Pimp My Talisman

So I decided I like this so much I am going to paint it! It has been almost 7 months since I painted. I just have not had the inspiration to do so. I am going to start with the toads since those seem to be used less often, and are the most basic minis in the set. I have the first toad finished, but I have not pulled the image off my sd card.

Here is the first toad with his base coat.

I should have painted mine but now I have all the expansions and it's too daunting a task.
I did finish Wiz War and the monsters for Cyclades.

Stupid Repo Jeff had painted his Wiz-War all beautiful like and now I'm ruined and will have to paint my own up! What a jerk!

I'm so slow at painting though.

Me too. I've been working on DreadFleet since that fucker came out. I may die before I paint my Talisman figures.

Wow, Git's minis look fan-fucking-tastic.

First toad completed. I haven't clear coated it yet, and I may add some ballast to the base, but more or less complete. Also, my first try at "dry brushing" for his bumps.

Sigh......now I'll have to paint the damned frogs. I hope you're happy.

stormseeker75 wrote: Sigh......now I'll have to paint the damned frogs. I hope you're happy.

Like in Monty Python The Meaning of Life when MR. Creoso is done eating dinner, then the waiter offers him a mint, which he declines initially, knowing he can't take it. The the waiter assures him, "it's only wafer theen". And as we all know, Mr. Creoso explodes into a disgusting bloody mess.

So will be your fate with the minis! Come on, Stormseeker, the toads are only wafer thin.

Looking good, QP. You gonna give him a nice gloss coat, so he will look slick & wet?
Also I think a quick, dark ink wash on the toad would really improve your results with minimal effort.

evilgit wrote: Looking good, QP. You gonna give him a nice gloss coat, so he will look slick & wet?
Also I think a quick, dark ink wash on the toad would really improve your results with minimal effort.

I don't know how to wash I do have a couple inks I picked up in a sale though. There's this "dip" the guys at the wargame shop use. I can't recall what the name is, but a friend up there showed me the result and it's pretty amazing. Basically they dip their figs in this stuff, pull it out, and let it dry 24 hours. It's like an instant ink wash.

I dip sometimes. It's not the miracle it's sometimes touted as. Basically just using a polyurethane wood stain. If you are not careful, the figures will turn out really dark and you'll lose some detail. Looks great on my Genestealers but not for figures you don't want to be dark and sinister. I want to experiment more but you really can't undo it.

If you've already got some water-based inks (GW or any other mini manufacturer) just water down a few drops (10-1 water to ink ratio or so depending on how dark) and brush it liberally onto the toad. The pigment will find the recesses and create a shadow effect. Really simple, the only mistake you could make would be to not dilute the ink enough. With that and dry brushing you can get some amazing results with very little practice and time.

I gave up dipping once GW released their new washes a few years ago.

Here are some tutorials I made for Space Hulk that shows how easy it is to get great looking minis with very little paint and a nice wash.

fortressat.com/index.php/forum/34-pimp-m...quickly-genestealers

fortressat.com/index.php/forum/34-pimp-m...-quickly-terminators

Thank you. This was my first time trying dry brush. I like the way it came out. I'm going to try a different color on the next one and see how it turns out. And I'll head up to the shop tomorrow for a black ink.

When you say 10 - 1 do you mean brushes full or do you use a dropper? I just want to make sure I mix correctly.