As promised, I have some resin Fallout minis to show off and compared to many weekly updates, I feel like I have a lot of minis to show off. So let’s waste no further time and jump into it.
First up, I added some rust to the plastic Enslaved Tech and finished it off with a tuft of grass. While he still is severely lacking in detail compared to the resin minis I will show shortly, he looks ready for the tabletop and the rust adds a little more post-apocalyptic flavor to the mini as well.
I had a nice surprise while finishing off my first plastic super mutant. The varnish really toned down the rust effects and it looks much more natural and realistic now. While the blue armor is still too bright and the lack of detail in the face still bothers me, I like how this guy looks much better now and feel like he is worthy of the tabletop. I learned a lot from this first mini and I think the next one I did is quite a bit better than the first. You be the judge!
This super mutant looks quite a bit better because the blue isn’t so bright and it fits the muted palette of the wasteland. The quality of the plastic sculpt is also quite a bit better. Still not quite resin quality but definitely an improvement. Even just adding eyes to the face for example gave it a lot more character. I oversprayed this guy with varnish so there are some small hints of frosting. Thankfully, I can hopefully do a better job with resin mutants and maybe retire this mini and the one above when I get to that point. Now let’s take a look at some recently painted resin minis!
Next up is a generic survivor/scavenger in resin. The resin version has much better sculpting all around but the details are quite fine. The eyes for example are incredibly small and challenging to paint. Not really any easier than a hobbit in MESBG because they’re so tiny. I found this guy much more satisfying to paint as a result. I wouldn’t say that these minis are quite as much fun to paint as GW’s offerings as there are some minor parts of their design that could be better. It is hard to use washes/glazes to shade the face for example because it floods the deepest part of the hood. I think that is why that area looks funny in the pictures above (though I don’t notice it in person at all strangely). I’m also really proud of his rusty leg armor which was pretty straightforward to paint and came out looking nicely if I do say so myself.
Saving the best for last, I also painted Dogmeat! Bandannas belong on dogs and this one looks really cute with his goggles on too. The sculpted detail for the fur (even with it being resin) is not as sharp as it might have been so I tried a kind of stippled layering to try and imitate the complex fur coloring dogs have. All in all, I think it worked pretty well and looks about as natural as you can do in this scale. I added a bit of gloss varnish to his nose and tongue so they look wet which you can’t really see in pictures, but in-person it is very lifelike. For these reasons and because I’m a proud dog owner, this was the highlight of the week for me.
At this point, I technically only need to paint another survivor and another super mutant and I can play a tutorial scenario. I have no terrain and only a paper mat so I’ve still got some work ahead of me but my plan is to purchase some terrain this weekend and start building that up. I also have a tiny terrain project I’m working on for some Fallout flavor as well. Since GW is still not open for business in the US, I might as well press on with Fallout. I can’t wait to give the rules a shot and I think I won’t sweat having tons of terrain done for my first scenario or two as I want to make sure I enjoy playing the game before I jump too far in. I’m lining up another exciting update for next week so I look forward to reporting back then!
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These minis look superb! Seems you’re progressing quite quickly as well. I’m still struggling with painting the rest of my Minas Tirith force. They are relatively quick to paint but not very exciting so going through them very slowly as a result.
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Thank you, Gero! 🙂 I think the quarantine is giving me some extra time to paint and I’m pretty motivated too which doesn’t hurt either. It is always tough when you’re painting up an “army” or even a squad of very similar sculpts, I always try to throw something else in whenever I get tired of painting a particular type of sculpt to make sure I don’t get too burnt out. Then again, that probably only slows me down so do whatever works best for you 🙂
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Looking good. Dogmeat is awesome!
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Thank you! Really glad to hear you’re fond of him too 🙂
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Nice progress! It must be hard to want to paint figures where the details aren’t as defined as we have gotten use to with gw and forgeworld. Is it because the figures are a box game vs a miniature figure line? You are doing a great job on painting them and I’m interested in what kind of terrain you will be doing. I never played Fallout but watched a lot when my friend was playing it and I drank his beer. 🙂
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Definitely, I don’t think I could go back to painting board game minis like when I started the hobby. The starter set features plastic minis that are of a board game quality and the rest of the minis are resin so I knew what I was getting into when I bought the starter and expected to go resin pretty quickly which is exactly what happened.
I’m excited about the terrain I have planned too. It will almost be more diorama-like (as strange as that sounds) as it will be your traditional trees and foliage since this is the apocalypse and all. Glad to hear you know Fallout somewhat well then and hopefully you find these posts interesting. I always appreciate you stopping by, particularly when it is non-MESBG related as I know Fallout isn’t in your wheelhouse.
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Wow! Great stuff mate. In particular Dogmeat is brilliant.
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Thanks Grumpy! I appreciate that you enjoy Fallout and LOTR like myself so I know that no matter what I post, it will likely be of interest to you 🙂
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Very nice painting on these miniatures. Though I never really understand why post apoc has so much rust on everything. Even in the dark ages folks knew how to prevent it, and you’d think on important stuff like armor folks would do the upkeep. I guess it’s just one of those troupes. 😀
Still great progress all around! I’m glad you liked the resin sculpts better.
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Thanks, Stew! I think there is something about rust that just makes it visually clear that something has gone really wrong but I honestly had never even thought about rust not being realistic. I’m realizing that I don’t know as much about history as I thought because historical wargamers like yourself tend to be INCREDIBLY knowledgeable and it is impressive! 🙂
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Great work, and you can see even on these models that the resins ones are nicer than the PVC. I like the outcome of the rust effects that you’ve achieved on the models – a nice scarred-type effect on the Super Mutant leader. And Dogmeat with his naturalistic dog-fur looks fantastic!
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Thanks, mate! I was really pleased with the resin sculpts and how much nicer these ended up looking. I feel proud whenever I see Dogmeat as well. He came out better than I expected/was hoping 😀
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Awesome job! Dogmeat is really cool! 🙂 So what kind of dog do you have?? Just curious because I’m a huge animal lover! 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂 I have a Puggle named Desdemona. She is half-Beagle, half-Pug.
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Aww puggles are adorable! And Desdemona is a really cool name! I have a Pomeranian named Minnie, along with an assortment of other creatures both furry and scaly 😉
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Thank you! Pomeranians are very cute as well so I think you picked a great dog too! 🙂
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Aww thanks! It’s funny, because she kind of picked my husband and I. She used to belong to a guy who went out of town for at least a week out of every month for work, so we would keep her at our house and he would always say how it seemed like she had so much fun with us and liked us more! After about a year and a half, he decided to relocate permanently instead of constantly traveling, so he asked if we wanted her… how could we ever say no! 😉 That was over 6 years ago and she’s been such a great dog!
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That’s a really nice story and I’m glad you found each other. It is cliche to talk about how loyal dogs are but that is one of their best traits and it makes it hard not to love them 🙂
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