kenosis
Cardboard Collector
Posts: 39
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Post by kenosis on Sept 17, 2018 19:37:19 GMT
I apologize if this has already been done. Just trying to get the most out of these little buggers - painting them up. So, I cleaned, soaked these guys in alcohol, then sprayed with flat black (someone told me Walmart flat black soaks in) - didn't work for me, scratches off. Tried spraying with an expensive grey primer - didn't work for me, scratches off. My next step is painting and trying to seal in mod podge/black wash - will this work?
Does anybody have (preferably) sure fire tips for painting and preparing these guys? Thanks,
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Post by Sam on Sept 17, 2018 20:58:40 GMT
I just painted some. They do not take paint well.
sgtslag had a couple recommendations, see my $1 Skeleton Army post.
I used Apple Barrel paint from Walmart; a black base coat (Pavement) then dry brushed with white (Antique white), brown on the weapon shafts and a gray (Pavement & Antique white mix) on blades. It is holding up better than I thought it would. I have handled them a couple times and it has not rubbed off.
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Post by sgtslag on Sept 18, 2018 0:51:10 GMT
Mine were a yellowish colored plastic. I painted acrylic craft paint directly on the plastic bits which were not bone. After that dried, I painted Minwax Polyshades Urethane Stain, Royal Walnut, over the entire figure. This is also known as, "The Dip".
It shades the figure, giving it that, "just dug up", look. It will rub off the figure in about 10+ years, if handled semi-roughly. I glued mine to 2"-square, MDF bases, painting PVA Glue onto the bases, then swirling them in a colored sand mixture. Quick and easy way to paint a large number of giant Skellies. Cheers!
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Post by erho on Sept 18, 2018 15:30:19 GMT
Ive done a couple of these, but I need to figure out a base for them. Some were awfully bent, and the hot water trick didnt work like on Reaper Bones minis
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Post by sgtslag on Sept 18, 2018 20:30:10 GMT
Try using a hair dryer: heat them up, and if they straighten out, fine; if not, then manually straighten them, and stick them under/in cold water, to "set" them in their new position -- careful of the hot plastic so you do not burn yourself! Cheers!
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Post by erho on Sept 18, 2018 21:52:05 GMT
Thats what I tried, but with boiling water. I'll give it another go with a heat gun!
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Post by erho on Sept 19, 2018 14:25:37 GMT
Heres my little band of undead Firbolg. I didnt get as far as I remembered, but I was in a rush for a session. A lot of flash to clean up on the minis, some I left on for the fresh out of the ground look. I tried to file it off at first and it frayed it, gave it a fuzzy look to it.. Ugh I mean dirt and roots!
So like my wife said when I proposed to her; "Good enough"! LOL
The poses are funny, almost like they are playing guitars and the skinny guy in the back with the horn is the singer?
Undead Ogre bard troupe? Sounds like a rainy day project
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Post by sgtslag on Sept 19, 2018 17:16:26 GMT
I've got a bunch of these for my 2e BattleSystem games. They're cheap, and fun. Some of them are hunched forward, as if looking down upon lesser beings, in front of them. Looks quite funny when I put them in base-to-base contact with my Dwarves and Gnomes, in particular! I've got some 60mm plastic Vikings figures I use for Frost Giants. Some of them are kneeling, in a challenging position, as if they were sculpted to be used as Giants, against puny Humans... I love these kinds of poses -- they really work for my games, making the giant figures look down, menacingly, upon their lessers... Great stuff! Hope you find them useful. I would strongly recommend you seal the paintwork with something like clear polyurethane. It will shrink around the paint, holding it over the plastic. It should prevent the paint from sliding off, for a number of years, depending upon handling. You could also try painting some Minwax Polyshades Urethane Stain -- Tudor (black) onto them, in place of a black wash: it will provide the black wash, as well as sealing the mini with polyurethane, in one step. Basing them on something like 2-3mm thick, 2-inch square MDF, and picking them up by that, rather than the figure, will go a long way towards preserving their paint. They also will be much more stable, in spite of their posture and pose... I use E6000 Glue to adhere them to their bases. Cheers!
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Post by erho on Sept 19, 2018 19:01:29 GMT
I saw the Vikings! Frost Giants! Flippin brilliant!
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Post by sgtslag on Sept 20, 2018 14:28:31 GMT
Like I posted previously, I calculated figure size of the Hill and Frost Giants, using 1" = 6 feet, for a Human. The 1977 AD&D Monster Manual, by Gary Gygax, a miniatures gamer, listed the heights for the Giants. Using the 1" = 6 feet = 25mm, scale/ratio, I calculated Hill Giants to be 54mm tall... I bought plastic Cave Men figures, from Wal-Mart, which I think are 54mm tall; the plastic Cave Men figures, produced by Tim Mee Toys, are actually only 40mm tall, but appear to be the same figure -- would make decent Ogres, though! The Frost Giants calculated out to be 60mm tall, and Cherilea makes 60mm plastic Vikings ($1.22 - $1.49 per figure; at least I got the Frosties in the proper size). I also found another set of injection molded, 60mm Vikings, made by Jecsan ($2.26 per figure) -- these are the ones with the kneeling poses, which look like they are lowering themselves to the little peoples' heights. I have always wondered if Gygax used some of these toy figures, in his Chainmail Fantasy Supplement games, back in the early 1970's... They are off in size/scale for 2e+ games, but they are perfect for 1e scales, and games. They work for me: inexpensive; easy to paint for GEtGW standard; and, affordable to build an army with. YMMV. Cheers!
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