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<blockquote data-quote="1Mac" data-source="post: 6076415" data-attributes="member: 48998"><p><em>Now in attractive <a href="http://cheapfantasyminis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">BLOG</a> form! Please stop by and comment if you are interested in hearing more about this topic.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>New edit for July 2013: This is an old thread, but if you want to see my newest projects, just <strong>go to the last page</strong>. I always update here whenever I finish painting something. Thanks!</em></p><p></p><p>Spurred on by <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?274115-1-72-scale-fantasy-miniatures" target="_blank">Kris'</a> thread from a couple of years ago on the subject of 1/72 scale fantasy miniatures, I've started a project to build a convincing roster of fantasy miniatures as cheaply as possible. I plan on using plastic minis whenever possible, cheap craft store paints and <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/43744/the-dip-method-a-step-by-step-guide-to-painting-mi" target="_blank">"magic dip"</a> (i.e. furniture polish mixed with black stain), and keeping everything in the neighborhood of 1/72-20mm scale. The goal here isn't to produce the most fantastic, award-worthy minis, but to get them as cheap as possible while still looking pretty good. My goal is to pay less than $.50 per mini, and while I'm sometimes over my goal, I'm usually well under it.</p><p></p><p>I more or less completed my first batch a few weeks ago, and I just got around to photographing them. The photos turned out kind of bad, and I may retake and replace them <em>[edit: new photos!]</em>, but I wanted to get them up for ENWorld to check out. Everything you see is either an Italeri (Itl) Barbarian miniature, a piece from Eagle Games' Age of Mythology (AoM) game, or an Arcane Legions (AL) booster figure that's been repainted. I had painted figures before, but this was my first time in several years, and my first time painting fantasy minis at all.</p><p></p><p>First, some monsters (Sven the Viking-guy shown for relative scale):</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]56205[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>These are AoM trolls and cyclopses, with some simple reposing. They make pretty good bugbears or similar monstrous folk.</p><p></p><p>Some giants, dwarves, and a deathknight:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]56208[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The dwarf with the fur hat is an AL figure; the rest are from the AoM Viking set. The giants aren't particularly gigantic, but they were good for practice. Like the monsters above, they look a little grimy because I was keeping too much of the dip on. By the time I got to the dwarves, I was getting the hang of how much dip to keep on the figures for the best effect.</p><p></p><p>Amazons and Vikings:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]56206[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The first figure is an Itl Barbarian, the second and third are AL boosters, and the last two are AoM Viking figures.</p><p></p><p>Barbarians:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]56207[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Naturally most of these guys are Itl Barbarians. The two guys yelling and raising their shields on the right are AL figures. Sven is on the right, of course.</p><p></p><p>Last, magic-users:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]56210[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>From left to right: an Itl Barbarian, an AoM Egyptian priest, and four AL figures, with Sven on the right again. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the third figure is summoning flame, which I thought came out particularly well.</p><p></p><p>Let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like to see more. I'm currently working on some Caesar Miniatures orcs and goblins, so I may post those when they're finished.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1Mac, post: 6076415, member: 48998"] [I]Now in attractive [URL="http://cheapfantasyminis.blogspot.com/"]BLOG[/URL] form! Please stop by and comment if you are interested in hearing more about this topic. [/I] [I]New edit for July 2013: This is an old thread, but if you want to see my newest projects, just [B]go to the last page[/B]. I always update here whenever I finish painting something. Thanks![/I] Spurred on by [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?274115-1-72-scale-fantasy-miniatures"]Kris'[/URL] thread from a couple of years ago on the subject of 1/72 scale fantasy miniatures, I've started a project to build a convincing roster of fantasy miniatures as cheaply as possible. I plan on using plastic minis whenever possible, cheap craft store paints and [URL="http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/43744/the-dip-method-a-step-by-step-guide-to-painting-mi"]"magic dip"[/URL] (i.e. furniture polish mixed with black stain), and keeping everything in the neighborhood of 1/72-20mm scale. The goal here isn't to produce the most fantastic, award-worthy minis, but to get them as cheap as possible while still looking pretty good. My goal is to pay less than $.50 per mini, and while I'm sometimes over my goal, I'm usually well under it. I more or less completed my first batch a few weeks ago, and I just got around to photographing them. The photos turned out kind of bad, and I may retake and replace them [I][edit: new photos!][/I], but I wanted to get them up for ENWorld to check out. Everything you see is either an Italeri (Itl) Barbarian miniature, a piece from Eagle Games' Age of Mythology (AoM) game, or an Arcane Legions (AL) booster figure that's been repainted. I had painted figures before, but this was my first time in several years, and my first time painting fantasy minis at all. First, some monsters (Sven the Viking-guy shown for relative scale): [ATTACH=CONFIG]56205._xfImport[/ATTACH] These are AoM trolls and cyclopses, with some simple reposing. They make pretty good bugbears or similar monstrous folk. Some giants, dwarves, and a deathknight: [ATTACH=CONFIG]56208._xfImport[/ATTACH] The dwarf with the fur hat is an AL figure; the rest are from the AoM Viking set. The giants aren't particularly gigantic, but they were good for practice. Like the monsters above, they look a little grimy because I was keeping too much of the dip on. By the time I got to the dwarves, I was getting the hang of how much dip to keep on the figures for the best effect. Amazons and Vikings: [ATTACH=CONFIG]56206._xfImport[/ATTACH] The first figure is an Itl Barbarian, the second and third are AL boosters, and the last two are AoM Viking figures. Barbarians: [ATTACH=CONFIG]56207._xfImport[/ATTACH] Naturally most of these guys are Itl Barbarians. The two guys yelling and raising their shields on the right are AL figures. Sven is on the right, of course. Last, magic-users: [ATTACH=CONFIG]56210._xfImport[/ATTACH] From left to right: an Itl Barbarian, an AoM Egyptian priest, and four AL figures, with Sven on the right again. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the third figure is summoning flame, which I thought came out particularly well. Let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like to see more. I'm currently working on some Caesar Miniatures orcs and goblins, so I may post those when they're finished. [/QUOTE]
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