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Post by Alexis on Feb 16, 2015 11:09:36 GMT
Hello Fellows! Since I have now crafted a cool modular dungeon it was about time to get some minis to play with. I had never painted any miniatures before but I dove right into it. With a friend I went out to get some minis and equipment and we just went for it. These are the first results and I wanted to share them with you. I am quite pleased with what we did considering we are complete beginners.
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Post by Meph on Feb 16, 2015 11:12:51 GMT
Very nice. I just got a small batch of single Reaper Bones minis this week and started painting my first minis also. Yours turned out great. What paints are you using? At the moment I am still just using cheap 50 cent craft paints which I am sure is making my job much harder than it needs to be.
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Post by Alexis on Feb 16, 2015 11:18:01 GMT
We are using the Citadel paints from Games Workshop. There isn't a lot of variety to chose from where I live. They are a bit expensive but absolutely worth it.
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Post by curufin on Feb 16, 2015 12:45:10 GMT
Never painted before?!?! Those are incredible! Very nicely done!
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Post by Alexis on Feb 16, 2015 13:12:57 GMT
Thank you. I've painted other stuff before like the stuff I craft but never minis or something so tiny.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Feb 16, 2015 13:57:59 GMT
Howdy,
I admit it...You are better than me!(smiles)
EXALT BUTTON!!! Kev!
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Post by voduchyld on Feb 16, 2015 15:29:31 GMT
You sure got some serious skills! they look great!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Feb 16, 2015 20:41:37 GMT
they look real nice ! you da man ! or girl !
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Post by Alexis on Feb 16, 2015 20:56:14 GMT
Thanks for the compliments. Makes me happy to know that my beginner's work is actually pretty nice.
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Post by chiefsgtbradley on Feb 16, 2015 21:00:55 GMT
Never painted before?!?! Those are incredible! Very nicely done! Yes indeed they are. Am-A-zing!
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Post by bloodchoke on Feb 16, 2015 23:34:33 GMT
Wow, those look great. I especially like the wood elves. You have some serious painting skills. Can't wait to see more!
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 17, 2015 14:30:05 GMT
AWESOME job. You did a better job on this than most "professionally" painted minis I've seen. It looks so organic and natural. Keep it up.
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Post by Alexis on Feb 17, 2015 15:18:14 GMT
Thank you. I was going for a more "natural" look. I didn't really like the sort of "comic" style they were painted on the boxes they came in. Maybe I should make painting minis my job ;-)
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Post by voodoo on Feb 23, 2015 7:30:08 GMT
Mad Skills keep it up. Sure would like to see your minis after you have some experience with mini painting lol. wicked first minis! (I suck at painting haha...but working on it)
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Post by Alexis on Feb 23, 2015 7:32:22 GMT
Mad Skills keep it up. Sure would like to see your minis after you have some experience with mini painting lol. wicked first minis! (I suck at painting haha...but working on it) Thank you ^^ I'm going to post more as soon as I can. I have about 50 painted minis by now ;-)
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Post by jazhi on Feb 24, 2015 3:58:18 GMT
They are beautiful! Sounds like you're making great progress, too.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 25, 2015 0:32:53 GMT
Thank you. I was going for a more "natural" look. I didn't really like the sort of "comic" style they were painted on the boxes they came in. Maybe I should make painting minis my job ;-) Yeah. It's a tragedy when someone uses neon colors on a mini. Ruins the realism for me.
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Post by Alexis on Feb 25, 2015 6:42:56 GMT
Yeah. It's a tragedy when someone uses neon colors on a mini. Ruins the realism for me. oh don't even mention neon. I hate neon colours. They might have some uses but in general they just don't look nice.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Feb 25, 2015 7:52:33 GMT
dont tell that to erasmas he used neon on figures already ! though he might say, it was tron figures and hed be right about it !
i like comic styles. i just dont like realism all that much. maybe thats why i love warcraft more the other MMOs.
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Post by Alexis on Feb 25, 2015 7:58:14 GMT
dont tell that to erasmas he used neon on figures already ! though he might say, it was tron figures and hed be right about it ! i like comic styles. i just dont like realism all that much. maybe thats why i love warcraft more the other MMOs. Well a Tron figure would actually be one of the purposes where I actually approve of neon colours ;-) For some effects they are just what you need but just not in general. There is always an exception ;-) of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Everyone likes different things. I like comic styles too (also Warcraft), just not on my minis. There I prefer a little bit of something more realistic.
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