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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

Today I added detail to the model. First, the door handle was constructed from plastic rods in different diameters.

Below the handle is an electronic lock, which consists of only a piece of plastic rod, the detail will be painted only.

From packaging paper, I cut two strips and glued them to the wall as skirting board, which consists in our building on a piece of carpet designed for this purpose.

The front part of the floor was covered in masking tape, the floor and skirting board then in wood glue and very fine bird cage sand to represent the structure of the carpet.

From some slightly thicker advertising paper I constructed ring binders, using balsa wood as the paper stored in them.

The folders will be used as the foot rest for the Finance-Zwölfe, where the original model has her foot on some sort of earth mound/foliage. The final model will look like this:

Published 2015-12-16 10:31:37

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I started to work on the diorama. I got four decorative glas domes quite cheaply on amazon; the dome sits on a plate which has a slight rim. To have the Zwölfe fully visible and not hidden by the rim, I started by constructing a dais. In the DIY store I found this connecting piping thing, which's rim had the correct diameter.

I cut it free.

Here it is inside the dome.

From plastic card I cut a circle...

... which was glued on top the dais.

Unfortunately, this construction was too high, having the wing tips touching the dome which forced the miniature backwards...

So I had to do what I wanted to prevent from the start: I had to construct my own circular dais. To get it to resemble a cirlce at least somwhow, I cut another disc from plastic card, glued it onto 6mm Depron, and the carefully cut along the edge of the plastic.

From another piece of Depron I cut the corridor wall, which I fitted into the dome by trial and error. The door I cut from plastic card. The notch around the doorframe I pressed into the depron with a pencil. I cut out the wall to make room for the door.

The door was then glued into place.

Published 2015-12-15 10:49:07

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

Last bits to paint were the feathers hanging on the belt. I did not want to paint them white, but also did not want to add another colour to the model, so I decided for grey and drab blue.

First I painted the sides and undersides in Charcoal to be left as a sort of blacklining, to get more contrast between the feathers and the gown. The feathers were then painted grey, the tips blue. I did not apply any shading/highlighting, this will be done by the oilwash.

72.155 Heavy Charcoal
70.989 Sky Grey
70.816 Luftwaffe Uniform WWII

After touching up some mistakes, painting is done.

I then glued the wings onto the Zwölfe.

Next up is constructing the key, and the diorama base.

Published 2015-12-14 09:35:38

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[Kickstarter]¶
Medieval Mayhem - 28mm Knights versus Zombies Miniatures¶

Neee-wom! The miniatures arrived :-)

I need more time for painting...

Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptangya Zoooooooom Boing Ni!

Published 2015-12-13 09:49:41

28mm | Kickstarter | Studio Miniatures

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I painted all the leather parts, the belt, the straps with the dangling gems, the hair band. I used:

70.822 German C. Black Brown
70.876 Brown Sand
70.843 Cork Brown

This was not very distinct, so I added another more extreme hightlight:

70.917 Beige

Next were all the gems. These are quite small and even with my smallest brush these proofed to be callenge. I basecoated in the darkest green, then highlighted towards the lower right corner in the lighter greens. Finally, a white dot was placed in the upper dark part to represent light reflection.

72.029 Sick Ggreen
72.032 Escorpena Green
72.033 Sick Green
70.951 White

The clothing on this miniature I do not fully understand. First, I thought she was wearing a gown and some sort of jacket over it. Now it looks more like she is wearing a corsage only.

The thing with the sleeves I still do not fully get. There are two quilings: one at the wrist, which seems to come from under the sleeve, and another one above the elbow - this one causes me problems. If there would only be the one at the wrist, I would see it as some kind of blouse worn under the gown. But what is the one above the elbow doing? It nearly looks like some kind of overdrawn sleeve, starting at the quiling above the elbow, ending above the wrist, where the sleeve from the gown can be seen again ... which does not make much sense in my mind.

So in the end I decided to paint the whole arm including both quilings as part of the gown - turquoise tinted white.

The only thing left to be painted then is the corsage. I choose Hexed Lichen as a basecoat, to make it really distinct from the gown colour. I then added several layers with squid pink mixed in for the highlights.

72.015 Hexed Lichen
72.013 Squid Pink

The sash at the right side was painted in the same colour.

Published 2015-12-13 06:23:31

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I blocked in most of the remaining areas:

leather straps/belts/ribbons

70.822 German C. Black Brown
gold

70.941 Burnt Umber
petals

72.013 Squid Pink
nails

72.027 Scurvy Green

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72.034 Bone White
lips

72.013 Squid Pink

&

72.015 Hexed Lichen

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72.928 Light Flesh

The gold was first highlighted, then washed, then again very sparingly highlighted:

72.055 Polished Gold
SWW021 Red Black
72.055 Polished Gold

The pedals where finished as follows:

SWW017 Purple
72.013 Squid Pink
72.013 Squid Pink & 71.001 White

Published 2015-12-06 02:04:42

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I painted the robe in a very pale pastel colour. I used the turquoise from the wings mixed into white.

72.024 Falcon Turquoise (tiny little amount)

&

71.001 White
more 71.001 White added in several steps
pure 71.001 White
70.951 White

The 71.001 I like very much for blending, as it is quite liquid and can be applied in very thin coats whithout the colour being runny. I might be wrong, but I always have the feeling that for a final stark white highlight, 70.951 is better suited and gives a brightness you cannot get with the 71.001.

With the whites still on the palette, I highlighted the hair over the grey base colour first with 71.001 then with 70.951 and painted in the eyeballs with 70.951.

Published 2015-12-04 11:23:28

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[Terrain]¶
Modular Fence System¶

The edge sections are done.

The last type of section I wanted to build are end pieces, that only connect on one side to another fence section.

All the sections I wanted to build for now are done, next up is painting them.

Published 2015-12-04 11:05:39

28mm | Fantasy | Linear Obstacle | Terrain

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I painted the skin. The base/shading colour uses the Hexed Lichen also used in the wings.

1/8 72.015 Hexed Lichen

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7/8 72.703 Pale Skin
72.73 Pale Skin
70.928 Light Flesh
70.928 Light Flesh

&

71.001 White
71.001 White

Published 2015-12-03 11:30:02

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I started to paint the wings. The colour scheme I saw some time ago in a YouTube video on the BuyPainted.com channel, and since then always wanted to try it - for the elven wings I think it will work just fine.

All the following steps where done using the airbrush, first step was to basecoat the whole miniature with 73.601 Grey Surface Primer.

Next, airbrushing 72.024 Falcon Turquoise and 71.001 White (2:1) lay the colour foundation for the wings.

I added some shading with pure 72.024 Falcon Turquoise (of course thinned down to not clog the nozzle).

The top and joint of the wings with body where then sprayed with 72.027 Scurfy Green mixed with Secret Weapon Washes Heavy Body Black (2:1 ratio), feathering that colour towards the middle section.