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Post by postsaurischian on Mar 28, 2011 17:53:30 GMT
Does being hollow have any affect on the outer look of the piece? I'd say no, except for the little hole some hollow figures have in their belly. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 30, 2011 1:28:16 GMT
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Post by Dan on Mar 30, 2011 1:54:46 GMT
No way. You did that yourself, Chris?
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Post by Trexroarr on Mar 30, 2011 1:55:44 GMT
Woah! That's an epic paint job! I'm sooo jealous right now!  |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 30, 2011 2:02:56 GMT
Shoot, I WISH...lol This is another new Martin Garrett paint job...very sweet..but he must have killed his vision.. lol
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Post by totoro on Mar 30, 2011 2:03:11 GMT
Wow, that is fantastic! I finally ordered my group to make a diorama and have been somewhat dreading the paint up. That is inspiring though. I'd be happy if mine is half as good.
Can you summarize what you did? Did you start with the white strong and flexible or the white detail, or what, exactly? Sealed? Acrylic painted?
It's very nice Blade, and David might want to consider showing a photo of that in his PT add as a worked-up version of one of his models!
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 30, 2011 2:05:06 GMT
I'll ask Martin and see if he wants to tell me what he did..if they all came prepainted like that I might have t o rethink my position on tiny dinos..  |
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Post by Trexroarr on Mar 30, 2011 2:07:04 GMT
I'll ask Martin and see if he wants to tell me what he did..if they all came prepainted like that I might have t o rethink my position on tiny dinos.. You read my mind. I can't paint figures for my life, especially something that small. I'd kill for prepainted versions of these. lol ;D |
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Post by Dan on Mar 30, 2011 2:07:16 GMT
Ah, I see. Now I recognize the Garrattesque background.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 30, 2011 2:15:25 GMT
Ah, I see. Now I recognize the Garrattesque background. You mean the little bit of black or the hand so large you could get fingerprints off of ? lol ;D I wonder what Shane would ask to paint up some ? |
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Post by Seijun on Mar 30, 2011 2:23:03 GMT
Now let's see him do it without a magnifying glass.
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Post by DinoLord on Mar 30, 2011 3:21:42 GMT
I wonder if Martin could be commissioned to paint these?
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Post by Trexroarr on Mar 30, 2011 3:40:37 GMT
I wonder if Martin could be commissioned to paint these? I TOTALLY second this!! Think about the little people and by little people I mean the people who can't paint, even if their lives depended on it! lol ;D |
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 30, 2011 4:03:08 GMT
That looks great. Martin did one heck of a job on that one. I can't wait till I get mine. Seeing this pic is going to make the wait even more unbearable.  |
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Post by krentz on Mar 30, 2011 6:14:33 GMT
d**n! That Anky looks great! Wish I had that for the next PT ad! You make me look good! Need to see more!!The slight pebbled surface of the Strong and Flexible material lends itself to a scaly creature.
Angie showed me one of hers painted up and it had the same effect. Pretty cool.
I've decided to make the plunge and do 1/40, I'll try it on Shapeways first. I will need to hollow it out to make the piece somewhat affordable. I have a model built and posed already so the usual long delays that my customers are used to might be shorter than the usual geologic pace work at.
I've received notice from Shapeways that some of my pieces could not be printed, but since I'm using Safari the invoice does not let me see what material the cancelled figure was to be printed in. If this is happened to you let me know so I can adjust the model. I have a suspicion the the black detail is the problem.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 30, 2011 9:11:07 GMT
I'll ask Garrett about permission to use it to when he gets back to me.
1/40 sounds great !
Any luck finding that Einiosaurus yet ? ;D
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 30, 2011 18:21:39 GMT
I heard back from Martin :
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Post by stoneage on Mar 30, 2011 21:55:47 GMT
d**n! That Anky looks great! Wish I had that for the next PT ad! You make me look good! Need to see more!!The slight pebbled surface of the Strong and Flexible material lends itself to a scaly creature. Angie showed me one of hers painted up and it had the same effect. Pretty cool. I've decided to make the plunge and do 1/40, I'll try it on Shapeways first. I will need to hollow it out to make the piece somewhat affordable. I have a model built and posed already so the usual long delays that my customers are used to might be shorter than the usual geologic pace work at. I've received notice from Shapeways that some of my pieces could not be printed, but since I'm using Safari the invoice does not let me see what material the cancelled figure was to be printed in. If this is happened to you let me know so I can adjust the model. I have a suspicion the the black detail is the problem.  If you have any pictures of these 1/40 figures, I'd love to see them. |
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Post by bartv on Mar 31, 2011 7:51:41 GMT
Hi postsaurischian, thanks for the warm welcome I'd love to sit down and have a chat with someone to learn more about what's going on here. Following the chat I'll do an interview-style post on our blog - I'm sure other members would love to see what's going on here. Anyone interested? You can reach me on Skype at bart.werk. Thanks! Bart |
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Post by bokisaurus on Apr 1, 2011 1:02:53 GMT
So, I finally bit the bullet and decided to paint my Shape Way figures. ;D Inspired by Andre's work on the Alamosaurus, I decided to start on that particular figure since it's the largest of the group, figured it would be the easiest to paint. This was the first time I painted figures with this kind of material (white, strong, flexible), and I was pleasantly surprised by how well they responded to paint. The material is interesting. It has a texture of very fine sandpaper almost, and is very absorbent. I was fearing that this would make the paint bleed, and it did, but not as much as I thought. I am also happy to report that despite their delicate skin details, the paint did not obscure them at all. I was concern about this. In fact, the paint did bring out some of the finer details of the skin folds and bumps. Despite the small size (smaller than many Kaiyodo's believe it or not), they did have many wonderful details. I used the normal acrylic paint on these figures. However, I had to dilute the paint to almost the consistency of watercolor (yes, very watery). this preserved the details. If you don't water the paint down, it may be too thick and will obscure the delicate details of the skin. I did not use any primer, just painted my first layer directly. Due to the absorbent nature of the material, the paint dried fast. I did two layers of my primary color, then after it dried, I did the final dry-brushing. It is very important to use a small flat head brush when you do dry-brushing. It is also critical that you take out as much excess paint as possible to avoid having uneven paint on the surface. it's better to work slow with dry-brushing than ending up with globs of paint. The dry-brushing really brought out the skin details and textures wonderfully. Being me, I cannot resist the temptation to add my usual stripes. Now this was the scary part. I was not sure if the detail painting will bleed into the textured surface. It did at first, but then I realized that I was using the watered down paint. So, for the details, I made the paint thicker. This allowed it to stick quicker and not run. It also helps that your figure is absolutely dry before adding any details. If it's wet, like watercolor, it will bleed all over. I truly enjoyed painting these figure, in fact I am very happy with the results so far. Let m know what you guys think. The wonderful Alamo  Edmonto  T-rex  Trike  and Anklyo  The entire group  And Angie's   with the edmonto. This is my favorite so far ;D Now, I did not have much luck with the fishes! I discovered that I don't have the talent painting fish!  I may repaint them someday  |
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If you have any pictures of these 1/40 figures, I'd love to see them.
