Author Topic: Robot riot! (Read 10670 times)

Hydra · « **Reply #15 on:** February 08, 2008, 12:29:14 AM »

Those robots look spectacular! You must share your metallic technique with the group. When you see metallics painted like this, NMM look very flat and greyed-out in comparison.

As a miniature sculptor, one of my biggest pleasures is to see how different artists painted and converted my sculpts. The outstanding painting in this photo really made my day!

Agis · « **Reply #16 on:** February 08, 2008, 06:52:42 AM »

Very, very nice job. Especially the metallic effect looks very fitting and "heavy"!
Share your secret... :wink:

Jules · « **Reply #17 on:** February 08, 2008, 08:08:57 AM »

What total and utter rubbish... Oh no thats my stuff!!....

Abbott that is fantastic work clearly you have sold your soul to the devil it can be the only explanation.

So I'm with the burn the witch crowd...BURN BURN BURN. quietly pushes all models in view under a piece of newspaper Burn the witch he's making evil models of people to control them.. HAAHAHA....[/i]

Malamute · « **Reply #18 on:** February 08, 2008, 08:43:32 AM »

Oh My!

:love:

MaxxVane · « **Reply #19 on:** February 08, 2008, 08:57:24 AM »

Superb paint job

Are there any UK stockists of the Hydra figs ?

Rufus · « **Reply #20 on:** February 08, 2008, 09:45:09 AM »

Awesome work.

Tri3 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 08, 2008, 01:04:12 PM »

abbot_amaury,

You must share your metal painting technique. I want to be able to paint like I know what I am doing.

JollyBob · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2008, 01:41:38 PM »

If you'll excuse me:

Heyyyyy, Abbott!

C'mon man, spill it! We all want to know how you manage such incredible metals.

Gluteus Maximus · « **Reply #23 on:** February 08, 2008, 01:42:22 PM »

Yes, as many have already said, the metallics are superb. However, I also love the white on the scientist's coat.

It's very hard to get a good tone when shading white, IMO, but you've done a splendid job

:love:

Super_Gibbon · « **Reply #24 on:** February 08, 2008, 01:42:26 PM »

Fan-fricking-tastic. Spill the beans on your method, please.
And where did the scientist come from? He seems essential now if I want to get pulpy robots.

Torradas · « **Reply #25 on:** February 08, 2008, 02:23:51 PM »

The cheek of some people! Dropping gorgeous work like these for all we poor mortals to gawk at jaws dropped and then not giving us the secret formula for that wonderfully done VMM (VERY Metallic Metal).

Abbot Amaury is surely laughing in his lair, like the Evil Genius he is. He will drive us all insane!

Pray do spill the beans on your technique. Please. I´ll mail you a kidney.

Grimm · « **Reply #26 on:** February 08, 2008, 03:47:33 PM »

Verdamt noch mal !!!!!!

how did you make them so shiny !!!!!

:love:

Grimm

Operator5 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:08:30 PM »

Quote from: "Super_Gibbon"

And where did the scientist come from? He seems essential now if I want to get pulpy robots.

You can find him here:

http://rattrapproductions.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_5&products_id=21

The Dozing Dragon · « **Reply #28 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:41:21 PM »

Simply superb paintjob. The colour scheme for the robots hits the mark. Share that method!

abbot_amaury · « **Reply #29 on:** February 08, 2008, 07:56:08 PM »

Thanks guys!

On the technique: I wasn't that sure how to paint the robots when I started. I like NMM but imho it works better on smaller parts/areas of a model e.g. on swords or axes and not that well on the big parts (just a matter of taste). Besides of that it would have been a lot of work to nmm these big models...

So I used my old GW metallic paints: a mixture of black/boltgun metal as the first layer - than boltgun, chainmail and mithril for highlighting. During the highlighting I tried some thinned black ink but was not fully satisfied. Finally I brushed some weathering powder on the minis which worked quite well. It's the flask on the right in the photo. The spots on the stickers of the flask an on the white board may give you an idea of the characteristics of that stuff. You brush it on and remove the surplus with a tissue.

I discovered that powder somewhere in the cellar of my parents long ago. And I have been searching for a similar powder but never found anything that is nearly as good (the original manufacturer has removed the powder from his product range over 20 years ago - I called them once :cry: ). The only thing that is usable (but not quite as good) is some color pigment I bought in an artists shop (the flask on the left). I think it is used for mixing acrylics and oil paints normally....

The problem of the other weathering powders is imho - well that they are powders. The old stuff I prefer is more like dust so it adheres much better to a minis surface (the particle size seems to be smaller), while the powders simply falls of...

On the guns I used GW gold (with black), some flesh wash and the weatering powder again.

Hope that helps. Any suggestions on good weathering powder (or dust!) are highly appreciated :wink:

Cheers,
Hagen

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