Hello
As It's difficult for me to play these days, and my mojo for painting is low, I was asking myself : When do you feel your minis coming to life ?
I feel it when I paint the hands ( after some other things of course, but sometimes before they're really finished )
For example, my WW2 russians, naval infantry, needed an officer. I turned a SCW to WW2 :
(http://2d6.fr/photos/figurines/Officier_InfNavaleRusse.jpg)
What about you ? When bases are ready ? something else ?
I think its when I give them the final wash it all sort of comes together
I tend to do flesh tones last - and that's when the come to life.
When do they come alive? ... at midnight .... when nobody's looking!! :)
It's hands with me as well. No point painting them until the weapon is done, and no point doing that until the uniform/clothing is finished. The final was adds to this, but for me they have already come alive by then.
When they hit the table ;)
V/R,
Jack
When I finish painting and then basing them.
Interesting... 8)
( By the way, a friend of mine saw this thread, and told me they were not wearing a red star on their headgears. But I do find some sources on the internet where there is a red star for naval infantry :-\ Does someone know more about the officers of the naval infantry ? )
Black for boots and hats usually.
"Black Death" - Soviet Naval Infantry
Nice little article from the FoW guys here:
http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1197 (http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1197)
Basically, as time went on, naval troops wore army uniforms with naval touches. I've seen pictures of naval officers early on with naval cap badges but not with soviet stars.
Yep, the flesh does it for me as well.
Quote from: fsn on 10 May 2015, 12:32:47 PM
I tend to do flesh tones last - and that's when the come to life.
This for me too!
When they're not where I left them the day before... :-\
When they move from where I put the little sods, just a few seconds ago. >:(
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Ithoriel on 10 May 2015, 07:32:48 PM
(...)I've seen pictures of naval officers early on with naval cap badges but not with soviet stars.
I may have to paint in black this little hat...
Thank you.
Quote from: Techno on 10 May 2015, 09:30:41 PM
When they move from where I put the little sods, just a few seconds ago. >:(
Quote from: Wulf on 10 May 2015, 09:16:50 PM
When they're not where I left them the day before... :-\
Quote from: Ithoriel on 10 May 2015, 01:25:29 PM
When do they come alive? ... at midnight .... when nobody's looking!! :)
;D
So you got a cat too ?! ;)
( Or is it our brain ... :P )
This is an excellent question to post and one that a wargaming buddy and I have discussed many times before. For me, figures start to come alive after all the base coats and the first stages of high-lights (not that there is a lot of high-lighting going on). That is when i see the light at the end of the tunnel and painting moto is not an issue. Sometimes, during the tedious work of basecoats, I find it difficult to sit down at the painting table.
Belts, straps, baldrics. Once I'm that far, the end is not distant, and they look as if "ready" is a word they're preparing to hear.
Afterthought: Baldrics! is a good oath, isn't it? Baldrics, Peter. You can't retreat through hostile elephants!, or Baldrics! Why do I always throw a 1 in a crisis?, or Baldrics, the Gatling's jammed!, or, for a crusader, By God's baldrics, today the Saracen shall pay for Hattin and Manzikert and Ager Sanguinis and al-Mansourrah and Cresson and....baldrics, perhaps we should go home after all!
To add to the Crusader theme, may I add the two small drums hung from the belt and known as "knackers"?
"My head rings as if St Peter himself sat in my skull playing on his knackers".
Brings Rhod Gilbert to mind in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.