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  1. PaulinKendal

    Painting 12mm (1/144, N scale) figures

    You're both very kind. Chewing gum on stilts - love it! The more I paint figures, the more apparent it becomes that careful selection of the raw materials is absolutely vital. I wouldn't dream of using some scrubby old brush that couldn't form a point to save its life, nor use blobby...
  2. PaulinKendal

    Painting 12mm (1/144, N scale) figures

    I just painted four of these little blighters - that was more than enough! The clean-up was a nightmare - so much flash - and they're so blobby and indistinct. But well worth doing, if only to ensure I now hold @Tim Marlow 's work in even greater esteem!
  3. PaulinKendal

    70-75mm Roy Hunt Miniatures, Action at Dennewitz

    Both horses now with some colour. Still lots of smoothing and detailing required.
  4. PaulinKendal

    70-75mm Roy Hunt Miniatures, Action at Dennewitz

    I've started pushing paint around, just to get a feel of how this works - so this is VERY rough! Because everything is super low profile, the harness is fiendishly difficult to get sharp edges on. Black on white means I need to paint the tiny upstanding edges of the straps black, without...
  5. PaulinKendal

    70-75mm Roy Hunt Miniatures, Action at Dennewitz

    As a working platform I've mounted it on a piece of stiff 2mm card, using tiny blobs of Tacky Wax. Hopefully this'll hold it in place while I'm painting, but release once I'm done and need to fix it permanently to a suitable mount.
  6. PaulinKendal

    70-75mm Roy Hunt Miniatures, Action at Dennewitz

    So the clean-up proved surprisingly straightforward. The thin, brittle resin snapped out very obliging, so long as I just nibbled away at it with a fine bladed scalpel. Unfortunately, Colonel Clouet lost his head: I guess a could use CA or epoxy to mend it. CA won't be very strong, epoxy...
  7. PaulinKendal

    70-75mm Roy Hunt Miniatures, Action at Dennewitz

    A close-up of the accompanying artwork.
  8. PaulinKendal

    70-75mm Roy Hunt Miniatures, Action at Dennewitz

    Here's something different - bas relief figures. Not done anything like this before, so it could be tricky, we shall see. According to El Greco Miniatures, this is what Roy Hunt said about this: "It's taken from a painting that depicted a moment where Capt Egloff (I think) captures Colonel...
  9. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    There was a big gap in painting this figure, caused by summer holidays (which is a very good reason indeed, of course). I kind of lost the thread a bit, but I'm reasonably happy with the end result. Two elements I wanted to improve upon with this figure were smooth skin tones (which I'd...
  10. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    Big pause in painting this, but she now done. I'll stick images in the relevant folder.
  11. PaulinKendal

    Painting 12mm (1/144, N scale) figures

    I've just been asked to paint these tiny people, and I'd appreciate any advice on offer. At the moment I'm thinking: Wash in soapy water Remove from sprue Remove flash Superglue on ends of wooden skewers Prime, either white or black Paint using ink washes over white, or regular acrylics...
  12. PaulinKendal

    extra magnification

    I use an illuminated table mounted magnifier, Doug. Doesn't work for everyone, as there can be a clash between paintbrush and magnifier, but I've learned to deal with that. Here it's being used (with another lamp) to illuminate a figure for photography. Here's a link to the one I use...
  13. PaulinKendal

    The ultimate workshop?

    I'm in La Rochelle on my holidays, and I visited the Maritime Museum here today. The museum is excellent, and chockablock (suitable nautical term) with wonderful models. Here's just a flavour. Anyway, round the back you could have a gander at the workshop where this stuff is produced, and I...
  14. PaulinKendal

    Model photos the easy way

    Really interesting post, Jakko, ta. I just use my modelling lights and a sheet of Styrofoam propped up as background - quick and easy, but not as good results, for sure: I wasn't aware of the HDR function, so I've just tried it. Here's a picture with the standard settings: And here's one...
  15. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    Work in progress. And a view you'd never see:
  16. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    Thanks very much. It's a Doctor Faust recipe: cover everything in Cavalry Brown, then increasing ratios of Dwarf Skin to Cav Brown, then add a pale pink made with white and a dash of Vermillion.
  17. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    I'm going to do the skin in two stages. First off, get a smooth(ish) uniform colour gradient across the model. That's where I'm at now. Next I'll do the eyes, then use glazes to add depth and blend the finish further. That's the plan...
  18. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    Zenithal priming is such a simple, effective technique that it really does feel like cheating.
  19. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    I've got her all together, apart from the big cat pelt. Gluing that in place would just be gratuitously adding complication to the task of painting, with no real benefit. This was tricky! (Maybe I should try making something with more than fourteen pieces!)
  20. PaulinKendal

    75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

    Cleaning her up. Quite a few mould lines, but no real difficulties. Little bit of filling will be required. Love the quality! Look at these two, matching, faces. That's clever. My thumb, for scale.

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