Quest for Perfection, Crimson fists & Helbrute

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**Yellowbeard**

Wow! Beautiful work, Weety. The Knight and the Demon turned out vey nice. I really like the purple effects ln the Knight and especially the Demon's sword.

**Gitsplitta**

I agree with graven!

Fantastic body of work there weety. You've really perfected painting those old minis.

**weetyskemian44**

A troll huh, where would I get one of those from I wonder... (looks around for troll). Nope I can't seem to find any trolls, maybe I should look under the bridge - I hear one can find river trolls down there. Great big river trolls with barnacles on their bellies. A great opportunity for another water effects base that would be. Shame I don't have any huh.

Thanks for looking all. I'm mostly very happy with the way these came out - the photos are a tiny bit too blue tinted with the new background though.

**Casey's Law**

Oh my, that is all so awesome!

**inmygravenimage**

Wait-Did I fail to send a river troll?

I will rectify anon.

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Argh!

**Briancj**

I used to paint Warhammer Fantasy miniatures until I took a goblin arrow to the knee...

...and then got hit by a large iron ball...

...and then got stabbed by "Mister Pointysticke".

**weetyskemian44**

Briancj - Lol fantasy humour!. I was thinking of calling the goblin with the slippers and magic mushrooms "the small Lebowski". I should get some better photos of his mushrooms.

Graven - That last post was a decoy, but you've blown it now - yes I have an enormous river troll all covered in barnacles and slime! Thanks. I may as well spill the beans - Inmygravenimage, awesome dakkite that he is has provided me with: Hengis the druid, a river troll, the warhammer quest dwarf, a drunk dwarf with a tankard, the halfling hot pot catapult and an empire witch-hunter. Did I miss anything? Oh wait there was a stone cistern/sarcophagus full of treasure. It all looks like treasure to me!

Thankyou Casey that's what I like to hear. I do my best to entertain.

JB

Heh heh heh...so much win!

I always love the greenskins but I think my fave today is the beasty chaos guy with the luminescent sword.

Don't tell the gobbos because I don't want to be shivved in the back.

**inmygravenimage**

- phew! Was worried there, but sorry I blew your cover.

**weetyskemian44**

Finished dungeon floor tiles. What does anyone think of these? - Do you think I can sell em to fantasy roleplay fans?

These are prototypes really - My next idea is to cut the tiles out of plasticard and have the milliput as just a thin layer of detail on top - this should save on milliput and make them more sturdy - I will also be able to make press molds from it possibly and mass produce. Using these techniques I can then go 3D and make a whole castle/temple of doom!

Oh and also my sorcerer has been painted - He is a very primitive mini so I thought I should add some freehand to make him more interesting.

**inmygravenimage**

Very nice, like the grate. Are you considering maybe doing a little sideline in these, maybe an e-bay-business?

**Briancj**

It would be very easy to resin-cast these.

**weetyskemian44**

Could be graven could be - I originally got the idea for building a dungeon from looking at stuff on ebay - there's someone making really detailed plaster and resin casts of dungeon pieces that I like. they seem to have cornered the market in fact

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/skater_blind/m.html?item=190732679822&pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item2c688dba8e&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

I think maybe its time they had some competition maybe.

Briancj Is that something you could do on a small coffee table? I don't have much room! Still up for giving it a go.

**Dr H**

Nice dungeon Weety. Great grate as well.

The sorcerer is awesome. Nice freehand.

**weetyskemian44**

Great grate. Yes.

I think I've worn out my detail brushes. Whats your favorite detail brush?

**bebopdrums2424**

MICRON brushes are the best on the market, though hard to find and usually need to be bought online. If you prefer a longer bristle for edge highlighting and liners...they are unmatched.
PS. great painting and lovely photos

**Briancj**

Brushes: Winsor and Newton series seven. Don't forget to pick up some brush cleaner.

Resin casting: Yes, you can do it on a coffee table. As always, cover the table with newspaper or a painter's cloth. I took a class in it, and both resin and dental stone casting are very easy. Galorn is my (very) local expert in this.

**inmygravenimage**

Modular tiles that also work as square bases - there is your USP.

**Casey's Law**

Great job, weety!

inmygravenimage wrote:
Modular tiles that also work as square bases - there is your USP.

Yeh that's a really, really good idea if you are going to sell them.

**inmygravenimage**

And a movement tray/modular dungeon floor piece. C'mon weets, we know you have the know how! You could even offer painted ones as well.

**Dysartes**

Brushes - Rosemary & Co, mix of series 33 and series 323.

Buy British, weety!

Please note that the Kolinsky Sable brushes are listed under Watercolour brushes, as opposed to Acrylic brushes, for some reason.

**GiraffeX**

In regards to brushes I use the same as Dysartes Rosemary & Co series 33, they really are nice brushes.

**weetyskemian44**

Yes I think I will go for the rosemary and co brushes - I like the idea of buying my brushes from a local small business. And the price looks right.

I will look into resin casting. I've always enjoyed making stuff and selling it. Hell I have a degree in making stuff. We did a lot of mold making and casting in univerisity but I we only had a very brief tutorial on resin.

I have painted a happy dwarf - this one was from gravens stash. He is pretty drunk.

**inmygravenimage**

He looks very cheery Weets! Like the rune on his mug. Maybe a little vignette with some halflings who are sick of the noise?

And definitely go down the casting route.

**weetyskemian44**

Yeah - when I saw him I had a picture in my mind of making a bridge diarama with this chap about to fall of backwards and maybe a dwarf vomiting over the side onto a river troll who's come out to see what the singing is all about.

**inmygravenimage**

^

Btw, I found the rest of the trolls (and the hill giant) this morning. Going to go buy some jiffy bags! Do you like the movement tray idea?

**Valhalla130**

I love the drunken dwarf! And that diorama idea with the troll, this must be done!

**dsteingass**

Whatever Kolinsky Sable brush you get, pick up a bottle of Pink Soap for cleaning them, It'll keep your brushes healthy for a very long time.

The dungeon is fantastic Weets! Really great! And the Dwarf! Great Job! Aren't they fun to paint?

**weetyskemian44**

So much fun I did another! This is the warhammer fantasy quest dwarf. A plastic model but such a good one that I don't mind. Thanks to graven again for this one.

Get pink soap - check.

Hi Valhalla yeah I will do that sometime! Wish I had more space.

Graven if you think people want movement trays I suppose I could. I don't want to complicate this though - I don't have much room so just a few big ticket items and lots and lots of little bases is probably the way.

**inmygravenimage**

Well I'm not a whfb expert. Ask around the boards, but I think it could be a goer. Also, the dwarf is cracking!