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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: psyberwyche on January 05, 2017, 02:38:10 PM
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Though the suggestive thread title may promise of double entendre, it is in fact just self explanatory lol
Here's my first effort for the Conan game by Monolith, which has provided yet another distraction from the painting queue!
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/400/31280113554_394f4b8086_z.jpg)
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/621/32003094571_f23e628991.jpg)
Altogether now...
"CROM!"
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Great stuff! Love the muscle highlights.
And... I'm not sure if I should ask him what's best in life, or just mumble "you're terminated!" <g>
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The Big Guy looks TERRIFIC...BEAUTIFULLY painted & a FINE job on the base. VERY WELL DONE!
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I'm pretty unimpressed the miniature I have, so you've done some splendid work making it look that good!
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Fantastic! I know he's Conan, but he looks like he belongs on the Heroquest cover! :-*
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Fantastic! I think that's the best painted example of this model I've seen.
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Thanks guys.
I was heavily inspired by Remy Tremblay's paint job - especially painting extra strands of hair to stop it looking rounded and, well, plastic :)
@Elbows The hero models look awful in bare plastic, and they need a lot of work. It took me three times longer than usual to get this standard of finish compared to the other barbarians I've painted. TBH, I'm really tired of seeing the argument from the Monolith fans that it's the colour of the plastic making the details look shallow, but actually they're amazing, etc. It is *not* true. The lighter plastic models have rounded edges, poorly defined details, etc, compared to the dark grey bad guy models. I'm currently painting Belit, and she's awful. Most of the detail will be painted on, I think, but she's so tiny I might need laser eye surgery halfway through lol
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Psyber does Conan well ! :)
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Psyber does Conan well ! :)
And he showed it on the internet, cheeky bastard...
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Psyber, your GREAT paint job with that PERFECT face gives great value to what otherwise seems to me just another anatomically-challenged miniature, CONGRATULATIONS ;)
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Excellent pj!
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One of the best versions of this I have seen - keep them coming!
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Amazing what you did to this mediocre miniature. So far haven't painted up any one of them and I wanted to skip the whites alltogether, but this is promising....
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Very nice. :)
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Crom! That is an awesome paintjob!
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Yep, from the boxed game from Monolith.
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So, I'm averaging one figure every five months. that 120-fig Kickstarter set is looking easy! lol
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4250/34778896275_697f582ae0_z.jpg)
I present Shevatas, the rogue.
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Beautiful work! I'm at the tail end of selling off the majority of my Conan stuff, but I kept a handful of cool models/big beasties.
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The painting on that guy is stunning, but I really don't like the way he's holding his dagger. It looks like he's scratching his back with it.
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Worth the wait! :-*
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So, I'm averaging one figure every five months. that 120-fig Kickstarter set is looking easy! lol
There just isn't enough time in the day to paint all of the figures that I'd like. I can probably paint an above-average miniature, but it just takes me far too long to get anything done. I finally gave up and resorted to a clean basecoat and Quickshade soft tone.
Nice figures though.
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Two in the same week? I'd better slow down or people will start to talk.
I present Hadrathus, with my first ever attempt at 'object source lighting'.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4199/34750825891_3b6af42438_z.jpg)
I'm currently halfway through that horrible Belit model, and hating every second of it... :-D
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Looking good. Belit for me is all twisted, so I should get her replaced before I start on her.
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Plodding on very slowly with the Conan game contents. Here is Belit:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4502/38129088602_ccd219abbc_z.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4585/38105684696_435a9acf87_z.jpg)
Now, this is one of the worst models I've ever painted. I hate her. HATE!!! It's taken me an age, and almost put me off the entire project. Yet now she's finished (to a standard I can live with) I can finally look at the rest and think "well, none of you lot will be that bad, so bring it on..." lol lol
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Nice set of figures you are putting together. Are you playing on the game tiles or going 3D with it?
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Game tiles, but purely due to space considerations. I just don't have room for yet another scenery set :)
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First of all, simply stunning work. Feeling rather breathless...
You know, I've been considering picking up some of the Picts for my Conan project (love the look of 'em!). Have any of you tried painting those figs? Are they the same low quality, in terms of being difficult to paint, ill-defined detail, etc.?
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You know, I've been considering picking up some of the Picts for my Conan project (love the look of 'em!). Have any of you tried painting those figs? Are they the same low quality, in terms of being difficult to paint, ill-defined detail, etc.?
Thanks for the kind words.
The big issue with the Conan game is that, in order to differentiate between heroes and 'monsters', at the last minute Monolith decided to make the heroes in white plastic, and the monsters in grey. This resulted in the heroes coming out rather 'soft' and lacking detail. Now, Monolith maintain that this is just a trick of the light due to the colour. Their more die-hard fans tow the party line. But it's nonsense - I've been painting miniatures for 25+ years, and those white plastic heroes are not as well cast as the grey plastic villains. Period.
So the answer to your question is: the Picts are actually very nice! lol The hard grey plastic looks well detailed. I'm just painting up some of Belit's guards now, but afterwards I plan to start the Picts, and I'm quite looking forward to them.
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Thanks very much for the reply, P! That's actually very good news, as I'm really only attracted to the bad chaps; I've already got some good Conan types by Bronze Age (in lovely metal too), and so intend to pick up only a selection of the figs by Monolith. By any chance have you seen or painted the mummies? Pulled by them as well.
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Excellent.
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By any chance have you seen or painted the mummies? Pulled by them as well.
Yep, here's a picture. Now, they're in the good plastic, although there's a fair few mouldlines on these one. But, they are very finely featured - sort of 'true scale' rather than standard wargame proportions, and that makes them a bit finicky. Moulding seems good, and the plastic is fairly hard (although you need to heat them up/bend them into shape sometimes).
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4525/38236415441_4f59708bcb_z.jpg)
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P, awfully kind of you to answer and take that pic - it's by far the best picture I've seen of those. I can see that they would be fiddly to paint - and my skills are nowhere near yours - but I might still snap up a few from e-bay and see what I can do with them. I do like their look.
I greatly appreciate the responses! Right, I'll stop hijacking your thread and let you get back to that painting. But do keep sharing! ;)