Radiantly Radioactive
Today's session saw the completion of all of the base coats. Tomorrow will focus on highlights and last details. The first hour was spent painting all of the wood and leather bits. Spear shafts and the banner pole were painted with Vallejo Flat Brown and all of the leather was painted with a mixture of… Continue reading Mid-Summer Madness – Session 5
I continued work on the 12 figure "red skull" unit. Today, I painted red. In the past, I would have painted the area to be red with white and over the white I would paint the brightest red color I had. Fast, easy, done - but a little one dimensional. Now days, I tend to… Continue reading Mid-Summer Madness – Session 4
Today I finished assembling all of the infantry and three flyers. Some of the fliers are missing parts of their wings, but instead of taking time to look for them in the bits boxes (yeah, I got bits scattered everywhere), I decided to start painting a unit of infantry. In the game Warrior Heroes Warbands… Continue reading Mid-Summer Madness – Session 3
From time to time, one comes across a model that makes no sense. Today, I worked on one, it was the first iteration of the Dark Elf Cauldron of Blood. GW has since made two other iterations of the Cauldron of Blood, both as absurd as the first one. I remember the Cauldron of Blood… Continue reading Mid-Summer Madness – Session 2
The first thing I did was to organize all of the miniatures by release date. I used two sources to help me do this, the first was the Stuff of Legends website and the second was the Collecting Citadel Miniatures Wiki. I discovered my collection spans thirty years from 1985 to 2005. On the surface,… Continue reading Mid-Summer Madness – Session 1
With the Texas heat comes a madness - it's true! Just look at the circus of grifters goose stepping across the red carpet in Dallas this weekend. I won't get into that, though. But, in a fit of madness, I've challenged myself to try and complete my Games Workshop Dark Elf army. I purchased most… Continue reading Mid-Summer Madness – Session 0
Well, I've finished another wall, this one is taller with a platform for an observer or sniper. It was made out of foamboard like the others; coated the base with watered down glue & added sand. Once dry, coated the whole thing with a mixture of Mod Podge & black paint to seal it &… Continue reading A Tall Wall & Greek Casualties
While waiting for paint to dry, literally when using a glaze technique you need to let the paint completely dry before applying the next coat (unless you want to blend colors & that's a whole other subject) - back on topic - whenever I reach a point in miniature painting or any other task when… Continue reading Stuck on Stucco
It's been too long since I've posted to the blog. I've spent the last week in February and most of this month on a couple of painting commissions. I don't do commission work very often, and I think this will be the last time I'll do a 15mm commission. (I'm really not very good at… Continue reading Something Concrete
Now that I've started playing games set in WWII, I have more casualties from machine gun fire - every squad has at least one light machine gun (two in Soviet squads for a short period) and every platoon is supported by a heavier machine gun. So I found myself with a shortage of casualty markers.… Continue reading DIY Casualty Markers
There are many benefits to using a wet palette with acrylic paints and inks. The main one for me is the fact that the paint stays wet during a painting session. Let me explain, sometimes when painting a mini or batch of minis, I don't have the color I want to use, so I will… Continue reading The $10 Wet Palette
What's just exciting as a new mini? - A new brush! I received a new Winsor & Newton Series 7 No. 1 Kolinsky Sable brush today. It was time to replace my old one, which I've been using almost daily for three years. The old one can still be used, it just isn't as good… Continue reading A New Brush!
Atomic Floozy Adventures 