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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: dodge on September 05, 2009, 08:23:45 PM
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Been Playing around with these for too long now,
I'm fairly pleased,
what do you think,
photo's aren't great light was failing,
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Pulp/SDC10685.jpg)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Pulp/SDC10683.jpg)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Pulp/SDC10680.jpg)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Pulp/SDC10681.jpg)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Pulp/SDC10679.jpg)
And here are 7 cossacks I have finished sorry about these pics they are bad :)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Back%20of%20beyond/SDC10689.jpg)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/Dodge_2009/Back%20of%20beyond/SDC10690.jpg)
Hope you like them and thanks for looking :)
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Surely you mean "Marines"? In that case, nice. I´m not too fond of that style of basing, but I like the contrast between the dark jackets and the light pants.
If you meant to do "Matinées", then, however, you failed miserably, old chap. lol ;)
And those cossacks are pretty spiffingskoye, too.
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Really good job on the Devil Dogs! I love the look of the Pulp Figures and you did a really good job on them. Nice contrasting in the uniforms.
I ordered a set of these with the Montana style hats, cant wait for them to arrive!
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Sorry can't spell at all , amended now :D ;)
Cheers guys, I appreciate the good comments,
Chris how would you have based them?
I have just based mine asI always do so that they can fit in a BOB game at some point, always interested in your point of view
Galman you won't be disapointed in them I'm not :D
Dodge
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cossacks are grand
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Sorry can't spell at all , amended now :D ;)
Cheers guys, I appreciate the good comments,
Chris how would you have based them?
I have just based mine asI always do so that they can fit in a BOB game at some point, always interested in your point of view
Galman you won't be disapointed in them I'm not :D
Dodge
I´m just not too fond of those unpainted gravel bases anymore, used to do this some years ago (and really liked it at the time, mind you!). I feel it looks a bit haphazard and out of scale unless doing a "fantasy" or "scifi" setting. Nowadays, I use a mix of 3-4 grains of sand and fine gravel on a layer of white glue, into which I place larger gravel pieces (2-3mm) prior to applying the main mix. Finally, paint and drybrush, to give it a less "unfinished" look.
Now, if you like it, don´t change it. I wouldn´t mind playing against those. A simple improvement might be procuring some sand or gravel of a finer grade than the current stuff, but of the same or similar colour, and make a mix featuring various grades. It might look more "balanced" while retaining a kind of "rocky erg" look.
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Nice paintjob, but you really should remove moldlines. I don't think a paintjob is "complete" unless it starts with a thorough figure preparation, including removing moldlines. I think I told someone that in the LPL and was invited to send a set of files. Was that you?
Wow, sometimes I don't realize how obnoxious I sound until a later read. I'm now adding a completely necessary smiley: :) My apologies.
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Nice work Dodge on the US Marines and Cossacks.
Helen
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Nice paintjob, but you really should remove moldlines. I don't think a paintjob is "complete" unless it starts with a thorough figure preparation, including removing moldlines. I think I told someone that in the LPL and was invited to send a set of files. Was that you?
Wow, sometimes I don't realize how obnoxious I sound until a later read. I'm now adding a completely necessary smiley: :) My apologies.
I know what you mean, I didn't really see those but they do stand out,
Thankfully it wasn't me , I do generally have a good scrape round but missed some there.
Its fine you are entitled to your view :)
Chris I will look at reducing the size of the gravel and look for some sand, you make an excellent point.
Helen - thanks for your comments I just wish my photography was alot better this time :)
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bases....
now I get the point about the need to have a mixture of sand/fine gravel/coarse gravel cause it looks more natural
but why painting it?
it would look all "same colour" then, which is quite unnatural
what I do is mix the stuff but adding different colour gravels and sometimes some different colours of grass
then I fine tune with wash for the rain patina and a little bit of drybrush for dust weathering, but never all-over
with the right flair you get a pretty good natural look
my point is that with same colour painted or unpainted gravel, you get a big surface of the same colour which distracts from the model (unless you paint different colours ar add some grass, )
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bases....
now I get the point about the need to have a mixture of sand/fine gravel/coarse gravel cause it looks more natural
but why painting it?
it would look all "same colour" then, which is quite unnatural
what I do is mix the stuff but adding different colour gravels and sometimes some different colours of grass
then I fine tune with wash for the rain patina and a little bit of drybrush for dust weathering, but never all-over
with the right flair you get a pretty good natural look
my point is that with same colour painted or unpainted gravel, you get a big surface of the same colour which distracts from the model (unless you paint different colours ar add some grass, )
Can we see some of your examples please? ???
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Dodge Old Boy,
They are looking good, I like the colours on the Marines and the Cossacks. :)
I tend to agree with Chris about the basing though.
Perhaps if you don't want to move away from the natural look, perhaps a ink wash over the gravel would tone it down a bit and give it some contrast or go and paint it then drybrush over the top.
Or buy some sand as suggested. But hey they are your figures go with what you feel appropriate and I would happily play a game with you using them. :)
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Can we see some of your examples please? ???
sure
but you will have to be patient, since I don't own a camera...
I have to borrow one
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Smashin' Dodger. Good to see you've got back on the horse and haven't let your painting slump defeat you. Diggin' the Marines and the Cossacks.
For what it's worth I come down on the side of painting all the groundwork on a base. Drybrush and wash and then add a bit of grass to taste. It's personal choice obviously but myself I think it looks better than leaving it unpainted (which is what I used to do).
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Smashin' Dodger. Good to see you've got back on the horse and haven't let your painting slump defeat you. Diggin' the Marines and the Cossacks.
For what it's worth I come down on the side of painting all the groundwork on a base. Drybrush and wash and then add a bit of grass to taste. It's personal choice obviously but myself I think it looks better than leaving it unpainted (which is what I used to do).
Thats basically what I do, mix your sand, bird seed etc small grains with paint over and a wash and drybrush gove a good look. For large rocks add them afterwards to taste alongside grass.flock etc
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Dodge Old Boy,
They are looking good, I like the colours on the Marines and the Cossacks. :)
I tend to agree with Chris about the basing though.
Perhaps if you don't want to move away from the natural look, perhaps a ink wash over the gravel would tone it down a bit and give it some contrast or go and paint it then drybrush over the top.
Or buy some sand as suggested. But hey they are your figures go with what you feel appropriate and I would happily play a game with you using them. :)
Hey Mal,
Thanks for your input,
I am seeing this as a journey,
At the start it was all about painting and the feel of my style,
In the LPL the comments were tidy the bases around the edges which I do all the time,
and now I've got to c'mon you can cahange this a bit on the base and it will look better,
so its all great advice and taken on board then they may look even better than they do now 8)
everything anybody ever says is always taken on board and besides we all want our figs to look brilliant don't we :)
so next time we may have a little change
dodge
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Thats basically what I do, mix your sand, bird seed etc small grains with paint over and a wash and drybrush gove a good look. For large rocks add them afterwards to taste alongside grass.flock etc
Hi Guys
I think what I will do is change it slightly.
At the moment I stick to washers and then polyfiller round then paint an earthy colour and add the flock and static grass,
so I'll give this method a try then and see what gives :D
dodge
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They look very nice, but i have to agree with painting the bases. former user, I find that unpainted bases somehow make the figure look unfinished to me, and also break the "suspension of disbelieve". Instead of looking at a nice miniature scene, I see figs with sand and rocks. this also goes for rocks used for scenery and also plastic plants (unless you are actually playing with Kandahar sand!)
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Hi Dodge,
How did you get on with the colour for the boots?
I to look at improving my bases all the time. The LAF especially, for inspiration that I find the best source for discovery.
Helen
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Hi Dodge,
How did you get on with the colour for the boots?
I to look at improving my bases all the time. The LAF especially, for inspiration that I find the best source for discovery.
Helen
Hi Helen
To keep them similar with the other marines I have painted
I did the boots with a base of Tamya Hull Red with a highlight of a reddy brown colour I had from Vallejo it escapes me now what it was called but it worked quite well
I was goping to try your method on some US sailors I have to paint over the next few weeks ;)
dodge