Progress!

Greetings Wastelanders and welcome to the first Work in Progress update!

After (not so long) deliberation, I decided to give the scene a little more life with the use of some grass tufts. The grass tufts from MiniNatur are high standard and easy to use, would definitely recommend. I added some watered down browns and yellows into some test pieces and quite liked the result. 

Here is a quick snap of the scene with the grass tufts glued to the base. There's also been the first of the small red mushrooms added in the front corner. In the future I'll post some making-of pics of the mushrooms but for now I give you these.

Still unsure whether or not to change the tag?

Note: Cool box in background is not part of the scene =P

The WIP relative to my hand

Liking the direction the scene is heading at the moment I'll be adding a few bits of detail in areas that need attention. Firstly the trees will be receiving some extra love, perhaps some vines or moss?

To be continued...

Hogwarts Student Project

Okie dokie first up sorry about the horrible photo quality, All pics are being taken from my phone for now.

This project started out with a model I purchased from a U.K based company called Hasslefree Miniatures. Great site, easy to use and the sculpts are super fun to work on. This mini is called Alex and was sculpted by Hasslefree Kev, the man himself, and came with plenty of different arm variations. 

The inspiration for this piece was my little sister and her love of the Harry Potter series. With her favorite house being Griffindor, I decided to give the whole piece an Autumn inspired theme as it suited the warm mood I wanted to create.

The first step was to undercoat (grey) and then quickly rough out the colours. Again i'm so sorry about the photo quality I just take quick snaps here and there when I come out of painting meditation.

After a little more work on the mini itself (sorry no close up pics), I felt inspired to make a base for her to chill on. I get the plinths made in bulk from a dear family member who happens to be very handy with woodworking skills ^_^

The workflow of any base (including this one)  usually starts out with drilling and gluing a few pins into the top of the plinth. This might be unnecessary, however, pinning ensures the putty remains fastened onto the wood. 




The putty of choice then gets worked onto the top of the base, I try to create a bit of depth variation as I find it makes the base interesting to behold. I then glued on some pieces of thin cork board, and common twigs. The cobblestones were a last minute idea (the best kind).
Using a bit of texture paint, I filled in the gaps made from the crazy gluing frenzy.

Now the fun.

I added a few more twigs and branches in an effort to better frame the miniature. Soil and small stones were added to give a deep forest feel.

After applying a grey undercoat I then roughed out some general colours.

   

I find painting the plinth black gives a more realistic interpretation of what direction the piece is moving towards. The colours seem to pop better against the black rather than the raw timber.

After playing with the reds, browns and yellows, I moved on to drybrushing some quick highlights into areas of interest throughout the base. The highlights were cut back using glazes and washes to add colour depth and variation to the forest floor. Green glazes were used at the base of the trees to give a more living feel. I was mindful not to over do the greens as I didn't want Spring to hit in the middle of Autumn.

More progress to come in the very near future and hopefully some better pictures (please forgive me) 

Thanks to anyone bored enough to read my ramblings 

Ciao!

First Post Ever

Hey all, I'm Yianni. Creating miniature scenes and bringing models to life is my hobby and passion. My journey started, like most, with plastering paint all over wargaming miniatures and hoping for the best... Not much has changed, Enjoy =)