Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

MGibster

Legend
I bought the Frameworks halfling rogue once, since one of the head options was somewhat similar to a character of mine, but the thing was absurdly tiny... :rolleyes:
It's a 28-32mm figure, so they're all somewhat tiny, but especially a halfling. One of the things I dislike about the WizKids PC miniatures is that it's hard to paint details on their faces and hands. It's not really what they call true scale, but features aren't as exaggerated as they are on other miniatures.


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MGibster

Legend
This is a limited edition (I think) resin figure for the tabletop war game Conquest by Para Bellum Games. I don't play Conquest, but I saw this miniature and I just had to have it. The kit had limited flashing and mold lines which I have already removed. I glued the dorsal fin where it's supposed to go, but I need to use some putty or some other material to get the lines to go away. Sometimes I'm lazy and I don't bother with miniature prep, but this costs about $100, so I'm going to go the extra mile. I'm going to use Mr. White Putty made by a company called Mr. Hobby. When the putty dries, I'll be able to sand away any excess and get a smooth finish. In theory.

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MGibster

Legend
Despite the best laid plans of mice & men, stuff happens. I accidentally brushed some purple paint and didn't realize it was there before it dried. Knowing I was unlikely to be successful, I tried removing the offending paint without taking the rest of the paint with it but failed.

I'm faced with a choice here. Do I scrap the whole model or just attempt to repair the damage done? I can't duplicate the original paint job, so I'm just going to spray down some white primer and paint over the damage in the hopes that I can salvage this. While it's an interesting model, it was inexpensive and I honestly don't want to do a lot of work to salvage it.

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And here we are with the repair. I like the original better, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to perfect this guy.

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Moonmover

Adventurer
I started buying individual miniatures and paints, one by one, earlier this year. Partly, it was because I wanted to have them. Partly, it was so I did not feel like a bum for spending hours each week playing D&D at my FLGS and not buying anything.

My wife caught on to this and wanted to be supportive of my new hobby. As she does in all things, she went entirely overboard. For my birthday, I received:
•An enormous case full of paints
•A special tray to store them in
•A display case for my minis
•A headlamp think with magnifying lenses
•A desk-lamp with a magnifying lense
•An assortment of paint-brushes
•A special tray for storing the paint-brushes
•Two jugs of liquid primer
•Nearly every model thusfar produced by Wildspire Minis

This was in May. I've been painting these things for months.

They're all a bit crude, but I'm improving little by little as I go. Here are some samples of what I've finished so far.
 

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reelo

Hero
Well kudos to you and to your wife. And by the way, the magnifyer/headlamp glasses are absolutely useful. I never paint without them. Lighting is key!
 


Mad_Jack

Legend
This was in May. I've been painting these things for months.

They're all a bit crude, but I'm improving little by little as I go. Here are some samples of what I've finished so far.

I started back in the days of using Testors enamels and the white-handled brushes I used to paint my plastic car models...
The first five years of my work looks like it was colored with crayons by a five-year-old on a sugar rush. :p

You kids have it so easy these days... lol.
 
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