The Display Cabinet

xxalxx · 13 Apr 2015 at 02:03

Picked up a paintbrush for the first time in 20 years!

Base coated and quick-shaded a few Zombicide figures, these are a few mins after putting the Army Painter 'Quickshade' on ...

xxalxx · 14 Apr 2015 at 04:51

First try of dull coat, does a good job

Still need to finish but vast improvement over the grey plastic

xxalxx · 16 Apr 2015 at 07:34

Learnt a lesson last night don't try and prime two rows of figures, both ruined now as they are like sandpaper

Warbie · 16 Apr 2015 at 19:19

xxalxx said:
Learnt a lesson last night don't try and prime two rows of figures, both ruined now as they are like sandpaper

Get some Fairy Power Spray mate. Soak them in it for a few hours or over night then take a tooth brush to them under some warm running water. Trust me - I completely ballsed up some Zombicide figures after priming, painting, varnishing and dull coating - and then spilling paint on them. This left them looking like new

It'll get primer off in no time. Keep the stuff you use too - i've used the same jar of liquid for about 30 models so far.

xxalxx · 17 Apr 2015 at 00:00

Cheers Warble, will give it a go when I get home from work, looked up at bit on the net as well, something called Simple Green which is sold over here as well as the states so may pick up both and see which works better!

Really enjoying painting these figures, even the missus is doing some which has stopped me getting trouble for buying new paints all the time

$118 on the S1 box, $200 on paint and sprays etc so far!

xxalxx · 17 Apr 2015 at 00:06

A quick question, how are you handling painting the eyes? Its so fiddly that I have totally gave up doing it

Shamikebab · 17 Apr 2015 at 00:08

At that scale you can get away without doing it probably. Just shade the eye socket.

xxalxx · 17 Apr 2015 at 04:02

Cheers I think I may leave it at that

Warbie · 17 Apr 2015 at 09:12

xxalxx said:
Cheers Warble, will give it a go when I get home from work, looked up at bit on the net as well, something called Simple Green which is sold over here as well as the states so may pick up both and see which works better!

Gl mate. I've tried both btw - Fairy kicks arse. It even worked on a model that had been painted, dipped in army painter quick shade, then painted again cause I didn't like how it looked, dipped again and then matt sprayed

Nodiggidy123 · 18 Apr 2015 at 16:19

Haven't they changed the formula of the power spray. Didn't work last time I tried

xxalxx · 19 Apr 2015 at 00:30

I couldn't find Fairy Power spray over here, so i picked up some Cif power stuff to see what would happen, working a treat

Jonesiani · 30 May 2015 at 14:13

So here's the finished Eldar Avatar.

I've been working on this Forge World model for nearly 3 months on and off. It's the first time in over 15 years since I've painted a miniature, so it was slow going, and some parts (the blending of orange to yellow) were very frustrating. GW paints were used for the entire model, and I really think they've come on leaps and bounds with their paint selection.

There is literally so much detail on this model it takes forever. There's over 50gems to paint, and some parts of the model are very fragile. Anyway, enjoy!

Destination · 30 May 2015 at 15:34

That is delightful!
Well done.

Tummy · 30 May 2015 at 15:46

Wonderfully painted!

Jonesiani · 30 May 2015 at 18:31

Thanks very much!

My next projects are Dante and The Sanguinor in a non-metallic metal style.

Commander Dante has always been by favourite GW miniature. I painted him yonks ago, so I've re-bought the model.

Shamikebab · 26 Jul 2015 at 22:41

Finally finished not one but two projects! May I present my finished Sigmarine and a Huntsmen of Vile-Tis from Rackham.

Jonesiani · 27 Aug 2015 at 07:01

Finally finished my Lord-Relictor mini!

Shamikebab · 15 Sep 2015 at 16:27

Rackham Cynwall Varsym finished.

Jonesiani · 25 Sep 2015 at 17:57

Just finished this Lord-Castellant today!

GTanny · 22 Nov 2015 at 11:42

Currently painting star wars imperial assault, only done 5 storm troopers, the droids and the AT-ST.

Quite happy with them from the tabletop but nothing like the quality on display here

Still not played the game yet but I am enjoying the painting, plenty of guides for colour schemes and ideas, although I'm trying to go for a more gritty wartorn look instead of adding specific battle damage.