Back onto my large diorama, I’ve moved onto the other mechanic. I've been enjoying using the AK paints I got for skin tones, so have got the pastel box set from them since I don’t any colours close to pastels. Tried out some on model wet blending with mixed results.
The
model itself is a bit rough, her back is a bit pocked with support marks… a
learning curve in how not to do resin supports.
Happy with the paint work on Lechy, I've moved onto the basing for him, Due to his feet and the flat surface of the wood I've decided to go with a strong steal pin (actually a drill bit) to secure him to the base, otherwise I risk damaging the feet trying to mount him. The plan is to add a bunch of leaves on the ground and cover it up somewhat along with adding some leaves to his branches. The base itself needed a good sand back after my resin leakage, then a polish and it came up really nicely.
With Printopia week coming up, I'm looking forward to going to a couple of classes that my wife arranged as my Christmas present. Haven't been to an art class in over 30 years.
This is another one of the classic D&D monster prints I've done and that I've also made into a t-shirt.
Another one of my lino-cut prints from earlier in the year. Anyone playing DnD in the early 80's will remeber this guy. The oringal was in the AD&D Monster manual, illustrated by David Sutherland.
Lechy is coming along nicely, slowly getting better with my airbrush.
After the success with the AK concreate, I had picked up an odd offcut of a bit of Kōwhai from my Dad that I thought would make a cool base for something. So got some two-part Water Resin from AK to give it a go. Learnt the hard way that you need to make sure the thing is really well sealed your poring into. Ended up have some resin spill out the side though one of the nots in the wood. Nothing major but a bit more to clean up.
Once I started on Amanda Pistons and watching a few videos online I got enthusiastic and thought I try out a full-on diorama and get away from painting war gaming minis for a bit. The plan which has morphed a few times as I build it. Basic idea was to have a cyberpunk style garage. First up was some oil barrels. Again upscaled off some models from 3D Printable Oil Drums by Marián Corvis Kronauer (myminifactory.com)
Something a little different. Been getting back into doing Lino cut prints. This is one I did earlier this year of the Din Djarin based of a drawing I found online.
Another larger piece in progress, Amanda 'Wrench' Pistons - cyberpunk from UNIT9.
Upscaled so I could practice using my new airbrush and try out some AK products.
It's been awhile since I last posted, life sometimes get in the way.
This is my latest project, a large Predator bust, in fact it's the largest model I've printed on my resin printer. I originally was just going to use it for practice for a new airbrush. But in the end it came out rather good so worked on it a lot after doing the base colours and skin with the airbrush.
