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They may be messy at the close-up photo, but on the table they should be more than adequate. Bright and contrasting, good choice of colors!

Vejut wrote:Liking the metals on that last guys, and you're just firing 'em out.

Thanks, Vejut! Yes, for myself, this level of output is great. I got a little discouraged after the blue elf lady, but I spent that time working on building a game table and rearranging my basement. I'll have to post some pictures of that.

Wirecat wrote:They may be messy at the close-up photo, but on the table they should be more than adequate. Bright and contrasting, good choice of colors!

EXACTLY! That's exactly the goal. I tend to be pretty critical of my stuff, so I get discouraged easily and then procrastinate. I'm 42 now and feel like I have not finished enough projects in my 25+ years in the hobby, so I'm trying to break myself of that habit. These will look just fine at armlength and on the tabletop.



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So I just went back through my pictures and realized that I had an extremely productive 6 weeks.

Basement project

My basement has been a mess for a while and that was partially due to me not being happy with the layout.

Pardon my crude layout sketch, but I figured that if I moved the TV section from the right side to the middle section I could make better use of the space.



Before (well, slightly in progress)




Moving the black Ikea bookcases from one wall to the next was an undertaking. I didn't really appreciate just how much stuff was on them. Here's a picture with the stuff from bookcases unloaded after most things were moved around.



In the process of moving things around I set up some rails to mount comics on the wall behind my couch. Really easy and inexpensive to do. They are just J-channel for drywall that have been spray painted black.



Now that I had a sufficient space for a proper sized game table I utilized a set of doors I removed from a closet project to be the base and then built around them. I wanted it to fit on top of the existing table I had in the event I wanted to use the "normal sized" table. I can take the top off and set it against the wall if I want. Still a work in progress, but I'll probably repaint the table and chairs at some point eventually. The table top weighs 70 lbs, so while it just sits on top of the small table, it dosn't budge and if you lean on it you don't have to worry about it flipping off.





PLUS! I actually got out of the house and managed to play two games. Mansions of Madness and Marvel Champions.




And on top of that I worked on an Eldar Warlock that I forgot to post.



So, in hindsight, I'm surprised I got as much done as I did. Way more productive than I usually am.

Loving the colour choices on that warlock. Proper ancient alien looking.

Exciting, you've been busy! Big Marvel Champions fans here, what decks/Villain you playing? Warlock looks snazzy and rainbow-y.

It was my first time playing. A few guys at my local shop had an open seat and my wife was having friends over to our house, so it was a good excuse to get out. I work 2nd shift, so I only really get to see my family on the weekends. That makes it hard for me to justify not spending time with them, but the stars aligned that night.

I don't think I'd enjoy the deck building aspect of the game, but I just told them to give me a deck and teach me the basics. We beat Sandman with a team of Venom, Ironheart, Scarlet Witch, and Nova (me).

Bloody hell, Nova's really difficult out of the box and a bit rubbish - REALLY hard for a beginner, so kudos! The other 3 are top tier.
We actually don't really deckbuild exhaustively, just tweak here and there unless the pre-build is insurable (Starlord, Hulk). There are enough great decks out of the box that that's enough.

Not tired after work so got the lil green guy pretty much done. Didnt think the dry brush really got enough coverage, so went over the model with some white so the skin would be brighter.

Aw look at de coot baby cthulhu!

theCrowe wrote:Loving the colour choices on that warlock. Proper ancient alien looking.

Thanks! That's what I was going for.

inmygravenimage wrote:Bloody hell, Nova's really difficult out of the box and a bit rubbish - REALLY hard for a beginner, so kudos! The other 3 are top tier.
We actually don't really deckbuild exhaustively, just tweak here and there unless the pre-build is insurable (Starlord, Hulk). There are enough great decks out of the box that that's enough.

Nova was really good at chaining attacks to take out the low level minions that came out so the heavy hitters could focus on the big guy.

inmygravenimage wrote:Aw look at de coot baby cthulhu!

Isn't he adorable

Not sure if I'll do much else with them, so here are some group shots. They're far from perfect, but they look good enough on the table.

Long time no update (per usual). Slowly working though some projects, so here's what's been going on.

Continuing to work though assembling some Maelstrom's Edge minis.



Painted some humans for Blitz Bowl in a quick, sloppy way. Hit a little bit of a wall on the dwarfs, but need to just keep plugging.



Picked up a used Photon for $50 that's sat in a corner for a year, so been working on cleaning it up to hopefully get some stuff printed before the end of this year.



Wanted a simple project to get back into 3d designing so I worked on some simple bases. Designed them to print upside down, so they don't need supports.





Lastly I had a chance to be a fly on the wall during the filming of a new, really fancy, video production. A local production company is filming a OPR battle report with Brent from Goobertown and Dave from MiniWarGaming. Really cool to see behind the scenes and meet some cool people.

Made some progress on some stuff. Overall went for sufficient paintjobs, nothing earthshattering.

Got two teams painted for Blitz Bowl.




And put the final touches on two minis I started a while ago.

I've been watching YouTube videos on using oil paints on minis for a few months and decided to give them a try. Picked up an inexpensive set from Michaels to start experimenting.



Started with a BSF mini I had lying around. Gave it an acrylic base coat then an oil wash with black paint thinned down using mineral spirits. After using a makeup sponge to dab away the excess I used oil paints to finish it. Turned out okay. The results weren't much different than if I used acrylics, but working with the oil paint was a very different experience.


Acrylic base coat on the left, oil paints applied on the right.



Afterwards I tried an old metal Eldar Dire Avenger. The results were okay, so I continued on to the rest of the unit I'm working on.


Acrylic base coat on the left, oil paints applied on the right.





It's been fun to try something new, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it completely right so far. The results are nice enough at least. Thinning the paint down is taking practice, as well as determining how long to let the oil wash dry before starting the painting. I have liked how forgiving the process has been and how well the paint thins with mineral spirits. With acrylics I feel like I have to constantly clean my brush off to keep paint from drying at the top as it wicks up, so I've liked not having to worry about that with oil paints.

I think the BSF guy is stunning. Great job.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
I think the BSF guy is stunning. Great job.

Thanks for your kind words!

Just have the eyes and bases and these 5 will be done.

A good start to the year for me. Now up to two units of 5 Dire Avengers.

Been in a hobby rut. The Dire Avengers above didn't look good once the oil paint had dried all the way, so that stole my mojo. Decided to slapchop some Reaper minis to get the paint brush moving again. Sloppy overall work, but 5 finished minis in two days is good progress for me.

Work's been swamped, but I am trying to decompress by working on a bunch of random things. Mainly Reaper, but some other odds and ends too.

Hobby hodgepodge continues with some rats and a Battle Masters archer. Quick and sloppy jobs, but they pass the 3ft rule.

Lovely little rats!

 bbb wrote:
Hobby hodgepodge continues with some rats and a Battle Masters archer. Quick and sloppy jobs, but they pass the 3ft rule.

bbb,

Painted models are painted models...and so superior to unpainted grey or primed white/black.

My two cents,

CB

Thanks, insanity and Captain Brown!

Nothing too fancy, but two wrapped up Reaper Bones minis.

Nice job on the big lady, unusual colour scheme.

Thanks, aku-chan. I think she's supposed to be a cloud giant? Note sure. My buddy dropped off some Reaper stuff he didn't want so I've been painting random things from the pile.

Next up for the hodgepodge:

Repainted and rebased Mageknight plastics. I found a pile of 100+ in a box so before selling I pulled a few out that I thought would look cool with new paint. Super basic paint jobs, but effective enough.

Love your pile of rats from last week!
How do you find working with the Bones material? I've only got a few painted Bones models and they all ended up feeling really tacky and looking glossy a few months after painting. I've been told its something to do with the primer I used. Have you had any similar issues?

Thanks, Scarper.

I've never had any issues painting Bones figures. Maybe I'm just lucky? I've heard similar stories. I used to use rattle cans to prime, but switched to an airbrush a few years ago. Both methods worked fine for me. Wish I had something more to offer than that. A few miniatures I have got ruined from bad varnish coats, so it always pains me to hear about a failed paint job :(

Arise, thread! ARISE!

I have been documenting my recent (over a year after i picked up the used printer shown above...) foray into 3d printing over in the 3d printing section, but I'm starting to put some paint on some of those prints, so figured I should document that progress here. Not much done so far, but this is the most I've painted in months, so hopefully I can keep going.

These were all free minis I found. It's pretty cool what's out there.

Experimenting with using oil paints again on one of the 3d printed minis.