Painting minis; getting started
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MGibster
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Where the heck did that come from?
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
From Amazon.
This set shows a box, but mine were in a tube. They're not the standard gaming size. Fantasy Creature Mini Action Figure Playset-98pc Monster Toy Miniatures w 14 Unique Sculpts - Dragons, Wizards, Orcs, and More- XL 1/32nd Scale Dungeon Character Accessories https://a.co/d/28HMtWq
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
They're not perfect. They're cheap. lol I'm going to do what I can to clean it up first. Some of these will be what I use to practice on.That guy's got some atrocious mold lines.
Also, it looks familiar - where's he from?
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Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
The paint sets arrived today. They were in a soggy box because dumdum driver left it in the rain instead of putting it under cover. It had rained all day. At least the contents were dry.
Mad_Jack
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Gah.
Jack just did a dumb thing - I just jumped on an EvilBuy grenade that I really couldn't afford to jump on since money is really tight right now.
(An eBay grenade is one of those listings you click on and suddenly find something you've wanted for a long time - and either you usually only have a few minutes left on the auction to whether to decide if it's worth it or not or the price is so good on it that you can't pass up buying it right now, because you know it'll be gone before you get your next paycheck...)
But Jack is now going to be the owner of, among other things, one of his "Holy Grail" figures - Ral Partha 2nd Ed. AD&D 11-064 Lord Soth, mounted and on foot... I already had the standing and mounted figures, but not the horse.
Fortunately, there's at least one other figure in the miniature lot I just purchased that I can resell to recoup part of the cash I laid out for it.
Jack just did a dumb thing - I just jumped on an EvilBuy grenade that I really couldn't afford to jump on since money is really tight right now.
(An eBay grenade is one of those listings you click on and suddenly find something you've wanted for a long time - and either you usually only have a few minutes left on the auction to whether to decide if it's worth it or not or the price is so good on it that you can't pass up buying it right now, because you know it'll be gone before you get your next paycheck...)
But Jack is now going to be the owner of, among other things, one of his "Holy Grail" figures - Ral Partha 2nd Ed. AD&D 11-064 Lord Soth, mounted and on foot... I already had the standing and mounted figures, but not the horse.
Fortunately, there's at least one other figure in the miniature lot I just purchased that I can resell to recoup part of the cash I laid out for it.
MGibster
Legend
I used to have the Lord Soth figure on his feet way back in the day! I loved that mini.
MGibster
Legend
For those of you who might not be familiar with the Fallout video games, these are Protectron robots from the table top miniatures game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare based off the popular CRPG. And these are examples of what I'd call a successful failure in that I didn't achieve what I envisioned but it looks pretty good anyone. In Bob Ross terms, these are happy little accidents.
The Protectron on the left was given a basecoat of Mission Models white primer followed by a basecoat of Mission Models sea-foam green. I used Citadel Leadbelcher for the metallic parts and then I used Vallejo Rust Texture to add some rusty spots to the model. Don't see the rusty spots? That's because when I applied some Vallejo oiled earth wash to the model it obliterated the rust spots. And as I used a brush to move the wash around, you'll notice it removed some of the sea foam green to reveal the primer below. But I decided this worked well for a post apocalyptic robot that was centuries old and the paint job probably wouldn't be holding up too well.
The Protectron on the right had a base coat of Mission Models white primer followed by a base coat of some weird name for a blue from Citadel. I laid on the Vallejo oil earth wash on pretty thick and let it dry and I like the results.
The Vallejo rust texture's failure was likely due to user error. I simply didn't give it enough time to dry and cure before applying a wash which reactivated the rust allowing me to brush it off. It's also possible I didn't shake the paint enough as it didn't really leave behind much of a texture. I'll have to do some additional testing before I render a verdict.
The Protectron on the left was given a basecoat of Mission Models white primer followed by a basecoat of Mission Models sea-foam green. I used Citadel Leadbelcher for the metallic parts and then I used Vallejo Rust Texture to add some rusty spots to the model. Don't see the rusty spots? That's because when I applied some Vallejo oiled earth wash to the model it obliterated the rust spots. And as I used a brush to move the wash around, you'll notice it removed some of the sea foam green to reveal the primer below. But I decided this worked well for a post apocalyptic robot that was centuries old and the paint job probably wouldn't be holding up too well.
The Protectron on the right had a base coat of Mission Models white primer followed by a base coat of some weird name for a blue from Citadel. I laid on the Vallejo oil earth wash on pretty thick and let it dry and I like the results.
The Vallejo rust texture's failure was likely due to user error. I simply didn't give it enough time to dry and cure before applying a wash which reactivated the rust allowing me to brush it off. It's also possible I didn't shake the paint enough as it didn't really leave behind much of a texture. I'll have to do some additional testing before I render a verdict.
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