Thursday, May 8, 2014

The on deck hitter...


Here's some more fun stuff from Secret Weapon Miniatures!

This is the bike version of the Flight Deck bases.


Here they are painted up.  You can go in many different directions with these, since there is some texture, but not so much that you must render it all.


That leaves a lot of room for freehand, weathering effects... and a miniature!


Lots of fun to paint these guys!


They would work with any sci-fi system that has bikes.  I don't know if Infinity does yet.  I know they have some robots...


These also go very well with the standard round Flight Deck series.


Speaking of series, the Sox just clinched a series win! Hopefully they can close this out, and continue to make more hay against the National League Least.


She's ready for the mean streets


Have a zombie issue in your neighborhood?  Not a problem for this gal!

She not only has the leather, she's got the blonde highlights in her hair.


She is all set to plug some pesky brain eaters.  Ready to put a cap in any shambling monster she runs across, she ignores the stench and the blood and gets the job done!


The blood soaked newspaper at her feet makes the situation fairly clear.

She is also here:


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Worth the wait?


Here's something a long time in coming.  I had this thing around forever, just waiting for paint one day.  It was a practice mini for weathering and a test for painting the crystal bases.


These old Confrontation Wolfen figures were always favorites of mine.  I am glad that I waited so long, so that I could do much more fun things with him.  I have learned a lot since those days!!!


The base is a design that I sculpted for CoolMini and the Groundwerks line.  Eventually, that basing technique would be one of the Painting Pyramid basing videos.


He is also here :


Mother Superior from Svarog


I have been painting some of the Svarog Miniatures Sisters of Battle off an on since they arrived.  This one is called Sister Superior.


If you recall the original unboxing post, these are resin figures, and each figure comes with its own sculpted base.  I will snap some images of these side by side with typical metal GW Sisters.


Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The man in Black


Now here is something that was years in the making.  I first sculpted this figure in 2008.  Long long ago, back when I was making heavily converted terminators out of Space Wolf space marines :-)


He was destined to be a special Inquisitor character in my Demonhunters army... decked out in terminator armor and master crafted lightning claws.


Since How to Paint Black is a video that is on the list of new ones to create, I am going to start fooling around with various armored miniatures to see what that would entail.  In this case, I wanted it to be a shinier black.


I don't know if the video would include any OSL, but a tiny bit might actually be very useful!

He is also here at:


The Story in Statues


It just occurred to me that I never snapped any images of the statues that I created for the Adepticon tournament army!

As usual, they served multiple purposes.  First, they were objective markers for the army.

Second, and more importantly, they told the story of the army!


If you read the concept of the fluff I previewed a while back, this was originally a Bronze Age society with no modern weapons at all.


To turn the tide against repeated Ork invasions, the Inquisition had sent troops disguised as locals.  Eventually, more modern weaponry was required, and the Inquisition revealed itself to a select few.


These were trained in the ways of more technologically based warfare, with increasingly improved weaponry and firepower.


I used a variety of minis... some Celtos for the most ancient versions, followed by some Dark Age and even Excalibur figures.


For the final evolution, I chose a Necromunda figure.  Clan Escher, I believe.


All in all, they made very fun objective markers, and helped to tell the story of the army.  I never did have time to write up a full history.  Hopefully some day!


Since there was not enough time to paint all the murals inside the cathedral as I originally intended, this was the next best thing.


The pedestals were fairly simple, but the paint pulled out more details, and gave them a little more depth.  Once they were inside the Cathedral itself, they were just fine.

It was important that they match the columns and other interior details.  They were also magnetized, which meant I could simply keep them with the board, instead of constantly packing and unpacking them!


Monday, May 5, 2014

Tanks for the minis


All right!  Time for some shots combining the Secret Weapon wrecked tank sections with some actual minis!


Of course, we have Victoria Miniatures Highland Moss Guard hanging out in the shade.


This will really show you how well these sections scale up to 28mm miniatures.


It's one thing to say the such and such part of the table is terrain with a flipped over tank or a piece of paper, but in this day and age of TLOS, hiding behind a true piece of vehicle has more meaning.


I love the two turret cut out sections.  It's very fun to have a mini sitting in there. :-)


It was very easy to get the whole squad inside the sections as well.


The only problem is, these lads are mighty upset that someone has busted up their tank!


This was certainly a different sight out in front of the house.  This was Friday morning right before Cathy left for Penguicon.


When she got back, there was a fun new bag for Jeero to hang out inside!