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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Abwehrschlacht on January 28, 2021, 06:05:11 PM

Title: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on January 28, 2021, 06:05:11 PM

Here's a new video showing how I painted the Aliens from Aliens: A Glorious Day in the Corps:

https://youtu.be/cHQ4KfF6SpA

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: Cacique Caribe on January 28, 2021, 07:18:29 PM

Fantastic.  Well done!

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on January 28, 2021, 08:46:01 PM

Cheers, it's a pretty simple technique tbf, it needed to be with 16 of them to paint...

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: johnl5555 on January 29, 2021, 12:31:48 AM

  Thanks for the video! Are you having any issues with their tails? Some of mine pop off.

Thanks.

John

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: wds0855 on January 29, 2021, 09:39:21 AM

Quote from: johnl5555 on January 29, 2021, 12:31:48 AM

  Thanks for the video! Are you having any issues with their tails? Some of mine pop off.
Thanks.
John

I used a pin vice to drill into the body to make more room for the tail to join. Then I used some green putty to secure the tail in place. After painting up you can notice anything was added to reinforce the tail. I think this has helped somewhat.

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on January 29, 2021, 12:14:10 PM

Cheers chaps, I'm not having an issue with the tails, I used liquid polystyrene cement and it is strong enough to hold the tail after drying for a long while.

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: wds0855 on January 29, 2021, 04:03:38 PM

Alien pics -

Here are photos of some of my painted Aliens. I modified the tails. I heated heated small pot of water, then held the tail in the water until the tail was soft; then gently reshaped it. Wanted to add more variety to the poses.

In the one photo I circled where I used the green stuff to add additional "strength" to the tail. You can't really notice it after painting.

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: Abwehrschlacht on January 29, 2021, 04:52:43 PM

They look great and a good idea.

Title: Re: Painting Aliens from the new Aliens Board Game
Post by: Dentatus on January 30, 2021, 12:15:44 AM

They look good. And props for the tail adjustments.