Steel Penguins braying

major · January 13, 2016, 04:47:06 PM

Can feel my teeth 'Itching' with decay just looking at that!

Steel Penguin · January 16, 2016, 01:13:03 PM

ive suffered a minor derailment, I was going to start the Challengers, but as I was finishing off clearing the desk, I happened to find my pile of Statuesque miniatures, so ive assembled the DI Denton / red queen pack, the reporter and cameraman pack, Esmeralda Tyke, and Lillie Poots, Ingao Wilde, and Mei Lynn Maefair, ive now got 15 Hong Kong killer fembots to assemble and 2 Mei Lynn Maefair 2.0 to do.
sideways, ever sideways.

Weaver id not be able to wrap and box that, id have eaten too much of it. yum!

Steel Penguin · January 28, 2016, 11:52:31 AM

Ive been suffering one of those moments with the bots,

they were going to be a simple paint scheme, white primer, then a blue ink wash to delineate panels and joints, , gun metal guns done, with a bit of extra for the flesh headed ones and hair colour. except the ink wash has anti washed, its gone and stuck to the flat and raised areas, and even a second try with a drop of liquid soap in it to reduce surface tension has gone the same grrrrrr. so at this rate its either spray paint blue, re do flesh areas and dry brush, hand paint the blue areas for joints and dry brush the flats back or, abandon, chuck in a bag, and come back too in a couple of years .

Steel Penguin · January 30, 2016, 05:24:53 AM

I tried a little repaint on one Tam sky blue, the ink re-solvated and it went green

after some technical advise from Mrs SP, one was handed across drybrushed white, then a dilute Prussian blue artist ink wash done, then a quick white dry brush again, It was the look I wanted, but was far too subtle, at 3-5" you could see the white body panels and the pale blue shadows round the joint, at 3` it looked like a white figure

so they have all been repainted GW ultramarines blue ( its too light for real ultramarine) and are getting drybrushed up, to get something. once that's done ill need to redo the heads with flesh and the various hair colours, and then do the handguns. so much for fast and easy.

zenrat · January 31, 2016, 01:49:02 AM

It's a lesson I have had to teach more than a few young people - just because it's the easy way doesn't mean it's quick

Steel Penguin · January 31, 2016, 03:22:59 AM

zenrat, its not that it was either, I had the mental image of what I wanted, when I got it, it wasn't visible at wargames viewing distance. the contrast that you got wasn't sufficient to see, and if id gone for a much darer colour round the joint it wouldn't have fitted with the body colour. I was wanting almost a appliance white body, with a blue shadow round the joints and panels, as if they were being lit with a slightly blue , white light. It was too little to see considering the delicacy of the figures. Ive had quite good success with a similar effect on a more heroically proportioned style of figures in the past, ( GW metal elder) so knew what I was doing, and how to do it, the initial problem with the ink not going into the recesses is the reason for the fast and easy comment.
but 9 of them are done ( the drone / bot headed ones) so it not that much of a slow down. the 8 human headed ones need to be finished.

zenrat · January 31, 2016, 03:14:30 PM

Thanks for the explain.
How big are these?

Steel Penguin · February 01, 2016, 02:16:13 AM

approx 32mm tall ( http://www.statuesqueminiatures.co.uk/p/8774369/sm021-hong-kong-killer-fembots.html ) link to manufacturers site, the knee on a painted fig is just under 2mm across ( measured very gently with my vernier set, as I don't want to scratch the paint ) very fine / delicate figures

Steel Penguin · February 01, 2016, 02:19:10 AM

OH and yes im home this week, its the first week of Feb, as so im off, house work and DVDs today, along with some painting, im hoping that the wind will calm a little ( hah) to do some varnishing and undercoating. tomorrow will probably be a visit to cosford, and Mrs SP is off the rest of the week so not too certain what that will entail.

So a more Live hi to the more international members out there today ( insert waving Hi smiley here)

Steel Penguin · February 01, 2016, 08:38:07 AM

managed to get my varnishing done on what ive painted recently
so ( all 28mm)
9 drone / robot headed HK killer fembots (HKKF rom now)
3 female headed HKKF ( statuesque heads)
3 female headed HKKF ( Crooked dice heads fembot, moonbase , plat )
2 Mei Lynn Maefair 2.0
1 Mei Lynn Maefair ( original human)
Ingao Wilde

from the Lead adventure foura range Matakishi with cat
a pulp dangerous dame, (flying jacket, helmet, silk scarf, Lugar and dramatic pose)
a crooked dice savage school girl, the screamer ( not my fave but im trying to finish the packs ive started)
and a resin figure from? that I think is supposed to be Milla Jovovich from resident evil, but who got red hair and a yellow dress, as im painting a pulp figure that's called " red queen" at the mo so I didn't want to do 2 the same.
and a knocked together air purifier / random table bit
23 figs and 1 bit of scenery

this years total so far
41 figs 1 bit of scenery

ive also broken 2 Academy 1:48 challengers out and sprayed them green to start on the bases for the GAU 30 AAA tank and the gun tank with the SNEBs on it

zenrat · February 02, 2016, 01:35:34 AM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on February 01, 2016, 02:16:13 AM
approx 32mm tall ( http://www.statuesqueminiatures.co.uk/p/8774369/sm021-hong-kong-killer-fembots.html ) link to manufacturers site, the knee on a painted fig is just under 2mm across ( measured very gently with my vernier set, as I don't want to scratch the paint ) very fine / delicate figures

Thanks. They look lovely.

Steel Penguin · February 02, 2016, 01:42:58 PM

going well on the GAU turret, a couple of bits of resin pour sprue to make the radar bar and stand ( free!) on the back of the turret, the gun has had the resin barrels and muzzle brake assembled, and the original 120mm has been cut off at the recoil bellows so I can add the resin barrels probably tomorrow, I just need to find some thing that would look right for a visual aiming system now. one possibility is to use the front end of a Lantirn pod from one of the hasagawa missile sets ( ive a few around and there 1:48 scale as well ) and mount it just in front of the gunners hatch,

Steel Penguin · February 03, 2016, 06:58:12 AM

well I had a look through my Hasa sets, all the Lantrin pods have gone

so I found a thick bit of frame off cut, and cut a slot in it, then found a 6mm plastic BB pellet filed the sides down and got one that looks similar, but wont move ( don't matter), so I need to get a quick shot of paint on the bare plastic and finish.
had a quick finish of 2 more 28mm figs, from the Statuesque pulp range the red queen, and one of my Lillie Poots figures.

43 figs 1 bit of scenery

Steel Penguin · February 04, 2016, 02:03:14 PM

more finished Statuesque figures, DA Denton, Tallulah Caine and Carter a reporter and her camera man.

46 Figs 1 bit of scenery

Steel Penguin · February 07, 2016, 11:37:14 AM

an Egyptian style Steele
2 resin dumpster / skips
1 ammo crate / objective marker
and a Vasa bird of prey Shogun figure ( 28mm driven power suit / mecha )

44 figs 5 bits of scenery.

a little more tatting on the AAA chally turret, and watched the 2nd part of the Vulcan restoration docu, I hadn't realised how close a run thing it had been with the fund raising