My 6 year old daughter who has been a regular bystander on our weekly Wednesday night RPG gaming sessions turned to me the other day and asked to play herself.
Great I thought my daughter wants to play the kind of games that I enjoy, how awesome!. Then the little alarm bell in the back of my mind went off that for the last 3 years I have been running a horror campaign in which I have nearly traumatised my grown players let alone the developing mind of my very own 6 year old. So plan B was born.
I have dusted off my old copy of Heroquest from back in the days when GW needed to team up with MB to make the mass market and D&D was only in its most famous 'Red Book' second edition.
Of course before I can introduce my daughter to the wonderous world that started a lifelong gaming obsession for me I need to paint the sad looking monochromatic plastic figures contained in this ancient artifact (This may become the subject of a later post watch this space). I was struck by how simple these figures are when compared against the great creations that are coming out of every model studio now. and as if in answer to my thoughts about how cool it would be to see this board game revisited with todays skilled figure artists what should flutter past my screen but a Kickstarter tackling that very topic thus I present to you Zealot Miniatures Litchmyre Dungeon.
Showing posts with label Games Workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games Workshop. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 27, 2016
Showcase - Necron Doom Sythe
Well with my 41'st (Millennium) Birthday just past, I was given a shiney Necron flyer as a most thoughtful gift.
Never having tackled large Necron vehicles before I had to re-think the way I paint a bit for this as these need a different skill set to painting my more normal fare of high elves and space wolves. So undaunted I dusted off my far to idle airbrush to provide some soft panel edging before striking hard and fast with the brush for edge highlighting.
I'm pleased with the result, see what you think
Never having tackled large Necron vehicles before I had to re-think the way I paint a bit for this as these need a different skill set to painting my more normal fare of high elves and space wolves. So undaunted I dusted off my far to idle airbrush to provide some soft panel edging before striking hard and fast with the brush for edge highlighting.
I'm pleased with the result, see what you think
Thursday, January 09, 2014
Tutorial - Basic Techniques - The Wash
I was in my local Games Workshop yesterday to do some painting and due to some case confusion picked up my space wolves not my high elves thereby confounding the painting plan, however being in the store anyway I was chatting to another fellow hobbyist, and as these thing always do talk very quickly turned to painting techniques.
It transpired that my fellow hobbyist had little experience with the wonder that is the world of washes and it has occurred to me that there may be a few painters out there that don't know just what washes will do for them.
So for my first ever Tutorial I have chosen this very topic.
It transpired that my fellow hobbyist had little experience with the wonder that is the world of washes and it has occurred to me that there may be a few painters out there that don't know just what washes will do for them.
So for my first ever Tutorial I have chosen this very topic.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Showcase - High Elves Frost Pheonix
Todays showcase is yet another of the many, many, many high elves that will populate this blog (after all that is the army I am currently building very slowly).
Due to the size of this model and my somewhat limited photographic skills these do not follow my normal 'showcase' photo format but features a somewhat more 'in game' feel.
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Showcase - Chaos Space Marine Dark Apostle
As a bonus post for the day I thought I would put up another one of those miniatures that's just hanging about in the battle bunker (that's the nickname given to my hobby room in case you hadn't guessed).
Again this was done for a painting contest with the theme of Heroes in the Peterborough Games Workshop store (my local one) and features a couple of minor conversions.
Again this was done for a painting contest with the theme of Heroes in the Peterborough Games Workshop store (my local one) and features a couple of minor conversions.
WIP - High Elves Spearmen
Well silly season is upon us and everyone is gearing up to party or working overtime (that would be me :( ) as such hobby time is quite slim on the ground at the moment however I have managed to find a bit of time to make a start on some spearmen for the high elves army that I am building at the moment. So it is time for yet another Work In Progress picture
At this stage they have only been undercoated white and very roughly painted with a base steel colour (Citadel Base Paint - Leadbelcher) as much of these miniatures is scale mail or helm this seemed the most sane base to work from.
At this stage they have only been undercoated white and very roughly painted with a base steel colour (Citadel Base Paint - Leadbelcher) as much of these miniatures is scale mail or helm this seemed the most sane base to work from.
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Showcase : Battle For Blood Island - Warhammer Style
A while ago my local Games Workshop Store (Peterborough) ran a contest with the title and theme of conflict, it was intended to be a conflict between two (or more) heroes battling it out, This is what I entered
Battle For Blood Island
Thursday, November 28, 2013
The Bad Paint Monkey Says Sorry
As an apology for all the posts this poor paint monkey has not done recently I thought as well as a WIP post I should do a Bonus Showcase to say sorry for my lack of updates
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