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Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 7th, 2015, 14:23
by Dog Pants
Not bad at all mate. There's a lot of detail on those flesh tones. Having just looked at the Ork stuff there's some nice models in there. Not really my thing, but they look good.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 7th, 2015, 15:11
by Anery
Very nice PNut, I like the colours on the guns and nicely highlighted too.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 15th, 2015, 17:59
by buzzmong
Need to stop slacking. Need to stop slacking. Need to stop slacking. Need to stop slacking.....

I will finish mine soon! Promise!

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 15th, 2015, 19:27
by Dog Pants
I need to stop slacking and get my tanks built. I'm itching to do it but never seem to have the time.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 28th, 2015, 16:14
by Pnut
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Doggers?

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 28th, 2015, 18:57
by Dog Pants
Yeah not far off. Usually for me I look at the time after all that bollocks and think "no point now, bed time in half an hour."

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: March 29th, 2015, 22:07
by buzzmong
I actually did some tonight! I have however found my boltmetal pot is totally screwed so I've had to chuck it. As I was doing acrylics for other bits I've left the guns for now, but will endeavour to finish them this week with enamels instead.

All I've got left is the weapons, some touchup on fabrics (and a wash on the tunics and such) and then I'm pretty much done. They don't look that good though.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 14th, 2015, 21:17
by Dog Pants
Finished assembling my Wyvern tonight. It's a bit of a beast, and I've left it in about 7 pieces to paint. Despite that I can pop the bits together to see what it looks like assembled. I'm hoping I can try to trim the anti-air cannons down so that they slot into the end of the mortar tubes to pass off as a Hydra if need be. Seems a waste not to have the opportunity (or to have to spend £35 on another kit if I need some AA cover).

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 15th, 2015, 16:38
by Pnut
Thats a good idea mate but have you ever thought about using magnets? They can make it a lot easier to change guns/turrets about.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 15th, 2015, 17:09
by Dog Pants
I've seen them used and when I googled multi-purposing a Hydra there was a guy who did it, but he said it was a pain in the arse (and it does sound that way). So I thought fuck it. Plus it would mean ordering the magnets and waiting to assemble the model because they need to go inside it. It wasn't worth it, I'm not that bothered about the Hydra.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 15th, 2015, 17:48
by Pnut
Fair enough mate, I was considering doing it with my Dreadnought but in the end couldn't be arsed.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 17th, 2015, 13:12
by Anery
Gah! really lacking in motivation right now. I have a ton of stuff to build and paint now but whenever I think about how much I have to do it really puts me off.
Any tips on getting motivated?

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 17th, 2015, 13:26
by Pnut
I tend build, undercoat and base coat a squad in one go but I do everything else one model at a time, so I will completely finish off one mini before moving on to the next. Doesn't seem quite so daunting that way.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 17th, 2015, 15:55
by Dog Pants
Don't think about fielding an army, it'll be years before we use them. Pick out a character or vehicle and just enjoy painting it in isolation. If that gets you happy painting again then get on with a squad. Once you've got a finished product and can see the end result it might spur you on.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 20th, 2015, 14:30
by Dr. kitteny berk
I suspect you bitches may enjoy these things (not quite miniatures, but contains deity grade paint skills)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHITcrnGn1U[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHQ7lQGOf0[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzxEqdvuIE[/media]

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 23rd, 2015, 21:55
by buzzmong
Just so Pnut doesn't nag, current progress:

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Lots of brown :) Will be adding some more splashes of colour to the belts and legs/dangling fabrics. Have a little bit of tidy up to do, and a brown wash to add over the guns. Bases will just get a flat colour at some point in the future.

Also, the second Adam Savage video is what I was on about on TS the other day as to how I normally do my models. Granted, I don't often go to that extreme with individual parts: they get primed on the sprue, maybe a bulk colour, but then assembled, glued and then put on a rod for easy 360 degree painting.


Edit: Think this blog has been posted before, but this set of BA Tactical Marines is lush: http://studiojollyroger.com/blood-angel ... -finished/

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 24th, 2015, 6:17
by Pnut
:likesitall:
Looking good Buzz, now just hurry up and get them finished ;)

I really like the paint job on those Blood Angels, air brushing seems to give a much nicer finish in my opinion.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 25th, 2015, 12:30
by Pnut
I have got about as far as I can get with my Death Company Dreadnought, all that's left is the blood talons, which I am not sure how I'm going to paint yet.

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And again with my first Death Company dude, I'm not sure about doing a decent job on power weapons so I'm heading to GW on Wednesday for some pointers.

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I dry brushed and washed the armour (etherium blue and nuln oil) on both of these and on the metal parts of the Dread (necron compound and nuln oil).

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 25th, 2015, 13:49
by Dog Pants
They're looking really good. I love the matte black and it looks like you've done a great job on the detail. Very nice.

Re: The Miniatures Project Thread

Posted: April 29th, 2015, 17:55
by Pnut
I went to GW today and got some pointers on painting power weapons.

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I'm really chuffed with the way they have turned out and surprisingly, they not that difficult to paint.