April Showers.

 Ok so again I am way behind but I need to get the blog back on track and so here I am.

Most the time since the last post has been taken up with printing, as you can see in the last post and as you will see here and as you will in the next one.

Firstly some pachycephalosaurus, 3D prints from Duncan Shadow.

Next some Ice elements, 3D prints that my wife found on Thingiverse I think. I printed them in clear resin, gave them a blue ink wash and then dry brushed.

Some Ice Pheonix in two different sizes. Again 3D prints with the sculpt coming from RocketPigGames. I painted these using the same method as the elements.

A couple of mephits by JKMiniatures. 3D prints.

And finally something a bit different. A FDM print of Thranduil's sword from the Hobit movies.

The print originally came in 5 pieces with no way of joining it except butt joints.

Mostly I am happy with how it came out but I really hope to better with the next one. Stay tuned.

Keeping up with the Blog.

 G'day All.

So, like my painting, my blog posts go in fits and starts. I do nothing for a long while and then get a heap done. In this case, like others, I dump a whole lot os stuff into one post. Also the last couple of weeks we have been dealing with a LOT of rain here in Penrith and whilst we have managed to keep water from coming into the house through the doord, the roof has sprung a leak and we didn't realise until water started coming through the ceiling. Yay! NOT!

So lets start at the latest completions and work backwards.

These two are 3D prints on the Anycubic Photon Mono. Original models by Duncan Shadow.

More 3D prints. These are by Epic Miniatures.

Wakaturu Tribe Queen. 3D print with the model from Titan Forge Miniatures. 

 

 

An Izalgunn, (well technically a Gorilla Centaur Alien) printed from a model by Print_Paint_Play.

 

Gunslinger characters for the Pathfinder 2 rpg module "Headshot the Rot". All are 3D prints.

 "Trish" by RN Estudio.

"Astraea, the Emperor's Jaegers Shooter" from Signum Workshop.

"Goblin gun mechanic" by Onmioji (Stanislav Kuznetsov).

 "Korg 2 Dragons" from the "Troubles in Taverns" set by Artisan Guild.

 

The Walrus God. 3D print on my old FDM printer, model by Evan Carothers from their Wilds of the Winterland Kickstarter.

And then "Shinack" my Trox soldier/mechanic for the Starfinder RPG. Shinack is a bit of a Franken-model as the head and body are from a Hive Colossus, the arms are from the Tarasque, both by Artisan guild while the hammer is from the Dwarven weapon set. The vestige arms and gun are from Thingiverse. He stands about 8cm tall. (That's over 3 inches for those of you still using the size of a dead king's foot as your basis of measurement.)

Not included here, because I forgot to take photos of them are some 16 figures half of them quite large, and some 3D terrain (60cm by 60cm) that I printed and painted for a mate.

Now that that is out of the way, and it has stopped raining, lets see if I can keep up with myself this year.

Up in the Air.

 So I am continuing to make progress with my paintin but with school going back in a day and the whole Sydney region coming out of lock down in a week (hopefully) we will see how long that lasts.

Anyway, 3 plastic Primaris Inceptors by Games Workshop. These are the original release models that came with the "Conquest" magazine rather than the current ones.

The sargent.

First serious go at Object Source Lighting.

Home made chapter symbol transfer.

One of the squadies.

Charge!

 So things painting wise have slowed as work things have picked up despite lockdown. The joys of being a teacher.

Anyway I did manage to finish the first Austraian Napoleonic Cuirassier regtiment.

All Perry plastics.

I'm painting again!

 It seems like I hadn't painting at all for like a year or more.

Yeah ok I got some figure done back in Jan but the painting area was only meant to be temporary and so it was awkward to use the space and every so often I would have to pack everything up and get it out again when I felt the need to paint. 

Anyway the renovations are finished, I have new desks for everyone to work at and I now have most of my stuff out of storage. So finally I feel like I am set up and ready to go. And on that note...

 

Austrian Hussar General, Perry Miniatures, metal.

Brigade generals, Victrix, plastic.

Chevaux Legre, Perry Miniatures, plastic.

Grenadiers, Victrix, plastic.

Grenzers, mostly Victrix with a couple of spares to make up numbers and Perry French Hussar heads to get the headgear. Mostly plastic.

That makes 132 figures, 3 Hussars to fill out a unit not shown, in 2 weeks of being in lock down.