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Confrontation and GW Miniatures

Latest couple of paint jobs for characters in the D&D game. A Games Workshop Wood Elf Spellweaver (painted as an elemental wizard for a D&D game character) and the druid like character in the top left is a Confrontation Cynwäll Quarterstaffer from the Cadwallon range.
I painted the elven lady in blue for a character in a game, however she should be green I think, with all the leaves and flowers etc.

The bases are metal ones from Freebooter Miniatures

Click here for the full size zoomed image on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inrepose/2370860361/sizes/o/

Quick and Dirty painting guide No.3

The third Quick and Dirty painting tutorial created by the Agent of Ping. In this Guide the Agent shows us how to paint 15mm Terminator miniatures in a step-by-step 8 page PDF miniature painting tutorial. The miniatures used in this guide are Pendraken 15mm figures.

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Terminator Quick and Dirty Painting Guide (647)

Terminator Painting Miniature Guide

Quick and Dirty Painting Guide No.2

The second Quick and Dirty painting tutorial created by the Agent of Ping. In this Guide the Agent shows us how to paint 15mm Aliens in a step-by-step 10 page PDF miniature painting tutorial. The miniatures used in this guide are Pendraken 15mm figures.

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Aliens Quick and Dirty Painting Guide. (824)

Alien Miniature Painting Guide

Quick and Dirty Painting Guide No.1

The first of a growing selection of Quick and Dirty painting tutorials created by the Agent of Ping. In this Guide the Agent shows us how to paint Toy Soldiers in a step-by-step 10 page PDF miniature painting tutorial. The miniatures used in this guide are Revell’s WWII US Infantry.
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Toy Soldier Quick and Dirty Painting Guide (2237)

Revell WWII US Infrantry Painted

Painting Jewels on Miniatures

Here is a quick guide to painting jewels, lasers and cockpits on miniature figures.
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Theory:

Use a 0 brush. If you go smaller, the paint can dry out. 0 can be made into a very fine point if you take care.

When dealing with a very small area I find that it is really important that you mix your paint with water in a separate pallet (I use the plastic from an old blister to mix). Don’t worry if your first coat of colour looks a bit washy, go over it again. If you put the paint on thick it will clog and will ruin the look of such a small area.

Remember blend lighter shades toward the bottom and leave the dark area at the top. You could spend a lot of time thinking about the way light shines off glass or thicker jewels, but the best bet is to remember dark areas at the top.

The results will not always look “realistic” - but I think it looks interesting, which is OK for me.

Process:

1) Paint the area black.
2) Pick a colour, Red (NB: highlight yellow with red), Green or Blue works best for jewels, cockpits, laser optics and lights. But go with anything if you like.
3) Paint three quarters of the area either a very dark shade of your chosen color or a mix of the base color with black. If you are really careful and have a steady hand you should leave a tiny strip of black at the bottom of the area.
4) Remember leave the top quarter of the area black.
5) Now take the base color neat and paint the bottom half of the area.
6) Mix the base color with white and paint the bottom left quarter of the area.
7) Now you need a very steady hand. Mix more white into the base shade and paint a very tiny strip of this color in the very bottom left corner of the area.
8) The final touch is a single tiny white dot placed where the base shade meets the black toward the top of the area.

To view using this method in action have a look at the jewel cockpit video, available for free download here: Video guide to painting jewels and cockpits.

Painting Miniature Bases

Just spent some time reviewing how I base figures and have recorded the following method:

1/ Mount figure on cleaned base with superglue (Fill in gaps around base and figure feet with Green Stuff or normal tile grout).
2/ Paint neat PVA “White Wood” Glue onto base (avoiding contact with figure feet or legs).
3/ Stick unpainted figure and base into pot of fine sand. Fine coral sand is the best for texture (shake off, leaving layer of sand)
4/ Allow to Dry = 1 to 2 hours or shorter under lamp.
5/ Use superglue to Stick on a couple of tiny stones as features (let it dry)
6/ Paint on very water thinned PVA “White Glue.” (This will seal the existing sand and rocks into a “rock hard layer” which will not crumble. This is so important to me, I really do not like flock or sand falling off a complete figure.
7/ Undercoat entire figure and base.

When figure is painted complete base:

1/ Paint base with Games Workshop Commando Khaki.
2/ Dry Brush with acrylic Buff Titanium (or just buff - a light sandy color).
3/ Wash tiny amounts of water thinned Games Workshop brown ink onto the odd spot area. Make sure it really is water thinned.
4/ Dab on a couple of small dots of super glue.
5/ Pop figure into pot of Static Grass, pull it out and “Blow Hard”! - Do not suck or you will swallow the grass.
6/ Static grass should stand up to attention and dry in place on the superglue.
7/ Finish off by painting the edge of the figure in Games Workshop Scorched Brown.

Finished!

Painting Jewel style guide

A few years ago I filmed myself painting a jewel technique onto a Battletech Mech miniature cockpit. I lost the video but have recently had a friendly web user find it because they kept a copy on their PC. I have uploaded it again, so you can all see me painting and presenting a video guide on a Ostscout Battlemech. Please feel free to download and share.

Miniature Painting Video Jewel Style (704)

Jewel Painting Image

New page added for A Call To Arms

New page added in support of Mongoose Publishing’s game of starship combat in the Babylon 5 Setting. Visit this page to see photos from the recent 2nd Edition demo game run at Gencon UK 2007.

ACTA Fleet

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Der rote Kampfflieger

Had some fun playing Wings of War with miniatures from the first 12 planes produced by Nexus. The detail on the aircraft was excellent and using models, rather than car, certainly adds to the mobile game. I took a couple of photos, which can be viewed here: Wings of War Gallery

Wings of War Game in Progress

6mm Painting Guide and Resources for HOTT

The Agent of Ping has pulled together a new set of articles for CARPS which include resources for 6mm Hordes of the Things (HOTT) wargames and a miniature painting guide for the little 6mm figures. Have a look at the articles here: 6mm HOTT

Hordes of the Things Cover Image