Author: atomicfloozy
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Armies and Navies
In the ancient world and to some degree parts of the world until the 19th century, there were few full-time standing armies. Settlements were expected to provide a certain number of troops when called upon to do so for a limited season of campaigning. Once the campaign was over, it was fully expected the soldiers…
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Amazon Update Number 9
As the week draws to a close, 19 more Amazons were rebased. There are 45 on the painting table and over a hundred in the lead pile awaiting their turn. Anyway, here are this batch of 19:
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Queen Zosga
“There upon the ancient, tusked throne of Gorblud sat Zosga, hobgoblin queen of the Misty Vale.” My first model for this year’s Orktober is Trixia the Hobgoblin Queen by Artisan Guild. I tried a new technique, well it’s new to me, for painting green skin. It’s in Dr. Faust’s Painting Clinic video on layering and…
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Amazon Update Number 8
This batch of twenty-four came from the “lead pile” and are freshly painted, whereas the last batch were finished Amazons merely rebased. All of these figures are from Eureka and the shield decals are from Victrix. The good news is that there are less than 200 Amazons left to paint, the bad news is that…
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Amazon Update Number 7
Finished another batch of Amazons – 16 more. Many, many more yet to come. It’s amazing & a little depressing at the number of unpainted miniatures languishing in boxes & drawers.
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The Ogress
Gronza, the Ogre Beauty, is a pinup miniature from Artizan Guild. I usually buy miniatures because I need them in a game. I bought this one because I wanted to push my painting skills a little. I spent nearly ten hours painting this one figure (four hours on the skin alone). After looking at the…
