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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

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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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

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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourg¶

The US Army models are all painted in base colours. Next step is to remove the models from the wooden sticks and glue them to their bases.

Published 2015-12-19 10:50:15

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

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.

Published 2015-12-19 10:53:22

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

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 Ã 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.

Published 2015-12-20 11:55:03

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

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.

Published 2015-12-21 10:22:26

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I basecoated the bases, then applied the first drybrush.

Published 2015-12-21 10:31:57

28mm | Dwarves | em4miniatures | Ral Partha | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I finished the bases with the last drybrush of ivory, then started to paint the Dwarves:

Chainmail 72.053 Chainmail Silver (surprise!)
Skin 72.041 Dwarf Skin (obviously!)
Spear shaft 72.065 Terracotta

Published 2015-12-22 07:07:07

28mm | Dwarves | em4miniatures | Ral Partha | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

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:

Published 2015-12-22 10:50:29

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I painted the plate armour, helmets and spear tips in 70.864 - Natural Steel. Although this colour is darker and less shiny than the Chainmail, the contrast between the two colours is not that good - especially from some distance away they look almost the same.