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Sculpt and print by MidgardMiniatureUS

I'm trying to find a good source for bright EL wire that is long enough to do what I want in a large diorama. All the ones on Amazon are very dim and give off an awful high pitched whine. I found a supplier on Etsy that has very bright and flexible lights but the lights are limited in length there to like 30cm. Does anyone have a good source for this sort of thing?

Orange wire is from Amazon and the red is from Etsy. Looking for a compromise between them or some other product that can accomplish what I'm aiming for.

I don't care for how the spell turned out, I had an issue with my airbrush that I didn't notice until it blasted the face. I feel alright about the flame glow but looking for ways I can improve.

FDM printed on Bambu Lab X1C. I think the flames and flame OSL turned out okay, feel like I over committed on the purple OSL. It'll work fine for the table. Primed black with white zenithal with an airbrush, hand painted everything else then finished with the airbrush for the OSL effects.

I've touched up the base so the white and yellow are no longer visible along the underside.

Happy to take any tips or critiques!

Hey y'all, here's a finished painted dragon head. Custom settings on my X1C with a 0.4 nozzle. Airbrushed 95% of it. Started with a white/black zenithal prime. Darkened red acrylic followed by a pure red to highlight the face. Then I used a makeup sponge to dry brush apply black to the ends of each scale. Got my wife to then mask the red off with masking tape so I could paint the horns with a bone color. I used Citadel Nuln oil and let it partially dry then blotted the excess off with a cheap microfiber towel to give the horns a weathered look. Used the same bone color to paint the teeth then used a pure white to dry brush highlights each tooth letting the bone color show through near the gums. Sealed it all with satin varnish. Finally I used a thinned green iridescent canvas paint to paint the eyes then black to add slit irises. Then I applied UV resin to each eye to give it a glassey sheen.

Paints used were Army Painter Dragonfire Red and Abyssal Black, AK Dunkelgelb RAL7028(bone color). Citadel Abaddon Black. Vallejo Mecha Color white and black primers. Pebeo Studio Acrylics 359 Iridescent Green Yellow. Liquitex Satin Varnish

Let me know what you think!