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Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Explodingzeb, May 4, 2019.

  1. Explodingzeb
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    Thank you all for the kind words :)
    The visors were painted with roughly a 2:1 mix of Vallejo Fluorescent Green and GW Tesseract Glow, thinned with water and carefully dropped into the lens recesses.
     
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    Here's my freshly finished TX-130 Sabre Tank. This was really fun to paint and weather.

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    And here's a shot of the base:
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    And here's some shots of the various pilot/gunner options.

    First up is Aayla Secura:
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    Next is Plo Koon:
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    And here's the Clone gunner a twin laser turret:
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    And with the Beam Cannon option:
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    Jesus… You are so frickin’ good at this. I know I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: You should do commissions. You would get so much business with your talent.
     
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    Thanks mate, much appreciated :)
    I did actually get approached for a terrain commission a few weeks ago but never heard back after I gave my price lol.
     
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    Just stick yourself on Etsy and anything else like this. You just need enough promotion and photos of your previous work.
     
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    It's not something I'm actively pursuing to be honest. I'm quite a slow painter and I don't really want to lose out on painting my own stuff too much. If I get asked about commissions though I'm happy to consider offers.
     
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    Amazing work man, stunning job, even with the large miniatures :cool:
    I saw this one on Instagram already. Freaking beauty

    Great work on those as well, the detail is amazing! I love all of them.

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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    Thanks mate :)
    I'm really happy with them
     
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    Your weathering work continues to impress, the rust streaks and black soot around the vents look great! When you layer that on top of an already awesome paintjob, the finished product is excellent!
     
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    Thank you! High praise indeed, and much appreciated :)
     
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    Today I finished painting this DSD-1 Dwarf Spider Droid for my Separatist army.

    Here it is with its Laser Cannon equipped:
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    Here's it with the Ion Blaster equipped:
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    And here with its Flamethrower equipped:
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    I'm pretty happy with this little guy :)
     
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    He looks great! I guess each weapon is magnetized?

    Awesome attention to detail and the base is great.
     
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    Thanks mate :)
    The top part of the head is magnetized to the body. The different weapons are all on different lower rings of the head which slot into the top part to attach.
     
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    Great work mate, I love the colors and weathering.
    Magnetization is always awesome :)

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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    I am resisting urge to play Legion and your painting does not make it easy :D

    Awesome job!
     
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    Thank you :)
    It's always nice to have options with magnetising.

    Thanks mate :)
    What faction are you considering?
     
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    Well... the droids :D
     
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    I will attempt not to influence you to buy more minis :D
     
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    much appreciated :D
     

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