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Post by Luigino on Mar 28, 2023 16:20:41 GMT
yeah, that flag is something else. I can also tell that you have no intentions of ever playing outside the comforts of your own home  Eh... given that even excluding the BSB, most of my gyrocopter are an absolute pain to transport (none of them are plastic and I have 4 that are more Ornithropter than gyrocopter); other fairly large banners coming up, plus other finnicky metal models... this BSB is probably the easiest large piece to move around. |
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Mar 31, 2023 1:52:19 GMT
Great work. I'm looking forward to seeing that banner done.  |
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Post by grandmasterwang on Mar 31, 2023 5:01:23 GMT
Haha that banner is like 10 dwarfs high.
Congratulations on getting the hammerers done.
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Post by Luigino on Apr 3, 2023 13:17:27 GMT
Very minor update today, In a rush to finish my last batch of half started miniatures before the birth of my firstborn, I went ahead and applied some finishing touches. Mostly, this meant basing some miniatures and prepping the bases for a few others. To make my bases I usually use a mix of grout, sand, filter medium, discarded flock and anything ese that's granular enough I can just scoop into an old jar. For some reason, this time, the grout clumped up on a number of bases; and, after drybrushing, I was left with whitish globs. I decided to try and paint details directly into the base to cover it up and to add a touch of colour I went with mushrooms.  Yay or nay? |
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Post by grandmasterwang on Apr 5, 2023 9:52:07 GMT
Y a y (for your first baby). I'm in a similar boat (firstborn now almost 4 months old) and it's certainly harder to get quiet painting time...
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Post by thorpyuk on Apr 7, 2023 7:07:01 GMT
Congrazione sul tuo bambino nuovo!
That's going to be some battle standard! I must admit I've gone with the vanilla 7th edition version, and it's a nice model and the standard is fancy, but just not very big... yours solves that problem haha
PS yay on the mushroom idea
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Post by Luigino on May 29, 2023 14:15:13 GMT
It's been exactly a month and a half since the birth of my daughter. Surprisingly I managed to get more painting done that I thought possible: I primed two whole models and started block colouring one of them. It's a Viking/Norman looking dwarf. The first of many sword-armed dwarf wielding a blue bladed sword. They'll all coalesce into a unit. Eventually. He's not looking like much now, I'm hoping to have him done within the next 10 days or so   |
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on May 30, 2023 1:17:01 GMT
It's been exactly a month and a half since the birth of my daughter. Surprisingly I managed to get more painting done that I thought possible: I primed two whole models and started block colouring one of them. It's a Viking/Norman looking dwarf. The first of many sword-armed dwarf wielding a blue bladed sword. They'll all coalesce into a unit. Eventually. He's not looking like much now, I'm hoping to have him done within the next 10 days or so Congratulations on both the newborn and the painting! Looking forward to seeing your progress. |
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Post by Luigino on Jun 25, 2023 14:19:32 GMT
So... Turns out I have even less time than I think. Not that I mind, but things will considerably slow down for a while. However I did manage to finish a few things in the past couple of months.  First, these two guys. I painted them years ago and just sat missing their left arm collecting dust. So I grabbed the left arm from the thunderers' kit (the one that looks like they're about to do something that'll get them called into HR) and did some quick and dirty block colouring + wash + highlight. I don't particularly like them; the models AND my paint job, but they're now finished. And a mediocre paintjob is always better than unfinished models. I also painted my very first non dwarf miniature of my hobby life.   I call him "Greendalf" He's not really a miniature, seems to me more like some sort of (LOTR?) board game piece, I have no idea where he came from since I got it for free at a garage sale. I do like him though and he scales really well, if I had an human army I'd absolutely use him as a wizard. Maybe he'll stand in as a Runesmith or a crew member in some of the artillery, who knows. Finally this guy   he's a norman/viking dwarf and definitely one of the miniatures I enjoyed painting the most in the last while. It's also my first attempt at doing coloured blades and it looks really nice. I might give him a shield at some point, and he'll probably be the champion in a unit of dwarfs armed with swords. |
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Jun 30, 2023 23:20:55 GMT
Great work! Simple but effective. |
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jul 4, 2023 2:30:18 GMT
Blue mask and blade works with the dwarf.
Greendalf indeed.....I note that for your first 'non dwarf' you picked the most dwarf looking model ever....
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Post by Luigino on Jul 26, 2023 15:42:52 GMT
Blue mask and blade works with the dwarf. Greendalf indeed.....I note that for your first 'non dwarf' you picked the most dwarf looking model ever.... Thank you thank you. And yes I thought the same thing, it was basically a slightly taller dwarf. Another minor update, do you guys remember the big banner I was planning? I actually started the pencil sketch process and will try to paint it soon. I am, however, a bit worried about the lettering and runes. Maybe a thin sharpie or liquid ink pen could work?  I tried to base it off Italian city heraldry and came up with motto in Latin. I was thinking of perhaps adding a crossed hammer and harquebus on one side and a crossed axe and crossbow [to keep with the motto] on the other (But I already have trouble drawing fairly easy geometrical shapes, free handing symmetrical weapons is going to be a nightmare) |
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jul 30, 2023 8:10:20 GMT
I also painted my very first non dwarf miniature of my hobby life. I call him "Greendalf" He's not really a miniature, seems to me more like some sort of (LOTR?) board game piece, I have no idea where he came from since I got it for free at a garage sale. I do like him though and he scales really well, if I had an human army I'd absolutely use him as a wizard. Maybe he'll stand in as a Runesmith or a crew member in some of the artillery I believe your 'Greendalf' is one of the four wizard gaming pieces from the Ravensburger board game 'Labyrinth'. I know him well because he was the piece I always chose. |
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Post by Luigino on Jul 31, 2023 14:21:49 GMT
I checked and he indeed is from Labyrinth. Thank you! I wonder how thwe other pieces would look like painted.
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jul 31, 2023 14:30:23 GMT
I checked and he indeed is from Labyrinth. Thank you! I wonder how thwe other pieces would look like painted. You'll have to collect them and find out |
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