Sapphire Wolf's miniature(s) lounge

[Sapphire Wolf]

Okay, to make things fair to this forum, I decided to make a thread for my miniatures (for WIPs, and final paintjobs, or Paint Jobs that needs more work.)

In further ado, here's a WIP paintjob of the Highlander IIC miniature in a Clan Wolf Beta scheme, it needs more coats of the top half (tan) by using Vallejo Model Color Dark-Sand and a size 0 brush (sorry, I don't take a photo of the brush for obvious reasons of this section), after that I'll paint the bottom half gray with Testors ModelMaster Acryl Engine-Grey


The primer that I used is a Brush-on Primer from Vallejo

Okay, I need an option (after applying a wash on the basecoat after 2 or 3 coats of each color complete)-
What highlighting technique should I use?
Drybrush
-or-
Panel Highlighting

(No, I am NOT using Enamels on miniatures anymore)

[Isaac]

Hey that's looking really good. I'm not sure about the technique to use.

[Sapphire Wolf]

Here's Day 3 of the WIP (since Day 1 is the Brush-on Primer stage and Day 2 is the top basecoat) (needs more coats though)-

(Man that looks ugly, but the wash and Drybrush highlight will cure that problem (after more coats)

[Isaac]

What's that he's standing on? Did you make that?

[Sapphire Wolf]

It's standing on one of the Iron Wind Metals ink bottles that I don't use. but above the bottle and below the miniature, is a hexbase from Iron Wind Metals that I glued the mini onto.
Here's what I did-
I added a small ring of tack putty on the Ink bottle and place the miniature on the top of the putty and ink bottle.

[Isaac]

Cool.
What images you using for reference?

[Sapphire Wolf]

I'm using one of these for reference of the paint job.

[Isaac]

cool.

[Sapphire Wolf]

Okay, here's the final paintjob (the cockpit/canopy blend may not be a looker though):










(I forgot to add the other days (e.g. days 4 and 5 and so on) due to the fact I was busy at Thursday's Flash Class at College (which is important first)
(my decals for kill marks didn't arrive yet from FightingPirannhaGraphics.com)

[Isaac]

I really like that ground you made.
Also it's not bad. The only part that I would call unfinished is that blue area. Which could use more perfect curves and consistency.

[Sapphire Wolf]

Yeah, I forgot to retrace the cockpit lines with a scraping tool (before the primer and paint) to make the lines deeper so it would be easier to figure out where the canopy is.
Thanks for the tip though.
I'll do better next time with the canopy (or if I decided to get another one )
(No, I'm not using Enamels! I only used Acrylic paints)

(here's the Battletech Wiki link to the Highlander IIC-
http://sarna.net/wiki/Highlander_IIC and a sample in miniature form (from heavygauss.com, in a different scheme)) to get the general idea of what the cockpit should look like)

[Isaac]

One more bit of info as an ex 3d artist:
Always focus most of your time on the eyes and face (or cockpit) of the body. That's where people's eyes go first when they look at your model. If you have a convincing face, the rest of the model can get away with lacking detail.
example:
http://www.etsy-love.com/?p=144
example2 (more time was spent on the eyes/face than the rest of the image):
http://www.patricknagel.com/taf/image_s ... ail&UID=21

[Sapphire Wolf]

More minis that have been primered with Krylon Black Primer Spray (yes my workspace is a mess, I still need to clean up my WS) and ready to be painted-

They're gonna be painted in red House Kurita, Sword of Light scheme.
From left to right are the following mechs-
WSP-1A Wasp, OTT-7J Ostscout, PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk, BLR-1G Battlemaster.
Just be patient you guys, I'll paint them soon or later.
(they're not done yet though)

[Isaac]

No paint it now!!! Jk.

[Sapphire Wolf]

Here's the BLR-1G Battlemaster mech, painted in House Kurita Sword of Light (any of them... I guess) colors. Surprisingly, I forgot to get any of the Sword of Light decals and any Kanji decals (since House Kurita's a Japanese faction of the Inner Sphere).

[DarkHorse]

Always thought Battlemasters looked totally ridiculous, but you've done a nice job with the paint on that one. It actually makes an asset out of the monstrous cockpit.

[Sapphire Wolf]

On the next miniatures in the photo below, they'll be painted in a Clan Wolf Beta Galaxy Scheme-

The Following mechs from left to right are-
Warhammer IIC (old), Gargoyle (Man O War) (resculpt), Jenner IIC (old).
The Following paint that I'm gonna use from left to right are-
(gray)
Testors Model Master Acryl Engine Grey, Vallejo Model Color London Grey, Vallejo Model Color GermanCamo Grey
(Tan)
Vallejo Model Color Dark Sand, Vallejo Model Color Pale Sand, and Vallejo Model Color White

When I get a moment, I'll get to work on painting one of them. But the Warhammer IIC will be first to be painted.

(I'll try to do paint jobs on other miniatures that I have (the ones that are not in this photo) in different schemes other than like Clan Wolf (Beta), House Kurita/Draconis Combine (Sword of Light), or even Wolf's Dragoons Gamma Regiment)

[Sapphire Wolf]

I'm currently taking a break from painting the good-old-fashioned Warhammer IIC (since I have to use the \"un-cure\" debonder to strip the primer and disassembled the miniature due to the fact that the primer came out with bad results (remember, always warm the spray primer can in hot-tap water before using it in the recommended outside temperature). For now, I'm gonna work on the good old fashioned RFL-3N Rifleman by primering it with Testors Model Master Acryl FlatBlack (since it's currently raining here in my town).
here's the photo (please note those little pins (or rather, I used paperclips as pins) are added by me to hold the pieces better)-

I'm not really gonna glue on the arms yet until the paintjob is done.
(I used a technique called pinning when you drill a hole for the pin (or a paperclip or any effective materials) and glue the pin in and drill a hole for the other pieces (like on the arms of the Rifleman in the photo) so the glue will hold the pieces better)
Anywho, I better get to painting!

[roid]

i admire that you are consistently interested in this topic Sapphire Wolf. It's the vivid dreams of driven people like you who end up driving technological progress forwards in entire industries.

[Sapphire Wolf]

A failed tempt on a Lyran Guards Scheme (without any LG decals)

Please note that I don't tend to Jewel tiny cockkpits for now.
This is as far as decent that I can go for.

[Sapphire Wolf]

Here's something that I did for fun recently-
I was messing around with the Rommel Tank and I decided to experiment magnets within miniature pieces. Here's how it goes:
I drilled a hole (with a size 1/8 drill bit) within the inserts and ball joints of the pieces of the Rommel Tank miniature deep enough so the magnet will hold and used superglue to glue in the magnets in a proper angle and tada you get a rotatable turret! The miniature sized magnet discs I used are size 1/8 by 1/16 that can be found at magnet4less.

Here are the photos of the results (56k Warning):





(this badboy will be scrubbed down with warm soapy (dish soap) water and an old toothbrush so the pieces will be ready for the primer and paint)

[Duper]

very cool!

will this get painted?

[Sapphire Wolf]

very cool!

will this get painted?

The answer is yes. I hope the primer (spray) won't affect the magnetic fields of the magnets.

The primer that I use are the Krylon brand of spray Primer.

The glue I use is the Instacure Super Glue (don't worry, I do have the "un-cure" debonder) that I got from my FLHGS (Friendly Local Hobby Game Store)

My Warhammer IIC (old version that is formerly unseen) miniature has been disassembled and pinned and tomorrow moring I'll give it a good scrub of soapy water for the primer (again) and then the paintjob.

[Top Gun]

The answer is yes. I hope the primer (spray) won't affect the magnetic fields of the magnets.

Unless you gob it on three inches thick, you should be fine.

This is a really awesome idea.

[Duper]

oh duh. lol sorry Wolf.. yeah kinda missed the part about the primer.

Hey Top! we agree on something!!!