Repurposing Clix III (and D&D Minis, and also those G-uys W-ho should not be named)

These are continuing from an earlier post.  I finished up a few more figures from my collection of HeroClix and some D&D Miniatures.  I really like my Hellbeasts ... er ... Wargs ... er ... Dirgehounds. Yeah. Dirgehounds.

Front. I added a different color ink wash to make the
 three distinguishable from each other.  Actually, I think these
are part of the old Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures line.

The backs. The spikes really stand out with a dry brush technique.

Front of the pack leader for the Dirgehounds. The little red dot is the exact front of the figure; I'm in process of play-testing some facing rules for MEST.

There's a total of 10 Dirgehounds.  The pack leader and
the second are the only two with horns or tusks.

This is one of the many low-detail D&D Minis pieces and
so I tried to build
up some of the niceties using layers of paint.  

Another low-detail piece from D&D Minis.

Elf Princess.  Another cheap-o figure. I really should consider
getting higher-quality figures.   Nah. Wargaming on a budget.

Ah! One of my favorite pieces. A Formorian Giant from
D&D Minis. A standard 28MM figure is in the foreground.
I think the giant is about 3.5-inches tall.

Here it is again. The bases is still wet and I'll need to dry-bush
it to bring out the pebble details. I added lots of paint
layers to build up the surface of the giant.

I haven't yet mastered the technique for eyes yet, but this
giant has lop-sided everything including eyes.  Everything
else I brushed in fine details. The skin is like four layers
of different paint going from medium to lighter. I then
added a Gryphon Sepia wash and then dry-brush Elf Flesh.

Another look at the kind of details I added like at the
palm of the hand holding the petrified tree trunk mace.

Final picture; this one for scale. The human-sized Hero Clix sword-elf
at the front, left is a Reaper Bathalien, then the D&D Minis
"thingamajiga" followed by a D&D Minis Flesh Golem.

Repurposing Clix II-A

Some progress pics on my stuff. Not as nice nor as far along as Aggro's but I'm pleased with the results thus far.  I'm not sure what the original names of the figures are and so I'll just identify them as Wargs and Rock Giants.

Alpha Female is horned. All females have stub tails.

A male; no horns but spiked tail. I washed it blue
and then dry-brushed pale blue and then some ochre.

Better lighting.  Most of my shots are at night
and so the lighting is very poor.  Mouths were
painted red and then dry-brushed teeth white.
Painted snouts the same blue as the wash.

A Rock Giant.  Wash with red and then
dry-brush ochre and then touch-up with yellow.

Repurposing Clix II

Not much time recently but this is what I've got.  Aggro84 suggested that I dry-brush the primed models with gray and now that I've done that a lot of the details come out.  I suppose the next step is to use the highlighting cues from the dry-brushing to help determine where color goes.  I hope that the dry-brushing effort doesn't get lost under the new coats of paint.

The Wargs on the right.

Brawlers in the front.

Supers on the left.

Repurposing Clix

Busy Busy Busy

This is one of my newest projects.

About two years ago I received for about $10.00 USD around 500 Clix figures; Mechwarrior, Mage Knight, and HeroClix. I also received a mix of D&D Minis for another five bucks. I've been anxious to re purpose them for my own needs.  Since that time I've weeded out about half of the Mage Knight and HeroClix figures.  I've not touched the Mechwarrior figures.  One really cool thing about the Clix figures is that the majority of them are very cheap to get in bulk.  A low-end figure may cost about $0.25 USD and if repainted it can serve as a minion figure. Just a note for the curious; some of the unique Clix stuff out there is crazy expensive like this Arkham Asylum Batman on a post figure that is around $125.00 USD;

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/hcaka-099.html

The WIP Pics

Here's what I've got in the works.  This is about 50 figures that I'll slap-dash for use with my modern and supers genres among other things.

My spider mob.  These will useful to try out
rules dealing with hordes.  If that works well
then I'll get some zombies.

Some of the HeroClix.  Poor Wolverine dinna make it;
I tried using his arms on another figure but
the glue didn't take. This soft-plastic stuff
is just too oily.

More of the HeroClix.  You can see US Agent's arm
and shield upon ? Blockbuster.  Sad lot.  Anyhow it
can be seen that I've rebased the figures on fender
washers.  Metallic fender washers ...

I created these a while back.  They are magnets glued to
dowels on a stick.  Since I base my figures on those
metallic fender washers they stick in place when I
apply primer spray.  Favorite color? Black.

Here's a close-up of one of the stands.  I've got
space to hold 21 figures.  So I've got a lot of work
ahead.  And there's many more figures in old boxes.

Here is the spider horde ready for color. 16 total.

Here's my wargs ready for color. 10 total.

Here's my Clix figures; mostly supers. 50 total.

Here's my 40mm figures. 6 total.
Two of these are Mage Knight Blade Golems.

Here's my 120mm figure. 1 total.
This is a Fomorian Giant from D&D Minis.

Here's my 50 mm figures. 3 total.
These are Craals from D&D Minis.

My precious Berserk Flesh Golem from D&D Minis
that aggro84 painted for me looks on
approvingly. He yells "Let's paint!"