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Swamp Trolls

Highland Miniatures Patreon dropped today and I spent no time printing out two of the three swamp trolls. I also printed off a frog rider. Another test of frog cavalry (with sticks) is printing as I type this.

I decided against the third swamp troll as it is throwing up the corrosive stomach contents. These will be for Dragon Rampant I don’t need set unit sizes. I really do like the ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ vibe with these. I really love the frog riders, you cannot see it, but this dude has a pan strapped to his head.

I didn’t have any suitably sized circular bases for the trolls, but did find some penny sabot bases which were a nice size. I used some filler to hide both the coins and gap. I deliberately left a depression to allow me to add some resin for water and because I am a pillock I left it under the right foot in both of them!

A bit miffed tonight as the car was making an odd sound so I popped down to the garage to get it booked in when I am away next week. He wanted a quick test run and banned me from driving it as the bearings on the offside front were shot. The extra good news is that the brakes need sorting and it seemed like the clutch is dodgy too. Hopefully some of this will come under the warranty!

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Noisy Bugger Finished

I got the Frogherd finished this evening and made a good start on a second.

All of the ones I have painted have armoured footwear. Initially I thought this odd as they would sink into the mire… then it dawned on me that there might be things in a swamp that you wouldn’t want to step in with bare feet.

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Fortunate Son

So I printed the grunt in 28 and 15mm and had a good look at him. This range is a bit squat to be honest, but for 3D printing it will mean they don’t snap off at the ankles.

Very tempted to jump in. I will get US, NVA as well as VC. Vehicles and heavy weapons and of course the Huey,

But why I hear you cry? Or possibly it was my good lady.

Since the 80’s I have had a fascination with the conflict and ran a LRRP role play game in the club a good few years ago. I found the cardboard miniatures and maps the other day and got all nostalgic. This Kickstarter appeared when I had a mooch. I have looked at their other ranges in the past and have gone straight past… thus one actually made me pause and consider.

There are three days left before the end so big thinks are going to have to be thunk.

So it may be time to board the slick. Lock and load and head out into the boondocks and look for Charlie.

All Together Now: Sing along

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I Am Doomed

Foolishly I decided to browse Kickstarter this evening!

March to Hell are doing Vietnam … sooooo tempted!

Must resist, must resist, must resist! Hopefully the free miniatures in 15 and 28mm I downloaded are crap!

I managed to get the pale blue frog repainted …

I am actually pleased that the original yellow shows through. I think that it looks fine the way it is.

This month trolls and frog riders are coming out. Those frogs are going to be Plain colours as opposed to the recent lot.

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Spotty Frogs

Tonight I worked on the frogs and got a bit further forward.

I an really pleased with them apart the light blue one at the front. I went with yellow spots, but really don’t think it looks right. I might just repaint him yellow, as it would work with the red.

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More Colours than a Dulux Paint Chart!

Well okay that is a massive over exaggeration, but I have to admit that these are probably the brightest things I have painted since the Imperials from the Italian Wars.

The really pale blue isn’t really working so it is either another colour over the top or another coat or two. I have yet to decide. The unpainted one is there as I didn’t want the paint to run into the wet blue.

I also worked on the tusks on the big beastie. Not perfect, but better than the very first attempt…

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Shaman and the Froggies

I didn’t actually get anything done apart from glueing things to bases.

I have had a bit of a bad week at work and then my daughter had a major episode this week with her Autism… my wife and I are pretty much wrecked now. One week to the holidays!

Here is my Froggy force minus the painted ones…

There is a further one at the back of the photo, but I don’t think he would survive a gaming regime.

The other thing I did was do the shaman complete with his false beard.

The more astute of you will realise that I cannot count. The two goblins flanking him are from the frog herders. However I felt that they had a more shamanistic look about them with the funky masks.

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Samurai Turtles II

This evening I had guests over. My sister in law and her partner were up visiting from England so I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked… in reality I got more done than expected. Expectation was zero.

I had put a number of layers of the dipping inks on the red armour. It stopped working like it should so I decided to try a bit if glazing and badly executed edge highlighting. Unfortunately my red was of the vintage of the orange and yellow!

Tomorrow I go over the lacing in white then choose a nice contrasting colour to go over it.

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Goblin Leader

Ye gods I am tired today… I took one look at the painting desk and yawned ‘naaaahhh’. I didn’t sleep too well last night and have had a full on day today including visits from councillors as well as the head honch of the education department.

I did remember to take a photo of the Goblin on the swamp beast…

I do like him, but there is something not quite right colour wise, I just cannot put my finger on it. It might be the armour or it might just be the colours on the beastie.

I do think that I need to do something about the beastie’s teeth and get the eyes filled in too.

To be fair to myself I am painting these in school, without my brushes and without a wider selection of paints.