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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Westfalia Chris on January 16, 2010, 06:27:07 PM
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Even if I did not do EM-4's stellar service (q.v.) justice (since it took me a week, albeit ill for a bit, to paint them), here's a number of the old Grenadier barbarians.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/5/140_19_01_10_11_02_09_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/5/140_19_01_10_11_02_09_1.JPG)
Lovely, old-fashioned models, without being ridiculous (although the swords seem to be the progenitors of the Celtos Cricket Bats). I hope to use them to re-kindle the "Hyboria" project I wanted to start back in 2007, when we ran the first LPL season.
Unfortunately, apart from buying the "Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition" book and the "Conan the Barbarian" DVD, I don't have much of an idea where to start properly (although I'm positively enamored by the fact that every other story seems to feature a Lovecraftian horror of sorts! :-*).
I think I´ll look out for suitable miniatures which tickle my fancy at the next few shows, and draw up some terrain concepts (that "steppe-ish" look of the Conan movies is rather nice).
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Wonderful painting - I do like a nice Barbarian
If you are looking for inspiration have a look for the Savage Sword of Conan collections - anthologies of the 70's and 80's b+w comic magazines which closely follow REH's stories
The art is fantastic
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4279625342_3441c31325_o.jpg)
I think Mr. Copplestone may have drawn some inspiration from here himself
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4278880671_91d28cfe06_o.jpg)
have a look on Amazon, they are very good value for money
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I'm loving the dude with the helmet, first picture, figure on the left. He's great.
Nice skin tones all around, makes me want to read some of my REH stories.
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I dig the fur bikini ;)
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Very nice Chris. Good old Conan. I have all his books in a box in the loft somewhere ;)
By the way, the brilliance of your English never ceases to amaze me... 'Progenitor' - bloody hell, most English people don't know what that means! :)
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By the way, the brilliance of your English never ceases to amaze me... 'Progenitor' - bloody hell, most English people don't know what that means! :)
Actually, it popped into my mind sometime this week, and I've been aching for a chance to use it in a posting! lol
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Very cimmerian! :)
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I second the Savage Sword of Conan comics. I read them as a teenager and they're wonderfully inspirational. I head people have been playing Conan adventures using the Broadsword Adventures rules. I haven't seen those particular figures in a decade. You've certainly done them justice.
Rob
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Nice painting on my favorite barbarians ever - definitely fit the Hyborian Age. I look forward to seeing what you have in mind with your Hyboria project and agree with the idea of using SSOC for visual inspiration.
If you need any info on anything Hyborian don't hesitate to PM me - I have been a Conan fan for over 30 years and have read all the stories several times at least!
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I dig the fur bikini ;)
must be beaver fur ;)
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must be beaver fur ;)
Thats what I was thinking actaly
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Very nice Chris,
there is something amazing about the two of us ...
I also paint miniatures for adventures in the Hyborean Age at the moment.
I paint Turan soldiers. I already have finished Conan and some
other hero type figures. Soon I paint some dessert raiders from Conans time as a Kozaki leader.
Cheers
Björn
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Yeah, and are you ever going to set up a game, Björn my man??? :D
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I will...maybe at the Do Or Dice. Most probably at the GLAM
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Here is my version - he's a bit old now and may need tarting up - but you can't deny he's a fantastic sculpt
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4281312795_da90c9f500_b.jpg)
I have the mounted units and the hero on the Sabretooth - wonderful models
I'll look them out and see if I can photo them
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Very nice Chris,
there is something amazing about the two of us ...
Björn
Were you separated at birth?
Are you actually in unconscious telepathic contact?
I think we should be told! ;)
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I'd rather think the Prof experiments with forum browsing implants ;)
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Were you separated at birth?
Are you actually in unconscious telepathic contact?
I think we should be told! ;)
I'd like to think it's a classic if productive case of "great minds think alike". :D
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like the two broad/winterbottom vignettes?
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like the two broad/winterbottom vignettes?
Excuse me?!? Even though I went home for the holidays to savour my mother's excellent cuisine, my posterior did NOT increase in size; therefore, I wholeheartedly reject the supposition that my bottoms are particulary broad this winter!
;)
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oh, exqueeze me
I failed to notice You were a vinaigrette ;)
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Great work, Chris! I have some of the old Copplestone Grenadier barbarians - though mine don't look half as good as yours :(
I really need some more soon.
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Very nice painting, Chris. The Copplestone Barbarian-range is one of my all-time-favourites, and for years I think about starting my own ice-warrior army similar to the one Alex did some time ago. I would base them on the "Ice and Fire"-series by George R.R. Martin and his ice-warrior host. Ahhh, so many projects, so little time ...
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Good looking hunks, WfC!
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Hi,
also italian company Mirliton (Florence) put back into production the Grenadier serie of FANTASY WARRIORS miniatures, almost all of them. For the army of the Barbarians, at our suggestion, Mirliton put into the catalog, for the Barbarian army, also the Cimmerians Cavalry, mounted on a tiger.
The site of Mirliton (also in English) is:
http://www.mirliton.it/
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-barbarians
For our fantasy world of NARAN, we made special units and individuals for the Cimmerians (Barbarian army).
Here are some pictures of a battle where the Cimmerians were deployed against the Naran Imperial Legion:
the link to the page is:
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/Battaglia.html
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/pics/Barbari_06.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/pics/Barbari_08.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/pics/Battaglia_20.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/pics/Battaglia_25.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/pics/Battaglia_27.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Borgomanero_2008/pics/Battaglia_37.jpg)
Good sight!
Bye
Sergio, LotB (Lord of the Bears)
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/
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I must have some of those tiger-mounted chaps! :-*
I like the way you have done different colours and patterns for the tigers. The grey version is especially attractive and is an idea I will have to steal ;)
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I must have some of those tiger-mounted chaps! :-*
Hi, Gluteus Maximus,
please, could you explain me what does it means "chaps"?
My google-translator do not translate it into italian! :(
You may order by mail the Cimmerians Tigers Riders to Mirliton.
Bye
Sergio
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Hi, Gluteus Maximus,
please, could you explain me what does it means "chaps"?
My google-translator do not translate it into italian! :(
"Chaps" is a colloquial term for men, often used in the meaning of "guys", "buddies" or "friends", all used colloquially. I think "compagno" is a rough equivalent for the singular "chap".
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lovely armies and interesting scenarios
romans vs barbarians.....
btw
chap (n.)
1577, "customer," short for obsolete chapman (see cheap). Colloquial sense of "lad, fellow" is first attested 1716 (cf. slang tough customer).
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"Chaps" is a colloquial term for men, often used in the meaning of "guys", "buddies" or "friends", all used colloquially. I think "compagno" is a rough equivalent for the singular "chap".
Many thanks,
bye
Sergio
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lovely armies and interesting scenarios
romans vs barbarians.....
btw
chap (n.)
1577, "customer," short for obsolete chapman (see cheap). Colloquial sense of "lad, fellow" is first attested 1716 (cf. slang tough customer).
Many thanks to you too.
I'm very happy that to have appreciated our scenario.
The idea of the Imperial Roman Legion in our fantasy world of Naran, it is derived from the novels of Turtledove of "The Lost Legion" and also by TV movies of Xena.
We have also put Xena in Naran, with the name of Axena, in the army of the Heroes of Parnassus.
Bye
Sergio
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turtledove seems to inspire a lot of wargaming nowadays
though I must say I find his writing style a bit exhausting
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Turtledove inspires this wargamer to think his Conan pastiche is the worst lump of crap ever penned.
For Romans vs. Barbarians, read Bran Mak Morn by REH, the man understands the barbarism vs. civilization theme.
I do like your Cimmerians, the brushwork brings those classic models to life.
Ryan
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Turtledove is crap, I have read a few of his books actually and each one is worst then the last. Hollywood should hire him to write for them because his style is on par with all the horrible movies they have been putting out as of late.
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a more comprehensive description of my turtledove style perception, so to say ;)
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More painted minis (a bunch of axemen and archers to follow):
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/5/140_23_01_10_6_15_24_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/5/140_23_01_10_6_15_24_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/5/140_23_01_10_6_15_24_2.jpg)
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Very nice!! :-* What rules are you using?
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Very nice!! :-* What rules are you using?
Currently, I'm leaning towards either Lord of the Rings (since those make for a nice, quick-paced game, with quickly-handled melees in particular), or Broadsword Adventures; but since I'm not too much of a role-player, and could never quite wrap my head around the nonetheless excellent .45A rule concept, I think it'll be the first one.
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I agree, the LotR rules are great. I use them for a lot of things.
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Those really are great!
Ryan
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beautiful, Chris! :-*
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Very nice Chris :).And yes H. Turtledove is awful,for my money M.Scott Rohan's Winter of the World is a well written series and plenty of ideas for the likes of us.
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I agree, the LotR rules are great. I use them for a lot of things.
We (Naran Team), instead have made the armies lists for the army of the Lord of the Rings to play them with Fantasy Warriors, we believe that it is a wargame much higher than GW's game (very similar to the historical wargame Impetus), with the entire unit on one large base only. Instead, we put the GW's miniatures of the LotR series on individual bases (square or rectangular) and thus we may use them for the battles described in The Lord of the Rings, with the F.W. rules.
We added those armies in our world of Naran, of course changing their names:
Gondor = Camelot (Iperborea)
Rohan = Danir (Iperborea)
Saruman = Xanatar
Sauron = Saunorassar
Haradin = Khaladrin
ETC.
We also use, however, 28 mm Black Tree miniatures, of the serie Lords of the Realm, which were nothing more than those of the Lord of the Rings when they were sold by Harlequinn.
Bye,
Sergio
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/
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Here you have some pictures of our battles with Naran's armies of the LotR:
Xanatar's army (Saruman) vs Naran Imperial Legion
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Xanatar_Legione/Battaglia.html
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Xanatar_Legione/img/Battaglia_011.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Xanatar_Legione/img/Battaglia_017.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Xanatar_Legione/img/Battaglia_023.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Xanatar_Legione/img/Battaglia_030.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Xanatar_Legione/img/Battaglia_010.jpg)
Danyr (Rohan) vs Khaladrin (Harad)
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Varie/Battaglie_varie.html
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Varie/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin/pics/Iperborea_01.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Varie/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin/pics/Kharadrin_01.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Varie/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin/pics/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin_01.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Varie/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin/pics/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin_02.jpg)
(http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Varie/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin/pics/Iperborea_vs_Kharadrin_03.jpg)
:)
Bye,
Sergio
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/
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Aww now I'm looking at barbarians on ebay as well as all the other stuff whizzing round my head - dammit!!
Great job - any ideas where I might pick up some of the old grenadier minis?
Got a strange virus warning when on the Mirliton site looking at their mulleted madmen!
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Great job - any ideas where I might pick up some of the old grenadier minis?
I got mine from EM-4. Some of those are out of stock, especially cavalry, but apart from that, quality and service are first class.
http://www.em4miniatures.com/
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Got a strange virus warning when on the Mirliton site looking at their mulleted madmen!
I've heard this a few times now, but I just can't find anything dubious in the source code of Mirliton pages. Was it possibly "Trojan.JS.Redirector.ar"? At least Kaspersky, G-Data and F-Secure have currently a bug showing this as a false alarm on a variety of sites.
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Yeah - there doesn't appear to be anything nasty on my computer - the message that flashed up said something about scanning my computer for me - being a complete luddite I closed it all down too quick to investigate further!
>:(I'm with the Cimmerians when it comes to technology! >:(
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Because I'm a sucker for muscle bound, clothing challenged Barbarians (R E Howard and Marvel have a lot to answer for) I'll keep the thread going.
Chris's painting (and photography) skills knock mine into a cocked hat but just to prove Mr. Copplestone's mini works of art look good with even a slap dash job .... I present Conan and (Blue) Sonja
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4317226464_702383c2f0_b.jpg)
Sonja is actually a clix Supergirl with a quick repaint and a sword, scabbard and buckler added from the bits box - I think she worked out rather well.
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Very impressive conversion. She certainly looks right for a Hyborian adventuress :-*
Your Conan's not too shabby either - I'd be happy if my painting was as good as that.
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Now for a thing that isn't really Howardesque, but then again, there are so many cthulhoid horrors in the stories that a little (see below) polycephalic snake won't hurt.
Enough rambling - I got myself one of Scotia Grendel's resin and metal Hydras. This is a frickin' beast - more than 8 inches long, some 5-6 inches tall, and weighs more than a kilogram. The body is a single-piece resin casting, to which metal necks are attached. Four of the necks have integral heads, three heads can be chosen from a selection of six. These of course require some putty to hide the joins, as is the case with the body-neck joints; some sculpting to make it match the scales and manes (I don't quite get why a snake should have hair that would put Van Halen in their prime to shame).
Painting was done to resemble "real-life" snake patterns so as to reduce the "fantasy flair" of the model; a Revell Ochre base over a white spraypaint undercoat, washed with a mix of reddish browns and bronze, then drybrushed. Dark areas are Vallejo Panzer Aces Dark Rubber with a bit of black mixed in and washed in VGC Black; the white scales were individually painted using a mix of VMC Sunny Skin and VMC Pure White. Horns and teeth to match with greenish brown, lightened up a bit. To reduce the manes' effect, I painted them the same dark colour of the back scales.
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/Modelling%20and%20Miniatures/Return%20to%20Hyboria/Seven%20Daughters%20of%20Set/HYDRA_01.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/Modelling%20and%20Miniatures/Return%20to%20Hyboria/Seven%20Daughters%20of%20Set/HYDRA_03.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/Modelling%20and%20Miniatures/Return%20to%20Hyboria/Seven%20Daughters%20of%20Set/HYDRA_05.jpg)
That's it pretty much. The base measures 16.5cm (6 3/5") in diameter; the figure is one of the previously-featured barbarians. Hope to do some better pictures later on.
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OMG!!!!
:o :o :o :o :o
That is awesome! I love the snake pattern. I'm assuming that you painted the individual scales for it.
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I don't quite get while a snake should have hair that would put Van Halen in their prime to shame.
Seven heads? Perfectly normal. But hair? Oh, no! ;)
A beautiful piece of work.
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Superb - and to think I'd got excited at the old citadel hydra which is tiny in comparison!
I seem to remember that one being hairy too!
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That is awesome! I love the snake pattern. I'm assuming that you painted the individual scales for it.
Even though I risk diminishing my market value, I only painted the white scales per hand. To quote myself:
Painting was done to resemble "real-life" snake patterns so as to reduce the "fantasy flair" of the model; a Revell Ochre base over a white spraypaint undercoat, washed with a mix of reddish browns and bronze, then drybrushed. Dark areas are Vallejo Panzer Aces Dark Rubber with a bit of black mixed in and washed in VGC Black; the white scales were individually painted using a mix of VMC Sunny Skin and VMC Pure White.
I chose this approach after discarding my original plan of actually highlighting each scale from hand after seeing how many there were on the model... lol But the white ones really worked out, since I could use the ochre as the darkest part of them, and it's looking fine now. :)
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THAT IS FRICKIN AWESOME!
I really like that mate, might have to buy one myself that's so damned cool! :)
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You Sir, are a dangerous dangerous Man, with dangerous dangerous Ideas..
*must...have...Hydra...too* *argh*
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from the painted stuff I saw from you this is the best !
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Quite superb
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Chris, this is annoyingly good - or should I say superb? I'm really envious now.
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that hydra is a beauty, maybe I should get one for my mythic greece project too?
Marko
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Wonderful work - the pattern on the scales really is superb. :-*
It would fit in perfectly with Conan - after all there are giant serpents, so why not a Hydra or two?
I'd noticed only one head has a crest. Presumably he is the Chief Head. I wonder how you would become Chief Head on a Hydra :?
lol
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I'd noticed only one head has a crest. Presumably he is the Chief Head. I wonder how you would become Chief Head on a Hydra :?
lol
I'd guess they first have a head count to see how many eligible voters are present and then, if a Voice Vote is inconclusive, head either for the "aye" or "nay" door...
;)
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The paint job on that Hydra is really fantastic. It was good plan to go for realistic tones for the scales in the context of a freakin' huge multi headed monster.
The barbarians are really nice too but the hydra is brilliant.
Out of curiosity, how long did you take to paint the hydra? I am a slow painter (although the end results dont always look it...) and I am curious as to how long that took you.
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Out of curiosity, how long did you take to paint the hydra? I am a slow painter (although the end results dont always look it...) and I am curious as to how long that took you.
I received the item Wednesday, a week ago. It was exam week, so I only worked on and off, usually in the evenings (Wednesday assembly and puttying, Thursday morning primered, Thursday evening basecoated, and then worked on the pattern from Friday to Saturday evening; Varnishing Sunday morning, and basing sometime thereafter). Thus, some four days, all in all; maybe some 10-12 hours, all taken, excluding drying time, but I didn't keep records.
The main "problem" wasn't really the size and/or complexity of the beast, but rather its weight. I had attached the wood base with superglue prior to painting to be able to handle it, but still, the 1+kg the thing weighs were quite a challenge.
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I received the item Wednesday, a week ago. It was exam week, so I only worked on and off, usually in the evenings (Wednesday assembly and puttying, Thursday morning primered, Thursday evening basecoated, and then worked on the pattern from Friday to Saturday evening; Varnishing Sunday morning, and basing sometime thereafter). Thus, some four days, all in all; maybe some 10-12 hours, all taken, excluding drying time, but I didn't keep records.
The main "problem" wasn't really the size and/or complexity of the beast, but rather its weight. I had attached the wood base with superglue prior to painting to be able to handle it, but still, the 1+kg the thing weighs were quite a challenge.
lol
That's the trouble with these big metal models - you need a left arm like Conan's to hold the buggers steady whilst painting them ::)
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Thus, some four days, all in all; maybe some 10-12 hours, all taken, excluding drying time, but I didn't keep records.
Thanks for the breakdown, that was exactly what I was interested in :)
I am looking forward to seeing more of your Hyboria work. I dont really know anything about Conan other than the movies so I am interested to see what you do next.
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Thanks for the breakdown, that was exactly what I was interested in :)
I am looking forward to seeing more of your Hyboria work. I dont really know anything about Conan other than the movies so I am interested to see what you do next.
I'm currently painting up more Barbarians, but will reserve those for the new LPL's first round; I'm looking forward to Vapnartak on Sunday, though, and hope to get a bunch of stuff suitable for use there (maybe some late Romans for use as Aquilonians). As well as that, my local Hobbycraft now stocks the Tamiya prehistoric animals range, and I'll get the "mesozoic creatures" box, mainly for the crocodile, but also some "small dragons" to populate Kushite jungles etc.
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These are great. Keep them coming.
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Holy crap that is awesome! Love it! :-*
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That is without question the greatest hydra I have EVER seen!!! :-* :-* :-*
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That is one fantastic hydra, and one fantastic paint job. Nicely done, sir!