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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Friday, May 29, 2020

Freeblades: Urdagger Slinger

Well I finally got around to taking photos of Freeblades Urdagger tribe female slinger. Things are a bit upside down here in my household, but I am making it work.

I ended up finishing this one and putting on the clear coat, but my friend stopped by before I could finish with my dulcote. I figured since he had some flat spray, and he was here after all, that we could do the porch exchange and all would be happy land in Graceland.

He sent me some photos and I was like what is wrong with these pictures. It didn't look like the figure I painted. Thinking that might be the problem, iphone pictures as opposed to me setting up my handmade light box. I asked him to bring it back so I could have a hand at taking photos.

I was stunned upon seeing it. The face did not take his flat spray well. It took away color it seemed, or was to thick. I don't know but I was like wow. I tried hand painting gloss coat, followed by hand paint of mat, but this did not fix it. So I ended up repainting face. It does not look as good as first time, but a lot better than it did. I hand painted on mat finish and called it a day. The only proper way to fix this would be to strip the head and start all over again. This is why painters tell you to do thin coats and apply more than once. Cause once it's on thick, it just turns into a mess.

Any ways here is the finished product. Until next time.

Cheers
Kevin



12 comments:

  1. Very nice. Great job of giving the figs face a feminine look.

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    1. Thank you Dave, I was hoping I had achieved that. Not great on faces and hope to master it one day.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  2. 99% better than before. Once again you showcase your ability to make an average model look amazing. Well done!!

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  3. She is pretty. And THAT is hard to do! Though a straight on photo would have been nice. Well done Kev!

    I've painted quite a few skirmishers in my time and they have always been a group I rushed through and paid little attention to detail on. "Hey, they are skirmishers, right?" was always my thought.
    NOT this one!

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    1. Thank you Skip, I remember the days where I could paint more than one skirmisher, those days are past me now.

      Hey I like your new avatar, that was a classic movie when I was a kid.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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    2. Hey... that's a current photo. The quarantine has been hard on me!

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    3. Ha! If that's the case... damn!

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  4. Nice rescue, Kevin!

    Cheers,
    Aaron

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    1. Thanks Aaron! Hope all is well with you.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  5. Sorry for the late visit, Kevin, but another wonderful figure.

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    1. Thanks Dean and no worries, last few months have been nuts for everyone.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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