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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Cait Sidhe on February 25, 2016, 11:51:37 AM

Title: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Cait Sidhe on February 25, 2016, 11:51:37 AM

Old Citadel nostalgia isn't usually my thing but I painted these for a Citadel themed paint-along. Strider and Hengist, from the c01 Fighters range. They're a bit super smooth looking due to some varnish issues...

Strider
(http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k504/KHoneyman/Miniatures/Fantasy/Strider_FrontFinal.jpg~original)(http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k504/KHoneyman/Miniatures/Fantasy/Strider_BackFinal.jpg~original)

Hengist
(http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k504/KHoneyman/Miniatures/Fantasy/Hengist_FrontFinal.jpg~original)(http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k504/KHoneyman/Miniatures/Fantasy/Hengist_BackFinal.jpg~original)

The take away lesson here is if you have problems with matt varnish having a bit of sheen just leave it well alone.   >:(

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: blackstone on February 25, 2016, 07:05:27 PM

Nice painting particularly on Hengist's face. :)

(Btw maybe try some Daler Rowney Soluble Matt varnish if you're having sheen issues. It's the mattest varnish ever.)

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Cait Sidhe on February 25, 2016, 07:38:09 PM

Quote from: blackstone on February 25, 2016, 07:05:27 PM

(Btw maybe try some Daler Rowney Soluble Matt varnish if you're having sheen issues. It's the mattest varnish ever.)

The varnish was fine after a good shake, unfortunately I accidently gloss varnished them again as both gloss and matt are in identical bottles...  :'(

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Vermis on February 27, 2016, 10:30:23 PM

 lol They look good regardless. I'm particularly impressed by Strider.

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Spooktalker on February 28, 2016, 06:09:12 PM

They look good! Get labels on those bottles!  lol

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Globlin on February 28, 2016, 09:13:41 PM

They look great - I feel your pain with regards to the varnish issue though, had similar calamities myself!

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Legion1963 on February 28, 2016, 09:33:10 PM

Indeed. Both miniatures have realy nice paintwork. However, the Strider/Aragorn miniature is from the boxed set Khazad Doom and included also miniatures from Boromir, Gandalf and a Balrog. The attached picture shows the painted balrog. ;-)

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Cait Sidhe on February 29, 2016, 11:08:10 AM

Thanks for the comments folks.

Quote from: Spooktalker on February 28, 2016, 06:09:12 PM

They look good! Get labels on those bottles!  lol

Haha, they are labelled it's just the labels are identical with one word difference. The varnish actually looks different as well with the matt being pretty opaque, it's not a mistake i'll make again.  ;D

Quote from: Legion1963 on February 28, 2016, 09:33:10 PM

the Strider/Aragorn miniature is from the boxed set Khazad Doom

Thanks for the info, when I looked him up the Citadel Strider I found was posed differently but I guess I didn't check boxed sets. Looking at the prices for the Balrog on ebay I don't think I'll be finishing the set anytime soon.  :o

Title: Re: Classic Citadel (Strider and Hengist)
Post by: Cait Sidhe on July 11, 2017, 10:44:13 AM

Edit: Accidentally posted while trying to fix the pictures and can't see how to delete posts...  ::)