Tagged: dipping
RhinoMen, an F-150 And Other Assorted Projects.
I cleared the desk of a variety of stuff this week. Nothing really ties all these together except that they’d all been sitting half finished for way too long. First off, here’s a trio of Rhino Men. Specifically, these are “Rhox” from the “Magic The Gathering: Arena Of The Planeswalkers” base game. MtG:AoP is a ... Read more
Review- Konflikt ’47 British Infantry nearly done!
I got the block painting finished on my British. Before they go off to the dip I thought I’d show them pre-transformation and make a few comments about the figures themselves. What you see here is the 20 plastic British Infantry from the British Konflikt ’47 boxed set. These are the same figures that are ... Read more
Runewars: Daqan Army Finished!
Continuing on from my previous post, which showed the miniatures before dipping, last week I put the finishing touches on my Daqan army. Spearmen Usually I use a brush to apply the “dip”, however for the first time ever I did the classic immersion dip. I dunked the entire figure into a tin of Minwax ... Read more
Runewars: Painting Daqan Part 2- Spears and Cav Ready for Dipping.
I made some strong progress this week on the Runewars “Daqan” faction that I’m painting up. As I mentioned in the post about assembly , Tim and I traded the armies from two boxed sets so I have a double portion, including the 32 Spearmen, and 8 Oathsworn Cavalry featured in this post. The point of ... Read more
Maersk Tesla Corporate Platoon Complete!
Quite a while ago I painted up a set of the “Vanguard” troopers from the Sedition Wars game. My results, method and a review of the figs can be found here. As shown below, they’re mostly unaltered. I cut the magazine off most of the grenade launcher figures so it can be run as a boarding ... Read more
Fully Painted: Dust Tactics Warzone Tenements
I’ve completed the seven buildings made from modified Dust Tactics Warzone Tenement kits that I showcased in a previous post. I tried a number of different painting ideas with these, so be sure to let me know what you think in the comments section below. Building 1 – Boarded-Up Building I built this one with ... Read more
Sedition Wars: A Good Deal for the Patient Modeler
I recently stumbled across one of the biggest bargains in miniatures today: Sedition Wars, Battle for Alabaster. The boxed game can regularly be found for 60% to 70% off, making it a fantastic deal for a box full of Studio McVey miniatures, and oh yeah — the box also happens to come with a game. ... Read more
Armor Reinforcements for Warpath and 40k
I finally brush-dipped and varnished the Leman Russ tanks I painted up for our mega-apocalypse Warpath game from last month. You can read all about it right here. These vehicles are mostly stock with a couple of modifications, and they received a quick paint job of base colors, drybrush and brush-dip with Minwax Polyshades Tudor. ... Read more
Painting Matters: In Defense of Hobby Standards
(Editor’s note: This week’s post is written by Karl, a prolific gamer, terrain builder and painter, and also one of the founding members of Chicago Skirmish Wargames. He wanted me to point out that the opinions below are his and his alone … but if you perchance happen to game with us, you won’t find ... Read more
Fully Painted: Void Junkers and Neo-Soviets
Last week I finished two groups of figures: a Neo-Soviet warband for our upcoming post-apocalyptic campaign and a huge batch of Void Junkers Legionnaires that will likely see use in may different games. Neo-Soviets This project was initiated by my acquisition a couple weeks ago of 6 Soviet NKVD troopers from the 25 cent bin ... Read more