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By aku-chan
The Ghost of Christmas Past:-
The Ghost of Christmas Present:-
And the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come:-
Presenting a trio of Christmas Ghosts by Reaper (Unfortunately I can't find their catalogue numbers).
Despite their eyes being a bit googly, I'm really pleased with how all three of them came out (Particularly Christmas Future).
I still don't get why Christmas Present is dressed like a pirate though.
As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.
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By Iridil
I've bought several Christmas minis over the years, but this is the first one I painted! He's such a cute fellow and I had fun with him, even if it was Dec 28th before he was done...
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By Thrym
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
First, let me explain "why" I made this. Yes, "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie. The same as any of those Hallmark channel movies, "It's a Wonderful Life," or "Elf." I can feel my teeth rotting just mentioning that movie.
Second, my wife wears holiday pins everyday for the month of December. She even wears a pair of pins on occasion. She has too many to fit into 25 days.
Since this became a tradition, as is watching "Die Hard," every year, I started planning this craft project.
I did have this sidelined for a bit, mostly due to not having the right size "vent" I wanted to use for the size of the pin. I finally found a rounded corner rectangular set of cookie cutters (pkg of 10) that fit the bill. LOL
So with laminated pictures of John in the can, as it were, I cut him in and then added UV resin to seal him in. A generous layer of resin. Then I added a cutout of his head and his hand with the lighter to add some depth.
Voila, John McClane in the vents of the Nakatomi Building. You might have seen some ornaments around the 'net.
Here are some pics as well as my wife sporting the pin today.
Just john bent into the "vent."
John with a cutout of his head one layer in front of the background pic and his hand and light another layer ahead of that.
Sadly a few bubbles formed on the top layers. I got a few out before hardening the resin.
The pin in place.
My wife's new Christmas Pin. LMAO
It has two pin backs attached to the back with the UV resin. Both with the clasp end and pin point down. Easy placement and closing. Holds it in place well.
I think I am going to find a mini-bow for the top and add a ribbon around the outside. Add to the Christmas presentation.
For those wondering what UV resin I used... I got a couple of .75oz bottles off of Wish for the job a while ago. Worked well.
Enjoy and leave your thoughts and CC. I am interested in hearing what you all think.
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By 72moonglum
Hello everybody from the South all the way up to the North Pole!
So last year I had painted for my mom a Santa Claus, from a set of the plastic miniatures you find in hardware stores that go with the little sets of holiday houses. They are usually some pretty neat little figures but can use a little bit of love and attention, as they are speed painted in China without much detail. Well, with the original set of figures I had from last year, there were also three elves that I just didn't have time to work on, so I thought I'd do them this year and ended up finishing them yesterday. They are probably somewhere between two and three inches tall.
and here they are individually:
With this guy, I tried to actually make a list on his clipboard, but couldn't get too small, ended up with the first two letters of my mom and dad, Bernice and Glenn:
and this next little guy, used that same idea and put their initials not he music box lid:
and with this little guy, no real freehand, just an elf and a teddy bear:
Fun figures and pretty large, without so much crazy detail. For the most part I actually used the original color schemes that were pre-painted on these elves, which in all reality made life a little more simple so I didn't have to work so much to choose colors.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy! Merry Christmas to everybody and may Santa be kind to you all and bring you lots of Reaper miniatures and paints!
Mark
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