Planning for the future of 2019
As we move into the second half of 2019, it is apparent that once again my purchasing power has outstripped my painting power by several thousand percent. In an effort to [...]
Painting & Modelling
Painting Tally – June 2019
Thanks to a bout of illness and some concentrated podcast editing effort, my painting time was somewhat restricted during June – although I must admit that this was [...]
Painting Tally – May 2019
Better late than never, but I’ve finally managed to get around to updating what I painted during May. Painted: 40 If you followed my painting challenge at [...]
Journeys in Middle Earth – The Heroes
After the painting challenge of last weekend, I was left with the Heroes of Journeys in Middle Earth to finish. Aragorn Based of the artwork from The Lord of the Rings Card [...]
Journeys in Middle Earth – Forces of Darkness
Following last weekend’s painting challenge, this week has been spent applying the finishing touches to all the models. With the application of some varnish this [...]
May Day painting challenge – Conclusion
Well, we have come to the end of the Bank Holiday weekend and I am somewhat disappointed to report that the Journeys in Middle Earth box set has not been painted. The final [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #7
The final Enemy miniature in the core box set of Journeys in Middle Earth is also the biggest in the box – the Troll. Much like the wraiths, this model is inspired [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #6
They next group of miniatures are the first that actually appear to be based on a specific piece of card art – these are the Wights, which look to be based on the [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #5
Due to some other commitments my painting time on Sunday was somewhat restricted. Even so, painting the Orcs turned into something of a slog, rather than a joy. Whilst the [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #4
The next batch of miniatures on the list were the Goblin Scouts. The first question is simple – what colour are they? Whilst most people would probably answer [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #3
Next onto the painting table were the Ruffian models, since I had a good idea as to how I wanted to paint these. The palette for these models was going to be predominantly [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #2
I thought that I would start with something easy – the Wargs. These are big models with very pronounced detail. The first question is: what colour to paint them? With [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #1
The first step, at least when painting models, always seems to be the most labourious. Since these are plastic miniatures I decided to give them a good wash and scrub with an [...]
May Day weekend painting challenge 2019
This weekend is a bank holiday in the UK, and I will find myself left to my own devices for the weekend – so I decided to set myself a challenge. The task is, on the [...]
Painting Tally – April 2019
Thanks to the Rangers of Shadow Deep project, April continued to be a productive month for painting. Painted: 39 Not only did it see a Gnoll warband of 29 miniatures painted [...]
Let slip the Dogs of War!
It has taken almost a full month, but the Gnoll warband has been finished. The undercoat \ basecoat was applied to the models on March 31st. Since then work on them has been [...]
Painting Tally – March 2019
March once again turned out to be a decent month for painting, as I continued with my miniatures for Rangers of Shadow Deep. Painted: 39 15 Rangers from Foundry, plus 3 [...]
Ranger of Shadow Deep – ‘The Missing’ miniature collection
Yesterday was spent working on the basing of the figures I have recently painted, with the result that all the miniatures (well, all bar a couple of birds) for the first [...]
In praise of Army Painter Strong Tone wash
I have probably mentioned several times in the last that I am something of an enforced painted – I paint because I really don’t like the look of bare plastic and [...]
Painting Wolfhounds
They say that Man’s best friend in his dog. Well, in Rangers of Shadow Deep (reviewed on podcast episode 262) there is a good chance that in a four player game a [...]
