Manda’s (Amachan) ‘Oiling Up’ Project

After a matt varnish I went over the metallics again to make them shine once more.

And that is all I can do for a week or so as my airbrush hose rapidly disassembled itself…..

I have finally been able to do a bit of painting and got the base acrylic layers done on this dwarf from Reaper Miniatures.

Does Greenstuff World’s Spider Serum work? Well I have to say, yes it creates quite a good spider web effect. Be sure to use your airbrush pressure between 1.5 and 2 bars and keep 30cm distance from the model as advertised. This is really important here. And you can get these results with it.

However…… Be prepared for your workplace to look like it hasn’t been used or cleaned in years…..

But it does work, although I think it might work better for Halloween decorations around the house. I just need to find a good model to do some tests on further, but for now I’ve made enough of a mess…..

That is Hanna of Vil from Hasslefree Miniatures finished, now she can live in a display case so that the axe may never break again….. I give it a week.

And since this is a repaint of a model I painted before, here are the old pictures.

I started with my mud mix (AK Interactive Diorama Puddles (AK8028) with a little bit of Vallejo Pigments Natural Sienna (73.105)) on the base and I decided to also put some over the boots to see what that will do.

Then I went to the axe with some AK Interactive Blood Effect (AK11260). Initially brushing it on and then with a little cocktail stick I moved it around a little to create this effect.

And then I dropped the model again….. And the axe broke off again…… But I added some splatter of AK Interactive Blood Effect (AK11260) over the model and put a bit on the shield as well where it got damaged so it looks like she punched someone in the face with it.

And at this point my chronic illnesses really started flaring up so, I had to stop. But this is pretty much the miniature done, between now and the finished pictures I will most likely just paint the rim of the base with Scale 75 Scalecolor Black (SC-00) and that’s it.

My chronic illnesses have been very bad over the last couple of days so progress will be slow.

But on the positive side, this project got a Butt-Butt-Ding!!! 🎉

I re-attached the axe and when that was dry I started with adding a bit of AK Interactive Streaking Grime (AK012) over the join. I then added a coat of AK Interactive Wash for Wood (AK263) over the shaft of the axe and the inside of the shield. And then a coat of AK Interactive Moss Deposits (AK676) over the rock and dabbled some into the tuft as well. With a couple of cotton buds I removed the majority of it.

And then disaster happened. I did up the gold medallion on her arm and around her neck with AK Interactive True Metal Gold (AK450). I accidentality got a splotch on her forehead, don’t ask me how, but I did. I then tried to remove it using mineral spirits and a cotton bud, but that spread the gold particles all over….. So I added a bit more mineral spirits and tried to soak most of it up with a fresh wool dauber and while doing that I managed to drop the model and the axe broke off again…. I just tried to remove as much of the gold dust as possible and then decided to take a break. In the mean time I re-attached the axe again, but you can still see some of the gold dust around the model. The camera picks it up way more that you can see in real life luckily.

When I got back to it I highlighted the bronze armour bits with AK Interactive True Metal Brass (AK460), the axe head with AK Interactive True Metal Steel (AK457) and then the belt buckle, the inner bit of the shield and the boss on the outside with AK Interactive True Metal Iron (AK459).

And that is the second weathering/shading stage done.

The first layer of weathering/shading went on Hanna of Vil from Hasslefree Miniatures.

I started with an airbrush coat of AK Interactive Streaking Grime (AK012) over the model and then a coat of AK Interactive Earth Effects (AK017) over the base and the legs.

I then got the wool dauber out for some action and broke off the axe….. The axe was a weak point as it has broken off before I even started painting this model.

After some more rubbing with the wool dauber, a large pile of cotton buds and some tweezers to pick out the fluff this is the result.

I used Streaking Grime rather than the Neutral Wash I used before and rubbed it all off without using mineral spirits and I do like the effect more. Now I was going to do something with the skin tones, but I like them where they are right now. I’ll see later if still want to add more to that or not when it has all dried.

I will obviously glue the axe back on when everything has dried.

After the varnishes have gone on I went over the metallics again on Hanna of Vil from Hasslefree Miniatures so that they are metallic again.