Tag: THW
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Downtime & a Pair of Aces
I’ve been doing more painting lately than playing games or writing stories. Not all of my figures are game pieces, some I have collected because they were interesting or part of a collection. A few years ago, I went all in on Bad Squiddo Games’ WWII Soviets kickstarters. And I still have several remaining to…
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Fizzrelda Takes a Bath
Often, I buy miniatures to build an army for a game, or to tell a story, but sometimes I find a miniature that is just plain fun. I would say this mini was easy to paint, but a large part of it was the fun I had painting her. Titled “Goblin Bath Pinup”, the figure…
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Pity Party, Interrupted
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to Lesley Gore, It’s My Party, Mercury Records, 1963 Lost Temple of the Nagaji – Episode 1 Taji Mbutzi gave the coin a spin and watched its whirling dance on the bar, it was her last piece of silver. When her drink arrived, she slapped the…
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Goncalo Machado
Ever see a mini in a catalog or on a website and think “wow, cool” but then you get the mini and think “meh?” This mini, while unpainted, looked cool on the seller’s website. But when I got it, it took me a while to figure out he was wearing a mask. Anyway, I’ve finished…
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Florinda Carreira
One of the things a new project does is that it forces me to paint figures that have been languishing in the “pile of shame” for several years. To represent Florinda Carreira, I chose Reaper’s Melisande Wavecutter from their Dark Heavens range. I love the big hat, but it makes photographing the mini harder. Florinda…
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The Village
I’ve finally finished painting the African buildings I purchased from Acheson Creations last year. I did say I’m a slow painter, didn’t I? Now that I have them all on the table, it looks like some of the roofs could use a heavier dry brushing to give a little more age to the thatch to…
