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Miniatures: 'The Hobby', 'Plastic Crack', and other tiny things

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    EdH
    Iron Heart Deity
    @AdamJ
    Joined: 2 Jan 2022

    @AdamJ Dude that's a classic collection. Are they pewter or plastic? The Terminators (2nd and 4th images) look like they might be pewter... I think I see a couple of spots where the paint has chipped off, which makes me think that your dad might not have bothered with a primer?

    With the more modern painting techniques, it wouldn't take much to elevate them, though I'd personally just strip the paint off with some isopropyl alcohol and start again.

    Take the dive...

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      AdamJ
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 29 Jun 2017

      @EdH IIRC we'd paint them white first, let them dry then paint the base bits blue, and I'd let him do the real work! I did tell him about the spray setup you had and he laughed at how much time he'd spent hand priming with a tiny brush! Most of them are plastic, a couple of them pewter, the latter I have no memory of where we got them from!

      The devil is in the detail..

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        EdH
        Iron Heart Deity
        @AdamJ
        Joined: 2 Jan 2022

        @AdamJ Yeah, my airbrush was a great investment for saving time laying down the block colours. (Thanks to Trump and Biden for those Covid recovery payments... about the only good thing to ever come out of being dual-national and having to file tax returns in the USA was getting sent periodic cheques from the US Treasury during Covid.)

        You can achieve magic results with just a drybrush too though. I'll post a picture at some point of my sky-dwarves warband which were done mostly by dry-brushing the metallic paints. This is really effective for metallic paint because the recesses are left black, and the method really buffs the metallics to a high shine.

        Edit: nevermind, had a dig in my phone, and found them quite easily.
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        I was quite pleased with the weathering done on these guys. I went really overboard with it, trying to sell the idea that they’ve been trapped in a maze and fighting endlessly for eternity.

        Also the gems and eye lenses look great. I had to get on my magnifying goggles to do those!

        Take the dive...

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          Brian
          Joined: 24 Nov 2022

          I must ask my folks if they still have my old horribly painted models
          Have a suspicion they won’t but it’s something to ask

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            ARNC
            啓蒙家
            Joined: 13 Dec 2020

            @EdH (and others), have you seen this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65766495

            “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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              EdH
              Iron Heart Deity
              @ARNC
              Joined: 2 Jan 2022

              @ARNC I did. Quite cool stamps. If I was also a philatelist I'd probably pick up a set!

              Take the dive...

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                EdH
                Iron Heart Deity
                Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                Taking a break from painting armour, so no need on that front. Decided I’d like to go a different direction with their bases, so had to cut them all off the models (stupidly I’d already glued them) and have been working on these:

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                Going for a black marble and quite pleased with how they’ve come out. Need a few layers of gloss varnish, then I think I’ll drop a nice gold colour into the crevices.

                Take the dive...

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                  EdH
                  Iron Heart Deity
                  Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                  Been a while since I picked up a brush. I think trying to batch paint models was killing my interest - it’s very boring to paint weapons black over and over again on every model when you have a small army to do. So I decided to get one model done, nail the colour scheme, and what have you.

                  And then I spent 2 hours painting one guys head, because I’m obsessive, and when you have 3.5x magnifying glasses and can see all the details, you want to paint them all. 😅

                  IMG_2529.jpeg

                  That’s a 2p coin I’m holding, for scale. A bit blobby on the eyes, but you can’t really see it when you’re at a normal viewing distance.

                  Take the dive...

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                    goosehd
                    Mod Squad
                    @EdH
                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                    @EdH I find all of this fascinating and am impressed with your results!!

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      EdH
                      Iron Heart Deity
                      @goosehd
                      Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                      @goosehd said in Miniatures: 'The Hobby', 'Plastic Crack', and other tiny things:

                      am impressed with your results!!

                      Thank you, but I'm nothing. The guys at the top of this particular game are painting things like this:

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                      When you consider that that model's head will also be ~5mm tall... I dread to think how long it took him to create that woollen texture on the robes. And those metals are not painted with metallic paint - he has deliberately used highlights and shade to create the impression of reflective surfaces. And those gems... he's somehow managed to paint a smooth colour value transition on an object around 3mm tall...

                      Take the dive...

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                        goosehd
                        Mod Squad
                        @EdH
                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                        @EdH Now that’s OCD on levels that I can’t comprehend. I can’t imagine the hours that has been put into it to achieve those kind of results.

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          mclaincausey
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                          Phish plays a soccer stadium known as Dicks Sporting Goods Park every year, and because my friends and I are totally mature, we 3D print out Dicks to hand out to concertgoers.

                          IMG_1289.jpeg

                          This year includes, for the first time, dickwhistles of various shapes, colors, and sizes.

                          IMG_1180.jpeg

                          And then there’s the Bag o’ Dicks

                          IMG_1178.jpeg

                          Think it, be it.

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                            goosehd
                            Mod Squad
                            @mclaincausey
                            Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                            @mclaincausey There is something not right about you….and I love it 🙂

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                              RoxRocks86
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 2 Mar 2018

                              On a normal note kinda got into car model builds IMG_3950.jpeg

                              After seeing an actual z at the Ginza showroom in Japan, really want a manual right hand drive 70s-80s mode with a wide body kitl. So until that happens, just playing around with the plastic version.

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                                iammortalcombat
                                Haraki san Prodigy
                                Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                Just found this thread. Always wanted to play 40K which was always out of reach for me budget wise. Finally started learning the game and hobby in the fall in preparation for 10th edition. Heres a couple I just worked on this weekend

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                                  Cutlasshound
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 28 Oct 2013

                                  Mrs is once again reminded of what a cool bastard she married when this rocked up today…..

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                                  I ain't got time to bleed.

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                                    iammortalcombat
                                    Haraki san Prodigy
                                    Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                    We need to bring this thread back to life…here’s what I worked on since about this time last yearIMG_1319.jpeg IMG_1320.jpeg IMG_1321.jpeg IMG_1322.jpeg IMG_1323.jpeg IMG_1326.jpeg

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                                      iammortalcombat
                                      Haraki san Prodigy
                                      Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                      I’ve got a bunch more I just need to find photos from. Basically have painted up about 2500 points worth of world eaters at this point in time

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                                        Mister_Brue
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        @iammortalcombat
                                        Joined: 31 May 2024
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                                          iammortalcombat
                                          Haraki san Prodigy
                                          @Mister_Brue
                                          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                          @Mister_Brue thank you! It’s really hard to put “art” in front of people who may not like what you do.
                                          Been painting for just a year but I feel I’ve kind of found my way with it. I started collecting a second army while I wrap up the last bits of this one and continue learning how to play.

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