It's "Terrain O'Clock!"

Hello once again all!

Alright I'm back and I got some progress!  I buckled down and got to work and finished up pile of terrain that I had sitting in a box.  Now to show it all off.

One ruined building.  This particular piece is a a Temu terrain piece I bought for 10 bucks....and for 10 bucks it's pretty damn good!  Quick and easy to paint up, overall I am very happy with how it turned out.

Next up, something I bought from a local 3D printer...

One ruined building!  Now you might recognise this as it is similar to another building I painted last year.  This is just a damaged version of that building.  I can easily use this for Mordheim, Frostgrave or even D&D!  I've quite happy with how they all came out.  All painted with craft paint and home made washes.

So if I calculate all the parts on these models as separate minis it comes to 10 models down.  Not too shabby if I do say so myself!

Now off to work on my next project!

- Commodus

New Year New (Painting) Me!

Hello once again all to my Yearly wrap-up!

So its that time of year again where I show off all the last models I panted this year and tally up my total.  

Which, I'm going to be honest, was not much....

Seems in the last half of the year I just zonked out and was not motivated to paint at all.  I did man age a few things, but overall not much.  So lets take a look at the Things I did finish up.

So to start off we have the Truthsayer from the Albion campaign book.  I've has this model primed on my desk for years.  I decided to paint it up with contrast paints and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  Especially the skin.  When I finished this bad boy I was also going through my boxes of partially finished minis and decided to go whole hog on a mini project.

Behold!  My Hobgoblin Horde!  Or, more specifically, the Hobgoblin half of my Chaos Dwarf army.  Now many of these were already partially painted.  I just had to properly base, wash and highlight them.  I painted most of this stuff in 2006 and now they are finally done.  Now I just gotta refresh my actual Chaos Dwarfs.

Next up!

One Black Orc!!

Yeah I know, it's not that much be he's a test model for the colour scheme I want.  He came out pretty good and I'm happy with it.  Now I just got to do it 23 more times.

Alright next up

Behold my Marienburg Warband!  Now this is a shot of the whole team after a game of Mordheim.  with the exception of two many of these were refresh paint jobs, also one I painted early last year.  I just grabbed these from my pile of Empire minis and went to town on them.  I was inspired by Mordheim so I decided to finish one last model before the end of the year.

One Skaven Rat Ogre!  Pretty basic and I painted it pretty fast but he's done.  With that last model lets count up all I've done this year.

*Drum Roll*

100 models!....I'm actually pretty shocked.  I didn't realise I had managed that many given how I've barely painted over the last 6 months.  Also, quite a bit was repainting.  But I'm happy with everything and I hope to break this record next year! (This year I guess)

Until next time!

-Commodus

April Shock and Awe Continues!!!

Hello once again all!

So im back again, much sooner than you thought!  Mostly because I want to show off another thing I did on a whim.  I had my craft paint out already, so I decided to bang out yet another terrain project!

So without further ado...

One bakery for my Village Terrain project!  I had pulled this out in November with the plan on painting it...never got around to it.  But since I was working on terrain with my last post, and all my paint was already out, I decided to say "to hell with it!" and buckled down to paint this up.

Overall im very happy with how it came out.  The whole thing was technically 8 pieces before being put together, so I'll count this as 8 separate models.  Is that fair?

No.

- Commodus

Another Update? SHOCKING!!!!

Hello all!

Well I'm back again with more to share.  I know I only tend to monthly updates but lets break the trend!  Lets make NEW trends!  Lets show off what I managed to paint...

 

The Mines of Moria Terrain set!

Now, I had already painted and showed off a few of these minis already.  Specifically the door and the trapdoor as well as one of the dead scatter dwarfs.  Now I painted the pillars, well, tomb and more scatter dwarfs!  

This set is one I bought used online so its actually missing one of the scatter pieces but that's no biggy.  If I want to do the LOTR scenario, I don't really need it.  In fact, I am so close to having everything I need to do the Mines of Moria scenario...we'll just have to wait and see!

Next up!

40k Terrain!  Okay, technically 3rd party 3d printed terrain for generic space game.  But I intend to use these for a Kill Team board in the future.  Just need to get more buildings to fill a board.

And with that done its time to work on more stuff...

Stay Tuned!

- Commodus

January Painting! What the Hell did I do?

Hello once again!

So end of the month and time to look at what I managed to get done.  Granted, due to some sickness and general real life getting in the way...not as much as I would have liked.  HOWEVER!  I still got stuff done so lets take a look!

 

 

First lets start with this piece of Dungeon terrain.  The Rack!  I have a pile of blisters that I decided I need to get through so here's just one I got done.  But along with this...

One Iron Maiden and two Mines for my Kill Team.  The Iron Maiden was easy enough, mostly just wash and drybrush.  The Mines were the last two pieces for my Kill Team box.  So that is 100% done!

Now what else did I finish?

3 Osgiliath Veterans!  I know, I haven't painted any Lord of the Rings models in a good long while.  But I had bought these and decided to just get them done ASAP.  So, here they are!

Now for an update on my Empire army...

These are my Knights I would have painted back in 2005, when I had just started getting into Warhammer.  Honestly, these were a pretty simplistically done and not super great but were a good base coat. Now however...

My Arc Knights of Averland!  Beyond the banner it was all mostly just washes and highlights.  Its kinda tough to Highlight metal but I did my best and here we are.

So in total I managed to paint/repaint 12 models.  Not much but a great start!

- Commodus
 

February Schmebruary

Hello once again all!

So I had initially planned on posting this update back in February...heck I even started to with the title!  But I got distracted....mostly due to travel.  However in the proceeding months I managed to get a bunch of painting done.  So while I was quiet, I was not Idle!

So without further ado....

One Griffon Mech for Battletech!.  I actually have a small pile of Battletech minis I want to get done.  This one is my test scheme for the Crescent Hawks.  It came out okay mostly, I had an issue with the base coating from a white primer I was using to Zenithal the model with.  Probably wont use that spray bottle again, but I was able to strip it and start over.  Hopefully my next mech wont be as bad.

One piece of Warcry Terrain!  I had bought this as a separate sprue online almost 2 years ago and I figured I'd just get it done.  Painted entirely with craft paint and homemade wash.  Very happy with how it came out...even though I lost a piece and had to make one to replace it (Maybe you can tell which piece I lost!).

5 Oathmark Skeletons!  I most bought a sprue on a whim and decided I didn't want to add to my pile so I built and painted them right away.  They are good models but they are a little spindly so be careful when gluing them together!  But fun and easy to paint, do recommend!

So now next up...

One Dog of War Mercenary Cannon!  I've had this idea floating in my head for awhile as I have an unopened 7th edition starter set sitting in my hobby space.  While I have a Dwarf army technically....its specifically all metal so I have no room for these plastic Dwarfs.  So I decided to grab some spare models and kitbash a DoW cannon painted in my mercenary colours.  Overall fun to paint!

Go go along with that however....

Another Engineer!  Added once more to the pile.  I was honestly intimidated by this model.  I base coated it last year this time and its just bee sitting there, staring at me mockingly....but now he's done!  I do have one more Engineer I need to get done....maybe two (We shall see!).

And now for some fun...

RATS!  I decided to pound out a pile of Skaven.  6 Stormvermin, 3 Clanrats, a Gutter runner and a Plague Monk.  Just more to added to my Warhammer Skirmish team.

And lastly...

One Manticore for D&D!  I plan on adding this bad boy to my Gnoll Warband as a monster they control.  Also for generic D&D purposes he's on a larger base as he's an important villain for my campaign.  Overall I'm happy with him although I wish the skin was slightly better.

So 24 models painted in the last few months.  Added to my total I have managed 61 models for the year so far!  Happy with my progress and hope to get more done soon!

Until Next time!

- Commodus

Spring Update! Lets Gooooo!

Hello once again all!

I am back once again with another update.  I have a few more things that I managed to paint...although I will admit I haven't been working as hard as I had promised.  I did manage to paint stuff in the last 1.5 months sooo...

Two Soldiers for my Frostgrave warband!  One Man-at Arms (women in this case) and a Thief!  I bought a single sprue so have 3 more I want to put together and paint for this game.  Just to have variety in my future warbands!

Anyway next up...

More terrain!  This time Warcry Terrain I had bought.  Luckily people split up the box and sell individual sprues so you don't have to splurge on the whole thing.  This one tree is good scatter terrain for pretty much any game.  I have a few more sprues from Warcry sets, one of which I am assembling now but will probably be a bit before I get to it.

Next up!

Dark Elf Spearmen!  I did these guys mostly as test models and I like how they came out so I will have to work on getting a whole 25 man unit done now.  The scheme is pretty easy and quick...relatively.  Although I will admit whenever I first paint models it tends to go slow.  Anything after this should be a breeze!

Well all in all 8 models....although one should really count as at least 10....oh well!

Until Next!

-Commodus

A House by Any other name....

Hello all!

I'm back once again to show off some stuff I managed to paint.  Not very much, in fact technically only one model.  It was pretty big however so I figured I'd go over how I got it painted.

I bought this House at a Comic-con last year and decided to get it all painted up!  First step was to base coat it black and paint all the wood trim with a light brown.

After the trim I proceeded to paint all the Stone a dark grey.  Mostly the floor and chimney.

Next up I painted the roof tiles a light blue to match all the other buildings in my little village I am building.

Next step I gave the whole thing a layer of my homemade Black Wash to darken the colours and give depth to the mini.

I then proceeded to drybrush a very light brown over all the wood to bring out the wood grain.

Next step was to do the same with the stone by using a light grey to make that pop as well.

Then perhaps the longest and most annoying step.  I had to go in and paint the walls a beige colour to show off the plastered walls and cracks.

Once that was done the last steps involved giving the whole thing a light dry brush of beige for the weathering.  As well as painting all the metal bits as well as the window panes.

And there it is!  One House complete!  It came out great and matches all my other houses as well.  Whats next?  Well we shall wait and see!

-Commodus