Ahora que hace demasiado calor para pintar o usar un spray, me apetece hablar de #PaintingMiniatures un poco, ahora ya no estamos en Meta o el birdsite.
Es muy triste ver como, sin darnos cuenta, convertimos una afición y nuestra forma de compartirlo con los demás en una forma de mercadeo.
No me refiero a que cada vez que cuelgas una miniatura estés haciendo un anuncio gratis para la compañía (aunque es probable que a alguien le guste y compre una; eso es inevitable).
We’re at 2/11 operatives complete and just waiting to be based - I am going to be good and hold off and do that all in a batch even though all my instincts say to just do it now, and inevitably forget how I did it 😂.
Spent today working out a scheme for quickly painting up all the Tyranids from the Leviathan box. I'm happy with how this once came out, now to paint all the rest of them
Its been a tough week emotionally, and I'm struggling with painting motivation. But I've started editing a video for Saturday, my starter set challenge. 4 paints, a starter brush and no wet pallette. Hopefully it will be released the same day that the new starter sets come out.
Chibi San on wolf figure.
As seen in Princess Mononoke.
Converted from a Super Dungeon Explore: Deeproot Wolf Rider.
Removed the saddle from the wolf, re-carved the mask, added a fur cloak, and filled various gaps.
The display base is entirely scratchbuilt, and includes Kodama.
And the whole thing was painted up to match stills from the film.
Another ebay rescue. A firewarrior was included in a job lot of model stuff.
A single firewarrior is not terribly useful, so I decided to turn it into an Ethereal.
First I had to fix the bad gluing and strip the paint.
Then I removed the grenade in his hand and built a glaive for him to hold.
And then added robes and a cloak (putty-covered metal sheet).
Paint was based on the Buddhist monk's reds and oranges.
I must have knocked her over by accident because at some point her judgemental finger fell off. Time to check the bits for a spare Necron finger to replace it with. I'm pleased with the clothing, need to shade and layer the face and the door she is standing on feels like it could use some rust.
I painted up the figures for Scythe (the boardgame) a while ago.
I kept to the official colour schemes for the characters, and the army colours for the mechs.
I also added basing to the figures but left the edges as plain plastic.
All this helps the figures remain recognisable for gaming.
From my understanding, Kroot can take on the attributes of what they eat.
Therefore if you feed one enough winged food, it should gain wings...
Also, if a Kroot's arms were wings, how would it hold a rifle?
This is my answer.
Feathers were sculpted from epoxy putty.
Feet were cut off and a rifle with the hands conveniently spaced, was attached with minimal alterations to the legs.
Today I painted up an Imperial Guardsman in the style of the Mobile Infantry from Starship Troopers. Two great satirical universes becoming one. "Service Guarantees Citizenship"
A truly retro painting job today. I painted up this classic 2nd edition 40K Gretchin using everyone's most nostalgic colours. Paint quality may have moved on over the years, but there is a real joy to using these paints.