The first two completed models for my Silver Tower project are these two Familiars, Blot (the book) and Slop (the fish).
Filed under: Boardgame, Group Project, Miniatures | Tagged: 2016, Age of Sigmar, Chaos, Familiar, Fantasy, Shonen Knives, Silver Tower, Warhammer | 15 Comments »
Nothing defines the fantasy genre like a dungeoncrawl.
Huge battles with ranks of elves and trolls and the like are all well and good, but a sweaty barbarian kicking down a wooden door and murdering a load of goblins and stealing their wallets is genre defining like no pitched battle can ever be.
This is a bucket list desire for me. So it was time for a Silver Tower project.
Filed under: Boardgame, Group Project, Miniatures | Tagged: 2016, Age of Sigmar, Chaos, Elves, Fantasy, Shonen Knives, Silver Tower | 10 Comments »
I wanted some cavalry for my Shonen Knives force. The first suitable figures that I got my hands on were these living impaired, mounted samurai from Slave 2 Gaming.
Fantasy battles dont look quite right to me unless they feature huge monsters and cavalry charges, so I needed some cav as a matter of priority. Cavalry use a few rules in Dragon Rampant that make them extra interesting, so I decided to batch paint the six of these models together.
That was a mistake. Six cavalry together is too large a group to paint at once for me, so it was hard work. At least now that they are finished I have a full, six strong unit of Ghost Riders. But I wont be painting cavalry models in multiples like that again any time soon. Maybe two at a time, but thats it.
They are finally ready to get on the table and game with though, thats the main thing.
These figures – plus the recent daidarabotchi – is the first of six army submissions for a group project that I am part of on Facebook.
Those of you who remember the “Tale of Four Gamers” series from 90s White Dwarf (and recently resurrected on GW social media) will know the format. It boils down to this: I have to have an armys worth or models painted over the next six months. As Im painting figures for my Shonen Knives, with a plan to play some Dragon Rampant with them, Im dividing each month up into 4pts, making a total of 24pts, the standard size DR game.
The six horsemen plus the golem make 10pts, so I am ahead of schedule for now. That gives some breathing space after painting those guys.
Filed under: Miniatures | Tagged: 2016, Fantasy, Ghost, Shonen Knives, Tale of Many Gamers | 18 Comments »
Bento and Mizuki explain to Takehiko what promotion really means.
Then this may be the post for you… Continue reading
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A recent trade with daggerandbrush got me this Reaper Bones Earth Elemental, so I painted it.
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Three of the smallest Shonen Knives to date join the fray. Continue reading
Filed under: Miniatures | Tagged: 2016, Dwarfs, Fantasy, Halfling, Ninja, Shonen Knives | 13 Comments »
Fantasy settings require treasure, so I put together some treasure markers.
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Eventually, I reach the focus of my Frostgrave project, the magic users Mizuki and Ryuhime.
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“Hey, are you interested in a cartoon/comic/movie about Teenage Mutant Turtles?”
“No way!”
“What if they were ninjas?”
“SOLD!”
“Partaay!”
I am a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. I have wanted to paint TMNT toy soldiers for years, but I never found the right project to slot them into. Until now.
Filed under: Miniatures | Tagged: 2016, Comics, Fantasy, Mutant, Ninja, Shonen Knives, Superhero, TMNT, Warholhammer | 16 Comments »
After thirty years of painting toy soldiers I painted my very first dragon recently, plus its progeny.
The model is part of a dragon related group project that I have been taking part in and so…
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“Scale Creep” is a new toy soldier related project that I am involved in with a group of productive hobby buddies.
The plan for this new blog is to keep the emphasis on group projects, plus a bit of hobby related schoolboy goofing around too. The post about this dragon is my first solo contribution to Scale Creep, so pop over and take a look at that and see if it appeals.
The other contributors are talented, interesting and fun guys, so it should feature plenty or worthwhile content as time goes on.
Sho3box isnt going anywhere however and will operate entirely independently of Scale Creep, with overlap here and there as appropriate.
More Shonen Knives are in the pipeline, so expect the next batch of them here soon.
Filed under: Miniatures | Tagged: 2016, Citadel, Dragon, Dragon Rampant, Fantasy, Ral Partha, Scale Creep, Shonen Knives | 14 Comments »
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