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sundancer 4 years, 4 months ago.
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Finally did some hobby during Cult-radio 🙂
Bulbo the Eyeball (an add-on from the Dungeons&Lasers Kickstarter) …
And a special Gerry shot :
The thing was easy to build, but a beast to cut from the sprue because it was attached to the sprue with mega fat bits of plastic.
The instructions did miss the extra toe (# 10 on the sprue), but given that it was the last bit in a simple build it was easy to see where the thing was needed.Except for the ‘tentacles/legs’ the parts didn’t need glue to hold it together. I probably should have trimmed a bit of the excess material to ensure a better fit for the top half though. OTOH … it may be a good excuse to use green stuff to hide the crimes 😉
In hindsight it may also have been better to attach that top jaw bit after priming/painting, because the inside eyeball will be tricky to paint as it is now.Sidenote : I wish assembly instructions also included tips for this sort of thing.
I know scale model kits sometimes tell you to paint stuff during assembly. However at this stage I’m glad there are good instructions for assembly (something which a company like FFG really needs to learn …)Just to take a break from painting Celts, I finished this is evening. Most of the base colours were already on it. The eyes need fixed but really need to have a look in natural light tomorrow to decide if it is done or not. It was a lovely model to paint.
**Popping head over the railing to his resplendantly superfluous landship while cruising the waves of rolling countryside** I got back to painting the current project and putting on the jewel details again. I had to retouch the tiara and I think it might’ve gotten better. I’ll post a photo of the finished bit later and try not to spend any time/money on other project ideas. Though I think that I will keep an idea going in the background for a real model to perhaps upgrade my avatar figure to (or revisit with another copy).
My inspiration
@robert What is that foot on rock nonsense? Nearly airborne Celts have nothing to do with flying nuns. Good work on the skintone. I’m finding that the less pronounced transitions are a little awkward for me but I’m getting on with very thin layers. I don’t know if your forces need such thorough detailing.
@crazyredcoat I do indeed feel antsy when new toys are on the way. Its also a reason I kick out the packages I do. Giftmas is an all year event now that Coronachan has us all by the short hairs.
@m30wm1x I rather like the hedge on the far right as it might well go read as dense bocage.
@blinky465 Really, man? Dropping that news when I have so many other things to paint *shakes fist in agitation* Yes, you too need to focus.
@sundancer I really don’t know what’s going on with those German sensibilities and tingling for hardware. Is this one of those Japanese games involving tentacles? This all makes sense for purple space marines.
@limburger Good to see you too come back. That’s a great departure from the regular fare of minis here but might be a good for anyone’s Reichbusters set as a homebrew addition.
I tried. I really did try to focus. I printed me a cron-o-john and a Doctor Fred and everything. But, because I’m paranoid about getting every little bit of “value” from a print run (those LCD screens only last between 200-400 hours and each print takes around four hours, whether you print one mini at a time or cram 8-10 on the build plate) I added some super heroes I found on Thingiverse just to fill the plate.
It was all going so well, until I thought “I’ll just splash some contrast green on the Hulk and see how he looks” and before I know it three hours have passed and I’ve painted another mini (though secretly, I’m rather pleased with how the eyes and teeth came out – they had the potential to end up *very* wrong!)
One of these days, I’ll get over my fear of basing, just as I did with eyes. Until then, boring black disks it is.
Tomorrow, I finish the diorama. Promise.
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