Return to miniatures painting
Games Bunker is a new table-top gaming shop opened in Funan centre recently, selling mostly Games Workshop products. After a long contemplation, and seeing that Esther is interested in miniatures painting while David is interested in the wargames, YowCH took out his old paints, brushes, miniatures and tools to restart this hobby again. Sadly, lead miniatures are mostly discontinued as lead is poisonous. The current ones are cast in resin, not as detailed, lighter and not so easy to modify the pose.
Here are 4 Space Marines painted about 20 years ago when YowCH was only 17:
And here is the current workspace, started on 7 Sept 2011:
The first try-out was with the Lord of The Rings set from Citadel Miniature of Games Workshop:
The following photos shows the last 4 of the 5 basic steps:
0. Cut the models out of the sprue, trim and assemble with plastic glue and file-off to detail.
1. The models of Gimli and Legolas after assembly.
2. White washed as the undercoat.
3. Base coat of colours.
4. Detailed first by deep shading the dark areas, then dry-brushing the highlights, followed by washing and blending, and finally details like the faces, weapons, clothes, etc.
This is a closer view of Gimli, Gandalf and Legolas (Gandalf was the first figure in the set to be painted, can be seen on the workspace photo above).
Currently, Baromir and Aragorn are being worked on, base coat done:
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