I was looking through my unpainted lead pile and found this one which I thought would be perfect so I thought I would do a work in progress post. Because of one mistake early one, have really struggled to get the colour on the right arm to look right so it is now on about five coats of paint.
I looked at this figure, especially the mustache, and though Sam Elliot in Tombstone. So figured he would do. He strikes me as the ideal zombie hunter but I may be able to use him in a range of other ways.
Great looking figure so far!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see that bare metal...you don't prime them?
No, I used to, but I gave up priming figures about five years ago. It cuts into the detail on the model. When I started painting, figures to be honeIf you look at GWs way of painting there can be six coats of paint on the model and normally I have three to four, an extra coat of chunky primer does not help.
DeleteI use a couple of coats of spray on varnish at the end of the painting process to keep the paint on the model. I have never had problems with paint peel. It started with my brief flirtation with quickshade. If you ever use that quickshade varnish, you will see that it is actually pretty difficult to chip the paint off.
Ooh, shiny trousers! 5 coats of paint for the flesh?! That's dedicated!
ReplyDeleteThat was only because I screwed it up. I just could get it to look right after. Things have improved a bit now though
DeleteLooks good to me so far. The Artizan Wild West range has some great figures in it.
ReplyDeleteI spent ages trying to find what I wanted an Artizan had the best by far. I may have to top up with some other stuff but will see how I go.
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