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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Burnin Coal on March 24, 2020, 01:48:34 PM
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....after many years of drifting from project to project to whatever next caught my eye along came Mortal Gods...two things happened simultaneously...it enabled me to immerse myself in a subject that I knew nothing about plus gave me an excuse to have a go at the Victrix plastics that had caught my eye at Salute....
Roll on a few months and I had become completely fascinated by the history and had achieved an all time first - everything that came in the box is now painted !
Here are the first units....first up the Slingers and the Peltasts
Edit: somehow I posted the Slingers twice but can’t figure out how to get rid of the double
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Very fun game, superbly painted minis :-*
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Top job on those minis 8)
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Great Stuff :)
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Fantastic flesh shades on those minis. :-* :-* :-*
Care to share how you did it?
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Excellent paint job. Especially the straw hat :)
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These are lovely. Well done.
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i love the subtle shading on the tunics. Gorgeous. Would love to know your technique!
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Thanks for the kind words chaps, with no work for the foreseeable future they count for a lot
@ 1000ft....my technique? Enjoy the process rather than rush to get finished
@ Hu Rhu....flesh tones ? Hmm....bit of a work in progress as am constantly experimenting but happy to share ...in this case:
(1) base coat Vallejo Burnt Umber (2) Thinned down Foundry Mediterranean Flesh 125 A (3) Glaze of Mediterranean Flesh A on all but deepest creases (4) Pock out higher areas with 50/50 glaze of Mediterranean Flesh A & B (5) Wash of P3 Flesh tone (6) Pick out higher areas in Med Flesh B (7) Highlight 50/50 Med Flesh B & C
Here are my unarmored Hoplites from the core box
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Always enjoy seeing more Greek hoplites and their hangers-on.
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Those are looking very nice indeed BC 8)
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Outstanding brushwork!
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Cheers guys....here are the Hoplites
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Lovely. :-* :-*
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Now those are absolutely smashing!!! :-* :-* :-*
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Thankyou for all the kind words....and now....roll the dice and pray for good omens ! Here gathered together is the entire core box ready for a bit of Polis burning
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Perfect painting!
Would you please, please, please make some videos!
I've been doing this for years and cannot make the straight lines and details you do.
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Perfect painting!
Would you please, please, please make some videos!
I've been doing this for years and cannot make the straight lines and details you do.
Thanks for your kind words...even if I were set up for video I’m not sure what I could teach that isn’t out there already....there’s some well made and concise videos on YouTube made by a very talented young woman under the name of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy...I wish I’d watched them before I embarked on my Hoplites as her recipe for linothorax is way better than mine and as such I have adopted it for the Spartans I am currently working on ;)
As for straight lines and details....without hesitation I would say get a bigger brush and make sure it is best quality, the larger size actually affords you way more control over well thinned paint....for sure everyone has their own idea of what is best, personally I have never found better than Winsor & Newton Series 7....I do most of the work with a number 1, occasionally use a 0 and for very fine spots sometimes drop down to 00...having said that 90% I get done with the number 1.....whilst more expensive than similar brushes working with these Victrix plastics for the first time I have made the happy discovery that plastic is far kinder to sable than white metal ;)
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Stunning paintwork Burnin Coal.
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Hello,
superb paintjob !!!
Nikkobourges
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Yes, absolutely excellent work.
Especially the checks along the hem line.
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Awesome indeed, very wonderful paintwork :-*
Shame on me for missing it!
Watched many of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy videos you mentioned, they are highly informative especially the older ones where she used a number of Foundry paints.
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Brilliant work!
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What everyone else said; fantastic paintjobs.
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Lovely clean paintjobs on those beauties sir :)
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Great painting, i especially like the petasos details. And your fleshtones. I agree on the brushes, if taken care off a good kolinsky brush will last for long time. If you can get them, i would also recommend Rubloff master series. They are made in russia with the best quality hair and by cutting the middle men, they are much better priced than the established brands that you just pay for the logo. We are lucky here in Greece to have 2 vendors that offer them, i understand that in other countries these are not easy to find.
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You should be very proud!