Painting an evil wizard

Introduction

I painted this mini in parallel with the evil gnome wizard lady, mostly to experiment on all the different color combinations I wanted to standardize into painting tips. It originally represents the planeswalker Jace from Magic the Gathering: Arena of the Planeswalkers board game.

Painting dark fire

Storm King's part 12 - Just a little D&D

After all those spiders got killed we realized that we can’t keep casting Fireballs to the wall to keep Selene warm and the weather is quite chill around here[1]. Luckily for us all the barbarians killed in front of the doors had some kind of furry clothing on them. Selene will dress up as a barbarian to match her scars.[2]

Storm King's part 11 - Happy, Ugly Birthday Selene!!!

It just happened that the D&D night was overlapping with Selene’s birthday. We could not cancel our Game night but neither could we miss the chance of having free drinks on her behalf so we mixed the two together.

Modern sorceress - mainentance work

Unfortunately, metal models tend to chip with excessive handling. I varnish all my miniatures, but even so, they sometimes chip. And so, they require maintenance work - such as this sorceress.

Painting a female gnome wizard

Introduction

When I bought the miniature for Nixi, I also bought the Bones variant, to see which one is better. I think the metal one is of better quality - some details are lost on the Bones mini, and it is not poseable - so I picked that as the "main" miniature. However, I won't discard this one either: she'll be painted up as the "good" variant. Or, at least, non-evil.

Painting an evil female gnome wizard

Introduction

The recurring villains of our DnD campaign - characters from our previous one - need their miniatures. This is Nixi, the evil wizard turned to the worship of Vecna. The miniature is made by Reaper Miniatures.

Cold white (hair)

Pale flesh

Medium leather (straps)

Dark leather (boots)

Light leather (bags)

Storm King's part 10 - Hide and Seek with Rautza

The barbarians seem to see us because:

You've been hit by

You've been hit by

A smooth Fireball

So, Annie are you ok?

Are you ok, Annie?

The Doom of Ulpia - Mission #7 Game

Scenario: Custom (2000 points)

Inspired by Altar of War: Megalith.

Restrictions

• None.

Victory conditions

• Major Victory: Win the scenario.
• Minor Victory: Control the objective at the end of the game.
• Minor Defeat: Defender controls the objective at the end of the game.
• Major Defeat: Defender wins the scenario.

The Doom of Ulpia - Mission #7 Story

The Intercessor squad blasted their way into the next ruin. Plague Marines exited soon after, still disoriented by whatever foul ritual was conducted within.

Storm of Pradus - a Warhammer 40k campaign

I am proud to announce that I was asked to contribute to another Warhammer 40k campaign. It is already in full swing, since about a month or so. This is less of a narrative campaign and more like just a framework for this summer's games, but it does allow any hobbyist to contribute in any way (gaming, painting, lore writing).

I do administer the dedicated blog created for this campaign, the Storm of Pradus. (Apologies to any foreign readers - the organizer decided to have this as easy to get into as possible, and everything is in Romanian.)

I created the rules and conditions of the campaign, which define the ways people can contribute: playing any kind of 40k games, with bonus points for narrative games and playing with painted armies; painted army showcases; creating lore for their army and its characters. The points lead to a reward system for the grand finale: a huge apocalypse game of Warhammer 40k.

I also created the story behind the campaign. A convoluted scheme by a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch justifies the presence of any armies in the Pradus star system.

Of course I am still busy with my own narrative campaign, the Doom of Ulpia; so I could not get any games in for the other one, yet. I did manage to send in a painted army showcase.

So far, so good. The Storm is continuing to build up, and I can't wait to do more!

Painting a gnome wizard

Introduction

It's been a while since I did commission work, but the MAGUS team needs a painted mini for the newest member. Introducing Felgrin, the gnome wizard. The miniature is made by Reaper Miniatures.
I initially envisioned this mini conjuring fire and having blueish clothing, but the "client" requested that he'd rather transmogrify the blade into bluish energy and have an orange coat instead. This is exactly the same color scheme that I wanted, only the colors are reversed, so I went along easily.

Face (medium skintone)

Basecoat Heavy Skintone.

Wash Reikland Fleshshade.

Highlight Heavy Skintone.

Superhighlight 1:1 mix of Heavy Skintone and Pale Flesh.

On large surfaces, finish with a final highlight of Pale Flesh.

Painting a female halfling ranger/rogue

Introduction

I already have my own avatar on the tabletop, so it is only natural that my lovely wife would also have hers. This is a throwback to when she tried out DnD, playing a halfling bard.