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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: stone-cold-lead on 17 August 2015, 11:04:58 AM

Title: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: stone-cold-lead on 17 August 2015, 11:04:58 AM
Hasslefree certainly seems popular with my clients! I've painted some of these models previously and the colour schemes on these are similar to those earlier paint jobs but I've tried to change them up a little here and there.

(http://stonecoldlead.webs.com/photos/hf%20girls%20with%20guns%20small.JPG)

(http://stonecoldlead.webs.com/photos/hf%20thugs%20montage.JPG)

(http://stonecoldlead.webs.com/photos/hf%20survivalists%20montage.JPG)
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Captain Blood on 17 August 2015, 11:12:38 AM
Sumptuous.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Silent Invader on 17 August 2015, 11:20:41 AM
Awesome  8)
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: scarlowe on 17 August 2015, 12:14:14 PM
Great paintjobs on some great models.

The lumberjack shirt pattern is pretty sick.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: 6milPhil on 17 August 2015, 12:16:05 PM
Usual stunning work fella. I'm just off to snap all my brushes in half...
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Redmao on 17 August 2015, 01:37:52 PM
Great job, they look fantastic.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: magnusthetraitor on 17 August 2015, 05:54:36 PM
The pics aren't showing up for me, and based on the comments so far that makes me sad.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: stone-cold-lead on 17 August 2015, 06:15:41 PM
The pics aren't showing up for me, and based on the comments so far that makes me sad.

Try my website, blog or Facebook instead. Links all in my sig. :)


Thanks for the comments everyone.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Barbarian on 17 August 2015, 09:59:52 PM
What are the bases ?

Stunning painting as always.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Duke Donald on 17 August 2015, 10:12:56 PM
Superb! As everything you touch with a brush!
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: stone-cold-lead on 17 August 2015, 10:28:59 PM
What are the bases ?

Stunning painting as always.

Outlaw Miniatures. They were a new one on me. They're just plain bases though as I made the tops up.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: horridperson on 17 August 2015, 10:56:45 PM
The faded/washed out look of the plaid is beautiful.  How did you manage?  It looks like ages of tear inducing blending.  Great work.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Harwood Hobbies on 17 August 2015, 11:26:44 PM
That's some of your best work Simon!    :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: styx on 17 August 2015, 11:50:45 PM
Wow, nice work there!
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Melnibonean on 18 August 2015, 12:00:27 AM
You can't go wrong with Hasslefree figures.
Lovely brushwork.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Sinewgrab on 18 August 2015, 02:01:29 AM
And this is why I sometimes want to throw my entire set of brushes into the river.

My god man, the plaid shirt!  Beautiful!
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: stone-cold-lead on 18 August 2015, 08:14:43 AM
The faded/washed out look of the plaid is beautiful.  How did you manage?  It looks like ages of tear inducing blending.  Great work.

It wasn't too much of a big job really. Thankfully it was just the sleeves otherwise it would have taken a lot longer.

I can't remember what shade of blue I used now (could have been Vallejo Heavy Blue or Coat d'Arms Fester Blue) but I certainly would have added a bit of VMC US Olive Drab to mute it. That was just painted over the whole area and I think I used a little VMC Medium Grey to give it a couple of quick layers of highlight. No point in highlighting too much as the pattern obliterates it anyway. I then mixed some of the muted blue into either more Medium Grey or VMC German Camo Beige WWII and used that to add the lighter vertical stripes, then I did the horizontal stripes. Then a slightly lighter mix was used to paint in the squares where the stripes intersect. I used GW Zamesi Desert for the thin lines that run through the middle of the stripes and added a lighter dot where they intersect.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Agis on 18 August 2015, 09:18:48 AM
Oh my, as good as always!
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: knoxville on 18 August 2015, 09:27:11 AM
Brilliant! I love your painting style!  :-*
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Talysman on 18 August 2015, 03:04:15 PM
Those are gorgeously painted, well done!
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: marrony on 18 August 2015, 06:20:44 PM
Wowsers :o
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: uti long smile on 18 August 2015, 11:43:03 PM
Drool...
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: FramFramson on 24 August 2015, 11:30:01 PM
Excellent work as always... Nobody's commented on those rather interesting bases yet - can't say as I recall ever seeing ones with that shape! Fancy aftermarket bases, I suppose?
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: mweaver on 26 August 2015, 02:57:51 AM
Zowie!
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Bloggard on 26 August 2015, 11:50:31 AM
blimey.

if you'd told me a larger scale, both due to the sculpting and painting I'd have believed you.

Strikes me that such amazinbg brush-work really allows one to see properly the excellence of today's premier sculpting.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: Vladimir Raukov on 26 August 2015, 12:16:31 PM
 :-*

That is all.
Title: Re: Hasslefree survivors
Post by: zizi666 on 31 August 2015, 06:00:19 PM
And this is why I sometimes want to throw my entire set of brushes into the river.

My god man, the plaid shirt!  Beautiful!

+1

 :o :o :o