06-29-2013, 01:42 AM
To celebrate the Escape Kickstarter, I thought of doing a step-by-step painting of Duncan. Just the regular version, though.
I'm not the greatest of painters but I am somewhat competent and have been painting for well over 20 years, so hopefully this is of use to someone.
So here goes.
First of all, the base. I'm doing it the same as all my Eden fighters:
White milliput and random objects stuck to it.
Here we have small rocks, a metal disc and a metal washer, a bit of cork and a bit of a sprue with "20" on it (from Duncan's tab, I think). You don't need glue, since white milliput sticks to stuff extremely hard.
Then I drill holes into Duncan's soles, and pin him to the base. After that, I glue on fine sand all over the base.
I use gerbil bathing sand. It's very cheap, very fine and it's a bit clay-like in that when it gets moist (due to the glue) it clumps.
Then it's time for the undercoat. I use a white spray. Actually from GW, since I've never had problems with their sprays and, though a bit expensive, the can undercoats a load of minis, so the savings aren't all that much, really, per mini.
I use white because I want a vibrant orange for the Resistance coveralls and it's a lot easier to get that over white than over anything else, really.
So here's how he looks all in white:
Next I'll be doing the metals.
I'm not the greatest of painters but I am somewhat competent and have been painting for well over 20 years, so hopefully this is of use to someone.
So here goes.
First of all, the base. I'm doing it the same as all my Eden fighters:
White milliput and random objects stuck to it.
Here we have small rocks, a metal disc and a metal washer, a bit of cork and a bit of a sprue with "20" on it (from Duncan's tab, I think). You don't need glue, since white milliput sticks to stuff extremely hard.
Then I drill holes into Duncan's soles, and pin him to the base. After that, I glue on fine sand all over the base.
I use gerbil bathing sand. It's very cheap, very fine and it's a bit clay-like in that when it gets moist (due to the glue) it clumps.
Then it's time for the undercoat. I use a white spray. Actually from GW, since I've never had problems with their sprays and, though a bit expensive, the can undercoats a load of minis, so the savings aren't all that much, really, per mini.
I use white because I want a vibrant orange for the Resistance coveralls and it's a lot easier to get that over white than over anything else, really.
So here's how he looks all in white:
Next I'll be doing the metals.