Perry Miniatures = Danger???

[usurpator]

I just bought some minis from the Perry mùini site: from the samurai range, but mainly monks and people in everyday clothes.
I mentionned that while with other gamers and they all said I was crazy as Perry minis are super tough to paint contrary to the work they do for GW.

Is that true? I don\'t see why or how this would be.
All comments welcome

 

[Yetie]

Put up a link to the website i\'ve never heard of any problems with em, painted loads of the GW ones and think they did some with foundary not sure though. Dont be intimidated by them you can always strip them and start again if you make a mistake. Make a WIP of em to get step by step help, I\'m sure people will lend a brain cell or two

 

[Ritual]

I\'ve never painted any of their minis, except ones they did for GW, but they\'re generally considered to be of very high quality. To a certain degree high quality means more difficult to paint, but usually it also means more fun to paint so you get a bit of both.

 

[generulpoleaxe]

they have more detail than your average wargaming miniature, that\'s all.

they are not difficult to paint, you just have to be a little more patient with them.

 

[freakinacage]

aren\'t they also a smaller scale than gw. more of a true 28mm? brother tom used to paint stuff like that, have a look in his gallery. i wouldn\'t bother pm\'ing him though, he\'s been off the scene for a while (i think he can\'t afford the broadband)

 

[Bengoodall]

Yetie, I dont think any of us have any brain cells in the first place, let alone any to share.

A mate of mine has seen their workshops, and they are far higher detail compared to GW, and truer scale.

Arent anything over the top freaky stuff though.

 

[usurpator]

remember the people who told me to beware ere gamers not painters $$first**
Indeed, a Perry samurai in 2 colours...... arrrgh!!

AZny advice for that kind of mini? More washes less drybrush (I don\'(t drybrush anymore, I \"wet brush\"

Peace!!!

 

[Dragonsreach]

Perry miniatures are amongst the best around (That I\'ve Bought).
My advice is Take your time you\'ll be well rewarded by the effort.

 

[Brother Tom]

I bought a fair number of the Perry Samurai awhile ago now and I think there great minatures.
To tell you the truth I did find them a bit more difficult to paint but that was the Samurai in armour. It really depends on how detailed you want to go aswell, if you were going for .the patterns on the cloth then this would make it more of a challenge. I did find it quite a strain on the eyes at one point trying to pick out the laces in the armor.
One thing I really would do before you start though is put them on some better bases, it makes them look alot better than those lumps of metal.
Just managed to fish out an old picture.

 

[james sequeira]

wow they look fantastic, their samurai models have been in the back of mind ever since i saw them, might have to make the push and get a few.

 

[usurpator]

**BROTHER TOM** glad to see you are still onboard!
Your samurais are amazing!!! Someone told me that washes were the key to getting the armour right... did you use that technic?
Ah the bases... yes they are indeed useless, I\'ve never based that kind of mini, I have no idea how to go about it - glue to better base, put green stuff or other over the whole and go on normally?
All advice is most most most welcome!
ps: I plan to use a magnifier to avoid eye strain... the details are so small and many!

 

[Brother Tom]

Thanks, I\'m glad you like them. I really should get around to doing some more of these.
I did\'nt use washes for mine but I can see that would probaly be alot quicker and easy with all the detail there is.
As for the bases I cut as much of the metal base form the miniatures and then had to cut some of the base away aswell to get them nice and level, I then filled any gaps with milliput.