I was kinda worried about trying my hand at miniatures. I noticed my local gaming store had Mage Knight: Resurrection and Thor: The Dark World singles for $1.00.
I decided to scrounge some up and go to the local hobby shop and grab some 1-inch wood circles. Since it was after Christmas, Ace hardware had sales on leftover Christmas stuff. They had textured rolls for mini Christmas displays: stone and brick. I bought all they had. I spray painted the wood circles and traced them on the back of the textured rolls, followed by using wood glue to hold them in place. Then I used thin super glue to hold the mini to the base.
Here is a couple from Horrorclix:
Here is one of Thorin Oakenshield:
I decided yesterday on a whim to try repainting a couple minis.
Here is Kurse from the Thor: The Dark World Heroclix set
Since I had multiples of him, I decided to make an orc/ Half-orc (whatever you want) barbarian. Here is a mid-paint comparison:
And here is my finished Barbarian. I must say, I am very, VERY pleased at this. I was afraid it wasn't going to turn out very well but it looks great in my opinion.
Today I started painting an old Mage Knight figure. I should have taken a "before" picture but oh well. He was covered in the same shade of black and silver all over with a pinkish/purple face so I repainted him in a way that seemed much more fitting of him. It seems a shame because this guy had a bunch of detail but was all shadowed by the black. I didn't know there was that much detail in this guy.
So tell me guys. What do you think? Any tips?