Tagged: painting
Painted- Warhammer 40,000 Death Guard
I’ve started painting the Death Guard figures from the latest 40k box set. This is a small set of them that I felt included most of the textures and materials used in the set. It should also be enough to play Shadow War Armageddon, so it gives me a chance to try some ideas and ... Read more
Through The World of Mini-ing. World Model Expo 2017, Exposed!
Few things in life truly infatuate me. The connections between light speed and causality. Missing pieces of the standard model of particle physics. The disparity between social ritual and necessity, and often my lack of either. ;D Actually, I guess I get infatuated with a lot of crap. It’s in my nature, but it makes ... Read more
CSW Hobby Night- Terrain and Clan Wars
Tim and I got together for a productive hobby night. Tim worked on assembly and painting, and I worked on some terrain. Tim did some cleanup on this large bag of metal minis from numerous manufacturers. He also cleaned and prepped some Aetherium ResX models. He started painting these Clan Wars spearmen to use in ... Read more
Painted- Aetherium Rezx Part 1
At Adepticon, I picked up the new faction for Aetherium: Rezx. They are a group of adventurers that have been exploring the depths of the digital void that surrounds the main action of Aetherium games. The figures have a clear inspiration from nautical and cthuloid fiction. Here are the 11 figures that come in the ... Read more
CSW Hobby Night
Mike, Mattias, and I got together for one of our semi-regular hobby nights. It was a productive evening all around! Look how happy they are! Mike made a lot of progress on some ships. In his own words: Last night I painted decks and detail work on US warships that date from 1890 to around ... Read more
3D Printed Objective Markers by Mack the Maker
Our friend Mack makes articles and videos on 3D modeling and printing. He kindly gave some samples of his work to CSW members. some members received jersey barriers and dragons teeth, but I picked a set of objective markers. Here they are as they came, with some wisps of extra material. My understanding is that ... Read more
Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower Replica from Ironheart Artisans
One of the things I was able to pick up at Adepticon was this laser cut dice tower made by Ironheart Artisans. It is a wooden reproduction of a fifth century original made of copper alloy sheet. From my limited reading on the topic, the original is the most complete of a very few roman ... Read more
Tutorial: SaltNHairspray Rust: Shake It, Shake It Real Good!
*cue music, you know you want to: doo doodoo doo. doo. doodoo doo doodoo* The deeper I get in to this hobby, the more I’m reflecting on my masochistic tendencies. Why do we slave over these little, tiny dudes and dudettes? Why are we trying to recreate these fantastic battle scenes from overhead, like a ... Read more
CSW Hobby Night
We held another hobby night! These evening are turning out to be fantastically productive and fun events for all participants.. Tim worked on his Runewars minis. They are looking great! Jon continued work on a top secret project. It is a total scratch build for a contest so it must remain a secret for now… ... Read more
Tutorial: Painting Runewars’ Waiqar the Undying
As Karl mentioned in his post, I took the Waiqar the Undying models from our Runewars box sets. After assembly and cleanup of the models, I primed them with a color I mixed- white gesso with burnt sienna and a little yellow ocher. Since there are a large number of models, I used an airbrush. While I was ... Read more