parabuteo78
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Post by parabuteo78 on Jul 17, 2009 18:53:36 GMT
This is my first re-paint, so be gentle! I received this guy in a batch of dinosaur figures, I hated the color but the sculpt is good so I decided to paint something more attractive on him. So, I went from this purple thing:  To this:    I hope you guys like him! I sure do  |
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Post by Dan on Jul 17, 2009 18:55:59 GMT
OMG. How much?  |
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Post by crazycrowman on Jul 17, 2009 19:05:26 GMT
Gentle! A+++ I love his eye! Very nice work |
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Post by tetonbabydoll on Jul 17, 2009 19:23:22 GMT
That is actually the waiphoon styracosaurus....Boki gave one to me way back when. It was the first thing he ever sent me. I don't know if they are worth much, more like a better quality chinasaur. i can post pics of my repaint of it if you want
I like the pattern itself, and orange and black work well together. I don't really care for the high gloss on the whole body myself, I usually reserve that for the eyes, and horns and mouths.
The eyes are great, how did you do them??
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Post by Tyrannax on Jul 17, 2009 19:27:23 GMT
Beautiful!  |
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Post by parabuteo78 on Jul 17, 2009 19:57:20 GMT
Dan, CCM and Ty; thanks for the comments! Teton; The gloss is made much worse by the flash, but he is a little shiny. I'm still learning to photograph small figures so they are clear and sharp without a huge shine from the flash.  I'd love to see pics of what you did with this guy! I didn't know it was a Waiphoon, I have been trying to find out what make he is but I couldn't find him. I bought him together with a baby Triceratops for 1€! On the eyes: I put a black basecoat on them, followed by several coats of metallic gold. Then I put the pupil and the highlight in, followed by several coats of clear shiny varnish. I use Citadel paints and inks BTW, from my Warhammer days |
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Post by tomhet on Jul 17, 2009 23:44:31 GMT
Wow, amazing! |
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Post by tetonbabydoll on Jul 18, 2009 1:07:22 GMT
I think the figure itself is quite nice. Not quite Battat quality, but an admirable fill in...
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Post by kuni on Jul 18, 2009 2:02:20 GMT
Beautiful! I love the inks! My only recommendation is to consider using some Testor's dullcoat on him, then picking out the horns/mouth/etc like teton does. Keep this up and you might make teton jealous |
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Post by parabuteo78 on Jul 18, 2009 9:49:57 GMT
Thanks for the comments, guys.
And Kuni, I like the inks too. I learned to use them when I played Warhammer.
It's very easy to thin them with a little water and add some PVA, the mix then fills up every nook and cranny. They give a very nice, deep color result. But they are shiny.
I was planning to dull him down. But all I have is gloss varnish at the moment.
I agree the figure is too shiny.
I'm planning to paint my WS Apatosaurus next. If it turns out nice, I'll post pics of it.
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Post by sid on Jul 18, 2009 17:43:19 GMT
Wow, amazing! I second that... Christ, i'd never be able to do such good work on the Styraco's face in a million of years  |
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Post by Ajax on Jul 28, 2009 7:07:15 GMT
Really Well Done, I hope you paint more.
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Post by parabuteo78 on Jul 28, 2009 7:58:37 GMT
Really Well Done, I hope you paint more. Thanks. And I'm sure I will |
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Post by parabuteo78 on Jul 28, 2009 7:59:55 GMT
Gentle! A+++ I love his eye! Very nice work Thanks for the comment! "Be gentle" was a joke by the way |
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Post by Battatitan on Oct 7, 2010 18:21:46 GMT
I have two of that exact figure!
Nice repaint, much better than the original.
Horns are amazing!
Should I repaint one of mine?? Hmn... ;D
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