Shadeau Gorgon

And here ya go... the black ink wash is the way to go. IRL just enough light passes through it for it to be inky/murky looking...

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So here is the first go at the combined Dreamer base... There are two painting options that I'm looking at and will decide tonight. Either prime black and highlight up in a deep purple for the black, or wash it very heavily multiple times in a true black ink...

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I'm going to try to tackle the brick wall after lunch...

The mystique effect is great... all you need is a little skull broach and belt and she's be spot on...

Read it in the most lewd manner and you've got Jim figured out.

LOL... I live with someone just like that!

Would love to see Sybelle by herself... These look great. I really enjoy the basework!

I love the lens and gemstone work... nicely done!

Loving these! I'll do your bases if you'll paint mine...

j/k...

Dreamer Base pieces...

Soooo, after reading Koali's post earlier about the darkness effect I've gotten started on a change up for the dreamer's base...

Going with an Ooze flowing upward effect, a la Fable III Darkness.

Here are the first steps.

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Three Coppelius base photos.

Table Top - regular lighting

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Table Top - black light in addition to regular lighting

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Table Top - lights out

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Maaaaaaybe....

Again from Reaper, these are Zombie Strippers - 50213

The new mice from Gene Van Horne.

I think I might be psychic, I see... I see... a Valentine's day mouse release from Reaper announced in January...

www.reapermini.com

I still think Chompy is my favorite so far, but I may be a little Dreamer biased...

I love the hirst arts sets. Are you using Smooth on too? If so are you using a mold release and baby powder or are you casting them from the mold directly?

Loving the buildings! One thing you may want to look at, instead of using a straw for the piping, cheapo plastic tubing sometimes works better. I have had fits with painting straws even when I mix a light adhesive in with the paint (like Elmer's glue).

Koali I got to looking and maybe this could be altered to make cool bases...

They can be found here... http://www.otherworld.me.uk/dmseries1.html

I've considered sawing off his arms and legs and building my own, but haven't given it a try yet.

I tried it... it ended in tears, some of my own blood, and a teddy in my bits box... The sculpt is great for adding to, but reposing is neigh on impossible...

As far as the bases, I've been working on my crew too, and it's very hard to come up with true nightmarish bases. You could try doing the standard "Black Ooze" that is pretty common for "darkness" though I've never seen it on a base before...

It has a "Saturday Morning Cartoon" feel that I love... I'd love to see more pirates...

FINALLY! Coppelius is sorted out.

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I ended up cutting off his legs, and arms and repositioning everything. I still have a smidge of greenstuff work to do on him, but by and large his pose came out very well.

I based him as if he were adding to, and protecting, his precious collection of eyes. They are in all different sizes, as I thought he would collect them from anything he could. So there are some killjoy sized ones, all the way down to some Dreamer sized ones...

C/C always welcome...

Sprues will be hard to find for this... Buuut.... Look at these... all from reaper

50025 - This one looks like it has something Very close...

Absolutely delightful... I would love to see some of those details you mentioned.

Buy, borrow, or steal a camera!

The eyes are stunning. They have a lot of depth... :::envy:::

I've got the Dreamer all figured out. I am using the sculpt from the Nightmare Version and little floating technique that will hopefully make him look a little ethereal/otherworldly.

I'm still stumped on what to do with Coppelius. I know that he was a "sandman" type figure in Teutonic myth, but I'm not sure how I can really alter him to make him "different". The others are all about movement, stillness and poise. But I can't think of a way to magnify it on the sculpt even with modifications. I'm sure something will hit me tonight as I work through it. I really want to get these guys primed, but I'm not going to until all are set and ready...

They look really good until I loaded the punch into the cart and they want $35 dollars for a $25 product to ship to the UK. That in itself is almost as bad as the $10 toploaders that cost $84 shipping lol

I bought my punch at Walmart for like $6, any craft store will carry the plain circular punch... As far as international shipping goes, it's a bugger.

It's almost always cheaper to have someone local ship it to you than it is for a company to do it. FedEx international shipping for a 2 lb package from the US to London EC4 s about 71 bucks, so the shipping isn't too far off... for UPS it's 85.

Also, kudos for using the best damn super glue in the world. Loctite Gel with control release! Woo!

It really is amazing, the only bad thing is that the older bottles dry out pretty fast. The new ones with the cool cap are not as bad...

Alea Tools and a round paper punch are perfect for this, and they are magnetic so they will "stick" to the bottom of your mini.

I've used Ratty's template and just paper punched them and put them on the top of the tokens and viola!

http://www.aleatools.com/

Loving this.

Nice paintjob, and the construction in it is great. Now you just need a whole theatre for it to sit in...