Seer of the Pitt Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'll be painting up 'The Golden Dragon of Chaos'. Three weeks should be enough time to finish prep work and paint that beast. I'll try to start a WIP after I finish sculpting the joint seems, but I can't make any promises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willen Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'll be painting up 'The Golden Dragon of Chaos'. Three weeks should be enough time to finish prep work and paint that beast. I'll try to start a WIP after I finish sculpting the joint seems, but I can't make any promises. I looked it up and it is a gorgeous mini, but I would die (or abandon all other things in my life) to get it done in three weeks. Best of luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulture Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) i realized on Saturday that i had done very little to get a dragon finished by the end of the year, so i have turned to my shelf of shame. i have a few pieces that have already been prepped and basecoated so if i start today i just might complete one or two . i have to leave town on the 20th, so i best get going. i was originally hoping to do a display quality model, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards. better to participate than not, though. Edited December 15, 2013 by vulture 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hey, I've only got the basecoat on mine. I plan to do a lot of work on it over the holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Gonna bow out on this one. I haven't touched (paint) a mini in so long I may have forgotten how to apply paint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willen Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I am almost there. A friend showed me how to use his airbush and did some of the base work, but then test-fitted the dragon and it is not ok. I will need to touch up the base, then try to put it all together. At least, right now it is correcting, no really painting. And I applied varnish to one of the minis and it "frosted" in the recesses :( I need to correct that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Ugh, that just happened to my dragon. Finally got around to sealing him, but slopped it on too thick and it left weird little white specks in a few of the cracks. It's especially bad right around the wing; I should probably go back in with some dark paint and just re-paint those crevices. It's not super noticeable though, so we'll see how this week pans out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willen Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Yeah, it is a big problem. It is not in a very noticieable place (well, most of it), but still... it was brush-on sealer, over a previous layer of the same brush-on... and still this happened. I don't know why :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dontfear Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm still far from certain I'll finish mine. The mini is 90% done but I need to base... I have 2 weeks there abouts. It will be tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper_the_2nd Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm confident mine will get done. If not for this year's competition then maybe for next year's (we're doing another one next year right???)... Even with reducing the scope I still have a LOT to do, but I'm sure going to try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yeah, it is a big problem. It is not in a very noticieable place (well, most of it), but still... it was brush-on sealer, over a previous layer of the same brush-on... and still this happened. I don't know why :( I know that for me the layer sealer was just too thick. I didn't fix the cracks around the wings very well, trusting the dark paint to hide it, but then it just filled up with sealer. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 At this point I'm just hoping to get my single dragon done and enter him into that contest. I'm also trying to decide if I want to swap out the base he came on or modify it in some way, my thoughts are moving towards the modification process and using some green stuff or milliput to cover up the skull he's standing on and make it more like a rocky outcropping. I also just noticed that the single dragon contest has 1 winner and 4 door prizes, I know that with how great those single dragons are in there I don't stand a chance at 1st place winner, but a door prize would be cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willen Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm confident mine will get done. If not for this year's competition then maybe for next year's (we're doing another one next year right???)... Even with reducing the scope I still have a LOT to do, but I'm sure going to try. :((( Yeah, it is a big problem. It is not in a very noticieable place (well, most of it), but still... it was brush-on sealer, over a previous layer of the same brush-on... and still this happened. I don't know why :( I know that for me the layer sealer was just too thick. I didn't fix the cracks around the wings very well, trusting the dark paint to hide it, but then it just filled up with sealer. Oh well. That was probably it, because it seems like zones where the sealer would collect. I need to find a way to solve it, anyway, I can't repaint the mini at this stage. So I am left with the olive oil solution, or the Future solution. I will try one, or both, tomorrow :) Is it bad that I am thinking of taking the 24th off to work on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Nah, it's Christmas Eve! No one will expect you to work that day anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulture Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) if you are doing successive layers of seals i strongly suggest that you use a gloss sealer up until the final seal. gloss mediums are typically just pure acrylic medium with no pigment or additives but matte sealers contain small amounts of non transparent material to refract light and disrupt reflections. because matte sealer is not perfectly clear it will cause bright colors to become dull or frost. i like golden GAC-100 all purpose acrylic medium for just about everything (gunk, non-final sealing etc). if you are going to matte it, the gloss shouldn't matter and will actually make for a brighter/clearer PJ. edit: try a layer of gloss to fix the frost - the acrylic medium may help reactivate the layer and fill the texture without giving you a greasy mini (i would not recommend cooking oil or floor wax). any spots that still look crappy will need to be repainted. Edited December 18, 2013 by vulture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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