I know this is the painting thread, but I’d like to know more about your printing too. That’s a resin printer, right? Is that a must for miniature printing or could one get by with a filament machine?
Resin, yes. The anycubic photon. Fdm (filament) machines won’t do acceptable mini quality. They’re mainly used for large terrain pieces. I have a fdm at work, but the resin is my home machine. It’s much cheaper than buying minis, but it can escalate!
It’s not too pricey, and whilst people.make a fuss about resin and post processing it’s totally fine. Resin is way easier than the super unreliable FDM. Press a button to start the print and walk away. Don’t even need to look at it until it’s done. I was almost finished on my second bottle of resin before I had my first (partial) failures.
I haven’t painted anything in the last week, sadly, but I’m posting here as a reminder to get off my butt and get those Yu Jing models started (and, hopefully quickly, finished!).
Also double-posting for a bit of continuity. Day 4 of my Shasvastii Nox troopers and I painted the red armour and applied black and brown wash to armour and faces respectively. Here are the results:
Thanks. Not my finest work but when she’s with the rest of the battlemages on the shelf she’ll look ok.
I think the face is more bearable now. I’m going to stop on this one before I go crazy!
Absolutely gorgeous. I love the individual details you gave to its scaled wings and on it’s body. The soft orange/red combined with greens and darker colours gives it a real natural feeling.
I thought it looked nice on the base so went for it on the dragon, but I tell you I was regretting it after a bit! 20 mins per side of each wing. Another 90 mins for the body. That was just the leaves!