Miniature Painting: April 2023

Thursday, April 13, 2023

I've Been Painting and Playing D&D (and Collecting T-Shirts)

Okay, okay - it's gone on long enough - I'm surprised myself that I haven't posted in over a year - but I've been painting miniatures, playing d&d, collecting t-shirts like these below, and I received a brand new toy for Christmas in an airbrush - very exciting.

I started with the basic box way back in 1979 (I received the box with chits instead of dice because there was a dice shortage as the game started to grow in popularity). The rules book had a blue cover with the blue and white drawing of adventurers attacking a dragon sitting on his hoard of treasure - when I saw that t-shirt it was an instant purchase. If you want to play more D&D, then you need an I Love My Wife t-shirt - she can't say no when you're wearing that t-shirt, lol!

Oh, the airbrush - yes! I've been thinking about an airbrush for years but was always hesitant - well that changed when one was gifted under the tree this past holiday - so I had a new light installed in the garage where I setup a card table and do my thing. I have everything in two bins and can be airbrushing within five minutes...

Expect to see more posts as I've started to get the camera out - I'm going to backdate several posts both in 2022 and at the beginning of 2023. I'll do my best to slot them in order of being painted and as I do so I'll link them and edit this post with links to all the backposts. I'll also do a posting of airbrushing thoughts as I watched a lot of videos and did quite a bit of accessory purchasing in January prior to actually starting to airbrush in February.

Backdated Posts:
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Sunday, April 02, 2023

Lost Mine of Phandelver - Dwarf

This is one of two dwarfs that I received in the kit - which is a bit strange as there are three dwarves that are specific to the plot - although the potential is only for any 2 to be on the table at any given time and most likely you'll only have 1. However, each has a pivotal plot point and it would be nice to have different models for each. With that said, I got a kick out of the two models included - and this one is the first painted.

This is part of the 3D Dungeon Labs Etsy shop purchase.

Sculpt: Excellent - this is an awesome sculpts and the I love all the gadgets and the lantern

3D Print: Excellent - well done - clean

Fitness: Excellent - has the proper base and scale, model matches expectations

Back to painting at the desk - no airbrush involved on this one!

Painting instructions for Dwarf (used my Vallejo Game Color)...

Step 1: I'm using Stynylrez primer on the bones models - just slop it on and cover everything - it works great!
Step 2: Use Dwarf Skin on flesh
Step 3: Use Ghost Grey on beard and eyebrows
Step 4: Use Beasty Brown on pipe and steins
Step 5: Use Magic Blue on clothes
Step 6: Use Gory Red on axe handle
Step 7: Use Bloody Red on potion bottles
Step 8: Use Leather Brown on leather
Step 9: Use Camo Green on canteen and bedroll
Step 10: Use Bonewhite on horn
Step 11: Use Moon Yellow on lantern
Step 12: Use Gunmetal on all metal
Step 13: Use Bright Bronze on the top of axe
Step 14: Use Black on base
Step 15: Use Flesh Wash on face
Step 16: Use Pale Grey Wash on beard
Step 17: Use Blue Wash on clothes
Step 18: Use Game Wash on all metallic
Step 19: Use watered down Game Wash on all leather and other bits