Watching the deniers, and the twitchers bathe in the Lake of Hali
22/08/2020
Managed to get back into painting figures vibe.
Ral Partha as recommended by one of my regulars.
I’ve always had problems with Ral Partha, back in the day, much like Grenadier the quality was variable and the distribution atrocious.
Now with the Internet, its much easier.
these two bad boys are well sculpted and got painted easily with dry brushing.
Now back to the Rangers…
13/08/2020
Last of the Amera stuff, one from the Future Zone, demolished building.
Equally at home for Frostgrave or Mordheim.
Good vantage point.
Very easy to paint. yes we can all make home made ruins, this is just cheaper and quicker.
May well get another set and flock them green for Warhammer/ROSD.
12/08/2020
Another Amera item:
I ahd to go get a new tester pot for the soil colour.
And I found out that GW no longer does static grass, so a trip to the model centre fulfilled my needs – the new grass I almost the same and a bit of UV will fade it out to totally mix in.
30/07/2020
Some time ago I bought TTCombat’s Savage Domain Ancient Beacon. First item from this company, its cheap and I didn’t pay P&P.
Its quite a chunky piece of scenery, with two main storeys 3@ high each, with what I call a pergola on top.
Nice big stairs so for once you can get halfway up the staircase and leave the figure there.
So how was it it to put together as an MDF kit ?
Mixed experience, overall good. The staircase was complex but fitted together wonderfully. As did the pergola, which had a lot of pieces to fit together.
yet the bulky tower section really did not fit well – the lugs and holes were far too tight and I ended up trimming many of them.
The pergola roof, 6 steps, on each side to make this, and 4 top pieces – so 28 in total. These fitted in perfectly.
So I’d recommend them with some provisos – you’ll need some experience, and a sharp craft knife/clippers. YMMV as this is a sample of one.
14/07/2020 1 Comment
Here are the other bits.
I didn’t use the masonry paint on any of these as the detail is shallow.
Another simple and cheap piece.
Ideal for both FG, RoSD and other games.
25/06/2020
Two more quickies as I grind through the Rangers:-
Starfire Elementals from the Maze of Malcor.
Quite simple to paint, using a 30 year old pot of mettalic blue paint that I have yet to source a replacement for !
I built this Inn some 19 years ago (I hope the Rangers don’t take me this long), but neglected to finish off the tiling until a month ago.
I used the inner cardboard tube of a kitchen roll towel to make them so they have a slight bump to them.
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I was a third of the way through undercoating it before I realised a black blob is not photogenic, so here is part of it, its a big construction using my usual techniques, but with added balconies and large bay windows.
Its going to take a long time painting…hopefully not another 19 years ! 😀
21/06/2020
Lockdown has led to a bit of ennui, I’ve had these figures 95% complete for two weeks. I finally pulled my finger out to finish them.
Culktists from the Rangers of Shadow Deep (RoSD) range.
Painted to match with my FG cultists. The Temple of Madness scenarios require a lot of cultists so might as well recycle FG cultists.
Sketon warriors which I’ll use as Skeletal Knights etc. Middle one is from the RoSD range, the other two from Artizan’s random fantasy range…probably the same sculptor as they are very similar in size and style.
Now onto some actual Rangers !
23/05/2020
From the Maze of Malcor:
Five wizard shades of the five lost schools of magic, one went AWOL, so I had to buy them all over again. Painted Foundry teal blue then dry brushed upwards to white – idea stolen from Joe McCullough the writer of the system and supplements.
Two more Werewolves, they feature in a scenario from perilous Dark, and are obviously a feature of Blood Moon the Rangers of Shadow Deep scenario.
these two figures are from one of the North Star Weird West ranges but listed as suitable for RoSD (duh).
I should watch Dog Soldiers again – excellent British film.
10/05/2020
Yes, really. I asked for a DVD of Ghostbusters, the original movie, for Xmas. My Aunt & Uncle translated this and gave me:
Thanks…bit more than expected. DVDs watched, and all are good, t-shirt always wearable.
The key rings ?
Not my type, and too chunky to fit into my pockets easily, but I didn’t want to waste them so….
So one, sort of undead nasty, and a Large Construct. I remnoved them from their attachments, and shaved off the loops on their heads.
The slimer, was washed green and a red wash in his mouth.
The stay puft man, was either an all or nothing, so I went with nothing.
Hopefully a useful and amusing addition to the table, whilst not wasting resources !
Third key ring has yet to find a use, maybe some sort of banish undead marker ?
08/05/2020
Starting to clear the backlog (hahaha) during lockdown.
Scenery is by Gale Force 9.
I bought the bundle offer so have finally got the ruined fountain terrain piece that features heavily in the FG rule books.
Glass Spiders were painted using a very old metallic blue progressively highlighted and mixed with silvers.
The Lost City of Carcosa 