Heroclix DOTA 2 TideHunter verDC23

It took me a while to finish this commissioned work of a Heroclix DOTA 2 TideHunter figure as I had to wait for my "Kolinsky" brushes for hand painting I bought online. One of the secrets in hand painting with  acrylic paints ( Vallejos ) are the brushes! Crappy cheap synthetic brushes will deteriorate fast as the acrylic paints will eat up those plastic bristles during hand painting. " Kolinsky " or at least Red Sable brushes are a must!

Anyways, this little toy was made a little bit more interesting by removing the Heroclix base and re-painting it. This is fully hand painted with Vallejo Model Color paints, Vallejo Water Effects and sealed with Vallejo ( Resin ) Gloss Varnish. I tried my best to add details thru painting but the sculpt of the toy is just not as detailed as real plastic, resin or white metal miniatures.

It took me a couple of days ( maybe even 3 days ) to achieve the look of the custom base as I had to apply around 4 or 5 heavy coats of Vallejo Water Effects paints and let cure for at least 12 hours. Anyways this was a fun little project fully hand painted with my Vallejos. Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next completed build guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

Before re-painting photo below taken from - realminis.blogspot.com

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Custom Bases Primed!

The title of my post is correct. I manage to finish and prime a couple of custom bases for my ongoing builds. I primed the custom base of my 1/144 Gaddess and my FA 78 1 Gundam resin kit.

I wanted to slap more pla plates on both bases as I was having fun cutting them. It has been a long while since I cut small friggin pla plates and almost forgot how fun they are.

I was working to achieve the super textured and detailed look of Star Wars ships but decided to prime the bases already as I think I could produce more textures through painting. Besides they are just bases. :)

I think the FA 78 1 Gundam resin kit looks better with his custom base than the base that came with the kit. Not really sure if I want to paint these bases tomorrow as I have other backlogs to revisit or resume work.

Anyways here are more photos of my usual custom bases primed!

Thanks for dropping by! Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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Custom 1/144 Base WIP 031614

Long time friends and readers of this blog knows that I am not so fond of the standard bases that come with any model kit. Oftentimes I even overdo work on the bases and dioramas rather than the kit themselves.

I guess old habits die hard. So as usual I ended up with my usual custom base for my ongoing 1/144 Gaddess build. Basically the base is just the standard base that came with the kit. I just thoughtlessly slapped on pla plates and MSG parts to the poor thing and hope my painting skills is enough to blend it all together.

Nothing special really, but I am excited to try if I still know how to paint and weather before even attempting to paint the kit. I could add more senseless details to this custom base, but I think it will do for now for this practice build.

Hope you like this small update on this build. Thanks for dropping by! Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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