Mila Kusanagi - WIP2.0

Hi,

I managed to do some progress on my version of Mila Kusanagi from Andrea Miniatures. Still there is much work to do on this model but I think now you can see how it will look finished. After choosing that her Armour will be green I'm trying to be consequent with the rest of colors so that it all fits well together. I still haven't made the decision about the color of her hair but we will see :D. So here you have some photos and if you notice something that can bee better feel free to comment.

RED

Vargard Obyron

Hi,

Today I want to share with you with my recently painted model. Actually it's the 51 Necron model painted for the gaming purpose. Only 49 left till summer holidays. ;) Anyway, I wanted to keep some of the original GW painting scheme and change few colors here and there. All of my legendary heroes will share a mix of original GW's painting scheme. I just didn't want to paint all the models... blue. As for this little guy, my aim was to create a more sinister and darker version of the Vargard Obyron. It was an good example for me and my painting skills. I wanted to try again blending (grey elements) and silver shading.

For the couple of weeks I've been cleaning, assembling and painting Necron Warriors, so you can expect that in around one week I'll share with you with my army's troops. Right now I'm painting first batch of the Necron Warriors - 14 models.

Till next time.
Gimiak

Scibor marine wip pics

Hi
Last weekend we had a thebrushbrothers painting meeting:) I was painting my Scibor Templar knight which I won on one of last years competitions. Model is nicely sculpted and casted, with almost no mold lines. Definietely great to work on with.

As for the painting, I decided to make a freehand that looks like it was embroidered on the cape.
What do think about?

cheers!
loler

First TBB painting meeting

Hi,
last sunday we met together to paint some models. In history, we all participated in some kinds of "public paintings" and we knew that this is very good idea. Not only you can show your mini during its painting and gain some realtime feedback about it, but also it was more motivating to paint for a longer time. As per usual I wouldn't make myself to paint for 5 hours straight, but this sunday I didn't noticed when all that time passed. It was very fun and inspiring to paint together in our small painting group.
If you ever have opportunity to do something like painting meeting, don't hesitate- its always worth to chat and learn something new during painting.
Below you can see some photos taken during that time:

Beginning- me trying not to spill anything on Gimiaks head (you can also see here his special black pillows that come under wrists or elbows)

Luk learning from Loler how to paint freehands

Redav edge highlighting :D

Redav was too big, and thus he had to keep his mini on knee. Also Loler shows here his hair and that he is almost blind.

Oppa painting style!

Effects of 5h meeting.

And thats for all.

Thanks,

Czys

Old Industrial Floor

Hi all
I'll show you how to make an old industrial style base (60mm)
I used:
60mm standard base
Old hairbrush
Plasticard piece about 60x60mm
three-wire cable
Several single cables
0.5mm wire
8mm tube
A few sticks from lollipops
Metal netting with the old car air filter
cotton flakes

I started the construction of dismantling hairbrush to recover perforated sheet of metal. Then, using wires attached it to a standard base and cut to the shape of the base. Protruding parts match the design to the edge of the stand.

                                                                           

                                                                               

                                                                           
The next step was cutting plasticard to the size of a quadrangle with sides around 60x60mm. Metal grille with air filter I cut a similar but slightly larger size and glued to plasticard (super glue). When the glue has dried cut off protruding part of the grille.

                                                                         

Several single cables and sticks of lollipops, I wrapped a thin wire at varying intervals.

                                                                           

Tube and the rest of the cables, to cut a selected length.

                                                                               

Then I painted everything black primer. Round, a square base and a few other parts were painted using bound space of two shades of brown and orange - as a base rust.

                                                     
 Using maskol I did chipping rust. In addition, three-wire cable and tube painted crackle medium. When everything has dried put on the base color to the elements.

                                                                           

                                                                                                                     
  On the square base put on brown, and rust wash.

  Now is the time to put all the elements on a circular base. Once you have laid out how to arrange parts glued them using hot glue and super glue.

                                                                                                                                                         
                                         
When the glue has dried combined the two bases together. Using oil paints finished the corrosion, added stuffings and stains.

                                                                               
At the end I added a spider web using the cotton fibers, which are then sprayed satin varnish.

                                                                               
Remained only attach our miniature.

And it looks like the model on finished base.
                                                           

                                                                                 



If you have any questions feel free to ask

I hope you liked my tutorial.

LUK

Luz New York - Review

Hi,

Some time ago I bought a new model from Nocturna models. It is a new line of models based on artworks from Luis and Romulo Royo. Im a big fan of their artworks and when I saw this model I could not resist buying it :D

First of all this is a 1/12 - 70 mm resin model kit representing a character named Luz. The kit I sealed in a metal box with is very nice and consists of 7 resin pieces (including base) and a certificate.

The casting quality is very good and the details are very subtle and there ware almost no mold lines. This is my second contact with resin and the first was GW's failcast but here the resin is very good and there are no air bobbles so a big plus for that. The parts fit overlay good but not ideal. I know that I must use some green stuff to mask the links between parts but the cape and the head will be a different story, lucky nothing a cant handle. 

Here you can see some photos of the assembled model using bluetac.

I think this is a grate model and I'm positively surprised with the quality of this model. I will keep an eye on future Nocturna models because I can say their models are very good.

I think this model will be a true test for my painting skills and It wont be easy to paint. I hope to paint her this year maybe on a polish painting competition but time will tel. Now my son is a priority in my life and I have small amounts of time to paint but lets hope this will change :D.

RED

Demon part I

Hi
I wanted to show you one of the projects I'm currently working on. A Demon prince. Still there a lot to do about the converting, but I think it's starting to shape into what I want it to become:)
The first picture shows how it looks right now, and the second with parts attached with blue tag to see how it'll look like it future. The body in his left arm is from Forge World Skin wolf. I'll also convert it, it doesn't fit to his hand now:)

Hope you like it:)

cheers!

loler