To Paint a Dwarf
A few months ago, I was given a resin miniature by an old friend of mine who I haven't seen in a long time. It turns out he was into miniature painting as I am into wargaming, and has opened a modest shop that sells miniatures for modellers and hobbyists. I am no professional painter, but was humbled that he was keen on seeing my efforts. After some procrastination and delays, I got started.
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It turns out that the miniature was of good quality and make, with very minute details that stand out once I started painting it. So began the scattered quest of painting Drognil the Dwarf.
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I primed with black paint spray on the parts and started to base coat them separately.
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Started off with the skin and hair, using my own set of Citadel Paints, since it's mostly what I have. I thought it worked fine.
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Next I decided to work on the metallics and cloth. I used Scale 75 paints for the metal parts and continued with Citadel for the fabrics. Once the layer paints are added, the details of the model starts to stand out.
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At this point (several slow weeks and other work stuff later), the model is assembled and touched up with highlights, and I now looked to basing. Turns out that the base provided hardly works! No biggie, I furnished a cork stand to glue on to it instead, and poked holes into the base to fit the model's pegs.
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Thus Drognil the Dwarf stands ready for battle! I hope this post was intriguing enough for you. If anyone is interested in the model, do feel free to check out Danny Soh's PlasMo-Hero store, located at Army Market, Beach Road, #02-194. Thanks for reading!
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