece for the Legion Challenge. Alas, I didn't have the time to even touch a brush this week, so planned to practice photography and get some good pictures of an older mini instead. That also failed ... so I ended up with old pictures of the old model.
Either way, here it is... I'm kind of fond of this one, I had a lot of eureka moments while working on it: http://www.coolminiornot.com/373218
Either way, here it is... I'm kind of fond of this one, I had a lot of eureka moments while working on it: http://www.coolminiornot.com/373218
SkelettetS
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personally id score your mini 7,5-8 imho but that comment is just rude. seems like a fierce competition! :/
oistene
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Yeah, I agree that the score is too high - but, when you have an open vote, networking counts, and I have been networking. The comment was on the harsh side, though... Sloppy water effects? That's *slime*! 
Exciting to see what happens next... Seems like I was third when the contest ended.
Exciting to see what happens next... Seems like I was third when the contest ended.
SkelettetS
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i agree, networking ffs!
that guy commenting have a very "interesting" taste, praising and bashing stuff in the competiton.
that guy commenting have a very "interesting" taste, praising and bashing stuff in the competiton.
I just did yesterday and my pictures where better then before, If you want I can show you how I arrange my lightnings and set my camera.
I would like to see that.
oistene
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Tero, I just realised that I never answered you on this, even if you brought it up a couple of times - yeah, I'd like to see what. I think I need to go shopping for a second lamp no matter what so I can just as well shop for some supplies for a photoroom. I have been hoping that my fiance should tire of her indoors growing project, so that I could steal her fancy daylight lamps... No such luck yet.
oistene
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All right, safely out of the Middle East and back to the land of ice and alcohol once again. Been itching to paint, and I did a lot of chores while the mrs slept off the jet lag, giving me some free time to start to work on things tonight. I finally managed to prime the mini for the loathing contest, plus its companion:
And I put some quick Pale Wytch Flesh on the zombivore. That's it for these guys tonight. These are relatively simple minis, but will require some freehand (which I suck at) and I also need to do flames on the zombivore, which I've never done before.
With these tw, I've got far too many unfinished projects, so I have decided to roll my sleeves up and finish as much as I can as soon as I can. Plus these, I got 24 zombies, 8 zombicide heroes, the two Dark Age minis I started for the contest and the Morgaur, all in various stages of unfinishedness. On top of this, I got a couple dozen Dark Age minis primed and awaiting, so there's plenty to do. So, tonight, I flicked some on the bases of 8 of the zombies, sealed the Morgaur and finished the flesh on Numbskull. Next session I hope to finish basing the 8 zombies and finish the Morgaur completely - it has been waiting long enough and now I just want it done.
And I put some quick Pale Wytch Flesh on the zombivore. That's it for these guys tonight. These are relatively simple minis, but will require some freehand (which I suck at) and I also need to do flames on the zombivore, which I've never done before.
With these tw, I've got far too many unfinished projects, so I have decided to roll my sleeves up and finish as much as I can as soon as I can. Plus these, I got 24 zombies, 8 zombicide heroes, the two Dark Age minis I started for the contest and the Morgaur, all in various stages of unfinishedness. On top of this, I got a couple dozen Dark Age minis primed and awaiting, so there's plenty to do. So, tonight, I flicked some on the bases of 8 of the zombies, sealed the Morgaur and finished the flesh on Numbskull. Next session I hope to finish basing the 8 zombies and finish the Morgaur completely - it has been waiting long enough and now I just want it done.
oistene
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Okay, finally something to show off. Only had a short session tonight, so I let zombies be zombies and went straight for the Morgaur. I put some water effect in the buckets on the base (my first time using water effect, so I resisted trying to add any 'splash'), painted over his eyes with 'Ardcoat, put a red glaze on his tongue to give it some color back and fixed a couple of small flaws here and there. Then added some Nurgle's Rot to his mouth, before I went to work on this:
What you see there on the Morgaur's jaw (the bottom left in the picture) is a hair from my head - one of the grey ones, better opacity and it won't be missed (I tell my kids I get another gray hair in my beard and/or head every time they scream and argue and once all are grey, they will have to put me in a nursing home).
Then cut it and added some more. You can't see all of them in the picture, but there should be seven total.
Finally I added more Nurgle's Rot. What surprised me is how hard it was to make the hairs take the paint. I had to let it dry a bit and let it thicken on the brush, adding several thick layers (no watering here!) before I started to get the desired effect.
Another full frontal. I think I'll add more Rot tomorrow, not 100% pleased yet.
At first, I didn't want to add any 'external' slime to simulate the Morgaur's acidic bite, but after seeing Sprocket using this trick in his blog, I had to copy it. Actually, I think it will be more sturdy than I first thought. I considered making a strand of slime from one jaw to the other, but decided it would break too easy. The Morgaur is so huge, it will probably not see much gaming, but it *is* a gaming piece.
What you see there on the Morgaur's jaw (the bottom left in the picture) is a hair from my head - one of the grey ones, better opacity and it won't be missed (I tell my kids I get another gray hair in my beard and/or head every time they scream and argue and once all are grey, they will have to put me in a nursing home).
Then cut it and added some more. You can't see all of them in the picture, but there should be seven total.
Finally I added more Nurgle's Rot. What surprised me is how hard it was to make the hairs take the paint. I had to let it dry a bit and let it thicken on the brush, adding several thick layers (no watering here!) before I started to get the desired effect.
Another full frontal. I think I'll add more Rot tomorrow, not 100% pleased yet.
At first, I didn't want to add any 'external' slime to simulate the Morgaur's acidic bite, but after seeing Sprocket using this trick in his blog, I had to copy it. Actually, I think it will be more sturdy than I first thought. I considered making a strand of slime from one jaw to the other, but decided it would break too easy. The Morgaur is so huge, it will probably not see much gaming, but it *is* a gaming piece.
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