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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 28, 2022 16:13:35 GMT -5
If you are interested in miniatures but prefer the old school miniatures, then Etsy might be worth your time to browse. I did a quick search and found miniatures that are more old school in appearance. I'm sure these are 3D printed but they look good to me. Here are some examples: Skeleton WarriorsGoblin GangPig-Faced Orc |
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Post by hengest on Jan 28, 2022 17:00:02 GMT -5
I don't know much about miniatures, but those skeleton guys look pretty cool.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 28, 2022 19:46:00 GMT -5
hengest I don't know much about miniatures myself. I find the act of prepping and painting them to be very relaxing. These new plastic miniatures are pretty cost friendly for the most part. I don't rely on them during play. I only use them as reference. I might have them arrange in marching order or pair the combatants up with each other but it's all approximate. I don't count hexes, squares, or use a tape machine trying for a precise measurement.
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Post by hengest on Jan 28, 2022 23:28:37 GMT -5
hengest I don't know much about miniatures myself. I find the act of prepping and painting them to be very relaxing. These new plastic miniatures are pretty cost friendly for the most part. I don't rely on them during play. I only use them as reference. I might have them arrange in marching order or pair the combatants up with each other but it's all approximate. I don't count hexes, squares, or use a tape machine trying for a precise measurement. I like the idea of painting them. You might say that I have a hobby of imagining painting miniatures and figuring out something to do with them.  Are your kids into it at all? |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 29, 2022 8:49:06 GMT -5
hengest I don't know much about miniatures myself. I find the act of prepping and painting them to be very relaxing. These new plastic miniatures are pretty cost friendly for the most part. I don't rely on them during play. I only use them as reference. I might have them arrange in marching order or pair the combatants up with each other but it's all approximate. I don't count hexes, squares, or use a tape machine trying for a precise measurement. I like the idea of painting them. You might say that I have a hobby of imagining painting miniatures and figuring out something to do with them.  Are your kids into it at all? My daughter likes to try to talk me into painting "something pink or purple". I did paint her a skeleton that was pink. I've actually been looking for a female mage or something similar to paint pink or purple. I'm aiming for something robed because the color would take up a large portion. I think she might mess around with WH40K if she got to use the Sisters of Pain but she's into Among Us and playing Baseball on her XBox.  My son really digs the Warhammer stuff, and he likes helping my pick out WH figures and other fantasy miniatures to paint. He has assembled some WH figures for me to paint but I don't think he wants to paint them himself yet. He wants to play some WH and he enjoys the video games a lot. |
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Post by hengest on Jan 29, 2022 9:48:05 GMT -5
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 29, 2022 10:05:02 GMT -5
No, I didn't. I wish! They do look great but they're not mine. I'll post up some of mine in a moment.... |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 29, 2022 10:15:16 GMT -5
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Post by hengest on Jan 29, 2022 10:17:01 GMT -5
Well, these look cool, too! I like the posture and modest colors on the paladin.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 29, 2022 10:24:29 GMT -5
Well, these look cool, too! I like the posture and modest colors on the paladin. Thanks! I appreciate it. I'm mainly worried about being good enough for the "arm length test" on the paint job. They pass for what they are supposed to be and don't look like a blob of color so I'm happy. I am trying new techniques and new paints so I'm looking at improving on what I have done so far. If you use a magnifying glass and just take your time it's a bit easier than you would think. I still would like to get better though. |
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Post by arjen on Jan 29, 2022 11:28:03 GMT -5
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 29, 2022 22:11:19 GMT -5
arjen those are amazing! That's how good I want to get!! I have some Chaos Space Marines that I need to get assembled and painted for my son. He's a big fan of the Space Marines. Do you use a wet palette? Washes? Contrast Paints? Do you stick with Citadel paints and brushes? Just curious.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 29, 2022 22:15:18 GMT -5
arjen those are amazing! That's how good I want to get!! I have some Chaos Space Marines that I need to get assembled and painted for my son. He's a big fan of the Space Marines. Do you use a wet palette? Washes? Contrast Paints? Do you stick with Citadel paints and brushes? Just curious. Have an Exalt! I look forward to your reply to this. I am in awe of anyone who has the patience to paint miniatures, not to mention is good at it. |
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Post by arjen on Jan 30, 2022 11:03:08 GMT -5
arjen those are amazing! That's how good I want to get!! I have some Chaos Space Marines that I need to get assembled and painted for my son. He's a big fan of the Space Marines. Do you use a wet palette? Washes? Contrast Paints? Do you stick with Citadel paints and brushes? Just curious. These marines were painted about 20 years ago, I used the citadel paints, washes and dry brushing. Nowadays I use different techniques depending on the type of miniature and color scheme. For bright colors I now use white primer (just the Walmart/Home Depot one) and I've gotten to love the contrast paints, they're quick and awesome. For old school miniatures, like RalPartha, Minifig and Grenadier I use black primer, then white drybrush and then block in the colors over the drybrush; that is a great quick method to paint hordes of goblins or orcs very quickly. I can recommend getting one of those swivel mounted magnifying glasses with a ring led light (saves me from taking off and putting on my glasses several times a minute). For a lot of primal color I just use the cheaper acrylics, I mainly paint for "table top quality" My paint table disaster |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 30, 2022 11:20:35 GMT -5
arjen those are amazing! That's how good I want to get!! I have some Chaos Space Marines that I need to get assembled and painted for my son. He's a big fan of the Space Marines. Do you use a wet palette? Washes? Contrast Paints? Do you stick with Citadel paints and brushes? Just curious. These marines were painted about 20 years ago, I used the citadel paints, washes and dry brushing. Nowadays I use different techniques depending on the type of miniature and color scheme. For bright colors I now use white primer (just the Walmart/Home Depot one) and I've gotten to love the contrast paints, they're quick and awesome. For old school miniatures, like RalPartha, Minifig and Grenadier I use black primer, then white drybrush and then block in the colors over the drybrush; that is a great quick method to paint hordes of goblins or orcs very quickly. I can recommend getting one of those swivel mounted magnifying glasses with a ring led light (saves me from taking off and putting on my glasses several times a minute). For a lot of primal color I just use the cheaper acrylics, I mainly paint for "table top quality" My paint table disasterCool. Thanks for the tips. I've been trying different techniques and some definitely work better than others on certain minis. Now that I own a house, I am going to get a dedicated spot with a table and one of those mirrors mounted on a swivel you mentioned above. Hobby Lobby has them for a very reasonable price. I have a handheld magnifying glass but that just gets laborious with all the picking up and putting down. Yeah, "table top quality" is what I'm shooting for; I just want to do it a little bit better than I am now. I want a table like that! |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 30, 2022 13:52:20 GMT -5
arjen one more question! Up until this point I have never attempted a metal miniature. Is there a big difference between the metal miniatures and minis like Reaper Bones? Are there any changes in my technique that I need to be conscious about?
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Post by arjen on Jan 30, 2022 14:37:57 GMT -5
arjen one more question! Up until this point I have never attempted a metal miniature. Is there a big difference between the metal miniatures and minis like Reaper Bones? Are there any changes in my technique that I need to be conscious about? Always prime; I think Reaper Bones usually come preprimed? Depending on age and sculpter metal miniatures can have sharper and subtler details, so start with thin layers of paint or a light white drybrush if your primer is a dark color. You might, depending on age and sculpt, have more extra material you have to 'hide', like where a limb or weapon is close to the body and not seperated. Just use contrasted highlight and shading to hide that. I prefer the metal over the plastics or Reaper Bone. Most of hem are originally sculpted, by hand, at that scale which often means you have less areas that your brush can't reach (as the sculpting tools wouldn't either) and they seem to have more character. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 30, 2022 16:07:34 GMT -5
arjen one more question! Up until this point I have never attempted a metal miniature. Is there a big difference between the metal miniatures and minis like Reaper Bones? Are there any changes in my technique that I need to be conscious about? Always prime; I think Reaper Bones usually come preprimed? Depending on age and sculpter metal miniatures can have sharper and subtler details, so start with thin layers of paint or a light white drybrush if your primer is a dark color. You might, depending on age and sculpt, have more extra material you have to 'hide', like where a limb or weapon is close to the body and not seperated. Just use contrasted highlight and shading to hide that. I prefer the metal over the plastics or Reaper Bone. Most of them are originally sculpted, by hand, at that scale which often means you have less areas that your brush can't reach (as the sculpting tools wouldn't either) and they seem to have more character. Sounds good. No real surprises there. I tried priming a Reaper Bones one time after I ran across a big debate online about it. DON"T DO IT! It just makes everything obscured and looks more like a blob than a miniature. I was able to paint it and it turned out acceptable but priming added nothing of value on the Reaper Bones unlike the plastic Warhammer miniatures. I think the Reapers are Resin? Whatever they are, I don't suggest priming Reaper Bones. I may try some of those new D&D miniatures on a sprue from Wizkids just to see how it turns out. There is a limited selection of metal miniatures in town so I will pick one up and give it a try sometime soon. |
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Post by True Black Raven on Feb 5, 2022 23:02:27 GMT -5
arjen your stuff looks really good. Hey guys, great thread.
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