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New project time! (starting with a test fit using masking tape)
Because of the arch shaped overhang, the mag well needed sanding and filling to clean up the surface.
Because it's a test print, I didn't add any registration keys so to give time to get the alignment right, the pieces were glued together with epoxy.
Then the two halves got epoxied together
The ammo core is magnetised to let it be removable.
Even with the clamping and careful aligning, the gap between the two subassemblies needed filling
Then the filler got sanded, along with a rough sanding of the rest of the build
First coat of filler primer - time for the sanding to really begin! (yay....)
First sanding pass shows the places where the joints weren't quite filled properly...
...like the trigger guard or mag well. They get another pass of filler and sanding, before the whole thing gets another coat of filler primer.
Things are looking better, but there are still parts with obvious layer lines (the joys of FDM printers)
this time, obvious cracks got filler before sanding
After the filler (and everything else got sanded down, it was time for the last coat of filler primer. Unless...
...well that's a problem 🙃
Time to break out the superglue (I guess I should have added registration keys before doing the test print...)
After carefully glueing the two halves back together with superglue, there was still a crack.
The crack got another pass of filler, and since everything was going to get another coat of filler primer I took the opportunity to do some more filler on the detail at the back.
After filling comes even more sanding 🙃 Then another coat of filler primer (not photographed)
Finally - everything is ready for a coat of regular primer! (two coats of light grey primer with an airbrush)
I know this looks the same, but I promise it's a slightly different shade of grey (Vallejo off-white vs Vallejo grey primer)
The muzzle interior and the bottom of the mag well got painted black with a narrow brush
The gems got a coat of gloss black primer to try and fill any remaining grooves. Then, the recessed details got a coat of Administratum Grey to accentuate them, along with the join between the grip part and the main body.
After drybrushing with white to add edge highlights, everything that wasn't going to be white got a couple of coats of black with a paintbrush.
And that's how I created the Warhammer 40k/Star Wars Sequel trilogy crossover weapon no on asked for! (joking)
The gems got a basecoat of metallic red with a brush, before I remembered that blu tac can be used to mask weird shapes for airbrushing
After removing the masking, the gem mountings were tidied up with a brush before painting them gold (still using a brush)
The big gold areas were painted with an airbrush, then given some drybrush highlighting with the masking still in place.
The trigger and energy connector were painted gold with a brush, and the remaining black details got a drybrush highlight
The ammo core was nice and simple - drybrushed white highlights on the base and the actual core painted black.
And the painting is complete! On to sealing and weathering.
Since this is an Eldar weapon, I didn't want to do too much weathering - just some brown wash to lighten up the grooves on the handgrip and accentuate the detail on the top piece
A final coat of satin varnish, and it's ready for photographing.
All finished! If you want one of your own, the .STL files are available HERE for $5USD
my dad is cooking with the 3d printer right now
Yarrr!
I've been painting this awesome pirate figure over the past week. I've been trying to get myself back into the habit of painting consistently over the week, rather than waiting for 'the perfect time' (which never comes), because my pile of shame is growing at a concerning rate.
This was a really fun model to paint, with some great details. Though I did get slowed down a bit trying to figure out how to navigate the tip of my brush into some areas. Theres a lot of semi enclosed spaces with awkward positioning, and in the end I left a few spots unpainted. You can't see them without turning the model upside down and at odd angles anyway, so I've decided to just not care, and save myself the hand cramps.
Besides just being a fun model to paint, it was also a chance to play around with how I paint metalics a bit. Theres so much dark metal involved in the cannon that I didn't want to just paint it all with a solid metal colour. And while I do want to try my hand at painting non-metalic metal at some point, I don't quite have the confidence and patience for it just yet. So instead I tried out painting the bits I wanted in a dark-steel/iron colour with straight black paint, and then just drybrushing dark silver metalic paint over it, and it worked beautifully. It really helps the metal look a bit more beaten and dull, its only shining on the edges and ridges, where its maybe been polished a bit by rubbing against its environment. This is a technique I'm going to try and remember in the future.
For all the other metals on this piece I just did straight metalic paint, and I just love how the gold contrasts with the reds and browns its up against!
I'm also really happy with the skin. It wasn't that long ago that I dreaded painting skin and always hated how I made it look, but now its one of my favourite things to paint! Getting to play with skin tones and highlighting them is just fun! I've still got room for improvement with where I place my highlights, but I can see progress in every mini I paint, which is really rewarding!
This figure is Miss V. Gomez , by Cast n Play.
Another figure down from my pile of shame!
Never really watched Hellboy, but he looks really cool, so now he's on my shelf :D
Also, he was an excuse to try and get a process for leather down, which I've been playing with for a bit. I really like how it turned out, though I could definitely work on making it a bit smoother.
This model is Hellboy - 30 CM model by Printed Obsession.
Another print that's been in my backlog for far too long, is now on my shelf!
I printed this, I think a year ago? And I've been really excited to paint it the whole time, but just never got around to it.
I am really happy with how it turned out though, especially the base! Funnily enough, I hadn't even considered the base at all until I'd finished painting the model, and I wanted to have something a bit more interesting than just a plain base. I'm pretty happy with what I came up with! I little bit of messing around in blender to get the bamboo too look cut was well worth it!
I also originally thought I'd try learning non-mettalic metal on the sword, only to start and realise that trying to do it for my first time on such a large, flat surface was maybe not the best plan XD. Its still something I want to figure out at some point, but maybe on something a bit less intense.
I did have some minor printing issues with the bottom section of the base, and I'm just now seeing in that first picture how poor my attempt at smoothing that out with green stuff went. I promise it doesn't look that noticeable on the shelf XD.
This model is Samurai - Professionally pre-supported! by Greg Kourakos on My Mini Factory.
I'm holidaying at the beach, so of course I painted something in a snowy theme XD.
Pretty happy with this result! Probably could be a little cleaner in spots, but for a one day paint job I'm not complaining.
In particular the icy base turned out way better than I expected.
Big thanks to @dropattackbear for sharing his paints when I forgot to pack my metallics XD.
This model is Skadi the Barbarian by Twin Goddess Miniatures
Latest project, this big dragonborn guy.
I took the opportunity to do that classic red scales/yellow underbelly dragon scheme since I realised I've never actually painted a dragon(-like creature) that way yet. I struggled with getting that yellow tone right, but I'm happy with where it ended up in the end.
The original print is supposed to have two horns, but I had a misprint, that fortunately was easy enough to just lean into. I like the asymmetrical look it ended up with, so call it a bit of good fortune.
This mini is Gunnonth The Life Taker from Miniatures Blueprint.
Cool dragonborn wizard!
This was a great mini, I got to play with drybrushing metallics which is always fun, and I've been looking for a chance to play with layering red on robes a bit.
That coat trim was kind of a pain to paint, especially since it was a yellow going over the dark red I'd already painted the robe with. I like how it came out in the end tho, worth the effort!
I tried out using some colourshift paint for the orb on the staff, with a painted gradient under it. It worked ok, but the overall colour is a lot less striking then if I'd just painted it with a bright, regular paint. Still, its got a kind of cool effect, I might play with that more in other minis I think.
I'm also really happy with how the base turned out, only for it to mostly get covered by the mini. Tried out painting the cobblestones a variety of colours and tying it together with a wash and drybrush in the end.
This mini is Zuldikis DragonBorn Mage by Miniatures Blueprint
Ok, one day I will see a cool beholder mini and not be consumed by the need to paint it.
That day clearly isn't today though, and I'm not sorry.
Really happy with how this guy turned out, especially the eyes. Doing a sort of fade from the pupil rather than a hard edge to the iris worked really well with the black I think.
I took two tries to get the base colours of the skin down, my first attempt was more purple than pink/red in the recesses. I think the red version makes it much more fleshy in all the worst (best) ways.
This mini is Eye Tyrant 02 by Daybreak Miniatures
Latest mini: Big Snail!
Super fun to paint this one, I did the snaily flesh by airbrushing a greeny-yellow-grey from the top, and a grey-blue from the bottom, then layered some different colour shift paints over that. I think it turned out really good for that glistening snail-skin lood.
I also experimented a bit with some goopy effects, with UV resin, not as happy with those, but I think they work alright, and for my first time using UV resin that way I think I'm happy.
This mini is Slug. the Snail God by Witchsong Miniatures. (I scaled the print down to about 55%, just to print it in one run).
Public holiday means a chance to paint something from the backlog!
Pretty happy with how this turned out for something I didn't really have a plan for when I started. I had no clue what colour I was doing for the hair until I mixed up a pink by accident and just rolled with it.
Putting the rust effect on the sword was lots of fun, it's such a cool texture.
This mini is Ninjix Crazy Paladin from Miniatures Blueprint.
Flathead appreciation post
Here he is! Gummigoo STL files for the 3D print folks!!
FOR [FREEEEEEE] I wanna do a Kinger sometime soon, I forgot how fun it is to prepare 3D prints