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Hi All,

I hope alls well,

I just wanted to share my first mini I painted over the weekend... I have painted armour and terrain before but never an actual mini..... I put together some DKoK parts to come up with my spotter.....

quite a basic paint technique but BOY do I have a new found respect for painting mini's...... very steep learning curve.

Grey Halfords Primer
Great Coat = Vallejo French Blue outer & Tamiya Light Blue Inner
Boots/Mask/gloves/bedroll = Tan Brown
Straps/Breather box/Gun Stock = Brown
Helmet= Black/metalic scratches
Gun Barrel/ buttons/buckles/metallic
Black coffee wash on boots
Agrax earthshade wash everywhere else.
Matte Varnish.

Think I might try and add some pigment to the base of the coat this evening and I have a little base made up for him too.

Would love some C&C,

Any questions please let me know,

Looks great to me! The colour choices work well, the pose is good, the paintwork is neat and once he's based up he'll be smashin'!

He looks lovely, well done on your first mini! The colours you picked work very well together.

Paradigm wrote:Looks great to me! The colour choices work well, the pose is good, the paintwork is neat and once he's based up he'll be smashin'!

Buttery Commissar wrote:He looks lovely, well done on your first mini! The colours you picked work very well together.

cheers guys! Really appreciate the comments! Really happy with how he came together... hopefully the base will add some nice context but not overwhelm the mini... will have a crack at it this evening!

cheers,

I like it a lot, one suggestion I would make would to use a more neutral backdrop like a grey to help eliminate the white washing in the pictures.

Thanks mate for looking in and thanks for commenting! Means a lot! Once I get the base painted I will certainly take your advise and try a more neutral background.... thanks for the tip!

your picture taking for this almost gives the trooper an clerical/ angel like appearance^^
very good for your first model! more of them now^^

Thanks Vik! Really appreciate it..... yes I totally agree about the pic... I will address this when I take the pic of him on his base...

^good plan^^

I like it. Is that citadel paint or ?

 DalinCriid wrote:
I like it. Is that citadel paint or ?

Hi DalinCriid,

Thank you for looking in,

The paints used were as follows.

Grey Halfords Spray Primer
Great Coat = Vallejo French Blue outer & Tamiya Light Blue Inner
Boots/Mask/gloves/bedroll = 70% Brown 30% Flesh (The Army Painter Starter Kit)
Straps/Breather box/Gun Stock = Brown (The Army Painter starter Kit)
Helmet= Black/metalic scratches (The Army Painter Starter Kit)
Gun Barrel/ buttons/buckles/metallic (The Army Painter Starter Kit)
Black coffee wash on boots
Agrax earthshade wash everywhere else.
Matte Varnish.

I hope this helps....

 MagosBiff90 wrote:

 DalinCriid wrote:
I like it. Is that citadel paint or ?

Hi DalinCriid,

Thank you for looking in,

The paints used were as follows.

Grey Halfords Spray Primer
Great Coat = Vallejo French Blue outer & Tamiya Light Blue Inner
Boots/Mask/gloves/bedroll = 70% Brown 30% Flesh (The Army Painter Starter Kit)
Straps/Breather box/Gun Stock = Brown (The Army Painter starter Kit)
Helmet= Black/metalic scratches (The Army Painter Starter Kit)
Gun Barrel/ buttons/buckles/metallic (The Army Painter Starter Kit)
Black coffee wash on boots
Agrax earthshade wash everywhere else.
Matte Varnish.

I hope this helps....

Thanks for sharing this info. I love combining different brands of paints as well. I look forward for more painted minis from you

Hey all,

Thanks for all the comments,

Painted the base tonight and think I have figured out a much better way to take photos....
Anyway... Short and sweet but here are the pics...

Will put a description of the how too...up later... Just heading out,

Cheers,

Ooh! I love the arrangement, but I would consider griming up the bags a bit more.
I'm having a hard time not seeing it as a soldier showing us his bread.

the added horizon is a nice feature in the backdrop...

very good looking!

Wow, hard to believe it's your first mini. He looks fantastic, well done. A whole squad/force of these will look really great.

Buttery Commissar wrote:Ooh! I love the arrangement, but I would consider griming up the bags a bit more.
I'm having a hard time not seeing it as a soldier showing us his bread.

Haha thanks mate! Yeh the new DKoK strategy is to tempt the orks out with fresh bread... lol..... will add some more grime and dirt to them....

Viktor von Domm wrote:the added horizon is a nice feature in the backdrop...

very good looking!

Hanks my friend!



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 Anfauglir wrote:
Wow, hard to believe it's your first mini. He looks fantastic, well done. A whole squad/force of these will look really great.

Thanks a lot mate! Got to admit I have learned so much from the people here... it is an insane sourse of inspiration and techniques... so I am over the moon that I managed to pull it off.

Heers again,