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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: stone-cold-lead on 01 March 2013, 11:18:38 AM

Title: Greek Trireme
Post by: stone-cold-lead on 01 March 2013, 11:18:38 AM
I think this is my first post on this board! Anyway, just to save time I'll quote from my blog...

"A 1/600 scale Greek Trireme from Xyston Miniatures. Not my usual fayre but it was good to try something a bit different. I've never painted anything along these lines before and it kind of makes me want to paint up my Dreadfleet stuff but I simply don't have time to mess about with that at the moment. The eye emblem is a decal I made up as I got sick of trying to paint two identical eyes (one on either side). I made the sea base myself which again was a first for me and I think it came out alright. The rigging is 5 amp fuse wire tied and knotted around the masts and held firm with a drop of superglue. I wasn't too sure how to fix the wire to the deck in a manner that would keep it taut so ended up drilling into the deck and right through the model and base (very time consuming with only a pin vice and drill bit) which meant I was then able to thread the wire through, pull it tight and then flood the hole with superglue to hold it."

(http://stonecoldlead.webs.com/photos/undefined/trireme.jpg)
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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 01 March 2013, 11:54:21 AM
That is really nice. I have always meant to pick some of these but have never been able to justify a completely new theme to the lead pile.......
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Post by: Mad Doc Morris on 01 March 2013, 11:58:10 AM
Wow, quite an effort for such a small piece. 8) And an excellent result.
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Post by: Chairface on 01 March 2013, 12:00:45 PM
Lovely!
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Post by: marianas_gamer on 01 March 2013, 12:06:45 PM
Very nice and the base looks really good!  For some reason I was thinking that this would have been a winning LAF round.
LB
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 01 March 2013, 12:19:31 PM
What a surprise to meet you here, on this board :) And what a smashing piece of painting, bravo!

More to come?
Title: Re: Greek Trireme
Post by: stone-cold-lead on 01 March 2013, 12:23:53 PM
Quote from: Prof.Witchheimer on 01 March 2013, 12:19:31 PM
What a surprise to meet you here, on this board :) And what a smashing piece of painting, bravo!

More to come?

It was just a random commission. Although having popped my boating cherry I'd be a little more confident about doing similar stuff. No time to do anything for myself though unfortunately.

Glad it's going down well and thanks for the comments chaps.  :)
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Post by: Andym on 01 March 2013, 12:43:07 PM
Very clean paint job! Cool! I love the wee crewmen!
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Post by: Big Martin on 01 March 2013, 01:19:48 PM
That's great.

I saw a load of them on a bring and buy once - still wish I'd gone mad and bought them.
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Post by: Kugelfang on 03 March 2013, 01:11:50 PM
A terrific paint job. Makes me wonder where all my old Valiant galleys got to...

--jeff
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Post by: Elbows on 04 March 2013, 08:09:40 AM
Beautiful work. 
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Post by: El Grego on 06 March 2013, 07:48:56 PM
Very, very nice!
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Post by: fluffy05 on 09 March 2013, 02:51:43 PM
Absolutely stunning!

I love your attention to detail  :-*