Gheist Posted February 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 14 hours ago, Viruk said: W Just to give you a good idea of what kind of work went into this, here are pre-painting shots: So, currently looking at 66 soulstones for February. More to come for sure as I will start working on this Marcus the Barkus conversion later today during Wyrd painting stream ( to be found here: https://www.twitch.tv/playwyrd ) at 21:00 CET / 15:00 EST As always, more pictures to be found on my IG account here https://www.instagram.com/what.the.faux/ Man. That Kurgan Conversion. The original will have something to prove to me now... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Ended up doing something completely different this month. Still WiP, and my first attempt at NMM. Not really feeling it though so will have to work on it a bit more. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushgit Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 41 minutes ago, Hawkoon said: Ended up doing something completely different this month. Still WiP, and my first attempt at NMM. Not really feeling it though so will have to work on it a bit more. Man if my first attempts to NMM would've looked so good! Really nice work on the blade and the horse's armor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheist Posted February 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 quick ask for help: i am assembling some new miniatures that arrived yesterday. There may be gaps. Whats your favourite method of filling gaps? i'll by the way settle for the 85% solution over the 100% solution if the former is twice as fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 24 minutes ago, Gheist said: quick ask for help: i am assembling some new miniatures that arrived yesterday. There may be gaps. Whats your favourite method of filling gaps? i'll by the way settle for the 85% solution over the 100% solution if the former is twice as fast. Greenstuff+hobby tool, but I imagine that is going to be the twice as slow method over some other ways of doing it. I seem to recall someone last month mentioning using resin but I have no personal experience with that so not sure how you even begin to go about it. Greenstuff works very well for big gaps but I will admit to having troubles using it to get a good finish on some of the smaller gaps in models. How big are the gaps you are talking about? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hawkoon Posted February 16, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Aaaaand done😅 Checking in my 11SS for the month (there will be more... but it's seeecret🤫) Think I managed to pull off the NMM decently, but I feel this is an area where I really have a lot to learn. It does however take a stupid amount of time to paint, so I probably won't be doing it all that often unless it's something really special. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muraki Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 59 minutes ago, Gheist said: quick ask for help: i am assembling some new miniatures that arrived yesterday. There may be gaps. Whats your favourite method of filling gaps? i'll by the way settle for the 85% solution over the 100% solution if the former is twice as fast. I use vallejo plastic putty to fill small gaps, it's not the greatest as if you use too much the surface can get a bit bumpy/etc. I've also used UV resin for super big gaps (rex for instance) but that gets a bit dangerous as its easy to use too much and obscure details. In the future I want to try the 'melt down spures to make the glue/gap filler combo', but that is a bit longer term. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushgit Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Gheist said: quick ask for help: i am assembling some new miniatures that arrived yesterday. There may be gaps. Whats your favourite method of filling gaps? i'll by the way settle for the 85% solution over the 100% solution if the former is twice as fast. Just started assembling my lucky emissary and made a new batch of sprue goo and used it. Works like a charm and costs nothing. (for everyone not aware of what sprue goo is, you dissolve cut up sprue bits in plastic glue and use the resulting goo to apply over gaps, let it dry and file/scrape off) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheist Posted February 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Allright let's dissolve plastic and sinuses alike then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheist Posted February 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, TimH said: Greenstuff+hobby tool, but I imagine that is going to be the twice as slow method over some other ways of doing it. I seem to recall someone last month mentioning using resin but I have no personal experience with that so not sure how you even begin to go about it. Greenstuff works very well for big gaps but I will admit to having troubles using it to get a good finish on some of the smaller gaps in models. How big are the gaps you are talking about? Really small. I usually take no offense at them, but as we are posting hi res Photos of painted miniatures here it is starting to get on my nerves rather fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 2:52 PM, Gheist said: Really small. I usually take no offense at them, but as we are posting hi res Photos of painted miniatures here it is starting to get on my nerves rather fast After the Gibbering Hordes are painted up I'm moving onto some Neverborn. Greenstuff works very well on tiny gaps in long smooth surfaces like Serena's dress or the line that runs down the manacle on Rex. For other bits like the larger gaps in rex you do sort of need to do some sculpting after the greenstuff is down to attempt to match the texture of the surface you have filled so in that regard it does have the same problem as the sprue/glu putty i guess. Here I'm not entirely happy with all of the fillings (taking the photo actually helped identify some areas where bits of green stuff had stuck without me noticing) but for the most part it should all spray up and then paint up well and conceal the GS. Should if nothing else be less noticeable than the gaps would have been. On 2/16/2022 at 2:45 PM, Hawkoon said: I love how this has turned out! I've been planning a similar base for my own hooded rider. Due to having an existing set of insidious madness from 2E and then never actually picking up Serena until now I've wound up with spare models. I'm planning to chop up the pieces and use them to make a similar nightmarescape for my own rider (though with less eyes and more teeth). Is the buster sword home made or taken from another mini? The NMM on it is gorgeous and it really adds to the intimidation of the model a lot more than his dinky little regular sword does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 hours ago, TimH said: I love how this has turned out! I've been planning a similar base for my own hooded rider. Due to having an existing set of insidious madness from 2E and then never actually picking up Serena until now I've wound up with spare models. I'm planning to chop up the pieces and use them to make a similar nightmarescape for my own rider (though with less eyes and more teeth). Is the buster sword home made or taken from another mini? The NMM on it is gorgeous and it really adds to the intimidation of the model a lot more than his dinky little regular sword does. The base is an insert from Black Cat Bases that I've added some cobblestones to. Not sure it's worth chopping up expensive models to make something similar, but that's maybe just me. The sword is ineed home made from plasticard and some putty😉 (Impressed you got the reference) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 It's a recognisable sword, you converted it well. Seeing as how 3E made it so there were hard caps to every minions I have no other use for the spare Insidious Madness. I already have 4 (the old metal one and 3 plastics) and I did try finding a 2E Serena but unfortunately she sold out during black friday before I managed to get my order in. So the 3 spare madness are going to wind up being sacrificed to make some (hopefully) pretty bases for other models to stand on top of. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheist Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 13 hours ago, TimH said: It's a recognisable sword, you converted it well. So it is that sword. I was attributing the familiarity solely to Hawkoons painting skills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Gheist said: So it is that sword. I was attributing the familiarity solely to Hawkoons painting skills Yeah, I'm a big FFVII fan, and the original sword is just so small and tiny. Mind you I've had this model on my shelf since 2E, and the rules did not match the model back then (did he have 3" on that thing?) so I knew he needed "something". My modelling skills being as limited as they are, I thought that I atleast should be able to make him a somewhat convincing Buster sword (It's quite easy to make, really!). Glad you think it turned out well, I wasn't all that certain when I was making it😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheist Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, Hawkoon said: Yeah, I'm a big FFVII fan, and the original sword is just so small and tiny. Mind you I've had this model on my shelf since 2E, and the rules did not match the model back then (did he have 3" on that thing?) so I knew he needed "something". My modelling skills being as limited as they are, I thought that I atleast should be able to make him a somewhat convincing Buster sword (It's quite easy to make, really!). Glad you think it turned out well, I wasn't all that certain when I was making it😁 Na it's spot on, i thought wyrd stole the buster sword design for the model because i did not know the Rider sculpt well enough . FF VII were the days though. I think it was the first reason to skip a day of school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock & Awe Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 @Brushgit – You paint too fast!! You have too many models for me to love… where to start. I love the back of the Ronin’s coat. That mud effect is something I need to learn. BBB’s cat’s skin tone is perfect too… very “Dr. No”. I also really like the orb on the chicken’s head too 😊 Vanessa’s skirt, man… the transitions are so good. I need to figure out how to do that, too. The muscle highlights on Big Jake are ace as well. @wobbly_goggy – I love the base on that … gremlin? Not sure which model that is! The water effect is perfect though. Well done with the fire effect as well. @TimH – The shells of those whelks are really nice. I like the contrast. @JordiFort – Welcome! I really like the purple glow on the glove and the glow on his back as well. That is amazing work. @Moinetbeard – man, that Koi fish is WICKED! The whole narrative of that base is crazy good. Welcome and well done. @Hobby Wyrd – Already looking sick, keep it up 😊 @Gheist – the cloak and the grapple look amazing. I really like the coloring @LinenMusician – I love the balance between the snow, the water effects, and the ice on her feet… it all came together really well. @Viruk – There is so much to love in the Mama Z RH shot – the thing that jumps out though is that swamp effect on the bases, the glow in there is really nice. @Hawkoon – For a FIRST shot at NMM…. I hate you. That is really good. And the base, man. That is really cool. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock & Awe Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Finally got some painting in. This is my very poor imitation of Marco and Squidmar's night scene approach. Came out better than I thought, but still have a lot to figure out. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushgit Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Wors pretty damn good @Shock & Awe Small rule you violated is that the light eminating part of the model (spear tip) is not the brightest part, as the ground next to it is lighter. But a minor thing to correct and make it an even better paintjob as it currently already is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbly_goggy Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Thanks for the nice comments @Shock & Awe and @Viruk, they are all old metal sculpts, the Egg Hauler was an Easter limited edition a few years back (I have the Rooster Rider from the same time too). Love your work (and everyone else's), some seriously impressive painting going on!! I am using the challenge to get right back into the backlog and paint up ALL of my minis at last. Still to come this year: metal Guild Guard and Som'er and Peaches (looking forward to/daunted by that one! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Weird question fellow painting challengers. I'm currently working on some tide pool terrain markers for this months challenge. The base material of the markers is flat circles of MDF and then other materials to build up the lips of the marker/ islands inside of it. Everything is going fine on assembly, painting etc. but unfortunately I am finding the smell of burnt wood that the MDF gives off to be incredibly irritating to my nose. No sneezing fits or anything but at the same time it's making my nose uncomfortable. Anyone with experience with it have some hobby advice on removing the smell? Does it ever go away? Will it just naturally lose that smell over time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushgit Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just recently lasercut 16 pit trap markers from 2mm hdf plates and initially the smell was pretty prevalent but it went away after a couple of days venting the markers. Same thing with pre-cut terrain from TTCombat. The smell gets lost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock & Awe Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Was placing my pre-order for the Monstrous box - Nekima 2 and Molly 2 - and noticed the shipping cost was higher. I inquired with the company and they said "it's bulkier and heavier than a standard crew box, by quite a bit...." I'm intrigued..... I'm sure it's not what my childish mind is imagining, but I'm hoping for a truly "monstrous" Nekima I also cannot wait to see what other Iconic models they make up - I NEED a HUGE Pandora. I need it. To go with my endless collection of Pandoras I'm actually considering purchasing a 3D printer to work on the modeling areas I can't get from 'Faux - like busts and whatnot. White Werewolf Tavern has a Nekima-ish model that looks huge, and awesome... that I kinda want to make. I am destined to be broke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 10 hours ago, TimH said: Weird question fellow painting challengers. I'm currently working on some tide pool terrain markers for this months challenge. The base material of the markers is flat circles of MDF and then other materials to build up the lips of the marker/ islands inside of it. Everything is going fine on assembly, painting etc. but unfortunately I am finding the smell of burnt wood that the MDF gives off to be incredibly irritating to my nose. No sneezing fits or anything but at the same time it's making my nose uncomfortable. Anyone with experience with it have some hobby advice on removing the smell? Does it ever go away? Will it just naturally lose that smell over time? I work a lot with laser mdf at the office, so I know what you mean. The smell is mostly from tiny soot particles left from the cutting and not the mdf itself. A good scrubbing with hot water and dishwashing liquid removes most of it. (Don't soak it! You don't want water inside the mdf, belive me...) 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciej Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Update on my river project. I started with a pond as a test piece, and it turns out I dont need much resin depth, because dark paint below it can simulate depth in satisfactory way. Just need to go black in the centre. Also I bought HDF board which seems more resistant to distortions than plywood, at least so far. Will add some leafs on the surface and maybe some ripples, but overall I think it's safe to proceed to river. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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