Diesel DM

Nog challenged me for the #donateorpaint challenge and I managed to finish up Jakes in under 3 days:

Allison Jakes – Front

I’m happy to have completed it in time with a decent paint job.  While I was initially pretty excited to paint this one, overall I found the model to be too busy.  Too many buckles and belts and pads and it all felt detrimental to painting the model.

Allison Jakes – Side

To alleviate the bizarre downhill pose she came with I ended up sculpting a little hill on the base for her right foot to sit on in order to make her not be staring into the ground.  With the extra green stuff I made the little gray boulder in front of her.

Allison Jakes – Back

Hoarluk Doomshaper, Shaman of the Gnarls

We’ve just wrapped up a Journeyman League at the new store (Storytellers in Utica, NY) and I decided go with Trollbloods, a chance to get some more play and painting time in.  I went with the alternate battle box which consists of Doomshaper1, Mauler, Pyre, Storm.  First up I tackled the warlock, having previously painted Doomshaper2, I was on familiar territory with this one.  Overall it was a fun model to paint, but I’m never a fan of painting the “bundle-o’-scrolls’ that some trolls come with. As with all my Troll warlocks I put Doomie on a resin slate base and finished it off with a swamp motif.

All the scrolls!

I had a great time playing Doomshaper1, as the league grew I evolved my list into Runes of War.  I never managed to get work out of my Runeshapers, but Doomie was an all-star.  Stranglehold was cast many times, particularly in those initial low point games.  And the feat is a great way to protect my beasts either from the opponent’s alpha strike or from reprisal after my alpha.  Rampager was also a great spell to have in the Hordes match ups.

The Sea Wulfe, astride the deck of a ship.

And here’s the completed PG-exclusive “Sea” Wulfe.  It’s been finished for a while, but I needed PG_oxyguy to see it first in person.  With delivery complete, here’s a couple of pics that don’t really do it justice. (more…)

Let me interrupt my usual stream of Cygnarans and Trollbloods to present a special project from PG_oxyguy: Gorman Di SeaWulfe. Think regular Gorman Di Wulfe crossed with a pirate:

Gorman Di SeaWulfe

As you can see my first thought was I needed a base that looked like ship decking. Thankfully I had a leftover wood floor base that I had used for pCaine, from Enigma Miniatures.  This is a one-piece model so after cutting off the base tab and straightening his wilting dagger, we was ready to base.  I pinned his foot and drilled a suitable hole for the bottom of his peg leg and that’s provided a solid attachment to the base. (more…)