Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
    
 | | 02/07/2006 11:33 AM |
| This is the sum-total of my D&D minis repaints to date (in reverse chronological order). These are all quick repaints, the only one that I spent more than about 15-30 minutes on being the Bulette.
Comments, critiques, and suggestions are welcome.
Hobgoblin Impaler
A MageKnight Golem
Timber Wolf
Lidda
Bulette
Ragnara
Ibixian
Ialdabode
Dire Bear
Azer Raider
Snig the Axe (as Homocidal Smurf)
Medium Earth Elemental
Sage
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WakeXX
Warlord
10122 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 02/07/2006 11:36 AM |
| | Nice work Sulaco,good to see you posting over here too![:D] | | | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 11:42 AM |
| Great work all around! I really like the Beulette, Timber Wolf, and the color Scheme for the Sage.
I'll Echo Wake and say good to have you here Sulaco! | |
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Warlord
5020 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 11:42 AM |
| | Nice! | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
Username - he deals in minis
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kheferen
Skirmisher
22 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 11:50 AM |
| Very cool.
I like the Bullette and Dire Polar bear the best.
I like how you customized some of the figures too | |
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Master Peon
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Warlord
5697 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 11:53 AM |
| | I like the Azer Raider. Very good job!! | |
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Caustic_Mouse
Sergeant
464 Posts
Tooele, Ut
| | 02/07/2006 11:53 AM |
| | great work! and only 15-30 minutes each![:0] | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6562 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 02/07/2006 11:57 AM |
| | My favorites are the wolf, dire bear, sage, azer raider, and medium earth elemental. | |
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yack
Commander
3129 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 02/07/2006 12:22 PM |
| | Wow love the wolf and the bulette... nice job buddy! | |
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wolfsbane114
Warrior
327 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 12:30 PM |
| | Wow those r great you have inspired me. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 3:28 PM |
| Awesome work!. Been lurking over at the wotc boards and looking at your work for a long while now. I had already said this a long time ago that your medium earth elemental is one of the main reasons that inspired me to start repainting my minis. I even had to do one myself.
Indeed it is nice to see ya posting over here too [:D] | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 02/07/2006 11:48 PM |
| I loved the Sage--That's one I wouldn't mind having in my collection!
The work on Ragnara is something else, too. I wouldn't have thought that this PVC would lend itself to being converted, but you've done some great work.
And, like everyone else has said, the Azer is fantastic. | |
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Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 02/08/2006 12:33 AM |
| Great work all-around!
I echo the sentiment: Nice to see you posting over here! [:)] | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 02/08/2006 4:04 PM |
| Welcome Sulaco (and thank-you for sharing)
I too have been a long-time (mostly lurking) admirerer over on the wizards boards - I copied Glumag's copy of your lava elemental - thanks for the inspiration [:D]
I'm amazed (and envious) that you can get such good results so quickly. | | | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 02/08/2006 4:44 PM |
| Good to see that another member of the Wizards' boards has converted!
I relly like the Bulette. That is very sweet! | | | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 02/08/2006 8:58 PM |
| | I like them a lot... not favorite one just ALL TOGETHER! nice job friend [:D] | |
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Thenameless
Warlord
8502 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 02/09/2006 4:25 AM |
| | Nice all around. My favourites are the Hobgoblin Impaler, Timber Wolf (the regular one's colour scheme is too similar to the Wolf), "Molten Lava" Earth Elemental, and believe it or not, the Sage. The Sage looks very nice in that two-tone blue. | |
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Commander
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 02/10/2006 12:35 PM |
| Thanks all. Good to be here. In truth I actually signed up for a Maxminis account like the day it launched but that account seems to have vanished through disuse.
And thanks for the feedback on teh minis. The reason I can paint most of them so fast is twofold:
First, I am not a very good painter overall. I lack both the skill and time necessary to devote to really doing fine-quality work. Most of my 2 hous paints don't look appreciably better than my 20 minutes onse. When I realized that I focused instead on doing decent work fast until the day when I can finally devote proper time to the hobby.
Second, most fo them have less than 5 paint steps. Essentially it is basecoat, ink, drybrush, touchup, and dot the eyes.
The Azer Raider is a good example. I didn't even prime that one. I drybrushed a couple shades onto the fire -orange, yellow, and then white - without cleaning the brush (the blend the colours better), a once-over on the flesh with a slighlty thinned bronze colour (I wanted the base orange to show through a bit to suggest it was glowing with heat) and a quick touch-up to the metal bits of armor with the same bronze colour.
The Magma Elemental is another really quick one. I just did a gradated paint of yellow to red up the body (no primer) and then a quick semi-drybrush with black to hit the stony areas.
A couple of them - like the Sage - have more work put in with more care, and I actually spent a lot of time on the bulette, but as these are primarly tabletop play pieces I am using them also as practice pieces to get my hand back in to painting after a long absence.
Now I need to work on basing...
And someone mentioned that they'd never though of converting DDM figures. In truth it is actually far easier than with metal minis. The PCV cuts easily, you can shave things to fit, and Krazy Glue works perfectly to attach bits with no pinning or drilling required.
The center Ragnara (the dual-wielder) is a good example as her left arm is actually made up of three different pieces:
- the original arm ends where the armor does
- the middle part is the left arm of another Ragnara (long story) carved down to remove the shield and reshape it
- the hand holding the wepon is actually the original weapon hand of the Ragnara on the right (the one with the staff).
A little Xacto work and some Krazy Glue and she was banged together in like 5 minutes.
Cheers! | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 02/10/2006 1:57 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
A little Xacto work and some Krazy Glue and she was banged together in like 5 minutes.
Cheers!
[:D]
cool ideas...stuff that I didn't even think. I do have some crappy tradeable commons that I should just start modding. | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 4:22 PM |
| | I can't wait to try my hands at a dire polar bear. Is it a white prime, black ink, and white drydrush? Thats just my guess. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 5:41 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by LargeMarmot
I can't wait to try my hands at a dire polar bear. Is it a white prime, black ink, and white drydrush? Thats just my guess.
I just did a white weretiger today and started with a mustard yellow base. Your milage may vary! | | | |
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Schooly_D
Sergeant
402 Posts
| | 02/15/2006 9:04 AM |
| Snig the smurf!
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 02/15/2006 10:13 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by LargeMarmot
I can't wait to try my hands at a dire polar bear. Is it a white prime, black ink, and white drydrush? Thats just my guess.
Real polar bears have a very yellow tint so I went with that and did a yellow base, brown ink, white brush. | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1548 Posts
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| | 02/15/2006 12:27 PM |
| | They all look great. I'm going to do up some of my own DireBears sometime soon. If snig is going to pose as an evil Smurf, he's going to need a white hat. | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 02/15/2006 3:47 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
quote:
Originally posted by LargeMarmot
I can't wait to try my hands at a dire polar bear. Is it a white prime, black ink, and white drydrush? Thats just my guess.
Real polar bears have a very yellow tint so I went with that and did a yellow base, brown ink, white brush.
Thanks Sulaco. I'll post a picture when I'm done. | |
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Aravis
Underboss
1155 Posts
| | 02/20/2006 4:15 AM |
| | I LOVE that Bulette! | |
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K Rich
Sneak
69 Posts
| | 02/20/2006 10:19 AM |
| | Great job on the Ragnara conversions and on the Mediam Earth Elemental | |
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TruNutral88
Sergeant
522 Posts
| | 02/20/2006 9:21 PM |
| | The azer is unbelievable! I also have always loved the Medium Earth Elemental (SO COOL) and snig is a work of art :) He does need a white hat tho :P | |
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Tobus Neth
Skirmisher
46 Posts
| | 02/03/2007 9:58 PM |
| | Wow Sulaco! they are excellent repaints, perhaps the best I've ever seen, great details and your colors choices so cool. | | | |
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cyrusprisoner
Skirmisher
34 Posts
| | 02/10/2007 1:25 AM |
| | I like the polar bear , and magma | | | |
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Wyzdum
Sergeant
396 Posts
Long Island, NY
| | 02/10/2007 1:12 PM |
| Very nice work dude !
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Wolfgang
Underboss
2348 Posts
Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 03/11/2007 1:50 PM |
| | the dire polar bear rocks and the MEE looks sweet | |
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R5Don4
Skirmisher
12 Posts
Vancouver, BC
| | 03/12/2007 10:31 PM |
| | Kick ass man. Nice work. You got mad skillz. | | | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6562 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/13/2007 11:00 PM |
| | I like the timber wolf, medium earth elemental, sage, and azer raider. | |
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