Aggro 84's Post Apoc Thread- A few more Pacificon Pics 09/06/2013

[aggro84]

No pictures to post, and there probably won't be for a little while.
However, I just wanted to let everybody know what great service I got from EM4 Miniatures.

I ordered approximately 30 miniatures from the Future Skirmish range, in the evening before I went to bed. In the morning I had already been sent an e-mail advising that my order had shipped!

I received the miniatures in the mail today in California after only a one week wait.
The miniatures were carefully packaged and showed up in great shape.

There were no mold lines or flash anywhere on the miniatures and they were pre-primed.

Even with shipping they were a great deal!

Did I mention There were no mold lines or flash anywhere on the miniatures ?

I am extremely pleased with the purchase and the miniatures look great!

Thanks EM4.  

[Commander Vyper]

Doug is one of the best for speedy delivery, excellent casting quality and great value all round.

Quickest I've had from him, (being UK based) orderd at 14:31 Friday pm arrived 11:45 Saturday am! 


Good to hear someone else say it as I end up sounding like a EM-4 sock puppet some times!

The Commander

[dijit]

I can only add the same to your comments, always had superb experience from Doug at EM4.

[v_lazy_dragon]

I've also always had very good service and experiance from Em-4, and am quite a fan

[mattblackgod]

Same here. EM4 = Best service ever!

[inkwell]

Doug and Tim are the Beeskneez!

[TheMightyFlip]

What has been said is the truth, all hail Doug!

[aggro84]

Finally, I get a day off of work tomorrow to start doing some work on them. 

[aggro84]

Trimmed off the slottas, primed black and then high-lighted white.

Managed to cut my thumb in the process. Not badly though, no stitches needed. I'm just a little upset. I haven't had an X-Acto accident in years.



Started throwing down some paint.

[Steve F]

Look on the bright side - you don't seem to have got too much blood on the minis!

[aggro84]

Steve F-

Your a far better painter than a comedian. 

[aggro84]

more WIP's





slowly forging ahead.

[Luckyjoe]

Those min is look great. My favorite is the trooper holding up his hand. Nice pose, and all are nicely painted.

[Commander Vyper]

Use clippers rather than blade for tags mate, much safer in the long run.

Looking at your figures, I can't acutally see the benefit of your white highlight over black, its a dry brush not block, it's not zenith (ie reversed shading with thinned paints) and your paints look reasonably solid/good coverage so a little confused. Might be an additional thing that you could actually do without. The scavies could do with a little wash just to bring the shading out, but if it's still wip then all good.

The Commander

[aggro84]

Thanks Lucky Joe.

Vyper, thanks for the advice and comments.

I used clippers to remove the slottas and then an X-acto to trim and smooth the bottom of the models' feet. That was a mistake. I should have invested in a file to smooth out the bottom of the feet instead. Good advice about the clippers though. If I had not used clippers, I'd likely be missing a finger. 

Looking at the scavies, they could use a little more depth. I have never owned any inks before. I usually just used standard paint thinned down for washes. Maybe I should invest in a few inks? At least black and maybe a dark brown?

I prefer priming black over white because it speeds up painting not having to paint armpits and other hard to reach areas that don't really stand out much (unless they were white of course). When I primed black though, I noticed I would have to paint on several coats of certain colors for good even coverage. A quick white dry brush solves this problem and provides a cleaner top coat.

Hopefully this makes sense. 

Thank again for the input.