Post by moramartht on Jan 24, 2024 7:06:13 GMT -5
I put this thing together as my usual last-minute contribution to a Group Build on another board which many of you also peruse and this is pretty much just a cut-and-paste from there; I mention this for the benefit of those of you approaching the recommended dose limit for your anti-nausea medication.
The figure is a “Heroic” 28mm scale figure on foot (albeit some sort of supersized superhuman; he stands some 32mm tall, sole of foot to eye level). I had abandoned my original plans with about a week to go and decided to go with a disposable figure, one which could be discarded without regret if it turned out a POS. As it was, it didn’t; in fact it wasn’t much worse than my old standard but what was disappointing was the time and effort to get it there. There were days when my hand shook more than other but I pressed on when I should have backed off, resulting in even more touch-ups than on good days. What really was upsetting was the robe colour, I’d chosen purple as I’d had decent results with it in the past and I had determined at the outset not to use the prescribed scheme for the figure. As it was the result was rougher than a raddled rodent’s rancid rectum, but I was stuck with it.
The figure is from this set:
elementgames.co.uk/images/products/57586/67536-large.jpg
The trio were included the first issue of a part-work “Warhammer: Mortal Realms” quite some time ago which I purchased for a set of malignant ghosts also present; the Sequitors were of no interest to me (hence the “disposable” status) but I rarely throw away plastic so they were still hanging around. It’s the chap standing front-and-centre, fortunately he comes with an alternative component to give him a helmeted head as I still have doubts about my ability to paint faces without them looking like faeces. Although described as Easy to Build (five push-fit components) I was aware this did not translate into Easy to Paint. The multi-part format means such figures can have hard-to-reach undercuts impossible with old single-piece metal castings, I elected to paint each component separately with the exception of the shield which I glued to the base in the hope this would make it easier to paint (this proved to be the case but added a little complication to the final assembly). I had intended to use my usual Humbrol Enamel No.53 Gunmetal as a combined primer and base coat but by a happy accident used Humbrol Enamel No.56 Aluminium. This shows the figure components at this stage and after the initial application of Citadel acrylic Grey Knights Steel to the armour followed by a very dilute wash of Winsor and Newton Payne’s Gray:
Unfortunately (and as usual) in my rush to finish I omitted to take photographs of subsequent stages and so we can move on to the completed item with the usual caveats that the following pictures should be viewed only by those not of a nervous disposition and possessing a Cast-Iron digestive system…
Cheers,
M
The figure is a “Heroic” 28mm scale figure on foot (albeit some sort of supersized superhuman; he stands some 32mm tall, sole of foot to eye level). I had abandoned my original plans with about a week to go and decided to go with a disposable figure, one which could be discarded without regret if it turned out a POS. As it was, it didn’t; in fact it wasn’t much worse than my old standard but what was disappointing was the time and effort to get it there. There were days when my hand shook more than other but I pressed on when I should have backed off, resulting in even more touch-ups than on good days. What really was upsetting was the robe colour, I’d chosen purple as I’d had decent results with it in the past and I had determined at the outset not to use the prescribed scheme for the figure. As it was the result was rougher than a raddled rodent’s rancid rectum, but I was stuck with it.
The figure is from this set:
elementgames.co.uk/images/products/57586/67536-large.jpg
The trio were included the first issue of a part-work “Warhammer: Mortal Realms” quite some time ago which I purchased for a set of malignant ghosts also present; the Sequitors were of no interest to me (hence the “disposable” status) but I rarely throw away plastic so they were still hanging around. It’s the chap standing front-and-centre, fortunately he comes with an alternative component to give him a helmeted head as I still have doubts about my ability to paint faces without them looking like faeces. Although described as Easy to Build (five push-fit components) I was aware this did not translate into Easy to Paint. The multi-part format means such figures can have hard-to-reach undercuts impossible with old single-piece metal castings, I elected to paint each component separately with the exception of the shield which I glued to the base in the hope this would make it easier to paint (this proved to be the case but added a little complication to the final assembly). I had intended to use my usual Humbrol Enamel No.53 Gunmetal as a combined primer and base coat but by a happy accident used Humbrol Enamel No.56 Aluminium. This shows the figure components at this stage and after the initial application of Citadel acrylic Grey Knights Steel to the armour followed by a very dilute wash of Winsor and Newton Payne’s Gray:
Unfortunately (and as usual) in my rush to finish I omitted to take photographs of subsequent stages and so we can move on to the completed item with the usual caveats that the following pictures should be viewed only by those not of a nervous disposition and possessing a Cast-Iron digestive system…
Cheers,
M
