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I basecoated the whole model in 74.602 Black Primer.

The wall was then airbrushed in

  • 73.601 Grey Primer
  • 71.001 White where I tried to leave some areas darker to create some pre-shading, like the edges of the door where it meets the wall.

Next I painted the woodgrain of the door with... well... 70.828 Woodgrain - what else?

The wood colour I painted with the aptly named 70.834 Natural Wood. This is a very translucent colour, as you can see on the first two pictures. I applied 3 coats in total. These coats also made the woodgrain blend more into the wood colour.

The missing item is the Kontenschlüssel (literally: account key, 'account determination'). This I constructed from plastic rod and some thin clear plastic packaging. Working with clear plastic proved a bit difficult at times, with me searching for the cut pieces all the time... The teeth of the key are done in the form of a T - like in t-account where you post debit and credit. The key is carried on a key ring, which I bent and cut from a glitter ball hook.

Finally for today, I painted the folders.

  • 70.947 Red
  • 70.962 Flat Blue
  • 71.002 Yellow The hole in the back and the front lower edges are metal rimmed, painted in 71.064 Steel.


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The key ring was painted in 71.064 Steel and the key in 70.801 Brass

The door frame was painted in a mix of

  • 71.071 Arctic Blue
  • 72.155 Heavy Charcoal

The door handles were painted in

  • 71.064 Chrome

The sign is basically white, but to contrast it with the white wall Í used

  • 70.986 Deck Tan

As a final step to the Zwölfe herself, I airbrushed her in gloss vanish, then washed her in oils:

  • W&N Raw Umber key
  • W&N Lamp Black I applied a blacklining to distinguish areas from another.
  • W&N French Ultramarine Hair and wings.


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I painted the carpet in 70.867 Dark Bluegrey, then tried to recreate the pattern on our office carpet with 72.047 Wolf Grey. While I am quite happy with the colour choice, the pattern I lightly brished on does not look like the original... but I guess it is colourwise still recognisable.


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The Zwölfe was sprayed in gloss varnish from a spray can, then with matt varnish. When this was dry, the gems were painted with 70.510 Gloss Varnish with a brush to give them a more glass like appearance.

Final touch was the sign at the front:

Finance-Zwölfe bringt den neuen Kontenschlüssel

 

literally:

Finance-Zwölfe delivers new account key

 

Finance-Zwölfe delivers new account determination

Then I glued the miniature in place, putting her foot on the pile of folders.

Here is the final result:

And with the dome in place:

Finished just in time to be handed over tomorrow :-)

 

 

All the colours I used for this project:


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Today was the day! I placed the gift on the colleague's table before she arrived; when she opened it, she surprisingly immediately knew whom it was from - it could have been from anyone, couldn't it...? ;-)

She came laughing to my office carrying the glass dome and thanked me exuberantly, all the time laughing and discovering new details.

And thus looks the happy beneficiary :-)

Happy Christmas!