Jagannath's 15mm Sci Fi (More additions to the space opera cast! 7/4/20)

[zrunelord]

I'd rather prefer you'd stay focused on 15mm, please

I second that, don't abandon 15mm, though as you say 6mm offers great scope for what you're after.
I have started to do terrain pieces which can be used for 15 & 28mm. You could go the 6 - 15mm route.
Both scales are much more versatile.

Z

[Stroezie]

Well I for one would love to see what you come up with in 6mm !!!
But we all knew that now didn't we
Cheers,
Stroezie.

[Jagannath]

Ah don't worry - I won't be abandoning 15mm sci-fi. In many ways I don't think of 15mm sci-fi as my main project anymore (even though it's about 70% of what I paint), it's something I paint around other projects. There's always more to do though!



Here's my latest - a GZG Xar and World of Twilight critter conversion. He's going to be a Bib Fortuna type character to accompany a Jabba tyoe gangster/slave trader I'm working on. Very pleased with him, thought the 'glaze' I use to do my basing has gone a bit weird around his legs - I think I'll slap another tuft in there.

[Reed]

Saw it on your Instagram account. Glad you started there, since I use it regularly.

[Oldben1]

Great work and coloring.  He is a great conversion.

[Ockman]

Another cool mini, with another great paintjob!

I've got to learn how to make as nice highlights as you do...

[Jagannath]

Another cool mini, with another great paintjob!

I've got to learn how to make as nice highlights as you do...

My highlight philosophy is 4 layers then a 5th that's basically just dots. Easiest to see here:



Sounds a lot of effort but the last two layers are just so so quick as they're so sparse. Worth noting I also apply 2 gloss coats and then use Dullcote, which does flatten contrast a little. It's why all my WIP pics looks a bit more extreme - it's intentional (honest)! Basically, next time you think you're finished, mix up a murther highlight and dot it around at the most appropriate places.

[Jagannath]

Hiay all,

Decided to take a few pics of everything I've painted in the past year...here's what i wrote on the blog:

I’m starting to get my brain into gear for this season of Lead Painters’ League (assuming it's on this year), and that got me thinking about everything I’ve produced since the start of the last one.

One of the things I enjoyed about LPL was that the ‘pressure’ of keeping up a consistent flow of minis at a high standard (debatable) forced me to learn a few things – it’s where I started pushing my highlights further, using less washes and more layering (because of the drying time) and got my desert basing formula down to a tee. It’s really where my consistent 15mm Sci-Fi project ‘started’.
Admittedly it’s not the most minis in the world, and I’m sure there’s painters out there who could produce this in a month (though, in all fairness, it’s not the only stuff I’ve painted) but it’s a nice and consistent cast of minis, which is all I wanted it to be. So this year, there’ll be plenty more 15mm sci-fi groups, plus a lot more 15mm Fantasy.

Here's the sci-fi batch (not the easiest thing to take pics of)



and I'll be posting my Fantasy group over on my fantasy thread: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=102905.0

[Grumbledook]

A very lovely collection indeed! They look like the cast of a movie, one that I would definitely watch even if it was limited to a short release on Betamax.

Looking forward to the coming year’s produce.

[Sangennaru]

Wow, what a group shot!

[Jagannath]

Thanks both!

A very lovely collection indeed! They look like the cast of a movie, one that I would definitely watch even if it was limited to a short release on Betamax.

Looking forward to the coming year’s produce.

That's exactly what I'm going for - cheers! Rubber costumes and dusty sets - I love that wave of schlocky b-movie sci-fi that followed Star Wars... very silly, often crap but great for setting space adventures in.

[Andym]

Fantastic! My favourite is the big hairy thing with the rifle! The Gruffalo is no longer taking any shit!

[Jagannath]

Haha thanks! Yeah, he's one of my favs too (mostly because I sculpted the face), though the conversion in a blue jacket at the front and the blue goats are up there too...

[Jagannath]

And now, a couple of new bits! (sorry, slightly dodgy photos ahead!)

Firstly, here's a very silly space-barbarian. I had the urge for a He-Man type chap, so a tiny bit of greenstuff and some paintwork 'conversion' gives us him:





I've got a Malig campainger from the Ion Age to go with him as a pathetic bag carrier, slightly Slaine-esque.

Next up, a sort of Jabba type fella I wanted as the leader of a space-slaver caravan i intend to make. I'm not overjoyed with this mini - there's something about him that feels a little 'unfinished' (maybe the black eyes, or the nails) and the bracelet I gave him (for no good reason) isn't the best look in the world. Still, nice to box him off.

[Anselm van Helsing]

Another of those epic painting logs with imagination and finesse.

I don't see anything wrong with the baby-Jabba. But you could paint some texture on her (must be a she!) back, like stripes or dots, in order to make her more interesting. Just an idea. Love the bracelet.