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Final post of 2023?

19 Tuesday Dec 2023

Posted by in Side projects

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Greetings Terrans – wow, it has been a long while since I posted anything! I’m struggling for any free time at the moment with a lot of studying going on in the evenings & weekends, while a change in role combined with a change in my employer’s remote working policy means fewer chances to do some bonus painting during Zoom calls. Less painting has reduced my motivation to paint, so even when I have had time, I haven’t had the motivation… I’m in a bit of a catch 22 slump at the moment! Still, I did muster the energy to get these wee mites done recently:

Painting was super quick and easy – just a silver drybrush & some contrast paints to add a spot of metallic colour. Me and a pal are planning to get into Rangers of Shadow Deep next year, so these are for that & didn’t need to be amazing.

And that’s all for now! I should have a bit of time over Christmas to get back into some painting so hopefully I’ll rustle up some enthusiasm and have a bit of something to share before the new year, but in case I don’t catch you, have a great Crimbo & all the best for 2024.

Silver Tower – more bits and bobs

23 Thursday Nov 2023

Posted by in Warhammer Quest - Silver Tower

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Greetings Terrans, I hope you’re all well! I haven’t had too much hobby time these last few weeks, but luckily I have a good selection of easy minis that are primed & ready to just grab and paint. Among that pile were these wee scamps from the Silver Tower set:

I did a bit of conversion work on the duplicates, just to get a bit of variation – not sure how successful they are tbh, but it’s pretty small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

I also did these guys:

I couldn’t really see a way to sensibly convert these four, but the painting was fun. The walking books ware a good chance for a spot of freehand, and the fishy things use the same metallic approach as I used on the Horrors a few months ago. I quite like how they came out :-)

While I was in the mood for painting up little things, I also did this Frostgrave (I think) objective marker that I’ve had lying around for ever:

And here’s a final shot of the whole lot together:

And that’s all for now! Hopefully there will be a bit of painting time before Christmas :-)

Silver Tower Revisited

03 Friday Nov 2023

Posted by in Warhammer Quest - Silver Tower

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Greetings Terrans, hope you’re well. I’ve been carrying on with the odds and sods from my ‘primed pile’ this last week, and have another Silver Tower mini to share – the rather beefy ‘Ogroid Thaumaturge’:

He’s a stonking model, but I honestly found it to be strangely frustrating to paint! All those swirly tattoos are cut into the skin & I really wanted to get them to look all glowing & magical, but I just couldn’t get it to look good… no idea why, just wasn’t happening :-(

Anyway, I used up all the fucks I had, and ended up going for for a contrasting red for the tattoos – it looks ok I guess, but it bothers me that it’s not what I had in mind. Still, I had fun with highlighting all that flesh, and I’m particularly pleased with the OSL from the magic flamey-staff thing.

This is actually the second Ogroid I’ve painted – I tackled the more martial Ogroid Myrmidon a few years ago & I thought I’d put them together for a photo – they make quite a decent pair!

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Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for you this week, but don’t worry, I have more Silver Tower guff to follow in due course. Until then, have a good one & catch you all soon!