MULP _ Now with Lara Croft painted

[d phipps]

Damn fine work! 

[Vagabond]

D.D. these are very nice, especially the biker with the beer - wow

[pistolpete]

Great work on the bikers.

[marianas_gamer]

Fantastic tattoos on the bikers!
LB

[Vagabond]

Hi again, do you mind me asking how you cut the bases, I have recently done some of these using pvc packaging, drew a circle and cut out with scissors the edge I got was pretty sloppy compared to yours.
It's not too bad but yours is much better.
Cheers

[Stavros]

Wow!....tats are great, something i always had problems painting and why i never got around to painting my 150 central american indians.

ps...Does the gangsta dude in the first pic get a chance of damaging himself by spent shell casings smacking him in the face!

[Duke Donald]

Thanks again for the nice comments!

Wow!....tats are great, something i always had problems painting and why i never got around to painting my 150 central american indians.

ps...Does the gangsta dude in the first pic get a chance of damaging himself by spent shell casings smacking him in the face!

I would't want to paint tattoos on 150 minis! That said, I "cheated" a bit. I drew them with a 0.3mm waterproof black marker before blending them in by using diluted washes.

He's a gangsta! He doesn't care about shell casings smacking him in the face, or incidentally hitting anyone, as long as he can strike a cool gangsta pose.

Hi again, do you mind me asking how you cut the bases, I have recently done some of these using pvc packaging, drew a circle and cut out with scissors the edge I got was pretty sloppy compared to yours.
It's not too bad but yours is much better.
Cheers

I use a circular disk cutter (note the plastic sheet looks white because of the protective layers that need to be peeled off):


You can find many models on eBay if you type "circular disk cutter".

I spent quite a while experimenting with various materials. Anything above 0.5mm becomes difficult to cut cleanly. I settled on clear 0.5mm styrene and glue the minis to the base with superglue. One downside is that this is too thin to pin the miniatures to the base. Initially I was worried about that. However, it is actually not a problem. The bond between resin/plastic and even metal minis to the base is pretty strong. I had one accident and the mini's heels snapped rather than it coming off the base.

And, finally a mini-progress update on the last mini I did yesterday a bit in a hurry. I give you Aisha, Queen Sharifa's tame cheetah. It's from Northstar miniatures. The global proportions aren't too bad but I wasn't happy with the head and paws, and resculpted them.

[MalcyBogaten]

I'm Glad it's not only me that has used permanent waterproof pens!! 

They look beautiful

[Vagabond]

D.D. Thanks for the info, I have some of these stamps and dies but smaller that I use for leather cloth and neoprene, mainly to insert eyelets - never would have thought to use them on PVC or styrene - good thinking.

Cheetah looks good as well
Cheers

[Duke Donald]

Thanks again for the comments.

A small update with a WIP sculpt. He's inspired from Agent Smith from Matrix. He obviously still needs arms and a few fixes here and there.

[d phipps]

Very cool!

[FramFramson]

Wow, nice work! Great likeness.

[Duke Donald]

Thanks Dave and Fram!

He's essentially done. I still have to fix a few minor things, but nothing substantial.

[Duke Donald]

Agent Smith underwent fairly extensive surgery and he's being joined by Agent Jones (still WIP). I also managed to find a Lincoln Continental from the mid-sixties. It was quite affordable and the quality's pretty decent. It's a bit too big, but I don't feel it looks too much out of scale.

[FramFramson]

Now that is a sweet ride. Scalewise it looks fine, so long as your minis are on bases.