A Gathering

The first of a series of group shots for you tonight.

This is a mixture of older metal figures, and the more recent plastics.

Ironically, the metal figures are easier to prep and deal with.

I think it has more to do with the combination plastic/resin mix, which can definitely pose more challenges than a hunk of pewter. :-)

Since I've been doing this for a while, I am very used to dealing with very heavy metal figures, as well as more dainty versions.  I think I have at least 4 pin vises, along with many drill bits.  

Also, the use of green stuff in the gluing process helps a lot.  Basically, a blob of green stuff is sandwiched between two layers of super glue.  This adds a lot more stability to  the joint, as the green stuff fills in the gaps which are bound to occur.

There is also a bit of a chemical reaction between them, which solidifies the green stuff into hard crystals.

This method is very handy when trying to attack two pieces that are too difficult or even impossible to pin.

The Mighty Quinn

From Siren Miniatures, we have the Mighty Quinn!  He's one of a series of dwarf characters.

These would make some excellent, unique dwarves for role playing adventures.

Here's the Siren home page, with much more!

http://sirenminiatures.com/store

Here comes the rain

This Reaper figure was originally going to be the figure for the Painting Green video, but the much larger Raging Heroes figure was used in the end.

There were a lot of fun elements to the figure, which is always the case with my Reaper favorites!!

The base was also a lot of fun.

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221914239066?

Forest Guardian

This figure is another fantastic sculpt from the Raging Heroes line.  She is Syl-Iriah.

She was the perfect miniature for the "Green With Envy" painting video.  It covered a huge range of colors within the 'green' range.  Not only more yellowish or blueish versions of green, but more and less saturated hues as well!

A link for you:

http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/James-Wappel-Painting-Greens-p/jameswapgreen.htm

I sculpted the base from Apoxy sculpt.  In fact, I even crated a video on how to create this style of base.  They are very fun!  Apoxy sculpt is just the right material, as it is very strong, but easy to work with.  It holds edges very well!

Here's a link to the forest bases...

http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/Forest-Bases-by-James-Wappel-p/jwppforestbases.htm

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221913857040?

The Boss

From Ork Warbosses to the Legion of Everblight, big guys with pointy sticks abound.

The greenish hues on the cloth surfaces and straps were a handy foil to the reddish browns of the fur lining, etc.

Both of those muted war colors still provide some contrast with the neutral grays and the slate blue of the snow base.

Flower Power

Next up from Infamy Miniatures... it's the Flower Girl!

She and her tiny buddy are yet another amazing sculpt from a great line of miniatures.  Incredible little details everywhere, but not hard to assemble at all!

They also have some incredibly dynamic poses.  This little girl is quite typical.

Clearly, she likes to play in the puddles!!  Be sure to buy a flower from her.  Or else.

Big Axe... Bigger Gun!

You have all seen those pictures of the spectacular Raging Heroes Dark Elves.  They have a pretty broad range of figures already, including, Empire style figures, Demonettes, forest spirits and even giant orks!!

I used this figure for the Shaded basecoat painting video, since he had a nice variety of surfaces... flat, angular, armor, weapons, and so on.

These views give you a peek at the base, which is a favorite 40k style for me.  I made a video on how to create this Blasted Concrete base, along with otehr sci-fi bases, which are available here:

http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/James-Wappel-s-More-Sci-Fi-Bases-p/jameswappelscifi.htm

He's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321891978671?