Well, I was watching YouTube last night, I must have dozed off (getting old lol). So I woke up and noticed a video pledging that you would be able to paint your Warhammer miniatures without skill. Made me think, it is actually possible… it is called dunking said miniatures in a pot of paint. Otherwise skill is involved. I was too tired to watch it and now I cannot seem to find the video now. Too tired again.
One Thin Coat
Nothing at all to do with a well known paint maker. Most of my painting now is one thin coat using either Contrast, Speedpaint or Xpress paint, or a mixture of all three.
This evening whilst on puppy duty I decided to have an easy win so i decided to get these done.
Well the industrial drums that is. The other is pretty much done. So after a bit off a head scratch I really felt that Red would cause me some problems with the rust later on, a bit like here:
My original concept idea was that different containers would be colour coded, but after that initial idea i changed my mind, sadly after doing the above with a dry brush if red. I then remembered that the original industrial piece was yellow so that decided it. All would be yellow.
I was concerned that the red underpainting was a mistake, but in the words of my favourite artist… “there are no mistakes, only happy little accidents.”
The red, with the white over it has really enhanced the look I was wanting. It has given a mottled, grungy look thar makes me think of old metal that isn’t going to hold the contents inside for much longer.
My happy little accident has really helped. They look even better now that the paint has dried.
On one of them I have missed covering a bit of red and that in itself looks like there is a bit of a leak forming. In other places it actually looks a bit rust like.
The original title for this post was going to be ‘Two Thin Coats’ a bit click batey I know, but in fact one thin coat will evidently do the trick.
Alien Isolation- spoilers
Well, as I suspected, the xenomorph that I managed to drop into the gas giant wasn’t the only one. I always wondered how I could leave it behind at a transit station, only to find it dropping out of a vent on the other side. I was convinced after finding a couple of people with holes where their chests should be.
I have just interfaced with the main frame to find that a) W.Y. have a directive in place to preserve any specimen and b) I am expendable. I am not being paranoid… it says so in the directive. The Working Joe’s have turned hostile as they are now following said directive too. I am now on the hunt for a hive. I couldnt put it better thsn Frost who so eloquently stated… “What are the hell we supposed to use man – harsh language? Yes when I arrived at the Mainframe I had to relinquish all of my weapons. Thankfully the jury rigged stuff I made didn’t count.
As I said in an earlier post, this game has really got me thinking about running an RPG set on the station. The beauty of it is, I have a full cast of characters as well as maps and other exciting things like that.
Forced Evening Off
I fully intended to get a wiggle on and paint something. Unfortunately life had other plans. My daughter needed picking up so I had to drive the 20 miles to get her. We had also run out of puppy pads so I needed to go shopping. By time I got back then I really couldn’t be bothered as it had gone 21.30.
Hopefully tomorrow. We’ll the news had got out for my change in school. The parents and staff found out officially today.
After Skeld closes in the summer then I will be the Head Teacher of Tingwall Primary School. The new one is bigger and only five miles away from home instead of 20.
My Home for the Evening
So this is where I am staying this evening…
This is the view from the window …
Alien Isolation II
So more sneaking and generally hiding (with frequent use of the flame thrower) took place today.
I am about half way through now. Because I don’t know the station I spent quite a lot of time going round in circles. There were a few annoying times when a locked door suddenly became unlocked on the way back through a section traversed earlier.
The one thing I have learned is that the Seegson Working Joe’s along with APOLLO (the computer system) are not you friend. Oh and it didn’t take me long to realise that unless people on this space station are prone to have explosive lungs then there are more than one creature on this station.
I went on a journey with one into the gas giant… luckily for me there was an airlock and Space suit handy.
The Alien AI is pretty cool. It will learn where you tend to hide and will start searching for you.
I will carry on tomorrow evening and see how far I get.
Alien Isolation
So based on what I have seen on YouTube I am about a third to a half way through the game. By heck this game can give you the Heeby Jeebies. In fact I actually turned the music off as it was causing my heart rate to rise. Proof indeed that music can make a difference.
Warning…potential Spoilers
So in today’s little soirée around Sevastapol Station I had to question a character called Marlow. He started to discuss what had happened, quick cutscene and then we are playing as him and we are on LV426 trying to find the source of an enigmatic signal. I really couldn’t think what would happen when we got to a derelict space ship.
On the upside we now know how the ‘creature’ got onto Sevastapol Station. On the upside I now have a flame thrower on top of all of the weapons etc that I have cobbled together…on the downside, none of them will kill it.
This game is giving me loads of ideas for the RPG.
I Might Have a Problem
Well if you have been following my blog for a while then you will know I do like my 3D printer and therein lies the problem.
The other night I was doing a test print of something at 75%. One thing on the build plate, one teeny tiny thing. Seemed a waste to turn it on for just one thing… so I spent the next hour deciding on what to add to the plate…
I actually have zero need for a pair of ogres with big guns! Ooh actually I have just thought of a potential use… proxy Super Mutants for my Fallout RPG if it ever gets off the ground.
On the left there is a cult psyker for some Alien infestation type force and on the right is a cyborg bounty hunter.
To be honest it is just too easy to find the file and print it. I reckon I am going to have to go back to the paint what I have approach.
I also printed off a band for each of the Geek Club…
They are a bit smaller than what they are used to, but we can see how they cope.
Eventually hit Send
So today I made the decision on which school I will become the head teacher (principal) of.
I sent my email along with what I thought about the process. The image above pretty much portrays the gist of my message.
Very Little Done
The title says it all really. Today I had to visit my potential replacement schools. It was really stressful. Everyone knew why I was there which really didn’t help.
So I threw a bit of paint on some of the industrial pallet miniatures. My phone was charging so no photos.
Exciting News…
After this bit…so I had a blast at getting a bit of painting done. I chose these to make a start on.
It was actually a bit of a struggle to get motivated. I need to get the Sumo ring painted by Wednesday for my mates birthday.
On a totally different and very exciting note… we have a new family member… Meet Maggie.
She arrived this morning. Esther and one of the kids went down to Aberdeen to pick her up from the SSPCA. Poor little soul was found near a large body of water with a lot of scars and a broken tail. The rescue centre’s hypothesis was that someone tried to chuck her in by her tail. She is about 5 months old.
Bogenwald 