Fred's 2014 Painting Diary

[Techno]

Hotel California......By the 'Eagles'......Sorry...... I know....... You've already based those up.....
I'd go with Jchaos....Something concerned with the 'Lizards.'
Cheers - Phil (Congrats on the 2,000th post  )

[fred.]

Hotel California......By the 'Eagles'......

Far to clever for me (or just old...  )

Of course the bases are for the lizard flyers from last week - with their splinter camo



Also based up some older figures to help add some weight to lizardmen

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice indeed Fred.

[Womble67]

Absolutely brilliant

Take care

Andy

[jchaos79]

So nice!

[Techno]

Stonking, Fred !
That's worked particularly well !!
Cheers - Phil.

[fred.]

Thanks chaps.

I'm not sure what colour to go with for the flight stands - they are black at the minute which is quite stark. I have used blue-grey in the past, but not really sure on these which are quite chunky?

[Techno]

 

Personally, I'd be tempted to leave them black, Fred !
Very pale blue/gray.....possibly ?
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I go very pale grey on mine.

[jchaos79]

black seems good colour seems like a shadow when seen in the distance

[toxicpixie]

I'd normally go with black, and think I would here - going pale grey/blueish white etc might blen into the actual lizard colour too much I think...

Can you paint them clear so they're see through

[fred.]

I'll leave them black, as its the consensus, and it means no extra work.

Can you paint them clear so they're see through

Unfortunately the transparent paint is with the tartan paint, and I can't remember which box I put them in to keep them safe....


I did think about mounting these flyers on brass rod, which is much thinner, but though because of the size it would be hard to get them to fix well enough, especially to the base. Its the same issue with using acrylic rod - its quite hard to create a good 90 degree bond with the base.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

2mm magnets are what I use on mine.

[fred.]

To fix the stand to the base, or to the model? Or both?

I've got a few magnets somewhere, so might give this a try.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Both. You'll need to trim the stands a touch for flat surfaces.