Grenadier Box "Gold Line" group "painting" Therapy?

[Braxandur]

Refvan his ind donations have arrived -> thanks! As soon as time permits, I'll start with prepping the fighting men and inserting in the qeue at the proper place. I love painting these miniatures more and more with each brushstroke. They just feel right and look great as soon as paint is slapped on. I also started seeing them as potential models for use in a frostgrave warband. 

[Revfan]

Ok... here is my scenery/background WIP with my Fighting Men figures... I have based a few, but about half still need bases.  I am not as far along as I thought I was... but still, its a start!
My insiration is the "Keep on the Boderlands" D&D old school module.  This is going to be one of the entrances to the "Caves of Chaos"


It will eventually be an "almost" dry creek bed with maybe a trickle of water coming down the wall and out of some of the fissures.  The remains of a bridge. - I'll add some hewn longs thrown across the remaining bridge foundation.  In the corner I'll plant a lone thick, menacing vine (a la' watcher in the lake) that is creeping out of a hole and around a broken entrance door (will be on left).  


And here is my Specialist WIP


I tried the technique of First White, then a Light Black Primer.  Not sure how I feel about it.  Lots of little white spots to deal with in the cracks that are normally hidden with the all black primer.

[Too Bo Coo]

I use corks too to paint.  Some things I discovered was that champagne corks work best and that it helps to make a 'bed' with hot glue and then to sit the cork into it.  The minis make the corks top heavy and prone to fall over.  This way you get a non slip base for pennies.

Nice stuff BTW!

[otherworld]

Some things I discovered was that champagne corks work best............

I'll give that a try with my next set, although it will mean opening my last 10 bottles of Bollinger!      

[Too Bo Coo]

I'll give that a try with my next set, although it will mean opening my last 10 bottles of Bollinger!      

  I use a dremel cut off wheel to make the tops of the corks flat.  If I base the minis first, I just hold them down with blue tac, works GREAT.  For my Otherworld minis that I put on clear bases, I run a wire or pin through a foot and then stick that in the cork and use a drop of glue on the other.

[marklt31]

I have these figures I know there not all grenadier im just not sure which are not and are . I have stripped a few of them for repaint
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/13/a7/1e/13a71e038609eedaab9f280b021b0ba5.jpg
https://uk.pinterest.com/marklt27/knights-unkown-make/

The flag is hand painted by a friend 10 years plus ago

[Jonsta]

Hi,
I'll try to add a few pics.  I am currently whittling down on the 2008 Thieves box.





AntiMatter, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for posting your hirelings pics on coolmini or not way back when.  It helped me get through painting that box.

[Too Bo Coo]

I tried the technique of First White, then a Light Black Primer.  Not sure how I feel about it.  Lots of little white spots to deal with in the cracks that are normally hidden with the all black primer.

I thought zenithing was the other way around.  Black base and a light zenith spray of white?

[Revfan]

I thought zenithing was the other way around.  Black base and a light zenith spray of white?

Yeah... that is what I meant to say.... sorry!


I am close to being done with the Specialist (or at least as done as I am going to be).  I've been working on the Secret Santa thread and neglecting my work bench of the last week or so.... but should be back at it.

Practice makes perfect, and I can see an improvement over the Fighting Men... a few thousand more minis and I can call myself a novice painter!

[Jonsta]

These are really just great.  Is the boar head free hand or a decal?  If it's freehand bravo! If it's a sticker, where did it come from?

[otherworld]

The boar's head was painted freehand, copied from a book on medieval heraldry.

[otherworld]

I've finished my Dragon's Lair, just in time for the end of the month.  Photos to follow, probably tomorrow.

[otherworld]

OK, this is 5009 - Dragon's Lair.



So, about 33 years after buying it, I finally got some paint on it!  In the early '80s, TSR (UK) published a monthly newsletter for members of their D&D Players' Association.  On the back page of each newsletter was a listing of discounted TSR products available only to members.  These were damaged goods which couldn't be sold through the normal retail network, and the listing often included sets of Grenadier AD&D miniatures.  Some were more damaged than others, with figures missing or squashed boxes.  Some just had missing shrink wrap.  I didn't have much disposable income back then, and the full priced sets were out of my reach, but I bought a few sets from the Players' Association, and this was one of them.

There are a few bits that could have done with a bit more time spending on them, but I'm afraid that I lost patience and rushed it to get it finished.  Maybe one day I'll go back and attend to them, but probably not.  It actually looks better in real life, as the lighting has flattened out some of the highlights in the photo. 

[LeadAsbestos]

Looks amazing! I had that set back in the day, and you've done a great job on it!

[m4jumbo]

Very nice job on the Dragon.  I have that set as well, sadly still unpainted since I got it back in the day.