UKFB's WIP Thread - Gundabad Update

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:27 pm

I'm really liking the look of all these together. Great job.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:59 am

Great work, Dave!

Noddwyr · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:20 am

Great work. They all look really cool.. I like the conversions you have done. Simple-ish yet effective. :yay:

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:29 am

Great work! they look really cool :yay:

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:54 pm

Great painting, great converting! :yay:

"Great" seems to be a common descriptive of your work^ and it's true!
Keep up the great work Dave! :wink:

miecz27 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:40 pm

Super Painting!!

BizzareWarstar · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:41 pm

fantastic stuff. going back to your cool dragon conversion from the Beasts & Beings magazine, what a great idea! i have this model also (somewhere). The plastic appears as if it would be quite brittle and i was wondering how did you remove the egg so neatly ?

theOneRider · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:31 pm

This is really good work, bro! :yay:

tidoco · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:53 pm

Really nice Dave, I've got a few of these to do myself plus the one that Natarn made and was wondering on your colours of choice, I am thinking you have been using primarily grays and then staining with greens is that close?

JTV · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:29 pm **Posts:** 12

nice work, all you need to finish it is a company of cavalry

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:45 pm

@BizarreWarstar - The dragon is resin, which is why it is quite brittle. I cut the arm off at the elbow to make removing the egg easier. I cut out most of the egg with a fine saw, then used needle files to remove the rest between the fingers. Once done, I glued the arm back on again and tidied up with putty.

@Tidoco - Yes that's pretty much it. I did a full breakdown of the paint stages (with pictures!) on the previous page of this thread but I guess you missed it. :wink:

@JTV - Just got the two riders. :twisted:

I will also make 6 of my own, convert a mounted banner bearer, and a King of the dead. I foolishly traded my spare King away a while back though so I will need to get another one from somewhere. :roll:

I've converted the remaining 16 warriors. Once I've puttied up the gaps I'll post some pics before I paint them.

BizzareWarstar · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:49 pm

nice one man, thanks. gonna give it a shot.

tidoco · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:09 pm

ukfreddybear wrote:

@Tidoco - Yes that's pretty much it. I did a full breakdown of the paint stages (with pictures!) on page 8 of the thread but I guess you missed it. :wink:

yep I tend to only read the last few posts on long threads, it is age you know the attention span doesn't last that long.

Viruk · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:05 am

Great job, I really like how the highlights were put on these - makes them look more ancient. Keep it up!

Haldir_pl · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:26 am

Very 'ghosty'

I like how you escaped from usual green scheme. I love the paintjob on banner bearer

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:13 pm

Well as promised here are the final sixteen figures - all converted in some way or another. Just got to paint them up now.

Feeling kinda low today fella's. Lost two of my colleagues in a fire last night in a high rise just 1 mile from my house. I really feel for their wives and young children. T'is a sad day for the fire service.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:17 pm

Wonderful work on the conversions, Dave. They look very nice and I'm sure they add great variety to an Army of the Dead.

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. My dearest condolences and sympathies go out to you and their families. Hoping you're starting to feel better, and always know that everyone at OR is here to support you. Hope things start to feel better, Dave.

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:35 pm

Dave, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your comrades...you guys are true heroes. You, your work mates and their families are in my thoughts and prayers.

The_Dragon_of_Moria · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:08 pm

You have my deepest sympathies Dave. You, your colleagues and their families will be in my prayers.

Your with condolences

Cal

Onyx · **Joined:** Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:00 am **Posts:** 45

Dave, I'm really sorry to hear of the loss of your colleagues.
My thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends.
Yours is a tough job mate. I couldn't do it but I'm so reasured that people like you are wiling to help and serve others, everyday.
Keep up the good work mate (oh, and fantastic hobby work as always mate).

Cheers,
Steve.

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