Manda’s (Amachan) ‘Oiling Up’ Project

On to the final test model for my Republican Romans. This consul, well, his horse has been the focal point of various spotty remarks on the Discord. But aside from that this is a test to see how I can do horse fur with oils and how it would all come together on a cavalry figure. Again I think it was a great success apart from the fact that I forgot to add flock to the base…. I also was trying to paint the fur on the back of the horse as a leopard skin, which obviously failed. But since it looks more like a Hyena now it is fine. Leopard skin might need more testing. This is also a miniature from Agema Miniatures and here you can see how it came together.

The next model is a banner bearer from Agema Miniatures. I have a couple of miniatures from their range, but found that they don’t quite scale so well with the rest of my Republican Romans and thus made great test models. First this banner bearer to see if everything I learned works well for my Republican Roman project as well as my upcoming Hellenic project. In the following picture you can slowly see the miniature come together and overall I think it is a great success.

To make my melting snow texture you need 3 things; Greenstuff World Snow Powder Realistic, PVA Glue & Water. I mix these 3 together with roughly 50% snow powder, 25% PVA glue and 25% water. Depending on the thickness of your PVA glue you might want to add more or less water. Just experiment with different ratios to get it how you want it. You are looking for a sludgy consistency that isn’t entirely solid, but definitely is not liquid. I apply this to the base in areas where I want it to sit, but do take into account that it will shrink and edges will become transparent and a bit glossy. I also highly recommend to not varnish after this, so apply this after you’ve done your varnishes. It is quite tough when fully cured.

This is my easy method of making great looking melting snow on my bases and terrain.

Getting back into painting after a bit of an unplanned hiatus and I found out that this is the exact same line as I wrote in the last post….. Anyway, getting back for real this time.

Sadly the wolf dropped behind a desk and got damaged. The tail broke off I glued it back on, but some bits have chipped off. I might return to it at some point, but the point of the test was to see if I can do fur with oils. I think that was a success.

And now on to Boudi. I finished her and the test was to see if I can update a miniature painted in the style of my Order of Heimdallr army to my modern standard and what steps I’d need to take for that. This test was a success as well. So here is Frost Shaman Boudi from Hasslefree Miniatures.

Getting back into painting after a bit of an unplanned hiatus and I found out that the only muddy basing paste I had had dried out. I don’t really use basing pastes any more, but I still had a pot of textured weathering effects that with a bit of water will hopefully work on this base.

I got the shading done on the wolf and the heads on pikes….

One midnight painting session later and I got the highlighting & detailing done on Frost Shaman Boudi.

Little bit more work on the wolf, mostly the face and the base.

And then I did start a bit with my face practice. Going to see how much shading will do after this.