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Post by sgtslag on Jun 1, 2022 3:14:58 GMT
Red Box Fantasy 1/72 Cyclops figures, block painted, and Dip'ed. Album showing front, side, and rear images of all poses, found here. Can be purchased off of e-bay for $17.95USD, delivered, from Taiwan, as of today. The Red Box Cyclops, 1/72 scale figures, with simple block painting, and The Dip Technique applied (brushed on) using Antique Walnut color Minwax urethane stain, turned out pretty decent for gaming figures. They were assembly line pained, then I Dip'ed one figure, and photographed it beside its twin, with just the block painting, to demonstrate how effective The Dip Technique really is. Note that I used my 10 MP cell phone camera taking close-up shots, just minutes after applying the urethane stain, which is still very wet. These figures will look superb at arm's length, to the Human eye. Even close up, at 10 MP, they look pretty good compared to the simple block painting. I did minimal work to smooth out the minor mold lines. I could have used my hot wand foam cutter to smooth the mold lines, but I just couldn't be bothered. The mold lines will barely be noticeable on the gaming table, so I skipped it. For the price, these figures are pretty impressive. As always, I am an army painter, using assembly line painting techniques, employing simple block painting, followed by The Dip Technique. The GEtGW quality is fast, easy, and efficient. I highly recommend these Red Box figures, if you need Cyclops for your games. The quality of the sculpts is evident in the photo's. They don't take an expert miniatures painter to turn them into gameable figures, either. Cheers!
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Post by DM Gully Dwarf aka RPG Grandma on Jun 1, 2022 12:12:19 GMT
Oh cool I have some 1/72 lizard dudes someplace I should build too, But first the 28.mm guys all need painting. 😂 I do love the 1/72 scale armies though. We used Libyan 1/72 to create a Barsoomian (Martian) Red Man Army to try out TSR’s defunct ERB book based game on one time we had fun.
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Post by erho on Jun 1, 2022 19:05:39 GMT
Nice! They look like a set of minotaurs I bought off ebay once, bendy plastic but they work
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Post by sgtslag on Jun 1, 2022 20:09:05 GMT
Found out there is a better seller for Red Box, on e-Bay. He sells Red Box products at likely the lowest price point of all sellers: Rebel Alpha. He sells virtually all of the Red Box sets for $8.99 + $4.95 S/H! Most other sellers are asking $ 17.99 + S/H charges! Wish I had known about him around six Red Box set purchases ago... Cheers!
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Post by DM Gully Dwarf aka RPG Grandma on Jun 3, 2022 0:22:25 GMT
Oh cool
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Post by sgtslag on Jun 3, 2022 14:44:44 GMT
Update: finished the bases, applied a matte clear coat to the figures. Photo here. The figures are 49mm tall. So if 25mm = 6ft, these would be 11-3/4 feet tall; if you go with 28mm = 6 feet, then they would be 10-1/2 feet tall. Cheers!
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Post by DM Gully Dwarf aka RPG Grandma on Jun 5, 2022 15:15:32 GMT
Very nice
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