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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Monday, February 12, 2018

WIP: Saurus Knight Cold One mounts 99 percent complete..

Well forget everything I said about speed painting. Other than doing the base coat with a rattle can and then drying brushing a few highlights, I sat down for the long siege of picking out the other details. So in a sense it was speed painting for me, but not in the sense I've seen some of you boys (you know who you are) do.

The biggest thing I've done is force myself to sit down every day, except one because of babysitting sick grand child, and though it's taken me til today to get the Cold One mounts to this point, I am pretty satisfied.

Now I may need to do another resin water coat affect stuff thingy, and clean up the edges of the base, but otherwise I am reigning myself in and keeping from trying to do more. You gotta know when to say stop. It's okay the way it is, if you keep going you'll just screw it up. My thinking about the way I paint anyways.

Tomorrow I'll be putting together the riders, then priming, and later this week start painting them. Then my plan is to tackle the General that rides this huge beast. These will be my core units, after the General is done I get to pick out fun stuff to paint to beef up the army.

While the hand is hot I gotz to keep on rolling those dice.


Cheers
Kevin

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  1. PrufrockFebruary 12, 2018 at 10:38 PM

    Looking great! Some serious underbite on one or two of those. They must struggle to chew properly before swallowing dwarfs and so on!

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    1. PrufrockFebruary 12, 2018 at 10:38 PM

      Overbite, that was supposed to be!

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    2. KevinFebruary 13, 2018 at 3:43 PM

      Haha, thanks Aaron, either way works for swallowing Dwarfs;)

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  2. DeanMFebruary 13, 2018 at 12:18 AM

    Looking awesome, Kevin! Very inspiring.

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    1. KevinFebruary 13, 2018 at 3:44 PM

      Thanks Dean, today I sprayed blue on the sprues for the riders. Later I get to put the umpteen bits together.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  3. SkipFebruary 13, 2018 at 8:44 AM

    I noticed the leather saddles right away. The shading is amazing, my mind says "it is leather." And the swamp base water effect is spectacular.

    Cannot wait to see the riders.

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    1. KevinFebruary 13, 2018 at 3:46 PM

      Thanks Skip, the tops of the saddle were not completed for the reason the riders are molded with the saddles on. So I needed to match the color that I will do their saddles so it would blend in. I just finished touching up the trim today and it really makes the swamp water effect take off.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  4. caveadsum1471February 15, 2018 at 9:12 AM

    Really lovely looking cold ones, nice to see your back in it!
    Best Iain

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    1. KevinFebruary 20, 2018 at 11:10 PM

      Thanks Iain, it’s definitely different!

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  5. DaveFebruary 20, 2018 at 11:51 AM

    Great job. The bases are a nice touch. I agree with Skip that the saddles compliment the mounts.

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    1. KevinFebruary 20, 2018 at 11:11 PM

      Thanks Dave, drop of paint into a still water mix and it came out nice.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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