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Jake, congrats on your new family addition! Also, WELL DONE, on the patent leather boot! Convincing! Much better than had you gone the gloss coat route. Everything is shaping up nicely, however, for c and c sake, i dont love the hair. The color seems kinda, raver, cosplay color...which if you were going for that, then awesome! I assumed red, as in, ginger...but i dont have a better ssuggestion so ignore my comments really. Cant wait to see more of this epic mini come to life!

Thank you and thank you! I have never painted red hair. I'm not a huge fan of this color, but I don't know how to make it look better.

I'm happy with the leather, I just don't know if it's too busy or not.

Thanks again. Looks like I have a few hours to kill until I have to be back at the hospital, I'm gonna take a nap here soon. Hmmmm, or maybe I can get a bit of painting in? We'll see if I can stay awa-*zzzzzz*

Many congrats RSJake - keep up the good work - if you've got time! (You need a medal for posting whilst the missus is pushing out a new grot - well done my man!)

Congrats on the new Sprog!

Also, the commissar is looking pretty swanky too!

Congrats on the mini doppelganger!

I was in NY, so I didn't get a chance to check out dakka for a while. You made excellent progress so far. I really like the leather on the coat. The hat brim looks real nice. The skin tone looks a bit green to me - though maybe that's just the pictures. I also am not a huge fan of the hair. I think white hair would look a lot sharper, and make her stand out very nicely - both on the tabletop and as a stand alone model. I'm glad you decided on having the lining on the inside of the coat another color. I always like coats and capes like that better. I think the gloves should also match the boots. That or they should match the hat. What color are you thinking for the shoulder ornaments?

Great job so far! Don't push yourself too much. Get some sleep!

RSJake wrote:Thanks! Monster #2: 20" long, 6# 11oz.

Congratulations with this nice new... miniature

RSJake wrote:I had to look it up, but I thought "plasticine" was C-4 explosive! I'm pretty sure I've heard someone call C-4 that though...

I guess a C4 can be used for sculpting aswell... in some odd way

RSJake wrote:Yes, your wench's makeup did turn out quite well, but your painting skill also puts mine to shame...just out of curiosity, how did you do the makeup? just in case I want to try it, and haven't pulled any hair out for an hour or two.

I'd say, It's not a painting skill, but stubbornness
As for the makeup... I have a little idea how to explain it properly, but I'll try to:
First, I've painted her eyelids and area under the eyebrows with a slightly diluted Scorpion Green. I used to take a very small drop of color on the tip of my brush and had to paint a few layers. Afterwards, I've drawn a tiny white lines for her eyeballs and washed it with Badab Black, aswell as a deeper areas of eye-sockets to darken the eyeshadow. A 005 Pigma Micron was used to imitate the eyeliner - just a simple thin black line on the eyebrows. Same marker I used to place iris and the pupil as one dot. Carefully with this marker though, it's an ink-based and can be easily smeared until it's dry and covered with varnish. To simulate a Lipstick effect I simply painted a center area of her lips with with a Blood Red. If you will cover the whole lips with red it will looks like way too whorish
I'm kinda a beginner in all this so I suggest to google for more professional articles on this subject.
In any case, i hope it was helpful.

RSJake wrote:Thank you and thank you! I have never painted red hair. I'm not a huge fan of this color, but I don't know how to make it look better.

You can paint her hairs with the Blood Red, then wash with Ogryn Flesh and highlight with a 50/50 mix of Blood Red and some bright yellow color. Well, at least that's what I will do to get a red hairs.

Anyway, keep it up!

Congratulations on the kid!

Loving the progress! Hate to sound like a broken record but it had been an awesome transformation from start to finish

Is it a Manchild? Congratulations Jake!

congratz to the new family addition...a new future gamer! you gotta teach them while they´re sill young^^

also yeah!!! a redhead! the shades of red looks simply stunning! and the skin....man i feel like such a pervert for liking that skin so much^^

she is a stunner and no doubt about that!


vik

Thanks all. I will answer specific questions later, along with new pics, and a pic of something I got in the mail today!

Looking forward to the new pics and seeing what you got through the post.

Congratulations on the new eddition you have plenty of time to nuture a new geek

You just cant leave those stray clippings of sprue that have shot across the room, on the floor anymore


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Ahd the paint work is looking fantastic, the patent leather looks great

@monkeyh - Thanks! I should get some time here and there. I forgot how much the wee little ones sleep! And when she sleeps, Momma sleeps, and when momma sleeps, I can get some painting done!

@Wehrkind - Thanks! Was going to post some WIP shots, but I guess that wouldn't be approprate!

@NakedBatBoy - Thanks! I think I'm liking the hair better, maybe because I just don't want to change it. I might add some yellow highlights and see if I can make it look more natural. For the should pauldrons (?) I'm just painting them bronze. Oh, and slepp is for pansies! Hur!

@ishkatar - Thanks! C-4 sculptures would be a blast! Hahahaha! Hmmmm, I had been thinking of getting a Micron pen, I keep forgetting to though. I'll look into that! And yeah, doing the lips is going to get interesting! As for the hair, see above, and yeah, I should give it a wash, and see if that helps too.

@Brother-Captain Scotti - Thanks and Thanks!

@dsteingass - Girlchild, but she will be a geek, I'm sure.

@Vik - Thank you very much!

@dsteingass - Almost there!

@M0rdain - I can't leave stuff on the floor anyway, the cat will attack it I'll never see it again! Hahaha!

OK, So, first thing's first. The stuff I got in the mail!
When I got this stuff from Hasslefree Minis, I was happy!

They will be the heads of some female IG troops, and 2 of them will be used in a special project that will start once I get my Commissar painted.

And then when I got this stuff I was even happier!

One of the plasma pistols to be used in the project mentioned above, and the grot is to be used in the production of a cyber grot for Waaagh Dakka!

And this morning I was coming back from the store and saw a yard sale, and got this!

A desk to make into a work station! Oh Joy! I'm so happy! No more cleaning off the table every night, just flip up the front and it's hidden away!

So, now that the small stuff is out of the way, I'll show you where the Commissar is now, I used a light box I made today from the stuff I was getting at the store this morning!




Still a ways to go, but I can the light at the end of the tunnel!

Thanks again all. Until next time!

now he has a shrine to make even more adorable heretics on...er... how does that sound...ohoh...

those heads and bits look promising!


and the stunning continous...the poweraxe is looking very good!

RSJake wrote:@ishkatar - Thanks! C-4 sculptures would be a blast! Hahahaha!

Looks like we're going to invent a whole new way to play wargames... Oh, wait!..

RSJake wrote:And yeah, doing the lips is going to get interesting!

Well, you can leave her without any makeup at all and throw a few scars on the cheek for a more brutal appearance.

RSJake wrote:As for the hair, see above, and yeah, I should give it a wash, and see if that helps too.

Indeed. Her hairs looks very good as it is anyway.

Stunning is too small a term...

absolutely gorgeous

mind officially blown

Viktor von Domm wrote:now he has a shrine to make even more adorable heretics on...er... how does that sound...ohoh...

those heads and bits look promising!


and the stunning continous...the poweraxe is looking very good!

Yea you gotta be careful there, those secretaries can only handle so much before they snap...

Great work on the commissar man! Really looking forward to seeing that finished up.

Also, loving the "Anglo Bubbly". Sounds like a derogatory French term for British sparkling wine. Or bubble bath for white folks

That's a cool sculpt indeed, and the burgundy coat is a nice touch.

Man she's looking really good now.

Great job on her man, works well for being all Khorne afide, which I actually like; nice to see something even remotely sexual is affiliated with something besides Slaanesh

Wow, she is coming along briliantly, the power axe looks great.

Atleast when you are woken up in the night by a screaming child, and you then cant get back to sleep you have a nice desk to sit down at and paint

I recently got my own miniature desk as well. It's so much nicer than having to make space at the table! Enjoy the freedom! The paint is looking real nice so far. Keep it up.

I have nothing to do :(

Your painting desk is perfect! Just don't let it turn into a permanant setup like mine

Is that a cake in that box?

That it monkey bread, last night's snack before bed lol

All this mess and that is what you picked out? lol

Im a woman and have a cake radar.

Congrats on the baby!! I can only see 2 pics ATM the workstation, congrats on that too and the pic of her back, love it the gold trims look super cool! I'll have to check the rest out when i get home.

I love that hasslefree always sends candy! How much of your girlie guardswomen are you going to scratchbuild?