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So I haven’t posted to the site during the final third of this year — it’s been 4 months since I posted anything! I have a few models completed (just awaiting their seal coat, but complete otherwise) — They’ll make their way to the site after the next few weeks. I haven’t posted in so long for a couple reasons. First, I have a 2-year-old who requires close supervision & constant attention; it makes taking the time to write & edit a post problematic. Another reason it’s been so long — I’m working on a couple side-quests to (hopefully) turn my hobbies into something thatRead More →

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I recently took inspiration from the effervescent @CraftsAndMinis videos on YouTube, and thought I might do an unscripted & unedited vlog-like set of videos as I paint through the creatures, monsters, PCs & NPCs of Dungeons & Dragons! I’ve already made a little bit of progress, and I’m through the A’s (with the exception of ants, which will be rectified as soon as my package arrives). I’m not sure where I’ll go with it, or how exactly I want it formatted, but I want to get something out there. And who knows? Maybe I’ll eventually start editing them if it’s worth it. I hope toRead More →

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It occurred to me that people probably know how I’m posting — I generally don’t post to the website more than once per day. This is intentional, because sometimes I can hammer out tons of painted miniatures, and then I won’t be able to get any done for a week (or more). As such, I’d rather have a consistent post going out every day rather than flooding my Twitter people with mini pictures sometimes, then not posting anything about it for a long time. Since I’ve been painting more consistently, and started with a whole bunch of little bitty miniatures, I was able to getRead More →

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Whew! That was a lot of minis… but small, and fast to paint. All of these campground items I painted in one evening, doing a layer on each one and then looping back around to the first for the next layer! I feel like these are better than the orcs I previously posted, but again I did them without any prepping of the miniatures. I’ll get back into prepping the miniatures as I get back into the flow of the hobby, and I’m sure they’ll start to look much better.Read More →

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Hobby Room Setup as of Jan 2019 Just for my own future reference and/or nostalgia, here’s the paint station setup in The Dungeon, as of my hobby re-start: And here is (some) of the D&D collection, as of December 2018: First up is the place of honor… Hardback shelf & antique display cabinet. The Hardback shelf holds most of my prized hardback books. Bookshelf:AD&D 1e, 1e & 2e special limited re-releases, 2e & 2e revised, and 5e. Not pictured: 3.0/3.5/4.0 hardbacks – due to (obvious) space constraints on the shelf, they’ve been relegated to the normal bookshelf in the larger library in another part ofRead More →

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Well, here they are – all together! If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve (probably) already seen this picture. But here they are, posted for posterity. A reminder of what happens if you take too much time off from painting. On the plus side, the (modest) skills I previously had have started to return relatively quickly — getting the muscle memory back has be a somewhat quick process. I’m not back to where I was, but it’s getting there… Hopefully that will show in the upcoming models, and I’m making a concerted effort to paint regularly this year. And by “regularly” I mean at leastRead More →

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In a moment of inspiration after watching a lot of @TheDMsCraft (Check out his YouTube channel) and @TheDMG.info (also a great YouTube channel), I cracked open my wife’s pink glue gun and set to work! This is created using toothpicks, some cardboard I had lying around, hot glue (obviously), white glue, cheap craft paint, and some bits of flocking (both Railroad bushes & dirt flocking, and GW grass flocking). It took a couple of hours, but mostly because I didn’t really know what I was doing or how to use the glue gun. But I did figure it out!Read More →

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Thalindari of the Hierydyl Clan, known to his mixed company of companions as “Thal”, grew up in the village of Felvinhir. A Vyalian hamlet of about 300 elves built along the Rugalov river, the houses are built in the trees for protection against the goblins of Dymrak forest, who raid across the river. Higher-society folks in Felvinhir live higher among the trees, whereas lower-caste live closer to the ground. Thal studied herbology and medicine, and was practicing to become a healer. Unfortunately, he made the impolitic mistake of bluntly correcting a more senior, higher-caste healer in the village during a delicate healing. Thal was not exiled, per se,Read More →

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I recently built myself a lightbox using the method @tabletopminions recommends in his video, Photo Lightbox: Build or Buy. I need to get brighter bulbs, it seems, but a good first attempt. Photographing the miniatures is a little different using the lightbox rather than my painting spotlights & improvised backdrops. I’m going to need some practice. And/or a better camera. As a side note, this is after I used Mod Podge Acrylic Gloss Sealer on the musician and non-bejeweled dudes. The guy with jewels in his beard is still unsealed. I was playing with various sealants to see what I like & don’t like. I thinkRead More →