Project Eldar… Rangers and more Warp Spiders , p.7

[Battle Brush Sigur]

So you're going to play on a ....snowy table?


These absolutely look the part; very cool.

[HerbertTarkel]

So you're going to play on a ....snowy table?


These absolutely look the part; very cool.

Thanks Sigur! High praise from a master like you   

Not mine - they are commission pieces, and I think the original batch (that painter bailed for whatever reason), started with snow bases. Probably ease of basing. So snow it is!

Thanks!

[HerbertTarkel]

So the guy I’m doing the Harlequins commission for gave me two 3D printed Falcons.

Problem: they were NOT cured. Whoever did the print for him, did him no favours. There was liquid resin INSIDE one of the models. I know because a brittle part opened up to a river of the goop. Which also smells terrible.

So I contacted my buddy who does a lot of 3D printing (and his company actually has sold most of his physical line to Crooked Dice!).

Solution: pure actetone bath, followed by UV cure in the sun (since I don’t have a UV tent). It’s been epically raining here, so I had to wait until this morning, when the sun woke me up - hooray.

And wow, it WORKED. I’m always leery of what acetone does. It eats stuff, it reacts, it’s flammable, don’t drink it… it’s nasty.

Using a paint tray base (the thick kind that you put a tray in when house painting), I put a generous amount of acetone (pure, industrial) in the reservoir. Tested a small part of a turret. And … looks like no eating. 

Dunked them and toothbrush scrubbed them, let them dry, and then put them in the sun for about an hour. No more sticky print!

Ready to prime.

[Rick]

Sticky prints can be a big problem - I had some open up soon after I got them and very messy cleanup involved. These days, no matter where I get them from, I routinely put them out on an open window for several hours just to be sure.

[punkrabbitt]

I am very happy to hear that the problem was resolved!

[HerbertTarkel]

Sticky prints can be a big problem - I had some open up soon after I got them and very messy cleanup involved. These days, no matter where I get them from, I routinely put them out on an open window for several hours just to be sure.

I let these sit for two days before I acetoned them. I’m lucky I had an expert on text to be able to help me sort it.

Now they are primed!

[HerbertTarkel]

It was a beautiful sunny day, so I cut some stencil masks, and then got on my Harley and went for a glorious twisty roads ride. 

[HerbertTarkel]

Using my Iwata Kustom CS airbrush, I applied:

- AK Gen 3 Rus Blue Light base

- AK Gen 3 Grey Blue added to the base and thinned with AK Acrylic Thinner

- AK Gen 3 Pastel Blue with more thinner to get to the highest level

Let these fully dry now for the afternoon, and then I’ll apply a quick gloss varnish inter-coat before going on to work purples into the scheme.

[HerbertTarkel]

Work up from basic airbrush to adding hand cut frisket stencils, and then some highlights. Also used a glaze airbrush layer to make shading easier.

[mikedemana]

Wow! The colors on those turned out amazing... 

Mike Demana

[HerbertTarkel]

Wow! The colors on those turned out amazing... 

Mike Demana

Thanks so much, Mike! I’m pretty happy with the purple on blue; I used Createx Wicked Colours for the purple - it’s normally an airbrush paint for doing goalie masks/gas tanks/automotive so the pigments are really deep. It’s the first time I’ve used the Createx on miniatures 

[HerbertTarkel]

One down, three to go. For the cockpit, I used something different. It’s called (oddly) “Turbo Dork” and it has to be applied over black base. Gives a neat iridescent effect. The cockpits were all painted black anyway to start with.


Overall, happy to get one done and now can work with the others.

[BeneathALeadMountain]

They look excellent. That screams ‘eldar’ paint scheme to me - I find myself subconsciously obsessed with purple whilst painting: it creeps in everywhere! I like the canopy edge/highlighting.

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[beefcake]

More great work. The gems have turned out nicely.

[HerbertTarkel]

Thanks guys! Really appreciate the kind comments!