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Re: Figure painting

Postby rogruth » Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:31 pm

healey36 wrote:
rogruth wrote:
healey36 wrote:oh yeah...here's the list:

http://www.arttista.com/December16Pricelist.pdf

No fun buying them already painted!

Healey

But it is also no fun if you can't see what you are painting. :(

Agreed...my near-vision has gone to hell. Glasses are worthless, so I broke down and bought an Optivisor. That's very helpful, although when I photograph stuff I've painted I see all of the flaws that are invisible to me when I'm working on it. That and adopting the two-foot rule keeps me satisfied with what I can still accomplish.

I started using the three foot rule four years ago and most of my layout looks OK to me. :D
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Re: Figure painting

Postby G3750 » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:44 am

This is slightly off topic, but I am thoroughly disgusted by the focus these days on zombies. I watch a series on AMC called "Halt And Catch Fire " - about computer entrepreneurs. Every commercial break includes 2 minutes of previews for "Walking Dead", "Fear the Walking Dead", etc. The commercials are all the same- gratuitous violence". :evil:

And now Micro-Mark has finally gone too far. I got an ad to "Zombie-fy" my layout. :shock:

Pathetic.

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Re: Figure painting

Postby chuck » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:53 am

Zombie stuff seemed insane. Of all the "scary" things to be scared of, zombies are way done on the list. Flame thrower. Zombies can't move if the soft tissue is roasted and then incinerated. Bones can't move on their own. Now vampires and killer robots are a completely different story!
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Re: Figure painting

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:46 am

chuck wrote:Zombie stuff seemed insane. Of all the "scary" things to be scared of, zombies are way done on the list. Flame thrower. Zombies can't move if the soft tissue is roasted and then incinerated. Bones can't move on their own. Now vampires and killer robots are a completely different story!


Wait for it............

Wait for it............


Yup!

Zombie vampires!!! :lol: :lol: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:
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Re: Figure painting

Postby healey36 » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:18 am

zombie-protector for the layout:

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Trash-can lid and a cricket bat...unfortunately she's 1/35-scale...sigh...

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Re: Figure painting

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:35 am

healey36 wrote:zombie-protector for the layout:

Trash-can lid and a cricket bat...unfortunately she's 1/35-scale...sigh...


Can't get everything life sized, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Figure painting

Postby healey36 » Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:22 pm

Hobo's are working their way to the top of the lead pile, but I'm still hung up on ships:

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Another 3D-printed armored cruiser.

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Re: Figure painting

Postby rogruth » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:24 pm

Healey,
I'm always amazed at what you, and others, can do to such small things. :D
If that was mine it would be painted one color from a spray can. :oops:
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Re: Figure painting

Postby healey36 » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:07 pm

Thanks for that Roger...I used to be a lot better at this, but the eyes ain't so great anymore.

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Re: Figure painting

Postby rogruth » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:10 pm

Healey,
If that got dropped on our floor I would probably think it was some kind of bug and squash it. That's how good my eyes are. :(
I might like to have your eyes. Probably your fingers too.
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Re: Figure painting

Postby healey36 » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:24 am

Been working a lot of projects this summer, mostly catching up with stuff around the house. Got a couple of book projects that are sucking the life out of me...hoping to wrap those by fall. Still working the lead-pile too.

Started block-painting the Arttista hobos and some 28mm Age-of-Glory British infantry:

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In the meantime the ship-painting continues. Matt Schreck's been helping me knock down the fleet:

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A 1/2400 model of SMS Bayern by GHQ. I would have used a decal for those air-recognition markings...Matt free-hands them...effing show-off...

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Re: Figure painting

Postby healey36 » Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:35 am

Nice figure selection from the UK:

http://www.omen-miniatures.com/

Pricey, but sharp.

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Re: Figure painting

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:30 am

healey36 wrote:Nice figure selection from the UK:

http://www.omen-miniatures.com/

Pricey, but sharp.


Thanks! I see several that I might be using! :wink: :wink:
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Re: Figure painting

Postby 2railjon » Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:34 pm

Some figures I’ve painted for my layout.
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Helping my son with his Spartan school project.
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Running that red block Charlie.
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Re: Figure painting

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:50 pm

Good lookin' as could be, 2RailJon.
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