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Post by leslie on May 21, 2022 17:57:39 GMT
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Post by Brian Cameron on May 21, 2022 19:51:02 GMT
How about black polyfibre as used for smoke, etc? Just gently tack the base of a clump to the figure base and then tease it out. Worth a spray with varnish or hair lacquer to make it a bit more robust.
I've never found it easy to buy black polyfibre in the UK but how about using some of the pillow stuffing that lots of people, including myself, use as smkoke for firing and spray lightly with black? I haven't any black spray paint to hand or I'd try it. If it can't be sprayed I still have a small stock of black polyfibre and and you'd be welcome to some.
Brian
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Post by Brian Cameron on May 22, 2022 12:58:08 GMT
Found a dark brown spray, so the effect is not quite as it might be but is this the sort of effect you're after? A pinch of polyfibre (soft toy stuffing?) sprayed and then 'positioned' round the base of a figure.
Brian
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Post by Mike Blake on May 22, 2022 17:58:17 GMT
Thanks all, will try these ideas out. So simple too!
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Post by thereferee on Jun 4, 2022 13:03:04 GMT
There are a few videos on YouTube of people crafting smoke and fire effects with cotton wool dipped and sprayed. I think Little Wars TV had one of the best?
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Post by Mike Blake on Jun 5, 2022 15:13:00 GMT
a wip shot of the first gang of Dracs - 1/2 human/1/2 dragon conversions from LOTR orcs, sorry about the background. 3rd from L is a Shamen. Leader is in the centre.
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Post by Mike Blake on Jun 5, 2022 15:18:01 GMT
Drac leader and Chantelier leader WIP. The nun has changed now from this version! He is a LOTR orc with a Lego dragon head, she is a Speira 3D print straight paint job.
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Post by Mike Blake on Jun 13, 2022 13:08:22 GMT
Three more shots of figures for this genre, all from Speira 3d printed figures - just paint jobs, no conversions. The originals are super - really crisp detail and very dynamic poses.
A squad of Chatelaines, the Fighting Nuns. the revised version of the earlier photo of a Chatelaine is second from the left. I decided the balefire was wrong in gree - that's the colour of the evil version to me, so I went for blue for good majik. The phots don show it but it is painted with pearlescent paint which makes for an interesting effect.
An adventurer with his wyvernette and a female drac in seductress mode. Both are said by the maker to be 'big lung' versions of the figures but I don't understand what that meant...
A female drac in fighting mode.
The figures are all 60mm 1/30 scale, chunky enough to fit alongside the Chintoy Gardes and Musketeers. These were meant to be the second group I did but the Gardes and Musketeers have proven...difficult. I decided on a traditional appraoch to the colours of clothing and uniforms (tabards) rather than the modern murky muddy sombre interpertations (which I may do later) and chose to try to match them to the King & Country painted metal figures. It has proved quite a challenge to get them to look right! I think I am nearly there now, so they should be appearing next.
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Post by thereferee on Jun 13, 2022 18:41:07 GMT
Lovely work! Those 3d prints are great. You’ve swiftly converted the Renaissance board into Fantasy 2: Son of Fantasy, Mike!
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Post by Mike Blake on Jun 14, 2022 9:28:53 GMT
Good point - apologies - my next posts will make up for this I hope by being strictly histerical, I mean historical!
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Post by Quantrilltoy on Aug 14, 2022 22:59:14 GMT
The new Chintoy TTM/CG have taken my fancy and I plan to do something with them - but not as per Dumas.
I loved a trilogy by Pierre Pevel set in the same time period but with the CG as the heroes (well some of them - the elite Cardinal's Blades) up against the usual villains (including the King's Musketeers!) and as an added complication which will not appeal to all - dragons!!
I started it in 75mm Papo but ran out of steam. Reckon it should be more magageable in 60mm - except for the dragons perhaps!
So - this is the question - sources of 54mm-60mm dragons? Papo are in the main too big - there will be scope for some 'specials' but many of the creatures in the books are man-size and wear ordinary clothes - so head swaps will work if I can find the heads...
Thanks for any and all ideas.
And all the best for 2022.
As for dragons and creatures I use just about any size and just create or borrow stats from Warhammer for different classes of beasts. Obviously, the really big ones are a bit of a dampener on everything else. |
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Post by Mike Blake on Aug 23, 2022 14:59:18 GMT
And now have a dragon skellie for the finale - stop it being resurrected! Found on Amazon for a fraction of the price Games Workshop wanted for an unassembled unpainted plastic kit!
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Post by Mike Lewis on Aug 24, 2022 8:55:55 GMT
And now have a dragon skellie for the finale - stop it being resurrected! Found on Amazon for a fraction of the price Games Workshop wanted for an unassembled unpainted plastic kit! That is a nice looking Dragon - how big is it? |
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Post by Mike Blake on Aug 25, 2022 10:50:08 GMT
14cm long from memory.plenty big enough for 54mm imho.
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Post by thereferee on Aug 25, 2022 11:25:44 GMT
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