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Forlorn Elves…

They were sitting there, staring at me and making me feel guilty so I painted some more cloaks…

nearly lost the will to live but pushed through the barriers of whatever was stopping me getting on with them.

The printer has returned to the shed as the temperature has warmed up enough, it’s funny not hearing it working away. Before it moved out there I printed a couple more bits and bobs.

These are upscaled from 18mm ones. I was after some more proxy bits for Starship Troopers. The big one is a proxy for an M-4A1 Grizzly Exo suit and the smaller one is CHAS (Cybernetic Humanoid Assault System)… these appear in the Roughneck series and not in the films. The CHAS needs to be a bit bigger, but will do as a starter. Both of these were from Ill Gotten Games.

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Painting Things…

I actually managed to paint things this evening…

I got half the cloaks done on the elves as well as pouches and their base colours on the faces.

I then managed to get some paint on the mausoleum… still a bit to go on it but definitely getting there.

The mech also got some work done on it, he wanted it grey with a blue canopy… the red missiles come next.

And finally… not painted, but a bit smaller than before.

I reckon he still looks quite impressive even at 75% size.

He here is feeling like he is part of a hive…

I reckon a dozen or so more will be in order for our up and coming RPG. I just have to find some hopper bugs and a Tanker……

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Neglected Miniatures…Un-neglected

I paused long enough in dismantling and reassembling the printer to get some paint slapped on the elves…

Still a fair old way to go but I am getting there again. I have decided that they are all going to have dark grey cloaks. I was thinking that another mass of differing shades of green on the cloaks would be a bit too much. It also groups them together as a unit.

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Neglected Miniatures… Starting on the Infantry

Hurrah my bases have arrived from Pendraken… I reckon this lot should keep me going for a while 😁

I based up 6 bases of archers and 9 of hand weapons.

My plan was to have 4 miniatures to a base (I would normally go for 5 or 6 but the fantasy miniatures are a lot bigger than the historical ones). I managed 4 archers and only 3 to the other bases.

I think the 3’s will look okay, but the size of the bases caused me problems. I will work out how to base them… the Amazons had a painted base with flock so I might follow the same route.

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Neglected Miniatures Cavalry Done

I am calling these done apart from a bit of tidying up and then the bases finishing. I might give the faces a bit of a wash as they do look a bit pale.

It would have made my life easier if my fine detail brushes hadn’t given up the ghost.

I think they will look a lot better when they get the sand or flock or whatever I decide upon onto the bases.

Because the bases are so raised then I can’t really just paint the bases. Which is a bit of a pain as whatever I put on is going to look massive by comparison.

I eventually ordered 200 40x20mm bases so when they arrive I will blast on with the infantry. As I am on a bit of a roll with 10mm I might crack on with some more Mongols.

I also managed to get a bit of paint onto the Gigantoraptor, these dinosaurs also fall into the neglected miniatures category.

Still another 5 to go out of the neglected dinosaurs. A triceratops, a tyrannosaurus, a parasaurolophus, a stegosaurus and a hatzegopteryx (a massive flying reptile in case you didn’t know). The total bugger is that four of them have earlier ones already painted. It would be good if I could match them in.

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Neglected Miniatures…Almost Done…

Well when I say almost done I actually mean the first unit is almost done.

Just the skin and hair to do, along with tidying up and a bit more highlights. Not quite sure where the zoomed in image went, but this one will do. I have stopped hating these now, I still don’t like the barding but, it will have to do 😬

As I had the brown paint out for the bases I gave this chap his first undercoat. I say first as I intend to give him two to hide the printer lines. They can really be seen on the following photograph

To be fair though I reckon I could tweak the printer settings to eradicate these a bit more. This was a test print to see how it went. But I suppose to look at it another way it weighs 4 Grams and at 0.018p per gram then it cost pence… and when looked at from this distance…

The lines are a lot less noticeable. I can tell who he is and that he is armed with a bow. So to be honest I am not going to worry about it that much. I will try another print sometime in the future with the Fat Dragon miniature settings dialled into the printer.

Tomorrow I hope to finish off the cavalry. There will be a short hiatus with the infantry as my 40×20 bases need to arrive.

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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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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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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.