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Discussion in 'Personal Paint Logs' started by ChiliPepa, Apr 30, 2017.

  1. Ritual
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    Ritual Well-Known Member

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    Great work so far. Love the proper use of cork on the skinks bases for starters - much better than some of the other attempts I have seen recently of just smacking it on and calling it rock.

    The warriors look fantastic, great details. Looking forward to seeing them painted.
     
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  2. Aphotic
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    Aphotic Active Member

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    I love those Saurus, what base model(s) did you use to achieve that? Amazing work so far, can't wait to see the rest.
     
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  3. ChiliPepa
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    ChiliPepa Well-Known Member

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    Well, nothing spectacular, actually - I just have enough of spare time, plus some dedication and perfectionism :) seriously though, I just try to do the best I can possibly achieve.

    Bowser
    Many thanks! I'll post another 5 in a day or two.

    Ritual
    Thank you :) thpugh painting is always taking much longer time for me...

    Aphotic
    The actual "basic" miniature were the Gors from the former Beastmen model range.
     
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  4. Jorgik
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    Jorgik Well-Known Member

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    Awesome stuff! Specially love the musician with his (its?) flute and the snakes!
     
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  5. ChiliPepa
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    ChiliPepa Well-Known Member

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    Thanks! The actual basic idea did not include snakes before I started to work on the base itself. Then I though that it would be a nice small touch, which also refers to eastern culture.
     
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  6. PhoenixTheCat
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    PhoenixTheCat Well-Known Member

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    [QUOTE="ChiliPepa, post: 191389, member: 15703]
    Aphotic
    The actual "basic" miniature were the Gors from the former Beastmen model range.[/QUOTE]
    It isn't a former range, you can still get them.


    I don't know what went wrong. Sorry it's messed up.
     
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  7. NIGHTBRINGER
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    I think you greatly underestimate your skill!
     
  8. SlanntaClause
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    SlanntaClause Well-Known Member

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    Your work is amazing :D
     
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  9. Warden
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    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    My brother has a few sets of old beastman Gors, I never would have envisioned a conversion as awesome as this!
     
  10. ChiliPepa
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    ChiliPepa Well-Known Member

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    PhoenixTheCat
    Yeh, checked that, I ment that they were formerly known as Beastmen Gors from WHFB.

    NIGHTBRINGER
    I think it is better to underestimate oneself, rather than overestimate ;) thank you for your praise!

    SlanntaClause
    Many thanks, trying to do my best!

    Warden
    I actually just needed someone a bit more "pumped" than the original saurus, and I thought that Gors were the best choice with very fine detailing and neat and similar anathomy.

    Alas, here are 5 more sauri for the saurus box. I've done them a few days ago, but the preparation for the upcoming exams intervened. Anyways, here they are:
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    And some close-ups:
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    They still require some finishing touches, but all in all they can be considered as "ready to be painted".
    Now I'm gonna convert 12 sauri in a row with 2 fillers for 2 models - that will bring my brick to 25 souls in the unit, which is almost enough to play a starting game of 750 points (after that I just need to convert an Old-blood).
    An in the end, now this box has the starting model count of 10 and looks like this:
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    Cheers!
     
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  11. ravagekitteh
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    These are all amazing, especially the painted Skinks. I think the use of cork on the bases as well is really clever
     
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  12. tom ndege
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    This is just too awesome... need to get me some gors... ;)
    I love the guy on the fourth picture... the guy on the left... again the chilled expression of an experienced warrior. :cool:Would make a great Old blood, too.
    It's amazing how much effort you put into a core/battleline United... am really looking forward to seeing what you do with lords and heroes!;):cool:
     
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  13. Bowser
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    Bowser Third Spawning

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    These are some of the best conversions I hve ever seen. Incredibly cool, absolutely brilliant.
     
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  14. Warden
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    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Equally fantastic and beautiful work.

    I think I missed it but how long does it take to assemble a single one of those saurus warriors?

    I can only imagine how long it would take to paint :artist:
     
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  15. ChiliPepa
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    ravagekitteh
    More to come ;) I actually abandoned the idea of using cork, because I felt a trey (is that what you call it - the "large base" thing for the entire unit?) with a unit on such bases would be awkward to move.

    tom ndege
    Well then, you should wait for my old-blood then ;) he is as chilled as this guy you mentioned. But with much, much greater portion of bad attitude.

    Bowser
    Thank you! Sadly though, I have exams coming during the next two weeks, so there will be no big updates during this time period. But I'll come back with a full unit of these ;)

    Warden
    Well, the very first one (which can be considered as the concept-miniature for the rest of unit), who is now the champion, took me about 5 years to complete, counting from the moment I took a modelling knife in hand and the moment the last bit of green stuff on him dried. The next 4 took about a month or two. The latest 5 - about two weeks. Roughly speaking, when I put all my lazyness aside, it is possible for me to make 5 in a row in a week.
     
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  16. Jorgik
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    Jorgik Well-Known Member

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    Movement tray ;)
     
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  17. Soxii
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    That's some seriously good modelling and painting there- for some reason the style of weapons/armour makes me think of places like Cathay and Nippon from the Old World (not to mention that there was that underwater city from Lustria that was akin to Atlantis, I think it was Chupayotl? Need to check my old army books) Keep up the great work, and best of luck with exams! :)
     
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  18. ChiliPepa
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    Jorgik
    Okay, many thanks ;)

    Soxii
    Well, I intended my sauri to look somewhat more "universal", also leaning towards other cultures, not only mayan/aztec.
    Thank you! The exams have passed and I have something to show you now (well, more of a sneak pic-type):

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    Hopefully I will post the entire unit of these in a few days ;) they just require nice finishing with their detailing.

    Cheers!
     
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  19. PhoenixTheCat
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    @Soxii it was Chupayotyl.
     
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  20. deer riffs
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    Wow. These look fantastic. I particularly like the skink with the pipe. He looks like a bro.
     
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