Master Ciaphas Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Amazing! Good job! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5964389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tar Aldarion Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Oh yeah, those look great indeed! The plasma glow in particular is a real eye catcher. Very convincing. Was there a special trick or recipe involved, or is it just a series of well-placed washes? I'll need to get a number of other things done (kitchen, sleeping rooms...) before I can busy myself with the hobby space. It's a bit of a drag if you're limited to evening hours and weekends, so I reckon with a few more months. But I may get a game down with a lad's in two weeks or so. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5964396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 Thanks guys. the praise is appreciated :D The Plasma is mostly washes. Starting off with a mid tone blue and then progressively lighter washes, down to pure white. Then the coils are kinda reverse highlighted up with progressively darker blues? does that make sense? This guy explains it a LOT better than I can @Tar Aldarion You need to get your priorities straight. Sleep before Hobby room? Shocking. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5964613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tar Aldarion Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 It totally does. I've always just highlighted the coils, like they were the actually hot parts. But the inversion makes sense, if the heat is supposed to be inside. It sure looks cool and I shall bear it in mind next time. I know it's shamefully lacking Rock 'n roll, but I'm just not capable of more than one night <5h in a row anymore. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5966606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 So, I've wasted an awful lot of my time at work recently and have been pretty burnt out. However I have had 4 days off and have managed to get some Hobby time. I've got the vast majority of the Drop ship done, although It needs something on the prow and some scorch marks here n there. Then I can start work on putting things in the cargo bays!! You know, all that extra detail NO ONE will see? Yeah, that stuff. With the release of epic, aka Legions Imperialis, and those funky new Melta weapons on those Warhounds, I went ahead and got ready for it!! They were a free file on Cults. So all credit goes to the person who created it. I also managed to print off some random little mechanicus guys working on the damage to my Warmaster. There was supposed to be more Servitors but they failed to print properly. So for now it's just the one and his enginseer boss. Ulfast, Trokair, Mandragola and 8 others 9 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5969941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tar Aldarion Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) Nice! I would have seen it in the off-yellow scheme, but the regal blue-white is also nice. It looks... wealthy. Like a high-grade trading combine, and everyone wonders what sort of business might have attracted them to a dust bowl like this. Will you add some transfers and weathering? In your experience, is maintaining a resin printer feasable for the occasional "domestic" printer? I've been flirting with a purchase for a while, and your prints don't help in suppressing the idea. Edited July 12, 2023 by Tar Aldarion Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5970883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) Thanks! Yeah, part of me wanted to do a rusty, dirty yellow like my Transport fleet from Gothic but I just did not have the resilience to do yellow at the time. Green was another choice, but more of a Military green than the green of the Gothic ships. but that's a bit boring..... So it ended up being blue. I don't often paint things blue and I need to find some use for my 20 year old Hex pots of Enchanted blue :D I don't print an awful lot. Sometimes my printer will sit idle for months and then I'll get a project (like the ship) and my printer will be printing almost 24hrs a day for a week. It tends to be the odd batch of weapons, scenery and other little bits here n there. Marine shoulder pads and the like. I rarely do whole models unless it's something that GW doesn't make (like Rogue trader Dreadnoughts!). The printers aren't that big either, I have both of those things, plus my paint station on a desk. So they wont take over your house. I use a Voxelab Proxima 6 which was around £100 in an Amazon sale. I also, much later, picked up an Elegoo UV Washer/dryer thing which was £138 if I remember correctly. Before that I was just using a little UV light that the Mrs uses to dry her nails on. It works, don't judge. You'll also need back up FEP sheets which you can pick up for £25 for 5 (they're not cheap, but you don't need them often). So it's a fairly big investment to get going, but that's like anything else in this hobby. Edited July 13, 2023 by Lord_Borak Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5971229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tar Aldarion Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) Thanks for the insights! I've been into FDM printing for a while now, and that's great for many things. But my hobby time - as well as motivation - tends to come in phases. So it's not the investment or the space that's keeping me from sla printing, but the higher maintenance effort: it seems to be less feasable for the occasional, spontaneous printer. But sooner or later, I'll probably just give in. ^^ Edited July 13, 2023 by Tar Aldarion Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-5971357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 Been a while!! I'd like to say I've done loads of Hobby in the last, Oh, 4 or 5 months but that would be a lie. However! I managed to start and almost complete two more Reavers this week. Just the Base, decals and names to go. Then onto the weapons. Quite happy with the way these guys are coming along. Still a few bits to neaten up (damn you close up photo's). General Zodd, Tar Aldarion, Spazmolytic and 5 others 4 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6002667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zodd Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Borak, this looks excellent so far, particularly impressed with both the crispness of the white, and the tone you’ve managed to achieve with the gold. Lovely work! Lord_Borak 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6002718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 You're back!!!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6004994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 I most certainly am back! Although working on my Heresy World Eaters force as well, so my attention is somewhat split between Titanicus and them! I've managed to finish the two Reavers. Well, I say finished. I want to add some scroll work to their knee pads once I find small enough transfers. Plus, I need to do their weapons so not completely done. Vera Lux Ira Dei General Zodd, LameBeard, The Yak and 3 others 3 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6007305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Been absent for quite a while. For various reasons but hopefully they're all behind me and I can concentrate on the hobby again. I finished off the Titans AGES ago but never got around to uploading the pictures. I am quite proud of these. I spent a lot of effort on this Maniple, much more than the last one. Right. Thats's 11 Titans done for this lot. Onto the next Maniple!! Mandragola, Xenith, The Yak and 5 others 1 7 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6030170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameBeard Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Outstanding! I especially love the sense of weight and motion in the Warlord and the melta/gatling Reaver. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6033272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandragola Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 This is really lovely work. Great job. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6033553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Borak Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 Thanks guys. :) I want to say I'm working on some more Titanicus but I've been distracted by Battlefleet Gothic. So I'll be painting that for a while. Then i PROMISE I'll be back onto my Titans. malika666 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366707-mini-toys-n-that/page/11/#findComment-6036901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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