Monday 22 July 2019

July! Doing more Terrain!

Hello Everyone!

So I'm back and ready to talk about what I've been working on!  So it's been hot...like, really hot.  So I've been both outside and unable to base coat anything new due to real...and I mean REAL bad humidity!  So I had some other stuff sitting around that I was able to finish.

So without further ado!


So scratch built house is done.  for a first attempt at something like this (okay...maybe second attempt).  I like how it came out.  I feel I need to work on stonework as I clearly did not manage to get it to "pop" as much as I would of liked.  But I'm still very happy with the results.  Now I do need to test it on Polystyrene next.

Now for something slightly more...expensive.


One Ophidian Archway!  I bought this about a month ago and I figured I had better at least try to paint what I buy asap so I don't continue to add to the pile.  So one archway done!  I have a bunch of other terrain piling up that I want to get through that I will probably work on next.

Stay tuned!

-Commodus

Monday 15 July 2019

July! WIP and other stuff too!

Hello all!

So I haven't really gotten around to paint all that much, but I have gotten to work on my favorite summer past time..Terrain!

So my main goal is to build a tiny town square worth of buildings.  I already have one ruined building in my collection, but I also want a building I can use for D&D to make a village square.  So using basic techniques taken from a bunch of random Youtube videos, I got to work.


So using foam-core, cardboard, balsa wood and white glue I got to work.  Slowly over the course of a few weeks I put together this small town house.


It's amazing what you can do with a little white glue and junk you find in your local recycling bin and a few dollar store items.  So now I have to seal it with Modge Podge and get to painting!

Wish me luck!

-Commodus

Saturday 6 July 2019

July is Here! What shall I paint...

Hello everyone!

Well June came and went and I didn't really paint all that much.  Once the weather starts getting nice, hanging out in my humid apartment isn't all that enjoyable.  I did manage to get some painting done over the course of the month as it did rain a few days.

So let us see what I finished off my paint table!



The last two miniatures i needed to paint for my mini D&D campaign.  A Tiefling Rogue (Which is being used as a Tiefling Ranger)  and a Half-Orc Barbarian.  I do like these Nolzur mini's but I do have 2 criticisms of them.

1.  They have terrible mold lines
2.  They have a lot of tiny detail

The two problems sort of compound each other.  The mold lines cover the detail and removing them could damage the detail.  They are difficult to deal with but, overall, for 6 dollar miniatures I can't really complain too much.

With that said and done my adventuring party went from this


To this!


So with these done, and not counting terrain, I only painted 3 minis all last month for a grand yearly total of 77 miniatures!  Not too shabby so far.

So with that said it's time to move on to other summer projects which are in various states of done right now.  I'll hopefully have an update on that soon.  For now lets see what I have on my desk right now.


This right here is the third model I ever bought/painted.  He's been my Empire army wizard since I started gaming back in 2004.  I would say I did an okay job with him but through the years he has become chipped and damaged.  I figured, as I use his mounted version in AoS, I'd strip him and repaint him for AoS as well.

We'll see when I can get around to doing that!

-Commodus