Some old time Wood Elf Blood Bowl minis

Here's some 'classic' old Blood Bowl minis.  The good old pajama- clad Woodies!

The fall color scheme was fun to paint, though!

I liked doing a bit of tattoos with the red colors.  Wood elves in particular really need those :-)

A few shots of the team...

The rest of the Alabaster ruins...

Here's a few more images of the Alabaster ruins diorama.

These have a few closer images of the mini... but there are also a few glimpses close up of the exposed brick.

It would be fun to try something like this again armed with all the knowledge and techniques which I have learned since!

What really happened at the Super Bowl

Here is one last piece from Stonehaven.  This is a bit of an 'extra' piece... normally a casualty.

In this case, I made him a drunk, using another little extra piece, the beer bottle.

Somebody should have been keeping their eye on that power relay!!!

Be sure to check out the Stonehaven Gnomes Kickstarter, which enters its final week!!!!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2087444096/gnomish-adventurers-box-set

Alabaster Ruins

Here's another fun Sculpey diorama from a while back.  This worked on the same principle as the Anastasia diorama, as well as the big watch tower.  

First, the basic shape was done in unbaked sculpey.  Once that was baked, further details were added, and it was baked again.

The cracks and exposed under bricks could then be carved out using a variety of tools.

It takes a little while for this process, but the results are always neat!

The foliage is from Woodland Scenics.  I don't know it the product is still available, but it was called "Realistic trees".  The name was appropriate, because they sure looked real!

It was not the cheapest product, but you could combine it with other types of foliage to get the most out of it.

The rest was standard flock, to give it the overgrown look.  I also put in a few broken pillars...

I will post some interior shots and the mini later!

Perhaps I might actually get a chance to make a piece of terrain (or two or three) for a Bretonnian theme table!!

Anastasia vignette

Here's an all Sculpey diorama I did a while back.  This was a precursor to the 'Lost Chapel' diorama which came soon after.

I rolled out some large flat pieces of regular sculpey, along with several thin sheets.  I also used a very small clay extruder to create the strands of sculpey that would be the knotwork.

The original large sheets were baked, and then I applied the smaller, thinner layers of decoration, one side at a time.  I baked it again after putting down the decorative layers on those sides.

Once everything was hardened, I could take my knives and carving tools and chip away here and there to create some ageing. Some texture was carved into the floor, and it was ready to paint!

The little vignettes were a lot of fun.  I hope to be able to do a few of these again at some point, possibly for Kingdom Death minis!

This was an old 54 mm figure from the Spyglass days, sculpted by Steve Buddle.

Many thanks to everyone who helped make the Painting Pyramid come to life!  It is actually a reality now!!!!  Yea!!!

The Tainted Pharaoh... and the scary box.

OK, since there are so many new faces here since the big run of Tomb Kings blog posts, I thought I would toss up a little reminder of the very first piece that I created for that army... The Casket of Souls!

As you will learn, the whole idea of this army was to do something entirely different from all the gold, blue and red Tomb Kings armies out there!  I wracked my brains to come up with something.  Once I saw a PBS documentary on "The Silver Pharaoh", I thought I was onto something!!

While the idea popped into my head of a silver army with Necron-esque neon green gems, my initial trials at playing the TK also modified the story quite a bit.  I had to come up with a reason why the army was virtually wiped out in every battle (aside from army books, of course!).

So, the idea of the Tainted Pharaoh emerged.  This Pharaoh has given his kingdom over to a Tzeentch god who has promised to make them human again in exchange for fealty.

That is why all the floors are demon marble, and everything glows with sickly pallor.  Anything that was gold is now morphed into quicksilver, changing colors constantly.  I will try to post some links on the story in a bit...

There are a number of Bretonnian bits in this piece, as that army was supposed to be the next in line, and it had a direct relationship with this one.

This was also my first use of the Vallejo fluorescents.  That really is an amazing paint product!

Here's the crew:

And some shots of the base...

Adapting this color scheme to everything in the army proved to be quite interesting!

If you look at the column on the left here, you will run across a tag of all the Tomb King posts.

There's lots of see, with step by step painting, converting sculpting, and even terrain building!

I developed a ton of new techniques in the creation of this army, which really was the whole purpose in doing it!!

I hope that you enjoy exploring the forbidden and corrupt realm of the Tainted Pharaoh!!!!

Here's the story behind the army:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/06/tainted-pharaoh-pseusenes-fate.html