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Post by tigrazor on Feb 25, 2015 12:33:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deano on Feb 25, 2015 12:43:28 GMT -5
Excellent start on this Lucas , neat base too!
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Post by eastrock on Feb 25, 2015 12:53:07 GMT -5
Todd is definitely to blame lol!!! just a question Lucas, she doesn't have a nose?
Cheers!!
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 25, 2015 13:05:53 GMT -5
LOL... Youre the fourth one who is asking this.  Never mind. I dont know whiy it is like that. But its a review figure, so I didnt want to remodel her and left her as she is. Maybe she has those parts fishes have at the side of their head so they can breathe (dont have the English word for that ready, sorry). |
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Post by eastrock on Feb 25, 2015 13:13:40 GMT -5
well, she does looks like in the avatar movie  |
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 25, 2015 13:18:53 GMT -5
Mr T's fault?!?! As a moderator I will suspend his access to MSC for 5 seconds. 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... now he is back! Hope he has learned his lesson... You know me... you will always have my attention especially with female figures! LOL Great start buddy! |
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Post by Leon on Feb 25, 2015 16:18:29 GMT -5
Nice start on the review figure Lucas!
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Post by TRM on Feb 25, 2015 23:43:05 GMT -5
LOL...been blamed for worse by less!!  Enjoy my friend!! Certainly look like you are!! I love the base concept an the paint!! Nothing better than allowing a little personal artistic license to the build!! As for the nose...she is not suppose to have one!! Just the way her kind is!!  Personally I like the purplish tones you have going on! Keep up the fantastic work!! |
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 26, 2015 0:16:14 GMT -5
I dont know what she is supposed to be - biologically. The paint says "Im a lizard!", and somehow she reminds me of Avatar. The only thing I dont like about the paint on that picture above (and thats a personal, subjective thing of course!) is the NMM finish. Maybe Im a bit traditional in this case, Metal has to look like metal, and not artificial - although the NMM paint itself is very well done! So shes getting a full load of Chrome, washings and all the oldschool-stuff. And here she comes - maybe I call the vignette "A night at the movies". Thats what the sign says: Kino (= Cinema). Bit bad light, I know...   |
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Post by TRM on Feb 26, 2015 0:22:27 GMT -5
That is great!! Nice seeing the little detailing you are sneaking in there!! |
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 26, 2015 0:40:55 GMT -5
Theyre a must-have. |
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Post by Leon on Feb 26, 2015 4:17:45 GMT -5
Looking fantastic Lucas! |
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 26, 2015 11:34:36 GMT -5
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Post by kiwibelg on Feb 26, 2015 12:29:14 GMT -5
Looking good Lucas!! I have a few 30mm figures in the stash but at the rate I work....lol
Todd...the trafficking of women is considered illegal in most countries mate!!!
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 26, 2015 14:03:42 GMT -5
Nice to have you aboard, Shay! Welcome to the WIP. |
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Post by kiwibelg on Feb 26, 2015 14:28:08 GMT -5
No worries mate! If Todd can send you one woman, I will have Andy's beach babes lol
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 26, 2015 14:34:29 GMT -5
Beach Babes? WHERE, WHERE??? |
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Post by kiwibelg on Feb 26, 2015 14:48:38 GMT -5
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Post by tigrazor on Feb 26, 2015 15:35:12 GMT -5
And where is Mr. Hasselhoff?! |
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 5, 2015 15:01:28 GMT -5
Cool little figure you have here, Bro! The Base rocks, but I miss a little coke can or popcorn case (for the "Kino", it is the german word for cinema). The figure has a cool painting scheme. It is very interesting because I think, you can use tons of different colours here. Top work as ever, Lucas!
Frank
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Post by tigrazor on Mar 5, 2015 15:16:29 GMT -5
Popcorn... what a great idea! |
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 5, 2015 15:21:27 GMT -5
Yeah, it must be nicely recognisable! First I thouht about nachos with cheese but to do this in small scale, no way I think!
Frank
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Post by tigrazor on Mar 5, 2015 16:19:13 GMT -5
Dont like Nachos. Popcorn is better. A red/white paper bag and some fine material (flour/salt/...) will do.
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Post by Leon on Mar 5, 2015 17:39:43 GMT -5
Lucas! Don't know about the flour mate,the salt would be a good idea. |
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Post by TRM on Mar 5, 2015 17:59:36 GMT -5
First rate work my friend!! The base rocks on this one and I love the coloring on the figure!! Some great painting all around!! |
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Post by tigrazor on Mar 5, 2015 18:22:56 GMT -5
Yeah... thanks. I think Ill paint some more details tomorrow - another figure project is coming seperately btw: a British soldier in Roman duties - a so called "Squasher" from 5th Century A.D. in a battle with a wolf. The idea with the wolf came spontaneously when I visited my local model club today, they had one left, and its a perfect chance to create a simple, but powerful vignette. But... thats another story, and Ill tell it somewhere else (WIP). |
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Post by moramarth on Mar 5, 2015 20:21:45 GMT -5
Are we talking the El Viejo Dragon model of the "Exculcatores iuniores Britanniciani"? If so, a couple of points to bear in mind. Firstly, the unit wasn't a Legion, it was an Auxilia Palatina. Secondly, the item in the right hand isn't a mace as some have interpreted it; it's a "martiobarbuli" or "plumbata", a dart with a wrought iron head, round lead weight in the middle, and a wooden shaft - what the flights were made of is uncertain. Five were carried in the hollow of the shield, there's one cast on the back of the shield with loops for the others. (The shield should be more round and slightly dished, the cut out for the hand-grip wasn't round but a keyhole shape, some surviving examples had the back painted a light red, others with more complex designs on the front had geometric patterns on the back.) There's a lot I don't care for with the figure, it has a mix of parts in the equipment, some of which are much older than the others; for example, the helmet has a late skull but much older neck guard and cheek pieces (the only surviving item to suggest such a combination is an early skull adapted to take a later form of neck guard and cheek pieces!). However, the thing to remember about any figure from antiquity, saying it just weren't so is just tempting fate; as soon as you say it some archeologist is just bound to dig up something to prove it were so after all...
Personally, I'd suggest substituting a shield pattern for one of the Legio Palatina - plenty to choose from - and painting the figure with a standard Late Roman white or off-white tunic with dark reddish purple applique tapestry decorations, mainly bands at hem and wrist (you can't see the ones on the neck, chest, back and shoulders) but with large decorative patches on the tunic skirt in front of the thighs.
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 6, 2015 8:45:37 GMT -5
Salt for popcorn, what a cool idea, scalewise spoken! And if I can be helpfull with more ideas, let me know!
Frank
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Post by tigrazor on Mar 6, 2015 8:47:00 GMT -5
have to try it first, salt is a bit hydrophile, you know? |
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 6, 2015 8:49:39 GMT -5
Maybe some microballoons from snow sets? Marble?
Frank
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Enjoy my friend!! Certainly look like you are!! I love the base concept an the paint!! Nothing better than allowing a little personal artistic license to the build!! As for the nose...she is not suppose to have one!! 
