Second model in 14 years. Looking for general advice.

[Lam]

Sorry the pictures are not very good.
I have been trying to use very thin paint for blending.
Also the model was dented on his head so I painted it as damage. This is something I'm not sure how to do. I tried some Cyril style damage on his left knee and grieve but it looked rubbish.
I also tried to paint his lens to look like it has cracked from the bump on the head.

He was from a box of bits a friend sent me years ago. What is the best way to get the paint from the deep recesses in the models? I think I used Nitromorse (spelling?) back in the day.

Any advice appreciated

A lot of him is not finished mind.

 

[Lam]

He should be based and almost done tomorrow. Still need some advice

 

[BPI]

Hi Lam, looking good so far. Photo's are a little washed out & seem to be throwing some blue in that makes it harder to read the red. Regardless, he's nicely set up, is he done? A touch of ink to discolour the stubby gun barrel might be nice

Is the original paint in the cracks enamel or acrylic? Nitromors for the former. Dettol, Fairy Power Spray or Simple Green soak for acrylic. Whichever product you use, a good scrub with a toothbrush & then a dig into the cracks with a cocktail stick should clear out the last of the old paint. Check out the sticky thread in the Painting & Conversions section of the forum or search for keywords strip/ping for more info or alternate products to use.

There's a handful of people who've started WIP threads this summer after a long gap from the hobby, so you're in good company. I recommend tracking down each other's threads & giving each other the odd nudge I was there a couple of years ago so know the feeling. Welcome :good:

Cheers, B.

 

[Lam]

Thanks for the comments and advice. I can't quite tell what kind of paint is on them. Is there a good way to check?
Here is the marine again. Slightly better shots but not great still.
I have tried a few new (for me) Things. Like the glowing eye and Tamiya weathering compounds on his legs.
I have made the one eye glow so it is more obvious that the other is broken from the bump on the head

Just needs a bit of touching up and he will be good to go.

Picture comes up bigger here.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/laurie47/Untitled-1-13.jpg

Slightly better pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/laurie47/Untitled-1-14.jpg

 

[Empchild]

Honestly I would drop the lighting effects because 1)only having one eye with it when it's not an augmentic or something seldom looks good, and 2) I think for your average run of the mill trooper you would be more suited just leaving him as is as you did a good higher then table top standard to him. Just my thoughts is all.

 

[Lam]

Thanks for that. He's not a character model no. But neither is he going to be used for anything. I just paint at the moment. I would be interested in the general opinion on the eye. I quite like it myself but obviously its not going to be unanimous.
Thanks for the feedback.

 

[BPI]

I like the eye Lam, a little bit of (subtle) individual character on a trooper is a good thing in my book :good:

For the stripping, just start with the gentlest cleaner you have & work up from there as needs be.

Cheers, B.

 

[IvanRosski]

Liam, I'm not going to offer advice (mostly because you're clearly a way better painter than I am!), but I was wondering if you could give me some - namely, how did you get that fantastic, deep red colour? What recipe did you use?

One thing I would say, and I'm only going by what I've seen on other minis, is that the amount of glow the eye seems to be giving off is maybe a bit more than the brightness of the eye itself would suggest. Maybe try brightening up the eye, or toning down the highlight a little would make it seem more natural?

Overall though, I think it's a belter!

 

[locutus]

looks very nice!!!

Can't give advise on your model because like Ivan wrote u are a beter painter.

Just had a quick question about the base: how much time Incl. paiting did you spend on it??