Introduction
I purchased them while the D&D party was still of lower level. Probably will not see any use for a while, but an excellent occasion to try out some fur painting. From the GW Lord of the Rings line.
Documenting the winding journey from beginning wargaming and PnP RPG-s, through low budget solutions, to a growing collection of painted miniatures and a veritable chronicle of games and campaigns.
I purchased them while the D&D party was still of lower level. Probably will not see any use for a while, but an excellent occasion to try out some fur painting. From the GW Lord of the Rings line.
The best eBay find ever, with 2 or 3 pounds for the whole lot. After converting some of them for variety, it was time for batch painting and experiments with Contrast and metals.
Old school Heroquest Minotaurs! These minis are not much younger then myself, so we can forgive their goofy stances and expressions. They were also quite a cheap buy on eBay, for about 1 pound each.
Observant readers might recognize this guy from our adventures in the land of the giants. With this paintjob, I aim to apply my Contrast learnings, and improve on them by using even more time-saving techniques.
The adventurers had previously arrived at Farmer Hershel's farm, and the old man asked for their help. His prized chicken had accidentally drunk his unstable growth potion, and was peaking at the adventurers from behind and above the house!
This pair of venerable trolls has served me well all throughout Storm King's Thunder as different giants, and I thought to finally repay them by applying a couple of paint schemes from Warhammer TV.
We rested in the cavern of the witches. As light activity, I had the zombies tear off some limbs and I wrote on the wall, with whatever bodily fluids coming out, "Zyn and the legends were here".[1] Then we went off, encountering more geysers.
I tried for a unified scheme with the base - some common color schemes like the mirror and the skull. I also tried to balance the gemstone technical paints with those on the base.
This one was a bit shorter than expected, as we finished earlier due to the Mars rover landing. To be honest, I also expected to wrap up General Aslani's recovery in a hurry. Then again, adventurers.
Woohoo! Already 2 months down. Take that, 2021.
Gaming wise, February was a poor showing. Due to some issues, our regular D&D grew sparse. The Wrath&Glory crew reactivated into a new D&D crew though, and we got some sessions in (originally planned as a sample one-shot, but we're already into our second adventure). That's about it.
I originally proclaimed the month of Bones, and I did get some stuff painted, but obviously, not all. So this will continue into March.
I also proclaimed the month of commission working, which went well (and the reason for getting less of my own projects done). Contrast minis done, as well as a huge chunk out of my first ever Warhammer comission: The Triumph of Saint Katherine. This will also continue (and hopefully finish) in March.
Finally, I finished something started in December. This is Warhammer-related and might be the start of something new, but with no games going on, I have 0 motivation to get things done. So hang tight, I promise nothing.
... looking back, the lack of gaming sure meant more painting. I'm OK with this!