So my cheap-as-chips Russian 54mm orcs arrived; they cost me about 10 dollars; 3 dollars themselves but a bit more on shipping. Still, for me, about £7/8 for them is pretty decent going in my opinion.
They also arrived with a small catapult; it actually will work with a little spring for the wargame these are made for, but I might use it for goblins or something down the line.
Nicholas Scott
And here we have the orcs; you could just use them as is, but I want to convert these things into looking more old school WHFB ogres. So I'm going to shave off the hair and sand it down and clip away the weedier looking weaponry; I've bought a bunch of cheap model trees from China so I can use the trunks as clubs.
Zachary Collins
And here's the first one nearly done; still needs a bit more clean up and trimming, but the initial work is done. The odd dark grey lines in them aren't the flash/mold lines, they're just the plastic they used. It cuts well and sands well though. And the large size makes cleaning these up pretty easy; easier than a 28mm miniature in many ways.
The Dark Elves aren't my paintjob, just waiting for their turn in the dettol.
Wyatt Evans
I bought the Know No Fear starter set a few days ago, and now I've painted my first figures. The one to the left is my first and the one to the right my second.
I was really surprised how damn tiny these things are. A while back I saw some cool models here, much like the one in OP, and I thought it'd be child's play to paint them. But it doesn't feel that easy anymore, once you're holding a brush the size of a figure's head in your shaking hands with the paint quickly drying into uselessness.
Nolan Hall
Whats johnnys real name? I need to find it on ebay and maybe recasts
Kevin Jones
And here's the back of this on and one of the problems with these sculpts; the weaponry is molded close to them in a lot of cases. I still need to trim down the bow a lot more, but thankfully I was planning on greenstuffing a jerkin on the back of them anyway; as well as adding trousers. I'll cover up the belt with part of the tree trunk and a simple sculpted pouch to hide the damage.
I think with a bit of luck and effort, these'll look pretty good; and for the price, I really can't complain.
Jacob James
Strip them and trim that flash.
Oliver Bennett
>Strip them What does that mean?
Jordan Howard
Take the paint off them. The paintjob isn't actually that bad for your first one but I can see mold lines, bits of sprue, etc on those miniatures and that looks ugly as fuck.
So get something that'll take the paint off and not melt the plastic, get a hobby knife and some jewellers files and go over the miniature removing those mold lines and bit of sprue. Also get some plastif cutters so you're not twisting them off the plastic.
