Interesting fact: I was in a Games Workshop store recently. Haven't been in one of those for a while. Mainly the goal was to get my nephew a few orks, he really likes them and has been getting more and more into painting on his own, which is neat! The other neat thing is that both of us got free minis out of the deal.
So here's my little steelhelm, painted using a mix of craft and gw paints, because why not?
They can join up with the shieldmaidens for some adventures, I think.
I meant to post this last month but oh well! I've had these necromunda figures sitting around for a few years, but thanks to a bit of inspiration from the mantic fan discord, I got them painted!
(The inspiration was to paint things pink)
I like them, but they're not the most fun to paint, as is often the case for GW minis. Just a little too busy for my tastes, and for my complete lack of skill.
A new little project has arrived!
Four slingers, four axe wielders, Freyja, and a bonus little zombie guy. Should be fun to paint!
That's all for now. I've had covid, so even typing is a bit tiring.
The other day I posted about getting some shieldmaidens from Bad Squiddo games, and then I remembered that I had a few! Specifically, four archers. So I have painted them, though I still want to do a little more.
Quite fun to paint and with a lot of personality. For a while there I wasn't really into painting metal but these past few months have brought me back around.
I've been busy, busy, busy with work and with community theater, but I've managed to paint more of the Bad Squiddo Horror minis! Again! Quite a few more, I think that I'm only missing the ghouls at this point. Still trying my best to figure out how I want to paint those ones.
These minis are such a blast to paint. I've decided to pick up some of the shieldmaidens, too.
Remember the days of livejournal, when you'd just share the song you were listening to for no reason, because why would anyone need to know that? Well, no one needs to know anything I post here, so I'm going to tell you that I'm listening to Basia Bulat's Tall Tall Shadow. Such a good song.
I've been working on the orc horde on and off for the last few months. It's the kind of project that feels pretty overwhelming looked at all at once, but I found if I just set myself the goal of painting one or so of them a day, it's not so bad. I'm not in a hurry.
But I reached a goal that I've been working towards, I got all of the orcs of one type mostly painted! Still not sure about the bases, but ah well. The swords are done! That's 50 orcs there alone, plus another 60 or so of the spears and bows. Progress!
Yes, guinea pigs! Vampire ones, to be specific.
The first one I tried to paint a little to look like Bunnicula, of course. Impossible to resist. Also trying out something different with some of the basing, using that old standby of aquarium sand.
I like these little guys. My sisters and I had a few pet guinea pigs growing up, we learned a few valuable lessons from them, namely that a two boy guinea pigs might actually turn out to be a boy and a girl guinea pig. The babies were quite a surprise.
I've got a bunch more of the Bad Squiddo horror minis painted, or nearly done, and I've made considerable progress with the orc horde. More on both soon.
