Teutonic Grandmaster and his brothers

 Painting up a Teutonic Saga Army. I've painted up my Warlord and a point of Hearthguard. Working on a couple of points of warriors now, but a long way to go yet.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Saga Muslim Heavy Cavalry

 There are three Muslim factions in the Age of Crusade Saga book. Each one of them has some unique equipment options and/or a look. I've painted these Heavy boys with swords pulled charging into the fray to use them, well, for Heavy Cavalry no special options. But they easily can be sprinkled amongst the others I am painting in case I am short a few figures. 

Here are a few shots of my completed unit.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Aristeia! The Game

 So I recently posted some photos of Wild Bill for Aristeia!, as well as Gata, but totally forgot to post the other two models in the crew I painted up for a friend of mine. So here is 8-Ball and Miyamoto Mushashi. I am posting Wild Bill and Gata again, because hey you gotta keep the crew together.

8-Ball

Miyamoto Mushashi 

Gata

Wild Bill

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Aristeia! Wild Bill

 Finally got around to painting the 4th character to complete a crew for Aristeia! a Science Fiction gladiator game. This is for a friend who loves to play Miniature Board like games but not so much the painting hobby part. I am pretty sure this will make him happy. Know he will get plus one on all his rolls because mine are still unpainted! Oh well, we are getting there.

As always thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Kevin

Saga Mutatawwi'a

 Mutatawwi'a are religious troops who inspired by their faith have volunteered to fight. One of the Army boards from Saga's "Age of Crusade". I've painted up two points of fanatics (Hearthguards which are four figures per point spent), and I didn't go to crazy but kept them uniformed to perhaps portray the Chosen Ones elite bodyguard. 

These are Gripping Beast plastics along with Little Big Men shield transfers. Putting them together wasn't too bad, and I did have fun coming up with my own paint scheme. 

I like them, hope you enjoy the eye candy.

As always thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kevin

 

Dragonborn character for DnD

 So tomorrow the Hellfire Club will meet again to continue our group adventure. I finished my Dragonborn character (Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and humanoids.) a week or so ago and finally got around to putting a sealcoat on him. My two brave ten year old companions will be fielding their newly painted characters, one a rogue halfling, the other a human wizard. 

So far they are really digging it, and even I am excited to place my new figure out and swat at a few of those nasty little goblins. 

Oh and my Dragonborn character who's name is Medrash will be accompanied by his faithful friend Fang, a baby Wyvern. Think John Snow and Ghost in Game of Thrones.

Here are a few shots....

As always thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kevin

Painting class 101 for Ten Year olds

 So one of my grand daughter's, and one of her favorite friends, happen to be huge fans of the series Stranger Things. Because of this show, many youngster's around the world have discovered music that I listened to 37 years ago, and discovered the world of D&D.

This prompted my grand daughter to ask me if I would introduce her to the world of D&D along with her friend. Being a lifetime hardcore gamer my only answer was of course!

My new next door neighbor happens to be a teacher for 4th grade (both ten year olds just finished fourth grade) and also loves D&D and just happens to be a DM. Could I have asked for more from the D&D Gods I ask you? It was a sign I tell you! So I asked him if he wouldn't mind running us through an age appropriate introduction to the world. 

Their first game was a couple of weeks ago and they seemed to really like it. So much in fact that they where willing participants to a visit at my local brick and mortar to pick out their miniature characters from the wide selection of Reaper Bones, and Wiz kids rack. The store did not disappoint and had a huge selection. They went in knowing what they wanted and we spent a good hour and 15 minutes going through everything they had until they found what they wanted.  As a bonus the two little ones discovered the bazillions of D&D dice sets of all sizes and colors. How could two little girls resist not getting a tiny tube of cute little dice to boot (I told them they could only get them if I could read the numbers)!

So with their purchases in hand we set up a day to start painting them. Now mind you, these were their first miniatures ever, and have never painted before. So I set up a day to paint with "Mr. Kevin's standard table top painting school 101".

When that day arrived I was pleasantly surprised at how much they got into it. We spent a couple of hours before I told them we would have to finish another day. Man you would have thought I told them it was time to go to bed with the sun still up in the sky! 

Today we got a chance to play a second game (we got about halfway through before we reached our time constraint), and since it wasn't time for them to head home they excitedly agreed to have a go at finishing their figures. Which we did. The girls painted about 80 percent of the figures all by themselves with me showing them how to do it on a test figure, or me doing one arm showing them how and then they did it on the other. 

I have to say I was really taken aback by how much they are seriously into this. I don't think it will be a passing fade. Not only has it been a joy to be a part of their D&D company, it has been a pleasure teaching them how to paint and watching them blossom into the next generation of miniature hobbyists. 

Without further ado, I present to you their completed table top standard figures. I am proud of what they did, and they should be also. One figure is a Female human Sorcerer, and the other a halfling Rogue. The girls know which one is theirs, but I hope you enjoy their work.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin