With Halloween coming, I decided to get out this amazing miniature from Reaper Miniatures. It is the Shipwreck Revenant from their Bones Line. So freaking cool!!!
Halloween came, but no treat. Too much going on and I didn't want to rush the painting. I took my good old time and finished it up today. I think it looks great. I feel this might be the best paint job that I have ever done on a figure.
Take a gander at the finished product, ya scurvy dogs! Hope you like the pictures!!!
Meet Boerogg Blackrime, Frost Giant. This miniature is from the Reaper Bones Miniatures line. I tried to keep true to what a Frost Giant should look like as far as hair, skin, etc. I wanted a pale pallet for the furs, leathers, bones, and what not. I stayed with grays and tans for the most part. There are a couple of spots I went with a dark brown where I thought the leather would be thicker. The ice sword was painted with a white-blue metallic finish. I then gave it a coat of high gloss as well as the crown. Lastly, it got iridescent glitter highlights. I am super pleased with this little giant.
I cobbled a rider together out of the parts. I gave it a paint job that I thought looked good. With some Sculpey, I modified the saddle some. When everything dried, I put it all together. Check out the final product.
After finishing my recent fire giant, I went down to the gameroom to seek out my next project. Like many of you out there this can be a very frustrating endeavor. I have containers galore filled with miniatures and terrain in various stages of completion. I have even more in unopened boxes stacked in yet other bigger storage containers. It can be overwhelming. (I've addressed this before in earlier posts.)
Today I came across this great article by Peter Thuborg. It really sounded like this guy lived in my head (scary). His thoughts about the hobby are my thoughts; his words are my words. What hit home with me is his solution to the problem. It is sound solid advice. I'm going to give it a go, I mean a real go. As I have stated before, a hobby should be enjoyable not an additional source of aggravation.
https://ageofminiatures.com/organising-hobby/
For those of you who read the article, I'm sure many of you will sympathize. Miniature collecting can be an addiction. It won't be easy. Keep your fingers crossed.
While I was on the Reaper craze, I pulled out this guy. I haven't painted a troll in some time and this bad boy looked super cool. I wanted him to look a little toadish but not too toadish. I kinda think that's just what I got. Enjoy the pics!
Yesterday, I finished a set of SSU figures from Dust and a Warp Gate that I found on Etsy. The 2 figures are from the Operation: Zverograd Box set. Grand Ma is the walker figure. She is piloted by Koshka. The walker is primed and decaled. I went in and gave some areas a coat of dark silver. I then gave the figure a wash with some watered down black paint and then went in and gave the model some highlights. I have a bunch of AT-43 Red Blok figures. I tried to keep Grand Ma's colors similar to those figs. Koshka is painted closely to the way she appears on the box. I liked the overall look. These two will be nice additions to my Neo-Soviet Army.
The warp gate was a quick paint. The stones were painted gray and the metals silver. I gave the entire fig a wash and then came back in and highlighted. Simple, easy, fun. With the gate I finished a little while back, figures should be able to "port" across great distances on the table. Fun stuff! Check 'em out!
Just finished this set of Dust Tactics SSU Heroes. I love miniatures from Dust. They are always well sculpted, nicely detailed, sturdy, and for the most part, easy to paint. These guys will look great on the gaming table someday alongside other Weird War figures I have collected. I'm super pleased with how they turned out. Ya schastliv!
They could if they escaped from this Obsidian Crypt from Reaper Miniatures. This is a great little piece of terrain. The details are awesome, the model is sturdy, and it is a quick easy paint. For the most part, I kept to the color scheme to that of the photo that was on the box. I think that it turned out well over all.
It was a real pain in the tush to assemble. The slot and tab design where the parts went together did not work well. Either the slots were too small of the tabs were too large or a combination of both. It wasted a ton of my time shaving these pieces down so that they would fit together.
Despite it being difficult to assemble, I'm definitely happy with the end result. I think the piece will go well with the warp portal I just completed.
