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Post by Philotep on Mar 3, 2018 17:38:25 GMT
This one is a test - comments welcome before I paint the others More pictures here: link
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Post by Chris dodson on Mar 3, 2018 21:52:26 GMT
Superb. Your painting and the aurora looks lovely.
Chris
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Post by Santi on Mar 3, 2018 22:13:30 GMT
Great paint work, Philotep. This set has always been one of my favourites from Hät. I can give you only an advice to improve the result: remove the excess plastic of the mould marks of the figures before painting them. I always do it with my figures. I will attend with great interest the progress of this project.
Congratulations.
Santi.
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Post by Edwardian on Mar 3, 2018 22:26:38 GMT
This one is a test - comments welcome before I paint the others More pictures here: linkI can only suggest that you paint the others the same way; this one is superb.
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Post by Philotep on Mar 4, 2018 9:38:40 GMT
Thank you for your comments. Santi: you're right concerning the mold lines, that's something difficult to remove on soft plastic I think, or maybe my knife is not sharp enough. I will try to do better on the next ones.
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Post by Ironsides on Mar 4, 2018 9:57:21 GMT
Thank you for your comments. Santi : you're right concerning the mold lines, that's something difficult to remove on soft plastic I think, or maybe my knife is not sharp enough. I will try to do better on the next ones. I would suggest disposable surgical scalpels (chemists, ebay etc) as they are ultra sharp and they work very well on soft plastic, just for removing things like flash, mould lines or doing modifications...
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Post by jock52 on Mar 4, 2018 11:09:27 GMT
Carry on as you are Philo. As to mould lines, I gave up on them ages ago as I ended up damaging more figures than I fixed. Besides it takes too long when you are trying to get a couple of hundred figures together in an army. Vignettes and dioramas or a presentation figure, fair enough. Different strokes for different folks
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Post by Philotep on Mar 4, 2018 18:35:08 GMT
Thank you for your advice, I will use a mix of them: to take some time on the first mini to remove the line, paint and take close-up pictures, then do nothing and paint as fast as possible for the next ones
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Post by tom70 on May 2, 2018 8:15:35 GMT
Thank you for your comments. Santi : you're right concerning the mold lines, that's something difficult to remove on soft plastic I think, or maybe my knife is not sharp enough. I will try to do better on the next ones. I would suggest disposable surgical scalpels (chemists, ebay etc) as they are ultra sharp and they work very well on soft plastic, just for removing things like flash, mould lines or doing modifications... Hi guys, I use dremel with diamond tool to remove mold lines on soft plastic. As I have around 15000 minis to paint for my Waterloo diorama I need a quick and effective method and it works very well. Use the dremel lowest speed also. I can send photos of the tools if you want.
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Post by Philotep on May 4, 2018 18:27:35 GMT
tom70: you mean... you REALLY mean 15000 !?!? Waow. I absolutely don't know what your tool is, so I would appreciate pictures, yes, thanks in advance 15000, can't believe it, not enough fingers to count
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