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| "That's a helluva plan B!" |
The 'commonplace little creature' was initially undercoated in "Citadel" Abaddon Black, and roughly dry-brushed with "Vallejo"Heavy Charcoal, before I 'picked out' her phaser and tricorder using a combination of "Vallejo" Gunmetal and "Citadel" Nuln Oil. I then applied a little "Vallejo" Turquoise to the miniature's uppermost uniform to mark her out as belonging to Starfleet's science/medical division. This area was later shaded with a little "Citadel" Drakenhof Nightshade, before being dry-brushed with a smidgeon more "Vallejo" Turquoise.
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| "Modiphius Entertainment" WIPs - Three more members of the Away Team readying themselves for teleportation |
I did strongly consider giving the rest of the model's uniform a thorough drowning in "Citadel" Nuln Oil - which is something I do for a lot of my predominantly black-costumed miniatures. However, these days I find that the "Vallejo" Matt Varnish I regularly use to protect my paint-jobs dries a little sticky, and this inevitably attracts oils from my fingers as a result. This handling tends to therefore act as a 'natural way' to highlight the figure - so I simply left it alone with its original "Citadel" Abaddon Black prime and "Vallejo" Heavy Charcoal dry-brush.
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| "Beast In The Broch" WIPs - A trio of FedSec Commanders |
Lastly, I've managed to make a little more headway on the three officers from the FedSec Command 2 set I recently bought from "Beast In The Broch". I do like the extra chunky feel to these particular sculpts, as it makes 'picking out' all the detail on them a lot easier than the arguably less-well cast "Star Trek" figures - which despite being 32mm in scale, appear far more realistically proportioned, and are resultantly far more difficult to work on...



Your next gen crewmen turned out well Simon, and good progress on the others and Blakes 7 henchmen as well. Do you have Blake and his crew, as I only recall seeing Federation in your posts ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. If you go back to my Blake's 7 postings between 2014-2016 you'll see a few of the Liberator crew painted and posted. Plus a few BatReps featuring them over the years.
DeleteNice work on the star trek TNG? Figures mate, and loving your Blakes seven mini, they should look the business against your original Liberator crew.
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger
Cheers Roger. I do like the new FedSec Commanders. So don't be at all surprised if they're not posted next week. LOL!!
DeleteNicely done Simon. I know what you mean about 'realistically' proportioned miniatures being harder to paint. I find female figures especially hard as often over worry about skin shading and then overwork everything. Great to hear the Beast in the Boch are good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael. I often find my female skin tones leave the ladies looking like burns victims as I simply can't get the shades on their faces subtle enough. This one turned out well enough though. Hopefully I'll have some of the Beast Of The Broch figures finished for next week's postings.
DeleteLoving these Trek figs. Finished Science officer looks great. I think it was a good choice not to apply another coat of nuln.
ReplyDeleteCheers Dai. I do like the method of simply letting 'handling the miniature' create its highlights. Super-simple. LOL!!
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