Nameless Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Oh well, I found a mini... and some paints... and a brush... Trying to recall how to paint a miniature and possibly have some fun along the way. Don't have much experience with Bones, got myself some from the 1st KS, painted few of them, and now got this efreeti in black bones. Better casting quality, still not a fan of the material though. Some of these mould lines were in nasty places and I had some difficulties to remove them without damaging other parts. Gaps were filled with superglue, sprinkled with some soda bicarbonate and smoothened. Used only red, yellow and white for skin thus far. Will probably get some purple in the darkest shadows. Keep your fingers crossed, I'd like to finish this model by the end of December 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Good luck! I actually really love this figure, but part of me not having started on her originates specifically from all that patching and fixing that I think I’d have to do on her before starting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disciple of Sakura Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 15 hours ago, 72moonglum said: Good luck! I actually really love this figure, but part of me not having started on her originates specifically from all that patching and fixing that I think I’d have to do on her before starting. What's holding me up is that I'd want to remove her from the integrated base, and it looks like it's going to be a nightmare to do. This is looking good so far, OP. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Glad I'm not the only one concerned with quality, I thought I might be oversensitive. @DoS - maybe if you clipped everything around the feet and cloth, and then cut whatever is left under the model? Some more progress. I like the skin, even on these poor cellphone pics, though I will probably repaint her hair. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 1:19 PM, Nameless said: Glad I'm not the only one concerned with quality, I thought I might be oversensitive. I wouldn’t say so. I don’t think it’s too much to hope for a minimum of work before you even start painting a figure. If you have to spend a good long time patching her up, it takes away a bit from the actual joy and time allotted to painting her up. I just got the female genie model yesterday, and in comparison she doesn’t have the copious amounts of empty space between glued pieces, looks like just a bit of flash. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 2019 is almost over, will I be able to finish on time? Hair corrected, fiery blades in progress 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 So far I've been using 4 paints on this model: white, yellow, red and violet. Bronze NMM required introduction of the 5th : dark brown. I really need to find more paints at home, lol Armour in progress. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) Corrected the armour here and there and started painting clothes. No new paints, guess she will be fiery from toes to horns. Edited December 26, 2019 by Nameless "and there" 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pochi Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 She's beautiful! You should enter her in the single figure category of the annual forum painting contest. Deadline next week! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyranger69 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Wicked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_Eyes Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 She's looking gorgeous! I think the minimal color palette really work on this figure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/26/2019 at 11:56 PM, Pochi said: She's beautiful! You should enter her in the single figure category of the annual forum painting contest. Deadline next week! Calling her finished after the evening painting session, so yeah, I guess I could enter the contest. Hope my camera still works, not sure I'll be able to make good photos with my smartphone. Last few pics, no new paints. Oh, sorry, got some black for the base Back side - clothes and blades in progress Base in progress Thanks for watching and cheering, stay tuned for final pics 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Promised pics of the finished model in the Show Off section if anyone's interested: https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/89654-ziba-efreeti/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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