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[askrobouteguilliman40k]

tempting......

[victory-raiga]

Alright! We’ve got part 2… miniatures! I definitely got better at painting small scale kits like these as time went on, I’ve got a lot of love for Wargaming now that I’ve given miniatures a good try!

[teniks]

Nekst Tribute by Your Favorite Bencher's Favorite Bencher Via Flickr: Vizie

[voidwerks]

Session One of DnD: Iron Kingdoms Edition COMPLETE! And with no (player) deaths! Admittedly, this first session was intentionally set up to gauge how much more (or less) I needed to adjust combat. Considering we’re playing with....5 ranged DPS and a support caster, I knew it was going to be interesting. Player damage output is about what I expected, gotta tweak enemy health a little (or total numbers), while keeping hostile damage output in mind since the players are all kinda squishy. They do have a warjack (reward for mission complete), which will help soak damage and engage melee targets, but there’s only one of it and a lot of them, so I may give them another ‘tank’ to help as a buffer.

They all seemed to have a lot of fun with plenty of new spells and toys compared to standard 5e, and a few are getting invested in the setting so I’ll take that as a win. They are interested in doing a RP-oriented session next, so I’ll have to get some goodies prepped for that, but they’ll be handling the actual threat of the campaign shortly :D Which I’d love to gush about, but SOMEONE in the party is on here so I have to stay quiet (at least publically :P)

[grusik]

Ruinr/Tride by quiet-silence

[lankira]

Some things I learned painting an entire (small) Warmachine army in under 40 total hours.

The most important thing I learned is the first step in “going fast” with painting minis: have your color choices and basing style decided before you get started. In this case, I knew I wanted any glowy bits to be pink/magenta/purple (hottest/brightest to coldest/darkest), that my metals would be one of two formulas, and the armor and fabric would be black, highlighted with a blue-gray and a greige. For the bases, I knew I wanted to use tufts I have on hand and not to distract too much from the minis themselves. So, I found some “rubble” (broken up sheets of plaster), “ballast” and “stones” (broken up walnut shells), and decided on a neutral gray color so that the tufts would stand out. I happened to get the leaves later and just had to use them because they suit the theme so well.

The second important thing I learned is the value of a test mini. I took one of the minis I’d field a bunch of that also had a lot of the surfaces I need covered (bone, metal, glowy stuff...), painted it up, based it, and used it as the example that I would model the rest of my painting after. If I had any spots where I wasn’t sure what to do, I checked the test model for similar materials, and went from there. The test mini also let me figure out order of operations. I found that, since it was the innermost and messiest part of the paint scheme, that pink/magenta/purple was the first thing I should do so that I could clean it up as I worked on the rest of the model

The third thing I found was that I needed a way to differentiate between identical minis. For the ‘jacks (the steam-powered robots), I do this with pips on the backs of the bases. For the solos, such as the above pistol wraiths, I do it with colors on sashes or other small but visible parts. Both of these are things I can either do as part of painting the mini or very quickly after the mini is complete.

Fourth was one of my favorite things to learn: The value of using tools from outside my minis kit. First, I found a great way to blend colors on a mini was to use a makeup brush while the paint is still wet to soften the line between them. For my minis kit, I now have a bunch of cheap as fuck eyeshadow brushes for that and dry-brushing. The other useful tool I have is a dotting tool, like you’d use for nail polish, that I use for putting the pips on my bases. It went from “try to be accurate with a brush to get perfect circular dots” to “just use the dotting tool and do it in seconds”.

Fifth was one I didn’t expect: the value of my own time. I found that I have, historically, attempted to paint all of my mini to my showcase standard. That is not going to get you an army with any expedience. However, I found that if I picked a spot on a model as my “focus” (usually a head/face or other interesting part), painted that and the things around it well, then quickly completed the rest, I was still happy with the results. The guys below, I focused (and took my time on) on the head, hood, and shoulders. The rest was done fairly quickly.

About that base that doesn’t have the same basing material: I had made the mistake of gluing him to the base before painting him and couldn’t get him off the base without breaking either the mini or the base. So, I painted the base to match the rest, added a couple tufts of grass, and called it a day.

I also learned that, unfortunately, there’s not much that I can do to “force” inspiration from a sculpt I don’t find inspiring. Agathia, the warcaster/leader, was a model I didn’t find much inspiration in, so I found myself just looking to get her done. She still looks alright and matches the rest of my army, but me pose and overall style of the mini just....wasn’t interesting to me.

The last thing I learned was a reminder I have needed for a long time: Mini painting is a hobby, and something I should do for enjoyment rather than perfection, unless I’m planning to enter a competition. Is this army a collection of the prettiest models I’ve ever painted? No. But it is a collection of good-looking minis I’m still proud of.

And remember: Don’t let “perfect” get in the way of “good”

[dvandom]

First church of Toruk, the Dragonfather.

Surely only good things are going on here (random street view drop - Montana)

[mellowmagpie]

lmao when your coworker is the most exciting person in your life, #tag please im incredibly curious

[cheesebad]

Accidentally liked some destiel post and now

Every. Single. Post. On my dash is destiel

[eldritchimpersonator]

In a rare case of being on time with a new release, I tried the new edition of Kill Team this weekend. Hierotek Circle against my mentor Kraken's Farstalker Kinband.

Introducing a kill count for scoring has changed things for me, and despite my Technomancer dying like a chump to a lowly Kroot Hound, I came away with a win!

Really liking how the Circle plays. Tough, tricksy, hit like a sack of bricks at range, and the dice have to be horrible for them to stay dead. They remind me of my old Cryx army for Warmachine (the game I was actually competent at) but they can actually take a punch. Easy to mess up the order of operations, but I have a nice memorable incident or two to remember things by...

[agathalombax]

Cryx: "so where do we go from here? Where do we start?"

Ratchet: "I know where. It's our life together"

A happy beautiful marriage between Cryx and ratchet. A happy ending they both deserved!

[askrobouteguilliman40k]

Khador vs Legacy Cryx.

[sh00kspeared]

Thank you for the tag @wingedhorrors !

Rules— in a new post, show the last line you wrote/drew and tag as many people as there are words (or however many you feel like).

Art: recent WIP of Sarah Morgan with my spacefarer, Cryx— still need to polish the jetpacks :)

Writing, last line I wrote: (from Shakespunk 1577)

Frank: ‘twas but half a fortnight past when I had ridden to Cape-Town. You are a guardsman, aye?

Tagging with no pressure @calibvrn @vince-linder @order-of-the-eye @locationkinggrp

[tokyodolldiaries]

i purchased my first ~modern~ ma*rs piece today

i got this adorable leather-like jacket!! the material feels so buttery soft and i love all the little details such as the bow zipper and corset lacing on the back

next i went to spinns and got this cardigan and two belts

look at those sleeves!!!!! at first, i wasn’t super enamored with the coloring (mostly the burnt orange trim) but those puffy sleeves won me over in the end

finally i got a basic tiered black mini skirt from cryx

finding bottoms that fit me in japan has always been……. ちょっと難しい😓

i’m a 6-8 in US size which translates to about a large or x-large in japanese size. the stores in shibuya 109 seldom carry anything bigger than a medium and for the most part everything is “free size” which i’ve always found irritatingly baffling

i attempted to try on a pair of jeans today and couldn’t even get them over my butt 💀

[lady06reaper]

Alright yall, strap the fuck in

it's time for.....

✨️an intro post✨️

tbh idk why this wasn't my first post.... oh well

I ain't tellin u silly gooses my name, but yall can refer to me as Reaper

my tag is based off of Reaper from overwatch (WHICHI DONT PLAY NO MORE?? don't ask, it kinda stuck with me)

I am the thing that escaped area 51 during the Vietnam conflict

I AM A REDNECK/HICK BUT I'm not ignorant, like you do whatever makes you happy as long as it's not hurting you or anyone else I don't care

regarding requests, if I can not get to your request within the same day you send them in do not worry! I haven't forgotten about it I'm just a lazy... thing? specimen? idrk

if I don't feel comfortable writing want you requested I will ask for something else regarding the prompt, as long as it's within a Fandom I write send away

another thing, I will update what fandom I'm writing for as they come along

Fandom List

×South Park×

xDevil May Cryx

xVikingsx

I hope yall enjoy reading my work as much as I enjoy writing them. I do wanna say this though before I sign out, if you EVER have beef with me for some reason YOU COME TO ME FIRST. don't be going around posting shit just because your too much of a pussy ass bitch to say something to me.

catch you on the flipside

[cryxfox666]

Another piece by: Yinller!

Painting name: The Fox Who Cried A Million Petals.

Oc: Cryx The Fox (me)