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Post by ignatious on May 7, 2017 12:34:13 GMT -9
I got him at a dollar store. I added the skull mace thing(toothpicks, paper strips, plastic skulls), and the "skull draped grappling hook" thing(burnt pipe cleaner, plastic skulls, a cylindrical bead of some sort, tooth picks). Lots of things went wrong in this learning process, but in the end I like the way he came out This is what he looked like before painting (I so seldom remember to take pics before and during).
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Post by nolabert on May 7, 2017 14:57:35 GMT -9
Awesome crafting! What dollar store? Can you post a pic of him next to a regular human for scale?
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Post by ignatious on May 11, 2017 8:36:05 GMT -9
Thanks, nolabert. I believe it was the dollar tree. They had two other wrestler figures that I also got. One i had already painted (not very well), but what I used as a primer didn't stick to the plastic, so he has to be redone. Since the extras I added to this other guy came out alright, I'll probably put stuff in his hands too (maybe some other accessories too depending on what I can come up with that looks good).
Here is the size comparison you asked for. The mins are onemonk, bravesirkevin, Brave Adventures, jabbro, a wraith from eddnic, and mini from MDA scaled up for 28mm.
These are ten cent toys I found at the flea market. The three on the left were solid plasticy colors like, purple, yellow, and blue. The elephant skeleton was The first "mini" I ever painted (just about a year ago).
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Post by nolabert on May 11, 2017 11:14:15 GMT -9
What did you use as a primer? On crafting projects like this I follow DM Scotty's black-bombing approach and prime with the cheapest black spray paint I found at Lowe's. The giant looks good against the 28-30 mm paper minis.
And off-topic, but given your profile pic, you play music?
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Post by cowboyleland on May 11, 2017 12:36:19 GMT -9
There are specific plastic primer sprays available in hardware stores if you have issues with colours flaking off.
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Post by ignatious on May 12, 2017 11:33:49 GMT -9
The one on the left is what I was using. It was a couple bucks at walmart, and says it bonds to plastic. It actually did fine on the first three toys I painted. When I used it on the guy with club it never fully dried and remained tacky even after a week or so, and would come off on my fingers (not sure, but I suspect because he is a different type of plastic, softer more pliable). The wrestler seemed to dry, but after I painted him everything could rub off down to the plastic without much difficulty. You can see where it came off on his fingers, his pants, and on his chest. All in all not so great of a loss as I'm not happy with the paint job anyway. After that I switched to the stuff on the right (also a couple bucks at walmart), and the paint has been sticking just fine. Yes nolabert, that pic is from the last actual band (that played shows) I was in. We (...in the wake of...) were some kind of post punk/melodic hardcore (as if that makes any sense. somewhere between the very late 80's and mid 90's musical genrefication became more difficult and idiosyncratic(I'm not claiming that to be a good or bad thing)). I sang for my first punk band when I was 17 some 22 yrs ago. Since then I've played guitar, bass , and drums in different (mostly "punk") bands. Now I mostly just play with a friend in my "studio".
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Post by Vermin King on May 12, 2017 13:04:03 GMT -9
I, too, have had poor luck with the Rust-Oleum products. And the fumes are far worse than the Krylon
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