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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: blackstone on November 05, 2014, 10:28:20 PM
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I won this fellow on ebay a while ago and he has been kicking around the workbench for a while now. When he arrived his nose was pretty damaged and flattened like he'd been dropped on his face more than once. A session greenstuffing a new nose lead to a pretty extensive facelift! Been tinkering with him for a while since adding bits of putty here and there.
I didn't really like the weapon he came with so decided to make one from scratch. A plastic paintbrush seemed like a good general shape for a wooden club the perfect weapon for a giant for to bash things up with. It was pretty simple to then add a thin layer of greenstuff and add a bit of texture. Time to make some viking paste!!
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He's ace!
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I agree - he's ACE.
Tony
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Nice work!
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The Old Boy looks much better after all your loving attention. His new expressive face is a WONDERFUL piece of sculpting. VERY WELL DONE!
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Thanks for the comments! I shortened the club a bit and added some putty to bulk out his back since he was a little narrow from the side. Have to stop tinkering now so just waiting on some 2mm plasticard for his base and he'll be on the painting table!!
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He certainly turned out UBERCOOL...painting will only make him more so. GREAT WORK!
The Little Folk he is confronting look pretty splendid also. Enjoy all the painting!
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Nice rework-lite on that classic. :)
I love the C28s & they really are fun, characterful models.
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Excellent! :o
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Needing some willing heroes to take on that ugly giant I've been playing around with these foundry viking figures. Had fun changing some of the weapons. Added a bit of hair here and there and for some reason gave them all fat noses!! The girl viking was much too pretty. Now I think she looks like she could be handy in a scrap!!
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That is quite an improvement; the Trio looks TERRIFIC with oodles of personality...GREAT WORK!
The Fellow on the right looks like he's just witness the messy end of the fourth Guy from the Giant photo..."Oh Odin, that must have hurt!"
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Some great work here :)
cheers
James
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I love the improvements that you make to already great figures.
:-* 8) :-*
You have already inspired me to get to grips with my RT stuff soon.
I could really do without you distracting me into another genre with all this lark!
>:D >:D ;)
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Very nice. Another use for paint brushes!
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Some lovely conversion work there - nice greenstuffing, and great use of an old paintbrush!
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Who needs swords when you can smack things with a big stick!!
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What a wonderful thread.
The fat noses are probably due to Huygen and Poortvliet. I spent hours reading those books as a child.
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You have some OLD friends in the mix. Have a ball painting them up...I'm looking forward to your efforts.
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Thanks! Well the giant had been based and primed so hopefully I'll get a chance to slap some paint on him this weekend. I made the decision not to use static grass or tufts on the base but to go back to basics and use the painted tea leaves method of portraying grass!!
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Nice work with the green stuff. Looks like a very nice giant. Look forward to seeing him painted.
I have one of those C series giants (with "Tony Ackland head") somewhere in the lead mountain waiting for some attention.
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I met Tony Ackland at the first golden demons. He drew a goblin for me !! haha
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I'm on a roll with the giants at the moment digging old figures out the lead pile and aquiring new minis. I've been after the minifigs giant on the left for a long time and recently bought one on ebay. Lovely old figure. When I look at him and the frost giant, and to a lesser extent the hill giant, I just can't see them as evil. Maybe these will end up on the side of good!
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Great work, I love that you're not afraid to much about with classic figures.
Aside, that Tom M troll you've got in your warband is an amazing sculpt for it's time, obviously sculpted with moulding limitations in mind it's nonetheless a technically brilliant piece.
Edit: posted the same time as you!
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I suppose these old figures can be seen as collectors item now and certainly some of the figures are classics. There is probably a good argument for not altering them at all but converting always was a big part of the hobby for me and its more fun than painting!
Not sure which Meier troll you were referring to but if it was this one he ended up with a new face. Actually this did feel wrong but honestly I'm happier with the figure now.
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From my vague recollection of that mini, I'd say your conversion was a definite improvement.That is VERY expressive face you crafted. GREAT WORK!
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Yes that one, up close the anatomical subtleties are astounding. Don't feel bad altering it, is unique now!
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Some new recruits and some primed figures. A couple more C28 giants join the fray aided by a lovely old minifigs cyclops.
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The middle Big Guy in the top row has got to be one of THE COOLEST minis I've seen...he fits in nicely with the rest of the Gang. GREAT STUFF!
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Yes he's rather slendid. That particular body was the one I had when I was a kid so its pretty nostalgic owning him again. I still had the axe he came with, although it had had it's handle cut off. I remade the missing section and put it in his left hand.
I also managed to bag another couple of giants to add to the merry throng so here's a pic with a wee viking for scale! Hopefully some pics of painted minis soon!
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Great stuff!
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The big noses on those big'uns look great. Your little modifications are fantastic. They look so dynamic. 8) 8)
Cheers
Matt.
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Great stuff!
I agree; i.e., GREAT STUFF indeed!
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Managed to finally get some of these figures painted up and photographed! Up first is the C28 giant from the original post and a hillgiant companion. Then we have a wild looking preslotta citadel goblin alongside a C15 orc. The orc has his face tweaked a bit. Finally an Asgard nightmare painted up as a ghostly steed. For this I used the colour scheme I've seen for the army of the dead figures from LotR!
After a brief flirtation with static grass and tuffs I went back to painting tea leaves for grass and I'm pretty happy with the results!
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The Lads of Various Sizes & the Spooky Steed painted up BEAUTIFULLY...it's always good to see miniatures of that quality receive some OUTSTANDING brushwork. VERY WELL DONE!
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Fantastic work on some classic miniatures! :-*
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Very nice work :) I like the bases.
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Cheers!! Have a couple more finished up. The orc on the left was the third miniature I ever owned so he's a real favorite of mine!
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They're both cool looking old minis. The skin tones & brushwork are EXCELLENT. GREAT WORK!
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Took some pics of this ugly mob before getting them ready to prime tomorrow! Four giants and a little troll in the middle.
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GREAT STUFF! The Big Ugly Dudes are definitely not short on character...the Ettin was an old favorite. Have FUN with them all!
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Some new pics of old lead! First up some snaps of a re-based, tweaked and re-painted Grenadier Ettin. Then a group shot of the Ettin with an Admins goblin berserker and an old Asgard Owlbear! Enough to give a old adventurer nightmares!!
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Good to see some great old miniatures receiving a quality treatment with greenstuff and paint.
The owlbear looks like he just jumped out to frighten some adventurers.