Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. I had a week off but that was for the kids (and shopping) so not much getting done there compared to the previous week off when I did all the work on Conan.
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| 54mm Cimmerian King (aka Conan) |
So first up I finished off my 54mm Cimmerian King figure by Andrea. The last bit was fiddling on the base. Everything was glued down with two part epoxy or PVA glue for the lighter items. I added in a blood spattered dirk and broken spear to the base and made a banner from green stuff.
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| Best flesh I have ever done |
The banner was done by rolling out very thin green stuff and then crumpling it into the desired shape and letting it dry. Once dry I painted in a light purple to add some colour to the base (otherwise a very dull brown) and to catch the eye. Finally I touched up the black edging and called him done.
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| Dungeon Saga Salamander |
For a break between big jobs I did another Dungeon Saga hero figure, the fire breathing Salamander. I tried out some Jo Sonja’s paints for the first time (they were cheap during a boxing day sale). Very nice colours and they cover quite well. However when they say matte paint, they really mean it. I tried a bright orange for the skin and it was very orange, and the flattest finish I have seen. More so than matt varnish. So when other people have mentioned that the Vallejo paints are slightly satin in finish, I now see what they mean. Like many things related to painting, it’s all relative.
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| Dungeon Saga zombie |
Finished off three zombies from Dungeon Saga in the quick and dirty method. Shouldn’t have gone with a brown for the pants and it blends too much. Never mind, these guys die off pretty quick :)
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| 1/35 Tamiya German 37mm AT crew |
Next up in the “in between figures” will be another 1/35 German from the Tamiya 37mm AT gun set. Really need to have a go at more 1/35 WW2 figures but just not enough time. 2017 will be the year of the Tamiya tank diorama (which I’m sure I will curse like the Violinist) I think.
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| 500 pages!! |
On Christmas Eve I found out that The Combat Company (just down the road from me) had the new FAQ Dioramas from AK in stock. 500 pages of diorama love :) Always best to buy the Xmas presents you want.
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| Halo Fleet battles bust |
Finally also at The Combat Company they had the “2016 Halo Fleet Battles Tournament” box on sale. So for under $20 I picked up the set as it had two 1/10 (?) size busts in it (as prizes I assume). I’ve assembled both and prepared them by undercoating them black and then doing white highlights to suggest shadow placements. I’ll probably do the human figure first.
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| Halo Fleet battles bust |
Four weeks to Cancon and I’ll probably take the Cimmerian King, the Amy Johnson bust and the Violinist diorama down to enter in the painting competition. I was going to take the old Ral Partha (mini) Death Dealer but I don’t think he is up to scratch. I love the figure but the others I’ve done more recently are better. Maybe I’ll be able to do the 75mm version for next year.
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