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Post by adamsouza on Feb 13, 2024 3:27:58 GMT
I've done everything on the list.
If you've never played with 3D Design, I recomend trying out tinkercad. It's free and you would be amazed how many things you can make with it. I made robots, terrain, space ships, bases, and monsters.
Two Part Expoxies was probably the hardest. You have to learn to mix minute amounts of putty at a time and sculpt in layers. It's effective and what lots of the Pros did before 3D modelling, but it probably takes the most time and disapline to get good at.
Hot glue is great for making monsters. I made a dozen Chaos spawn, water and fire elementals, oozes, air Elementals, and combined with gravel I made a half dozen Earth Elementals as well.
Air drying clays are forgiving, but you have to deal with shrinkage and they sometimes be brittle. I trained myself using dollor store playdough mixed with some PVA glue. You just can't really do fine detail with it.
I had an entire Chaos Daemons Army that I made entirely from converted models, toys, and epoxy putty.
To be honest, I enjoy modelling and converting models more than I do painting them, and I defiently spend more time building models than I do actually playing with them.
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Post by adamsouza on Dec 18, 2023 16:10:04 GMT
I think 3D printing pretty much kild the molding and casting hobbyists other than Hirst Arts.
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Post by adamsouza on Dec 19, 2022 22:11:31 GMT
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 11, 2020 19:04:35 GMT
Those minis look great.
Thank you for sharing your creations.
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Post by adamsouza on Aug 2, 2019 11:39:52 GMT
Great Build! Subscribed to your Youtube channel. Seeing this makes me want to make some new dungeon terrain.
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Post by adamsouza on Mar 24, 2019 22:31:15 GMT
Looks really good.
I might have to try something like this for Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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Post by adamsouza on Jan 23, 2019 2:19:03 GMT
I did buy a set of the Caesar Miniatures Ratmen, about 2 years ago...
Just realised that I used dice last week to represent wererats, when I had the entire box of Caesar miniatures Ratmen assembled and based about 10ft away.
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Post by adamsouza on Feb 11, 2018 6:23:34 GMT
The Mage Knight 2.0 releases are harder to find but are more robust and more uniformly sculpted.
The same thing can be said for any Mage Knight model that was released in the Rebellion set and then later re-released in the unlimited set. The unlimited sculpt will be a bit harder to find but will be of higher quality.
That said, the monsters and golems from any set are usually well done.
The elves and goblins from the early sets are soo thin they often break or lack significantly sculpted detail. The elves in the later sets (unlimited onward) are more like Warhammer miniatures in scale and sculpt. The Orcs prior to 2.0 are a bit comical in their proportions, and the ones from 2.0 on are more serious looking.
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Post by adamsouza on Feb 9, 2018 2:41:49 GMT
Fire Mephits! I like 'em! Hero Clix Fragment minis are good looking fire creatures. There are least 5 different ones and last I looked they $0.49 were each on CoolStuffInc. They have a distinct human face on them. If not desired, it could be covered with hot glue. I ran with this idea. They could easily be used as small and large fire elementals, but I'm planning on using them as Brimstone Horrors and Flamers of Tzeentch.
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Post by adamsouza on Feb 8, 2018 4:41:07 GMT
I just picked up 20. Figured I could use them as Slaanesh themed Harpies in my 40K Chaos Daemons Army as well as maybe see some D&D use. They are a great price. I'm starting to feel like maybe the Miniatures Market owes me some free minis at this point. If you repaint them I'd love to see what you do with them. It only took me 2 1/2 years to get around to basing and painting them :facepalm: Chaos Daemons Furies of Slaanesh.
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 30, 2017 4:21:38 GMT
Thank you for the kind words guys.
I'm the same way myself. Mostly just lurk and hit like.
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 29, 2017 0:45:44 GMT
I know this won't make you any money but you could always donate the piece to the local gaming shop. I've actually built terrain for one of my local stores that does a lot of miniatures battles and the owner was really happy with what I gave him. I didn't donate as many pieces as you have, but maybe the owner will give you some store credit. The thought had crossed my mind... I actually donated a collection of terrain to the LGS when they started carrying 40K a few years back. I got a few thank you's from a couple of players and no acknowledgment from the store owners. In the last couple of months, a good chunk of it has disappeared from the store, and presumabley into people's personal collections. Unfortunately, I find that people some times only value things when they pay for it. To be honest, I was willing to accept pretty much any offer. Didn't put a price tag on it because I wanted to see what other people would value it at. To date, more than a dozen people have read the post, and I haven't gotten a single reply. It's not a collection of my best work. Mostly stuff I built and never got around to finishing, but I figured since they were lite on terrain I would offer.
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 27, 2017 17:06:23 GMT
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 2, 2017 22:59:04 GMT
Welcome !!
D&D 5E is my favorite edition of D&D. Easy to DM and Play.
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 1, 2017 16:27:38 GMT
This is what I've been up to the last few days. Started with this image. Printed it out. Cut it out, then glued it to a cereal box. I notched where the folds were, then flipped it over. Next, I took a ruler and pen and scored the fold line on the back. Fold and glue. ALternate colors can be found in this gallery.
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Post by adamsouza on Nov 1, 2017 8:20:23 GMT
That is pretty Epic.
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Post by adamsouza on Oct 5, 2017 14:29:01 GMT
In all fairness, that guy started doing stuff to those plastic minis that would have destoryed metal or resin figures, as well as their paint jobs.
Will they ever hold up to abuse like a prepainted plastic D&D miniature ? No.
Those D&D figures are in the $3-$4 range per figure, in the blind packs. These zombies and skeletons are less than $.10 each, and will likely do well if you treated them like a 40K figure, instead of prepainted army men you can toss in a pile.
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Post by adamsouza on Oct 3, 2017 22:23:43 GMT
Well, I bought 15 bags for the hounds. I'll let you know how they hold up once I get around to basing and painting them.
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Post by adamsouza on Jun 29, 2017 22:27:13 GMT
Added some additional Armor plates and some paint. Click on the pictures for a larger images.
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Post by adamsouza on Jun 28, 2017 3:05:46 GMT
From what I've seen online, the Jada Toys 1 2/3 inch metal figures are an August release.
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