Conan The Barbarian - A 54mm Miniature

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Project Entry by nightrunner

First Steps with the Base

January 9, 2023

Tutoring 12

Skill 11

Idea 12

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Hi everyone,

This year I want to work on my atrophied painting skills, and there is no way better than taking the deep dive into showcase miniature painting. Now, I have never been a competitive painter, nor have I won any awards, but I do enjoy taking my time and painting a model up to my best abilities.

So I have started with a very old 54mm Andrea miniature called ‘The Barbarian II’. It is certainly over 20 years old for sure and I have had it for nearly that long as well. I also have the first iteration (The Barbarian), but it is mostly skin and I find that much harder.

I started with the base. Cleaning it and putting it together.

Pieces set out for cleaning and assembling

The next step was to find a base from my stash and test fit it.

Once I was satisfied with the fit I assembled everything and added some body and texture with milliput. I also gave it the first base coat and masked the base to protect it from the painting process.

Finally, I painted the whole thing up. The whole process only took me an afternoon. To be honest I could have gone much faster, but I watched all three Conan movies while I very lazily went about it.

The base is finally done. I left the tape on because I forgot to take it off at this point.

That is all for now. I hope to finish the Conan model by Friday, but because I am very undisciplined, I have already started another project in the meantime and now I have to mange both!

Until next time, farewell and stay safe.