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Woah, ZoiKs and Flippin Heck

Totally stunned to realise that my little old blog here has passed the 2000 visitor mark last night.

I am honestly blown away and want to say thank you to everyone that has popped by either to have a look at what madness I am up to or to leave a comment. I really do appreciate it.

My blog started to motivate myself into getting back into painting minis or making terrain. the problem was that I had been dancing with the black dog a fair bit and the painting and crafting was my way of coping I suppose.

The blog was to self motivate. I wanted to add something every night and if I painted a mini or made a piece of terrain then I would feel like I had made an achievement.  That was the plan, I never actually thought anyone would actually read it, so I was totally wrong there.  As an offshoot of the blog I have been able to look back and realise how much I have managed to achieve since September 2017 (90% still need their bases finishing and a coat of varnish put on them). The other offshoot of it is I have joined a really positive community of like-minded people. I only wish my internet speed was faster so that I could look at the pictures more.

As for the dog, well he is out there somewhere chasing sticks, I can hear him barking every so often and he may come back, who knows but at least I have a big pile of sticks now for him to chase.

So thank you, everyone, for coming and visiting and following. I fully intend to keep going with the blog; so see where I can get to in another year.

I reckon the 3D printer might have to have its own page as I am printing something random almost every night (last night was an 18mm scale Viking house).

 

 

 

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Neglected Miniatures… Boots and Cloaks

I did a bit of painting this evening…

I managed to get a fair bit done on these tonight, well in the amount of time I had. Still a lot of shading and highlighting to do but I need to do the weapons, flesh tones and hair. Then onto the bases.

The velociraptors got a quick bit of blue, again that needs shading, but the smaller dinosaurs are using up the spare paint on the palette.

Then onto the infantry all 125 of them 😱. That reminds me I must buy some 20x40mm bases.

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3D Printer… Odds and Sods

To the left some 18mm elves to match against my dwarves. The pair of legs was a failed print where the support for the sword dropped off. The two with the swords needed a fair bit of support. The swords are very fragile as is the mage’s staff.

The other thing I printed was some 28mm scatter bits. This was another freebie from Thingiverse. Unfortunately I can’t remember who designed it. I will mention the name tomorrow. The elves were again by Dutchmogul.

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Neglected Miniatures…Manes and Tails

Only had a little bit of time tonight to do these. Part of the evening was looking for a new, second hand car and the rest was working out some more of my adventure for ‘The One Ring’ RPG.

Still a fair old way to go on these but a teeny bit of progress is indeed progress. They are at the old I really, really hate these stage. Part of it is because of the barding which to me isn’t really an Elvish thing, the other part is because I get to a certain point in most models and hate them. Probably they are still a bit messy. As each layer goes on they will get better and the happier I will get with them.

As I was drawing maps this evening my two youngest also drew maps. My daughter drew this one.

She has also decided to write a story based on the map.

My son also drew a map…

Evil Daddy told them to turn off technology, but they really enjoyed doing it so a win, win situation.

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Neglected Miniatures…A Bit of Progress

I managed a smidge on the cavalry tonight…

I decided to do them all the same colour for the horses and the barding. The next question is what colour for the mane and tail.

As I was messing about with grey paint I decided to paint a pair of Troodon. A quick couple of minutes to get them done.

I will get some flock onto the base tomorrow.

I would have got some more done, but my good lady and I decided to watch ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’.

It really was amazing, I had seen some of the footage before, but obviously not in colour. I will watch it again soon.

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3D Printer Shenanigans

The printer has been busy today (again).

On the left a pile of 18mm dwarves with their mechanical rock chucker. In the middle is an ale wife fountain…this will need either ‘water’ gushing out or I could make it into an older non functioning one. To the right is a punctured barrel with its liquid pouring out and pooling around the base.

I am also printing of what I thought were 18mm fantasy miniatures, they are evidently 28mm at least. I wondered why they were going to take so long to print.

All of the above came from Thingiverse

So I thought I had better credit the makers…

The barrel and alewife comes from Curufin

The little dudes are by Dutchmogul they are part of a game called ‘pocket tactics’ 4th edition. The download also came with hex tiles. The first ones were printed front and back flat on the bed. These needed glueing together. I then tried a one stood up and they printed fine without support. The elves however are going to need support built in as their swords and bows stick out too far.

The miniatures being printed now also are by Dutchmogul. They are from a game called ‘The Curse of Moht’ it is modular quest game. This again comes with hex tiles as well as tokens and counters. As with the above game the download has rules and cards… everything you need to play the game apart from the dice.

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Neglected Miniatures… Making a Start

Well I actually got my butt into gear and found some bases and got the cavalry and mages glued down and primed. Considering that these are 10mm they are amazingly detailed.

These are just primed with some Coat D’arms rust colour. I am still in two minds whether to make the riders a uniform colour or not.

I could do the barding all the same colour then add in a bit of differentiation into the cloaks and tunics.

I will have to wait and see until tomorrow. I had better watch the hobbit again to get some ideas of Mirkwood Elves.

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January’s Community Challenge

January’s challenge was terrain, so I decided to give some a go. I was rather pleased with the result, however I could have done more if I hadn’t become rather lethargic and lacked motivation.

But anyway I managed to get from the raw squirty foam to a few pieces of terrain.

As I had a bucket load of resin gravestones I decided on a graveyard theme. Rather than a flat graveyard I wanted something a little more dramatic.

I was pleased with how the ‘grave hill’ came out.

I then did some smaller hillocks using the off cuts from the foam. These were originally going to be covered in graves too, however I decided that the pieces would be more flexible if I avoided the gravestones.

I also made a start on another hill, but ran out time…

One of my other plans was to get this completed in January…

I did manage to print it in time, but it was meant to be based and painted too…

I will endeavour to get the last two finished sometime soon.

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Forgotten Forces Friday

Well it’s another FFF day.

This time this will tie in with the neglected models in February’s Community Challenge. This lot are a Pendraken Warband Army pack. I chose Wood Elves as I like Wood Elves.

There are about 125 infantry, 12 cavalry and a command group as well as a group of mages. I decided that I wouldn’t use them for Warband, but would base them up for HOTT or something similar this will match in with my other Forces.

They are nice miniatures, as can be seen from the mages and their pet squirrel below.

So my plan, if I leave the 3D printer alone for long enough, is to get as many of these based and painted as possible by the end of February.

I also evidently got a command group for my Barbarians so I can add those to my list too.

I only hope I have enough of the smaller base sizes!