WOTC Chainmail mins (updated April 4th Undead Minotaur)

[Damien]

Thanks DeafNala, I always enjoy reading your comments on the forum; always witty and humourous  Sometimes I wish I had your vocabulary.


Thanks again
Damien

[phreedh]

Paladin looks great! Terrific job on the shield, and as usual the armour is very nice.

Missed the skeletal troll last time round. He's ace! =)

[Bloodysword]

Cool figure! you did a great job on the shield.  The gold on the bird came out really great.

[Alxbates]

I love the Skeletal troll!  Great model, I never bought one when they were new, I probably should have... then again, it'd just be sitting in my unpainted lead pile...

Since everyone else is throwing their 2c in on the photography, I'll add a suggestion - "autofix".  The basic autofix option on Photobucket, Nero Photosnap Viewer, and most other image viewing programs will really help to brighten your images, especially if you have a white background.



Here's your initial troll image, I've done nothing to it but click 'Autofix'.  Much brighter.  This also works really well with a green or blue background that gradually fades to white, like many catalog images you see online.

-Alex in Alaska

[Damien]

Thanks phreedh, I was reading on your blog that your joining the Painter's League this season, Can't wait to see your teams, I hope to be able to join next year,

Bloodysword, yeah I am pretty happy with the gold came out nice this time, I was never able to get it to shine before. I credit the Devlan Mud wash.

Alxbates,  the troll looks great! I did not know that photobucket had that option, I am going to see if I can find it.

And if anyone has anymore tips, post them up, I would be glad to read them.

Thanks for the comments
Damien

[Faust23]

That Paladin is TITS!!!  Way to go D! 

As for back drop, I've tried a white sheet of paper, but that causes overexposure.  I use grey felt and nothing else.

The chainmail line was actually pretty cool IMO.  I used to stock it at the gamestore I managed. 

I don't recall that paladin, otherwise I'd have picked it up for myself.

Great job!

[Damien]

Thanks Faust,  I have a lot of these guys, I find some of them are tough to glue together, they have really small contact points. I really like their take on dwarves though (actually the gnomes are pretty different/cool too).


Thanks again
Damien

[Grimmnar]

That Paladin is TITS!!!

Ok a first for me. What does it mean?  :-)

Grimm

[Thantsants]

Sorry - don't know how I missed the troll too - brilliant stuff!

Really nice work on the Paladin also. 

On the photography front - as I keep having lamps dying on me (including a rather nice Ottlite hobby lamp which I got for my birthday and lasted 10 minutes before the bulb went!  ) I find the autocontrast button in Picasa works wonders! 

[Damien]

Hey Grimmnar, I think its a great exclamation!! Yeah TITS! We love them! 


Thanks Thantsants, I downloaded Picasa on your request, now I think I may start playing/using it. If you know of any other useful functions let me know.


Thanks guys
Damien

[Damien]

This is not a Chainmail figure but is a WOTC mini from their 1999 D&D miniature line. It is a 'Undead Minotaur'. I like him a lot and will be using him in my growing undead army.
I think I added too much static grass to his base, let me know what you think; also, I am trying some new background colours, let me know what you think about the blue.

Questions and comments always welcome










Thanks for looking

Damien

[DeafNala]

Love Skeletons...they always seem so happy. Now that I've gotten that out of my system, VERY NICE old bone effect. The base looks fine & the blue background works well with the mini. The only thing I might have done differently are the horns...may be a black or a graduated brown to sand effect; of course, that's merely a matter of opinion. VERY WELL DONE!

[Damien]

Hi DeafNala, I like the undead's toothy grin as well. Hmmm may be I should have painted them more like horns rather than bone; too late now, I hate re-painting when a mini is done.

Thanks for the comments
Damien

[Thantsants]

Cracking stuff - I like my grass patchy but it looks fine to be honest.

Sorry to agree with Deafnala about the horns - still looks ace though - know what you mea about repainting! 

[Damien]

Thanks Thantsants, I think everyone hates going back and repainting, he looks better  'live' though.

Here is a group shot with some WOTC undead, comparing size. I think they look pretty good together. As I stated before I am building an undead army using various manufacturers, I am going to try and photograph the army in a couple of weeks (wish me luck, I am still having trouble taking pics).





Thanks for looking
Damien