tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9548059362352810652024-03-14T14:50:38.815+10:30Small Project TeamMy Hobbyblog about painting, skirmish and roleplaying games.Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-43303405909393504992020-07-10T10:45:00.001+09:302020-07-10T10:45:56.678+09:30A very special commissionHello everyone, <div><br /></div><div>Jonathan, my eldest son turned 10 this year.</div><div>He's become increasingly interested in board games and tabletop games with me and my wife, so I wanted to give him a special gift for big boys.</div><div>Another thing he kind of likes are these pop-culture shows such as Transformers and Pokemon, that and Hot Wheels.</div><div>Convenience has it that I recently came across an Australian company from Queensland who has developed a Transformers rip-off miniatures game called 'Bot War'. Which seemed like the perfect gift to me. Funny enough, the thing he was most stoked about when he got the box was the ruler inside š.</div><div><br /></div><div>The models themselves are 8-10mm scale, which means that the robots, while varying in size, are between 35-50mm tall. </div><div>While very crisp and slightly bendable, the plastic resin they're using has two fundamental flaws. </div><div>First is the fact it doesn't take superglue very well, the glue tends to flow around and pool, causing a crust when it finally dries. </div><div>And secondly, the're a hell to clean. I tried filing, scraping, shaving, sanding, nothing seems to work. Even now not all of the mould lines are completely gone and I had to repair some details with greenstuff already. </div><div>All of these flaws made them more than a bit of a challenge to prepare and paint. There are a lot of flat surfaces, making it hard to hide any mistakes. </div><div>Considering the challenge ahead, I decided to paint up his models myself as that's one thing he's not too keen on himself. </div><div><br /></div><div>I still need to do the villainous Atlanticans, but here are the Vigilantes from the starter set:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This is the leader called General Duke, apart from the missing wheels and up-turned visor he looks exactly as Optimus Prime. </li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYjXCawLmdk3ifVvZwB_TVRtF1FRDhJz5Way67ZHMRxoqoOWj-tGRSY-oeNNq-ltgs4EgyjeGG4ubsLVwJ2vBxINS4akTJRoCkcDQ7X38pUocGFYD1S2iGcwAj_2EEDD2zs8Wui1FveU/s735/IMG_5413.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYjXCawLmdk3ifVvZwB_TVRtF1FRDhJz5Way67ZHMRxoqoOWj-tGRSY-oeNNq-ltgs4EgyjeGG4ubsLVwJ2vBxINS4akTJRoCkcDQ7X38pUocGFYD1S2iGcwAj_2EEDD2zs8Wui1FveU/s320/IMG_5413.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">My favourite model from the set: Wolf</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXE4LegNXNF5hzHj5gB502WvuBSXzOD3R22q3PNMLFTnI4c-gTdROVDEyPu5Q_ZWckzdW_MscDW7gYewRwLMUaWODJ11di3yiSF72ab7_T5EVY3t8fsMDfrAYEafRjC24n8J07eBGscU/s729/IMG_5414.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="645" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXE4LegNXNF5hzHj5gB502WvuBSXzOD3R22q3PNMLFTnI4c-gTdROVDEyPu5Q_ZWckzdW_MscDW7gYewRwLMUaWODJ11di3yiSF72ab7_T5EVY3t8fsMDfrAYEafRjC24n8J07eBGscU/s320/IMG_5414.JPG" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Love the pose on this one, not sure what he's transforming into though. He's called Aegis, which doesn't really tell me much either. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOz9426BZu373L1PITi-1h58-1ha7r-kf7GaAaMxCOykm5dgjuORYkfNOfP5bEtBaGsZTzpc7eD2rofo8U7legcVDc1y5WX3qxY2lJnIu1-r5BxWUC7pcYYCN4FP36-tQ3DYFnXFPcRU/s712/IMG_5415.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOz9426BZu373L1PITi-1h58-1ha7r-kf7GaAaMxCOykm5dgjuORYkfNOfP5bEtBaGsZTzpc7eD2rofo8U7legcVDc1y5WX3qxY2lJnIu1-r5BxWUC7pcYYCN4FP36-tQ3DYFnXFPcRU/s320/IMG_5415.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Another colour scheme I blatantly ripped of from an official Transformers model. In Bot War she's called Angel and again I'm not sure what she's supposed to be in vehicle mode, She's got two pairs of small wheels on the back of her legs, but nothing else that hints towards a kind of vehicle.</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiPmXBF-PlgCq0fC0Ge592R5BEoYvux84KPDaJz3ItINk-WwZOwYgviO23rJcrPF2R69cgQn1NNMW9CfEQ2WLiGGnIbBFwIOZwy3odPx0ET9F1Y0elRC0JvobulC3oX-oDD6q1xuQsgk/s2048/Bot+War+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1945" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiPmXBF-PlgCq0fC0Ge592R5BEoYvux84KPDaJz3ItINk-WwZOwYgviO23rJcrPF2R69cgQn1NNMW9CfEQ2WLiGGnIbBFwIOZwy3odPx0ET9F1Y0elRC0JvobulC3oX-oDD6q1xuQsgk/s320/Bot+War+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">The creator made some strange design choices when he created these bots in my humble opinion. This one's name suggests he's some kind of race car (Topstar), although he's quite bulky and looks more like some kind of construction vehicle to me. So I went with a very different colour scheme compared to the one on the website.</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWeXPhSMLH6OFbUTgy-8JrZqp3ICbQCaGn4jNoC38CLuH7Iy1MPdenxs0n6UhcKzXJjxTxgGt-u4GA_WWZHBBWe_iwPmMHSqBpQYqFQ8YN89pTJaEpC8i8mAtYRg5logkDe2Uy-EKAg4/s2048/Bot+War+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWeXPhSMLH6OFbUTgy-8JrZqp3ICbQCaGn4jNoC38CLuH7Iy1MPdenxs0n6UhcKzXJjxTxgGt-u4GA_WWZHBBWe_iwPmMHSqBpQYqFQ8YN89pTJaEpC8i8mAtYRg5logkDe2Uy-EKAg4/s320/Bot+War+3.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Size comparison, I have to start using a different kind of ruler because this one is pretty hard to read with its reflective surface.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8F6bwmKB2WTZfb6VRLqwIZ3AyMALy-tvV-dYsXjFYwVTB5nB1q_0cIeTDOI_tT1teXzvwd3vh7Rz0o3x6ZyPv3r1KiQ00A8JMUIMK9VPhuTHUcJ9bDQkDuioqUr_IUOPdZCrshyphenhyphen6alao/s2048/Bot+War+Size+comparison+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8F6bwmKB2WTZfb6VRLqwIZ3AyMALy-tvV-dYsXjFYwVTB5nB1q_0cIeTDOI_tT1teXzvwd3vh7Rz0o3x6ZyPv3r1KiQ00A8JMUIMK9VPhuTHUcJ9bDQkDuioqUr_IUOPdZCrshyphenhyphen6alao/s320/Bot+War+Size+comparison+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzz7jD3VRhElML0LAOnz7Q7TsXI4YyZ1cIgfpaqexjYIFAH7_W9COxuIqlHBEtqvM-ijyRsNgvZlGMfsul0rPyugp0_20Sfa5199EWZS1SamZQSPbuP1omzRRKqWxg89Q8ZeIt_l68r4/s2048/Bot+War+Size+comparison+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzz7jD3VRhElML0LAOnz7Q7TsXI4YyZ1cIgfpaqexjYIFAH7_W9COxuIqlHBEtqvM-ijyRsNgvZlGMfsul0rPyugp0_20Sfa5199EWZS1SamZQSPbuP1omzRRKqWxg89Q8ZeIt_l68r4/s320/Bot+War+Size+comparison+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The official set, I don't mean to brag but I think mine look just as good šš.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4aG5ib2JgbW5anBajXZr-WjWiCYjH4jzA39OXAvMFplp2545YGnOdWnlgyGXoCt1zoIOUuamtrTgs3AKjw-wq71YdF5SegQqUEW4Fwd6e_Lij_e69NlmsLHw0WshGCeBLSDFHnXKjT4/s768/F901202F-A157-44B8-A84B-01479BD0FEC6-768x576.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4aG5ib2JgbW5anBajXZr-WjWiCYjH4jzA39OXAvMFplp2545YGnOdWnlgyGXoCt1zoIOUuamtrTgs3AKjw-wq71YdF5SegQqUEW4Fwd6e_Lij_e69NlmsLHw0WshGCeBLSDFHnXKjT4/s320/F901202F-A157-44B8-A84B-01479BD0FEC6-768x576.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it for this week, currently enjoying the term 2 holiday with my kids. Won't be doing much in the next week as we're going on a road trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stay safe everyone, until next time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wouter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-9371652132104510232020-06-27T09:23:00.000+09:302020-06-27T09:23:40.810+09:30Alien bounty hunters part IIHello Everyone, <div><br></div><div>Last month I've been going back and forth between my fantasy and sci-fi projects. </div><div>My backlog of partially painted models is slinking at last, although there's still plenty of models left to do. Among them are quite a few more stand-alone mercenary type looking models. </div><div>Not sure if I'm going to use them for games or not, we'll see. </div><div><br></div><div>Khurasan has a lot of great models, very crisp and with clear details, this guy is no different. </div><div>He is probably going to end up as a pilot of sorts, hence his high visibility clothing. Pretty happy with how he turned out. </div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrXmwZJU_dEJ3gPeGnZVckih07ausLHEghXWDX54vD0tei81Tqah0Nv4eyflMsV2G_130qc8KInCprQyJlmrm83OaoEEpCSKkFVm1mEvi6ijiWq4dpNU3tK25PMdPFxt8Et963W9muwQ/s355/15mm+Khurasan+post+apocalypse+wasteland+pilot.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrXmwZJU_dEJ3gPeGnZVckih07ausLHEghXWDX54vD0tei81Tqah0Nv4eyflMsV2G_130qc8KInCprQyJlmrm83OaoEEpCSKkFVm1mEvi6ijiWq4dpNU3tK25PMdPFxt8Et963W9muwQ/s320/15mm+Khurasan+post+apocalypse+wasteland+pilot.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Really like the look of the model, he's a bit like a crossover between steampunk and post apocalypse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the best models from Alternative Armies in my collection imho.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOdfLUTJDZTK7-IWimXOdi_VIoX0PlAUWybPqSyU_NT_qkeVFshr9KeAq2QD0xFY3gIPEwyoX2XQhWRv7Nm_9vJVxjCLZ7rD3Rl4SkdydOElewifsZRrHUnrDT0Ck_0XW70RBocZC4Lw/s628/15mm+Alternative+Armies+post+apocalypse+wasteland+mercenary.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOdfLUTJDZTK7-IWimXOdi_VIoX0PlAUWybPqSyU_NT_qkeVFshr9KeAq2QD0xFY3gIPEwyoX2XQhWRv7Nm_9vJVxjCLZ7rD3Rl4SkdydOElewifsZRrHUnrDT0Ck_0XW70RBocZC4Lw/s320/15mm+Alternative+Armies+post+apocalypse+wasteland+mercenary.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another Critical Mass mercenary model, didn't like the original bright green scheme I did on him and decided to repaint him almost entirely. </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP4R9j-I7OhUkSFQwlmOTudi1XNFwYBsGS0Fqa_WoCU-hF2vHiLQvXOTrTiv5X3T0s4RD6IXEUHBeh5KjRqSny0Nnu3vardTOYLxqdZzStN8dLnmvqpo23hXa4tYqQlZo270BLmXCbpA/s472/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+mutant+bandit+alien+bountyhunter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP4R9j-I7OhUkSFQwlmOTudi1XNFwYBsGS0Fqa_WoCU-hF2vHiLQvXOTrTiv5X3T0s4RD6IXEUHBeh5KjRqSny0Nnu3vardTOYLxqdZzStN8dLnmvqpo23hXa4tYqQlZo270BLmXCbpA/s320/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+mutant+bandit+alien+bountyhunter.JPG" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not really satisfied with this guy, I'm not even sure the colour combination works to be honest. I should have gone with my gut feeling and give him dark grey armour. Maybe I'll buy him a second time and try to do him justice.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjw5qL_W76pjlCcHz-5z-E0XIN7q31m2ggPN4x3gVW_JtrNu0C9IrpeGibeWXHMfYazt_V8QK1MM9yssQgM6CvOAiaWz-kHrOuN8_5NPGOa39ZwAhXjD9WK6v4EQyDmH5tNXnGVLjMNg8/s529/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+alien+bountyhunter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="428" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjw5qL_W76pjlCcHz-5z-E0XIN7q31m2ggPN4x3gVW_JtrNu0C9IrpeGibeWXHMfYazt_V8QK1MM9yssQgM6CvOAiaWz-kHrOuN8_5NPGOa39ZwAhXjD9WK6v4EQyDmH5tNXnGVLjMNg8/s320/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+alien+bountyhunter.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Yoda is a Micro machines model. Like I said before he's a bit on the large side, but still only 12mm high. </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA02fmwuip4QUTN6PBKiphX2FV3dQYvcMy-vuN4vqu4geo7AraDjGRbpCeFasV4o5l9wvrDfBhX0lDZx4r_KBRvWkXLLDqwvTNSXAEqxRb7A_ZNAOoABR1jp_K0cjxWLEnzkk5H2gF0Y/s462/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+Star+Wars+Yoda+mystic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA02fmwuip4QUTN6PBKiphX2FV3dQYvcMy-vuN4vqu4geo7AraDjGRbpCeFasV4o5l9wvrDfBhX0lDZx4r_KBRvWkXLLDqwvTNSXAEqxRb7A_ZNAOoABR1jp_K0cjxWLEnzkk5H2gF0Y/s320/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+Star+Wars+Yoda+mystic.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every story needs some antagonists and evil robots are a bit of a trope. Figures are from the scene and Khurasan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPHX0b8g-koKu_PDyhlTwJ-h1xFn2wxS_D1PSfHpwRRz8vpPBcxldS0YZob7W3H3Y6pybakqqbMrIdfy0Mk6sV_6qYgmG6O05W4zF_zuiuduujhyCfm3mefAC-hVuge7Fyz4rnfjwSN4/s922/15mm+post+apocalypse+Wasteland+Robots.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPHX0b8g-koKu_PDyhlTwJ-h1xFn2wxS_D1PSfHpwRRz8vpPBcxldS0YZob7W3H3Y6pybakqqbMrIdfy0Mk6sV_6qYgmG6O05W4zF_zuiuduujhyCfm3mefAC-hVuge7Fyz4rnfjwSN4/s320/15mm+post+apocalypse+Wasteland+Robots.JPG" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A damsel in distress, or perhaps that's what she wants you to think before she robs you. Lucy will probably join my gang of zombie survivors once I get to them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She's been in my box for so long she's started to suffer a bit from leadrot (for some reason GZG figures seem more prone to this). Fingers crossed I managed to stop it and my paintjob will protect the model from deteriorating further. </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMnr8PqptjzSy5pxLXEpcUFmgkM_JfUnzaQiFag4Ab0qiqq-RqqRwSC69skz15JAw3GQ-X2H90eEdLjFhJH4vz5t_tgr8UthMZjCBZ7k_qrqA6-61MU7V_d5ZdMHdNVv7lcA0g7gsmL4/s582/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+zombies+survivor.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="524" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMnr8PqptjzSy5pxLXEpcUFmgkM_JfUnzaQiFag4Ab0qiqq-RqqRwSC69skz15JAw3GQ-X2H90eEdLjFhJH4vz5t_tgr8UthMZjCBZ7k_qrqA6-61MU7V_d5ZdMHdNVv7lcA0g7gsmL4/s320/15mm+post+apocalypse+wasteland+zombies+survivor.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As promised, some reference to show the size of the models, measured from the top of the base. 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Like I said in the comments of my previous post, photography isn't really my strong suit and I lack the soft- and hardware to do it properly. </div><div><br /></div><div>The post for today is about me trying something new, so please don't judge me too harshly on the quality of painting this time š, it's just me having some fun. Though I think you can see some progression towards the end.</div><div>I've always had a soft spot for these old black and white movies from the early 1900's up to halfway the century, and horror movies in particular at that. </div><div>Blue Moon has a great set for this, which I bought a few years back when I wanted to play Dracula's America. Maybe I'll do some vampire hunters and townsfolk in the future as well. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, without further ado, here are my vampires:</div><div><br /></div><div>First tryout model, a vampire knight in full armour. Not happy about the skin colour, but that's part of the journey. 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Especially if you have tried this out yourself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know the sand is out of tone, I considered doing a cobblestone pattern on the base but then they probably would never be used in a game. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's why I decided to give them the same brown base as all of the rest of my fantasy models.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I decided to throw this miniature in. 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Having a bit of fun with some mutated critters this time.<br />
Nothing major and they painted up rather quickly. I do have a plan to use them, but all will be unveiled in due time. The colour schemes may be a bit of a hint though.<div>I have a lot more painted models ready to go, but it took me a long time to take photographs of them. Been experimenting with a background this time. <br />
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Electro-kitten: I tried to paint lightning bolts in it's eyes, but it was a bit too small for my skills with the brushes.<br />
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Drooler: Just a bit of sillyness but it might be poisonous</div>
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Medushark: A mutated critter or a being from outer space? </div>
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<br /></div>Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-40588490855660871672020-05-04T10:34:00.000+09:302020-05-04T10:34:31.473+09:30Alien bounty huntersHello everyone,<br />
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The holidays are once again over, me and my family even managed to sneak out of the house for a week and enjoy a short break at the beach.<br />
Before our leave and the start of term 2, I spend some time trying to reduce my extensive backlog of partially painted models and also played a few Rogue Planet skirmishes with my two eldest sons and we had a lot of fun.<br />
Needless to say this has given me an extra incentive to paint some more sci-fi models.<br />
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About 5 years back I decided to get into AE bounty and bought some models to play the game. As so often happened (and happens), the project got shelved and many of the models were never finished. Looking back at the brushwork that I had done back then, it seems like I was in a hurry and made some strange decisions regarding the colour schemes.<br />
While there was a strong urge to strip and repaint them, I decided not to. I would never get through my lead mountain If I went down that route.<br />
So, all I did was some touching up, painted the base in the same wasteland colour as the rest of my models and corrected some obvious mistakes.<br />
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The first guy was nearly done and it didn't take me long to get him ready for a game.<br />
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Another bounty hunter, with a glowing plasma gun this time. </div>
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Not only did all three of them have the same dark brown skin-tone (no clue why I painted them like this anymore), the one on the left also had a completely monotone blue-grey armour.<br />
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My day started way too early today, as my kids were very to eager to start searching for eggs. With them now suffering from chocolate indigestion, I have the time to make another post about some older, partially models I finally managed to finish.<br />
I'm sorry for posting in a more rapid succession compared to my usual rate, I painted up a few more models in the past month I didn't post about yet which I decided to share with you fine citizens.<br />
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The first models I want to show you are some Wasteland warriors I bought for 15mm Rogue Trader and Tomorrow's war. I think they were to be fielded as all kinds of undesirables such as, insurgents, raiders, bandits or slavers.<br />
They kind of resemble the many punks you see in the artwork for Logan's world in the Rogue Trader rule book and this was no doubt what inspired me.<br />
They're among the first 15mm miniatures I bought 6 to 7 years ago and I'm actually amazed I never finished them before. The models are probably among the best sculpts I got.<br />
There's a few left in the set which are still on my paint table, so far I only did the ones that were either finished already or waiting for that final touch of paint.<br />
Couldn't resist to change a few things though.<br />
For instance, I kind of redid the skin tone; which was a strange leathery brown and a few other details.<br />
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Time to entertain the kids and keep them from fighting (the Holiday is already starting to bore them)</div>
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Hello everyone,<br />
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Hope you all manage to stay safe and healthy!<br />
No quarantaine here in Australia, but a lot of do's and don'ts. Also, the restaurants are closed and people stay indoors because many of them are scared. For example, before the extended Term 1 holiday there were less than 40 children still attending the school, including my three boys.<br />
One of the reasons I decided to keep my kids at school is the fact I know my own limits. Homeschooling is all fine and dandy, but I'm no teacher and can never give them the same level of education they receive at school.<br />
Luckily, the shops we go to for groceries are slowly getting the 'essentials', like toilet paper, back in stock now many people have locked themselves in at home with they're 100 TP rolls and 50kg of pasta and rice.<br />
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I did a few courses over the past few weeks and had far less time to paint. Nevertheless did I manage to finish of a few models, I'll share them over the next few posts.<br />
Another thing that happened is the fact I got on Instagram, which is a lot quicker and easier to use than blogger. There is a big BUT though, one of the things social media doesn't allow you to do is actually tell a story and give your post a title; which I think is one of the main selling points for blogger at the moment. My biggest problem with the platform seems to be the fact I'm following way too many blogs and find myself drowning in posts I want to read but just haven't got enough time for. Another issue is the fact it just doesn't seem to work so well to create a post on my phone.<br />
I decided to keep on blogging, but I have to go through my readers list and make some hard decisions to stop following some other blogs, just to keep it manageable.<br />
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Anyway, welcome to a new post about my progress on getting enough 15mm fantasy miniatures painted to start playing the actual Rangers of Shadow Deep campaign.<br />
The models below would also be perfect for some 15mm Dungeon crawling, something I'm considering of doing somewhere in the far future.<br />
I didn't spend a lot of time on these because the holiday was almost over and I knew I was going to have far less time once school and my courses started.<br />
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There's a couple of Rogues, a fighter and a Wizard of sorts, which is still the traditional make-up for many fantasy roleplaying games.<br />
But let's start with the best companion for any group of adventurers.<br />
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-72132364796852361592020-01-15T13:29:00.000+10:302020-01-15T13:43:07.090+10:30I'm seeing double<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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No, no, I didn't drink too much; I rarely drink alcohol anyway to be honest .<br />
It's just a way to show off some of the recent conversions I did.<br />
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Maybe I need to explain why I'm doing this:<br />
When I decided to do a Rangers of Shadow Deep project in 15mm, I checked what I had already laying around. Turned out I had quite a bit of monsters and villains, most meant for sci-fi or 28mm, and barely any heroes. To remedy this I bought some adventurer packs from Alternative Armies. I<br />
have to admit, it got a little bit out of hand after this first order. G<br />
through my order, I noticed a few doubles and many models with a similar role.<br />
Quite a few Men-at-arms, enough Wizards to start a council and the beginnings of a decent Thieves Guild but no archers or models suitable to be used as rangers.<br />
And like I already mentioned in my previous post, I really like to have two of every follower.<br />
So, in order to get myself all the companions I needed, I knew I had to do a few conversions.<br />
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Now, the best conversions are the ones where it's almost impossible to spot the original from the one you changed. I'm far from that level but I'm still quite pleased with how some turned out and I feel like I did a decent job. Some are better than others, but that's just the way it is.<br />
One word of warning though, a few of the models are a lot smaller than others. Many are close to 18mm, but others are actually closer to 15mm (barely). Which means you can paint eyes on some but it's near impossible to do on others.<br />
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First up are a Tracker and an Arcanist, both started out as some kind of Druid. Strange enough he was carrying around a shield which didn't like, so I removed the arm holding it on both of them and gave my Tracker a bow. The Arcanist also got a headswap with a head I removed from a Blighthaven Southern Death Cult model. As I noticed a severe shortage of female characters among my companions, I also gave the model a sex change. The book, made from some leftover putty, didn't work out as I wanted but decided to keep it anyway.<br />
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Second is a Men-at-Arms and his converted Guardsman version. The idea was to give him and helbard, only after glueing on the blade I noticed how overly large it was and changed it into an axe. After all, the description of the weapon only says: "Two-handed weapon", so it could be anything from a spear to a helbard or a large axe. These guys are pretty small compared to the rest which is why they look a bit wonky ;-).<br />
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The Templar on the left was the most extensive conversion I did on a 15mm model so far as I had to remove large parts of the Knight's body to change it. I cut the head from one of the models with the winged helmet (I got three of those) and put this in place. The arm holding the spear is a bit long but it doesn't really bother me that much.<br />
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-59184148584111059692020-01-05T11:19:00.000+10:302020-01-08T15:36:08.598+10:30Music please!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone and Happy New Year,<br />
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I'm not going to start by summing up new year's resolutions, because I know I probably would fail them all anyway ;-).<br />
Looking back at 2019 I think I went through one of the hardest years of my life.<br />
I'm consider myself as either a realist or an optimist and it takes a lot of me to get depressed, something that happened quite a few times during the last year. Hopefully I will find a job this year, but at the very least I'm going to do some courses that will give me an extra edge and it seems to be something that's more highly regarded than experience here.<br />
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On the hobby-front I have done a lot less than I actually hoped for and I played a lot less games with my kids than I had actually planned to do. True, we did quite a few games of Burning Sands and a Rangers of Shadow Deep try-out, as well as a short RPG campaign for Hero-kids and many board games (7th Continent still being my favourite). However, not as many as I would've liked.<br />
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During last week of the holidays I found myself spending a lot of time entertaining my kids.<br />
In the little time they left me to spend at my hobby-table, I managed to finish these two.<br />
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When I first started reading the Rangers of shadow deep pdf, I found myself thinking on how to represent the recruit companions.<br />
While looking at the lot of adventurer models I got from Alternative Armies I noticed one of rogues was carrying a lute and it occured to me that there's a bard class in many roleplaying games. They may not be the best in combat but they are useful in other ways.<br />
Also, if brave sir Robin was allowed a whole troupe of minstrels then why wouldn't the Rangers that venture in the Shadow Deep be allowed at least one. At the very least the bard could try and keep the morale up and record all the heroic deeds as a poem.<br />
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As I like to have at least two of every type of companion, so both my son and I can have our first choices when it comes to picking our followers. I decided to convert an excess Woman-at-Arms, from the adventurers pack mentioned above, into a musician. So the one on the right is a conversion I did.<br />
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I started painting some more models but these will have to wait until next time.<br />
All the best for 2020, have a good year!</div>
Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-89750639955304284702019-12-19T12:21:00.002+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.266+10:30Meddling in forces unknown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Everyone, <o:p></o:p></div>
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weeks doing some commission painting, volunteering work and soliciting for new
jobs I finally got some time to finish a project for myself. These cultists
have been sitting on my desk for quite a while. Originally I bought them for
Draculaās America, but I abandoned the project shortly after I aqcuired a few forces, the main reason being the terrain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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consider them a part of my undead forces, they may find themselves summoning
all kinds of eldritch horrors in the future too. In Rangers of Shadow Deep theyāre
going to represent my Gnolls. Iāve never been a huge fan of having an
amalgamation of all kinds of fantasy creatures and I prefer to have one
all-encompassing threat. For Rangers of Shadow Deep these are going to be my
Death Cultists, who are dabbling in the arts of Necromancy, oblivious to the
horror theyāre unleashing upon the world and the ever-expanding miasma of
undead energy (the shadow deep). As a result, most of my monsters are either going
to be animals, changed by the shadow deep, or undead constructs the cultists
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similar hoods to the ones I got from Khurasan. A few of them were holding
rifles, but luckily it wasnāt hard to transform these into crossbows. The ones
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regular archers, once I found suitable models.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really special this week, most of them are just some local animals and tokens for
my Burning Sands games, though some of them may be featuring in other games in
the future as well. One of the games Iām considering of doing is a Pulp
exploration game and maybe even Ghost Archipelago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these have been on my painting list for a very long time and while they werenāt
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giant maggot is a Burrow Worm for Rangers of Shadow Deep, however with the
number of undead Iām gathering Iām considering of doing a skirmish version of
Dragon Rampant and this maggot could be a great addition to my army. The model
is from the Reaper Bones line and I discovered here how hard it is to remove
mouldlines from the models. In fact I suppose I need to use a technique similar
to the one used on the Mantic plastics, which is cutting them away. This
technique worked fine on my tortured soul, but Iām not a big fan of it as thereās
always the risk youāre destroying details while doing so. Unfortunately there
are still quite a few mouldlines present on my maggot as other techniques didnāt
work and I guess I gave up.</span></li>
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game Iāve been considering is a 15mm version of the Relicblade game, I love the
system and it could easily be played in other scales than 28mm, and I did this
sabretooth with this in mind. For now itās just going to feature in Rangers of
Shadow Deep as a hound though. The model is a 10mm tiger model from Magister
Militum where I sculpted some tusks on. I decided to use this smaller scale as
the sabretooths in the 28mm version of the game are also a bit smaller than the
human models.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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or picked them up in a sale (although I canāt remember why). Despite their size
and the fact that theyāre a bit static, I decided to use them anyway and theyāre
actually not that bad as far as objectives go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anymore where the lion comes from, heās not the best sculpt and a bit shallow
on the details (as if from a mould thatās been used for too long) but he will
do. For now heās on his own but I found two 25mm Hasslefree lionesses in my
lead and resin pile which, despite a slight difference in size, will join his
pride later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plenty of excuses but in I'm not going to do that. I got a bit depressed
because my job hunt is going poorly and immersed myself in Persona 5 to keep my
mind from wandering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of theme (Zomtober being a regular one). With the Halloween spirit in mind (not
that I care about the holiday though) I started painting some creatures that
are often considered creepy, disturbing or spooky after I got back from a
family holiday in Western Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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send over a 100 resumes already, I got the painting bug again so I'll hopefully
feel well enough to post more regularly in the coming weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up are a bunch of spiders I bought off from eBay. Given the price I paid for
them I suspect they're recasts; the details are pretty good though but the
resin's a bit brittle and a few legs broke off during transport.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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couple of skeletons and skeleton knights from Alternative Armies. I removed the
turban on one of them as I thought it looked ridiculous, my repair work isnāt
the best on him however and he looks a bit weird (you can probably spot him
right away). There were a few more skeletons in the pack I bought, but these
are wearing some more outlandish armour so Iām saving them as summons for my
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-73086394460055211722019-06-21T13:46:00.000+09:302020-01-08T15:35:01.189+10:3025 years later<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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I've gone through a week of hell with both my wife and three children suffering from a severe cold and high fever, leaving me, as the most resistant one, to nurse them all back to health.<br />
Luckily I haven't fallen sick yet and my oldest son is also already going back to school.<br />
This left me with little time for my hobby but I did manage to finish some things I was already working on.<br />
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First and foremost my stars of this post, some (infamous) old-school Games Workshop Snotlings.<br />
These guys were some of the first miniatures I ever bought with the pocketmoney I had, some 25 years ago. Without the funds for some decent paints a few of them were given a thick craftstore paint layer so I could use them in an RPG I was mastering, the rest of them ended up in a box not to see the light of day for many, many years.<br />
When I visited my home in Belgium earlier this year, I looked through my lead and plastic pile to see what I could use for the projects I had planned and came across these guys again.<br />
While they were meant for 28mm, they're perfect for 15mm too.<br />
On top of that they are some amazing sculpts, with a lot of different facial expressions and poses (I got 19 individual models). Whoever sculpted these did an amazing job.<br />
So, back in Australia I started to base and paint them up for Burning Sands.<br />
They're a race of cavedwelling Trogs which, in typical 80's cartoon style, are going to represent the slightly clumsy followers of the main villain, an Efreet who controls them through a Djinn.<br />
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Four done, only 15 more to go!<br />
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I also layed the final hand at my World of Twilight Legends Empire militia and knights.<br />
Not in time for the painting competition but ready to play with.<br />
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Hello everyone,<br />
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These past few weeks I had very little time to do some painting as my wife was using my usual painting spot to do some studying for an exam.<br />
Instead I focussed on getting something I've been putting off for a long time done: terrain!<br />
While I love building terrain, painting can be a bit boring sometimes and though I wasn't happy with my dark reddish rocks colourscheme I kept it because I didn't want to spend more time on them.<br />
Anyway, I took out my (cheap) airbrush and gave them a new coat, as well as some more scatter terrain and palmtrees for burning sands.<br />
Here's the result, not special but it suits my needs. I might add an oasis and other smaller terrain pieces later but I've got enough to fill a 2' x 2' table for now.<br />
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The Egyptian style ruins are from a company called Scibor and are perfect for 15mm in my opinion. I could have done a far better job painting them, but the truth is they probably are only going to be used as objective markers or spawning points for scarab swarms and I think they look good enough after a drybrush. </div>
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My converted Devanu Matriarch</div>
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-31820755054586129802019-05-13T12:45:00.001+09:302019-05-13T12:45:27.426+09:30Learning a new skill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Hello everyone, <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Once more it took me a
while to start blogging again. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">But with a trip to Belgium,
a week to try and get rid of a jetlag, having the kids at home for a holiday
and me having the flu I didnāt get much hobby time these last few weeks.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Also, my focus currently
lies on sculpting and converting, especially since my pledge from the World of
Twilight Legends KS arrived. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Another reason I'm posting
much is that I started playing 'Burning Sands' with my two eldest sons. It's,
not unlike Rangers of Shadow Deep, a game with a strong RPG influence. The main
difference with RoSD being the fact one player is controlling the 'Evil' force
and the other one a hero and his/her henchmen. My oldest son asked me numerous
times already when we're going to play again (our last game was on Saturday),
making me focus on this game instead. My biggest problem and concern about RoSD
is the fact there's so much to paint and build that were not playing the game
yet. I know I don't have to convert all these miniatures but hey, that's what I
do and like. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">While I don't really care
about the WYSIWYG rule, I think it is very important to at least have a
miniature that kind of resembles what he's meant to be when playing with
children. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">With a painting competition
for the World of Twilight Legends stuff coming up I've shifted my focus though.
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">That being said, I'm trying
and learning to sculpt and I personally feel like I'm getting better. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">15mm is far more forgiving
than 28mm when converting and I think the scale suits me better anyway. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Most of these are still WIP, but you get the idea.</span><br />
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A Devanu Hatchling I'm sculpting, militia for scale.<br />
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I felt that the detail on the armguards was a bit shallow so I 'improved' a bit on that.<br />
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I put on of the Delgon priests on the miscast (hence the greenstuff on his legs) Belan and went to town by sculpting robes, bottles and such. Still need to finish the staff though.<br />
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I wasn't entirely happy with the Lorsan cast, as you can see there are quite a few big airbubbles.<br />
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Here's another weekly update with something that isn't 15mm this time. <br />
Soon I will be going back to Belgium for a short holiday to meet family and friends and I decided to use this opportunity to get rid of some non-15mm while I'm there. <br />
Offering stuff to my friends is probably the best way to get started and Lucky for me they didn't disappoint when I contacted them. <br />
However, some miniatures accidentally moved to Australia over the course of our stay here and I need to take these with me when I go, among them two partially painted miniatures for Freebooter's Fate.<br />
To do my friend who likes to buy them a favour, I painted these up already. This way he's got a painted starter set to begin with.<br />
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For those who don't know the game: Freebooter's Fate is a German game about pirates (duh) and their antics. What's different about the game is that it doesn't use any dice at all but a rather unique card mechanic, unique even compared to other games with cards like Malifaux. <br />
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I must admit it felt a bit weird painting 28mm miniatures again; they're far from perfect, but with only four hours/model (which is almost speedpainting for me) I can't complain about the result.<br />
The most funny thing to do was comparing them to the three miniatures I painted oh so many years ago. I always considered/thought I was at my peak back then, <br />
Seeing them now together I feel like my painting skills have evolved. Back then I was using techniques which were new to me, like NMM and I learned a lot in a short time while now I got more tricks; though it took me longer to learn them. <br />
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That's it for this week, thank you very much for reading.<br />
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-48679286250874379242019-03-15T11:26:00.000+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.111+10:30Howling to the Moon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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Here's another progress update on my Rangers of Shadow Deep project.<br />
With my children having a public holiday this week I had less time to paint and decided to do something real quick. This is easily achieved when using a limited palette of colours and while I don't plan to use most of the models from the get-go, I am going to use them in the long run.<br />
Turns out I was even able to finish these in a shorter amount of time than I expected, so I also did a quicky on an undead ogre.<br />
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Some zombie wolves and a werewolf; I still need to paint three more of these wolves.<br />
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While I'm going to use this beast as a werewolf, he doesn't really look like one, which is why I decided on a different colourscheme. In my eyes he looks more like 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.<br />
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A German Shepherd companion model for the good guys.<br />
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I'm not sure, but I think this is an alien dog model from Alternative Armies.<br />
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This is actually an 28mm Norse dwarf from Bad Squiddo Games, but given her size she's perfect as a large model for 15mm too. The only thing I did was make her look more skeletal. I hope they're doing more Norse dwarves in the future as I will be needing at least one more ogre<br />
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That's it for these week, thank you for visiting!<br />
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Wouter</div>
Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-52142748895013228992019-03-09T13:55:00.001+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.137+10:30'Stand back girl!'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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A short post this time has I didn't have much time to paint this week.<br />
Last Sunday was spend going to the Adelaide 500 (a racing car event) with the family.<br />
I'm only remembering the loud engines and noxious fumes, but my two eldest sons simply adore these kind of things.<br />
So it was a bit like a compulsory family excursion.<br />
On Monday I did a little bit more conversion work on some doubles I got, to make some more individual companion models.<br />
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This little girl started out as a Ravenwing Angelic figure. After I saw it on eBay I asked the seller how tall it was and he said that it measured 15mm.<br />
So I planned transforming it into a second Arcanist, with a book strapped onto his back. When it arrived it turned out it was only 12mm and without a lip on it's feet it felt even smaller.<br />
I decided to try my hand at sculpting a face and make it look like a little girl.<br />
The first face I made was too large, better suited for 25mm, this is my second attempt.<br />
While painting her I had no idea what to do with the rabbit as I didn't want her to look too drab, which is why it's pink and looks a bit like a care-rabbit.<br />
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Among the order I got from Alternative Armies we're more Rogue/Thief characters than I had a use for, so I decided to change one to a swordsman.<br />
I added a hat, facial hair, sword and a scabbard.<br />
The hat, scabbard and sword turned out alright, though his stance is a bit weird. His moustache and goatee look ridiculous in my opinion though, I need to do better next time.<br />
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A wraith, also from AA.<br />
I didn't like the empty hood on the model and tried sculpting him a skullface. Some of the details, like it's teeth, turned out being too shallow as I painted him.<br />
Lessons learned!<br />
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-3215676566932724082019-03-02T19:19:00.000+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.060+10:30Protect the lady!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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Like I said in my previous post, most of my hobby time this week was spend applying to all the miniatures I painted since I arrived in Australia, just over a year ago.<br />
To be honest, there weren't that many of them but it took a lot of time cleaning my airbrush after each session. Especially as varnish has the tendency to clutter, blocking the exhaust.<br />
Using a spray can was out of the question however with the high temperatures we had here last week.<br />
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Luckily I had some time left to finish some models, though two of them were a bit rushed.<br />
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A man at arms and a templar defending this lady's (civilian) honour.<br />
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I tried to paint a gryphon on this guy's shield, not 100% perfect but it'll do.<br />
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While unpacking everything to put some varnish on, I came across these guys who were almost completely painted except for the base. So I did this real quick and added them in the queue.<br />
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Wouter</div>
Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-46915818635516429882019-02-27T14:48:00.001+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.086+10:30World of Twilight Kickstarter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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I know, I know, this isn't really an update but a rather blatant commercial.<br />
But hey, it's about two of my favourite hobby-related things: World of Twilight and 15mm.<br />
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A few days ago (now there's less than 40 hours left, so if you want to participate you have to be quick), Mike launched a KS to celebrate it's been 10 years since the release of his first miniatures.<br />
To do so he sculpted a 15mm tower for a range he calls 'Legends'.<br />
3 updates in, he suddenly showed of some more 15mm models which made me make a little happy dance.<br />
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If 15mm fantasy is your thing, make sure to check this campaign out!<br />
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1280484354/world-of-twilight-the-crooked-trade-outpost/posts/2428700<br />
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As for any progress on my 'Rangers of Shadow Deep' project, I'll do and update soon.<br />
However, most of my hobbytime this week was spend on giving all the miniatures I painted so far, this and last year, a much needed varnish coat (or two).<br />
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Thank you for reading!<br />
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Wouter</div>
Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-27908070124508705142019-02-22T11:13:00.001+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.047+10:30Masters of the Arcane<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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spend a few hours painting a few heroes for the 15mm Rangers of Shadow Deep
campaign Iāve been planning. Nothing really special but Iām happy that Iām
making some progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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been thinking on how I can keep this blog alive and I believe the key will be
to do regular, but smaller updates. As my interest often comes and wanes, I canāt
promise Iāll keep a steady pace, but at the very least I hope to do at least
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piece is from the Burrows and Badgers range and is unfortunately too
large for 15mm. However, as it sat in my āto doā pile for quite some time I
decided to spend some time finishing it. After all, I also hope to play some
Burrows and Badgers somewhere in the future (I own almost every model in the
range so it would be a shame not to). I found some more resin terrain pieces which I bought years ago, but didn't do anything with apart from washing and giving them an undercoat, which you can expect to see these in the near future as well.</span></span></div>
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Conjurer: I painted him up as a bright wizard from Warhammer. The glowing staff didn't work out as I wanted though.<br />
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this guy was originally a priest holding a cross. As I did not like the cross, I removed it, together with his right hand, and replaced with a
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Raptor: A small conversion based on a frenu from World of Twilight, the only things I did was adding a second pair of legs, changing the tail and do some draconic ridges on his head and back.ļ»æ</div>
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Wouterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17271989973988511989noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954805936235281065.post-48389401238593329582019-02-17T11:35:00.002+10:302020-01-08T15:35:01.099+10:30New Year, new beginnings (for real this time)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belated Happy New Year everyone! Once again I must apologise for my erratic
blogging and late update. Truth to be told, Iāve been idle when it comes to
hobbying for a long time since my last post. With me and my family moving house
again, the search for a job (which isnāt over yet), a holiday to Queensland and
one to New Zealand and especially a pain in my left shoulder that prevented me
from painting for more than a half hour at the time. And without a goal or
project to work towards, Iāve found myself being immersed in video games whenever
I had a moment not doing anything else.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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while looking at new posts at G+, I unexpectedly came across some reposted blog
articles of mine. After talking a bit to the one who posted them (thank you
Fred Jackson), I let myself be convinced to make get my blog going again. It
would definitely be a good promise to myself for the new year. But for this I
needed a project ā¦<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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after I started searching for miniatures games to play with my two eldest sons,
I came across the recently released āRangers of Shadow Deepā. The thing with
playing a game with my boys is that it kind of feels like playing to myself,
with me making all the decisions and someone else moving the pieces. While this
is fine at first and certainly counts towards the father-sons quality time, it
isnāt sustainable for me personally as it lacks a challenge. So, when I found
out that the Rangers of Shadow Deep was cooperative, I decided to buy the PDF
and was happy to see it didnāt disappoint. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If I use
15mm, I can change the ranges from inches to centimetres. While this isnāt perfect
when it comes to scalability, my sons could use the metric system, which they
are familiar with, instead of the odd imperial one and it also takes up far
less space for storage. After rummaging through the small miniatures pile I
found out I had quite a few 15mm protagonists, but no heroes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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things I wasnāt entirely happy with when doing my World of Twilight āLost Boysā
project, though I won the best force award, was my green stuff work. So I also
decided to learn myself some new skills with a very cheap airbrush (to get rid
of these overly expensive spray cans and try out something new) and making some
extensive conversions, as well as sculpting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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friend Richard (you can find his blog here: </span><a href="http://fanplasticlittlemen.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri";">http://fanplasticlittlemen.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";">)
in all his kindness, decided to part with his Casanii and send them to me. As Iām
a sucker when it comes to making every single model unique, the Rangers of
Shadow Deep project would be great training to get them done in the future. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Once more: Thank you very much Richard!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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the first miniatures I painted this year, many more are undercoated and
silently waiting for their turn in the que. Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, they're taken with my Phone and the lighting outside isn't the best</span></span></div>
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Some treasure tokens for the game and a trapdoor. The one on the 30mm lipped base sat, only partially painted, in a carrying casefor many years. Not sure if I'm going to use that one but it kind of felt good to complete that one too.ļ»æ</div>
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These rats came with a Skaven beast master set. I had to remove all the tubes and Skaven iconography but they're the perfect size (see below).<br />
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Some Khurasan zombies, I really like these as they are exactly how I see zombies. <br />
Not carrying weapons or whatsever, just some ragtag walking corpses.<br />
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And last a small child, to be used as a survivor if a scenario calls for it.<br />
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Last week was a week full with frantic painting as the competition is nearing its conclusion. <br />
I spend so many hours behind my painting desk (our dinner table actually) that my shoulders started aching near the end of the week. <br />
Seeing that I wasn't going to be able to finish it all, but had enough for the competition, I decided to call it quits and took a break yesterday. <br />
The rest will be finished in the next couple of weeks. <br />
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Koi'Koi's children is a bit of a special project for me.<br />
Not only because I was partially responsible for the creation of Koi'Koi and Jakiin, but also because the ferals remind me a lot of the lost boys from the Peter Pan story (though they are not really orphans). <br />
A story I have liked since I was a little kid, despite discovering it's darker sides when I grew up. <br />
Koi'Koi itself is a bit of an old fagin, using his protegees to further his own ends and needs.<br />
His name is actually the name of the turtle I had at home, who was named after the first word my eldest son uttered when he was younger. We're still not sure what he meant though :D.<br />
As Jakiin is named after my youngest: Jaquin, I felt it my responsibility to make an avatar for my two other sons as well, especially as they have showed interest in the game. <br />
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Paintingwise, I went for a more sober look compard to the official scheme Joe did. Not only because this suits my painting style better, but also because it speeds up the painting process as there are less colours to work with. <br />
I did some research regarding the bodypaint used by african tribes and noticed that many were done in white, so that's the colour I went with.<br />
I wasn't able to finish Benarii (modeled after my second eldest Benjamin), Lek'Saa with her four grishak jenta and my dompaku, but these will be done in the following weeks. <br />
As I've been neglecting my duties in the Household chores to get everything done in time, I will have less hobbytime and they will probably take a week or so for each figure to finish.<br />
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Jakiin was already nearly finished when I started the project, which means he already had his base adorned with different kinds of grass tufts. However, I didn't take these with me to Australia which is why his base is out of sync with the bases of all the others.ļ»æ</div>
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The brave on the left is Jon'aa (Jonathan), the one on the right the regular one. <br />
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For my mutts I went for an unusual dark colourscheme, where I too my inspiration from the Uruk Hai from LoTR. They are all decorated by a three-fingered white hand :).<br />
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That's it for now, thanks a lot for reading!<br />
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I've been painting at every available moment since my last post. <br />
However, things doesn't go as fast as I would like. <br />
I always was a a bit of a slow painter and now, with all the extra time I took for converting, I'm running out of time.<br />
So I can only hope I will be able to get my second force finished as well before the competition ends.<br />
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But at the very least I finished my first force and another little pampered critter.<br />
This is my Trebarnii ambush force with a Kelahn as support.<br />
Luckily the new Trebarnii howlers came just in time and there are three different poses to start with.<br />
The boss model didn't really look like a boss to me, just another Trebarnii brandishing a small tree, so I gave him some bark armour and leaves. <br />
I apologize for the pictures being so dark, it's a rainy day here in Adelaide.<br />
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This is my pampered Daxu, not much changed since last time, I just added some flowers.</div>
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Almost a year since my last post, time flies fast.<br />
Much has happened since, I had to pack all my stuff into boxes and send them over to Australia, as this is where I live right now with my family. <br />
Some sacrifices had to be made, such as leaving stuff behind and selling a whole lot else. <br />
Unfortunately the hobbyscene here in Adelaide isn't exactly as I hoped it would be. <br />
Most hobby-stores seem to have a focus on either boardgames or Games Workshop. Both aren't really something I was doing anything with, though I did buy AoS Skirmish and the new Malign Portents book, with the intention to start a Moonclan warband once I got the funds. <br />
Work is something else I made some sacrifices in, as my youngest can't go to school yet over here and daycare is crazy expensive. So I'm currently on parental leave, not sure if we will go back to Belgium before the year ends and start working at the company I left again or if I will search for a new job over here. <br />
The result however is that there is no drive, nothing to look forward to, when it comes to painting, so I played a lot of Skyrim when I had nothing on my hands. <br />
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Lately I did have a small skirmish game with my eldest which he liked (I did let him win on purpose :D) and I hope to do some more in the future. <br />
Another thing which suddenly gave me something to work forward to is the fact that Mike of the World of Twilight is organising another painting competition after the succesful conclusion of his Kickstarter somewhere in 2017. <br />
This has given me a focus I haven't had in quite some time and with a deadline also something to work towards. <br />
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Here's the first results of my work, I also did a lot of conversions but haven't painted these yet.<br />
The 14th of May is when the competition ends, while I don't expect to win anything I hope to have at least two forces and some pampered critters painted by then. <br />
Something I probably wouldn't have time for is a scene from the Lion King, with a 15mm Onsegar (sculpted by myself) on Pride Rock (made with cork).<br />
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And here's what I achieved so far. I must admit the quality of my painting isn't what it should be.</div>
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I'm a bit rusty and I'm painting in a bit of a rush as I had to wait for some supplies before I could get started, not to mention a long holiday to Tasmania. </div>
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One of the topics is a pampered Preepree (or other creature), which is in fact an excuse to get some of the may creatures Mike has sculpted painted. I decided to give my Preepree a cushion to sit on and converted a painted model so he looks like a servant who has to feed the spoiled creature. <br />
A very easy conversion as I simply had to change his brush in a spoon and put some food in his bowl.<br />
The cushion and base have been magnetized so I can take the Preepree of and put it on a cart for whenever it's owner wants to show it around (and get ambushed).<br />
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I'm also working on my Trebarnii and a Draxu, which I call a pampered pest, but both are still work in progress. With the ribbon I did a quick conversion on the Draxu, while the Trebarnii got some added pouches and such, just to make them look more individual. One of the brutes got his pose changed to make him look diferent, this wasn't so easily to do on the other Trebarnii though as they are all holding their spear with both hands. I have some things planned for the boss, but he's still in the greenstuff phase.<br />
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