So i have been flexing my painting muscles at the content of my 4 d&d boardgames lately, and this is the result of 2 weeks of painting (small amounts at a time that is, with the new baby and all that!)
Won't win any prizes, but going for quantity over quality this time :P :P
from castle ravenloft:
gargoyles, rat swarms, skeletons and giant spiders
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03443_zpspefdb9w0.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03443_zpspefdb9w0.jpg.html)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03444_zpsbsnl1zt0.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03444_zpsbsnl1zt0.jpg.html)
From wrath of ashardalon:
cave bears
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03445_zpssmgewo1d.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03445_zpssmgewo1d.jpg.html)
From legend of drizzt:
spider swarms and lesser water elementals
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03446_zpsfq7dx5sy.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03446_zpsfq7dx5sy.jpg.html)
drider and drider archer (from reaper and missing a base)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03447_zpsopmshbwk.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03447_zpsopmshbwk.jpg.html)
from temple of elemental evil:
the 4 elementals (left to right: wind,fire,earth and water)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03448_zpsfgceiqco.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03448_zpsfgceiqco.jpg.html)
the fire elemental with fire bats
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03449_zpsqhjlwuts.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03449_zpsqhjlwuts.jpg.html)
the black dragon
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03450_zpsgrtd9rht.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03450_zpsgrtd9rht.jpg.html)
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03451_zpsld6oxhhw.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03451_zpsld6oxhhw.jpg.html)
I'd reckon that's quantity AND quality!
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Good to see the new baby isn't totally stopping you wargaming :)
You're doing yourself an injustice, Peter.
Those are really good !...I like the skele's, especially.
Cheers - Phil
They look really good to me. You should give Frostgrave a go using those miniatures.
Very cool
Thanks all!
By quantityover quality, imeant most are just drybrush/wash and nothing fancy. I could have made each one an individual (for example by painting all shields differently,different fur on the bears etc..) but to save time i just all made them look alike. Makes it go faster as you can make a nice 'assembly line' and progress quicker.
These where all done togheter, to minimize downtime/drying time, as time was short!
Quote from: paulr on 20 August 2015, 05:56:28 AM
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Good to see the new baby isn't totally stopping you wargaming :)
I think nothing will ever stop me from doing that :d
Quote from: Bodvoc on 20 August 2015, 06:39:59 AM
They look really good to me. You should give Frostgrave a go using those miniatures.
I keep hearing about that game, but haven't had the time to look into it yet, i went for SOBH because it looked simple enough to play with my son so will try that out first anyway i guess.
Quote from: Techno on 20 August 2015, 06:09:04 AM
You're doing yourself an injustice, Peter.
Those are really good !...I like the skele's, especially.
Cheers - Phil
Thanks!
Those skeletons are nice models, but a real pain to paint! They are bendy plastic, and really flimsy. If you put your brush against them, they just bend out of the way ;D ;D ;D
It bugs me a lot that i took all pictures in the same conditions and the same camera settings, and some look dark as hell and others, like the dragon one, look good!
I've done a little touch up work on D&D pre-paints and they are a pain! They come up nicely though, with just a bit of detail and a wash :)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 August 2015, 08:05:54 AM
I've done a little touch up work on D&D pre-paints and they are a pain! They come up nicely though, with just a bit of detail and a wash :)
Indeed, and they are pretty cheap when you buy them in the boardgames. They are unpainted then, but that means you cando asyou like withthem!
QuoteI keep hearing about that game, but haven't had the time to look into it yet, i went for SOBH because it looked simple enough to play with my son so will try that out first anyway i guess.
I have had a few games of Frostgrave now, it is good quick fun and even my youngest daughter has said she would play a game, but I have to paint up her Reaper Bones mouseling figures for her first!
Quote from: petercooman on 20 August 2015, 09:03:19 AM
Indeed, and they are pretty cheap when you buy them in the boardgames. They are unpainted then, but that means you cando asyou like withthem!
You've brought them up really nicely :)
I keep meaning to invest in the boardgames if only for the figures but tbh I have so many figures and so little time... but there's always *something* I neeeeeed that I don't have ;)
QuoteBodvoc: I have had a few games of Frostgrave now, it is good quick fun and even my youngest daughter has said she would play a game, but I have to paint up her Reaper Bones mouseling figures for her first!
Played a third game last night, and it's pretty good. Fast and fluid, lots of tactical play, nice scenery even if I say so myself ;)
Quote from: Bodvoc on 20 August 2015, 09:05:48 AM
I have had a few games of Frostgrave now, it is good quick fun and even my youngest daughter has said she would play a game, but I have to paint up her Reaper Bones mouseling figures for her first!
If she likes mouselings, did you already look at mice and mistycs? Looks good fun for somebody interested in mouselings :P
I have been pondering about getting it to play with the kid(s) but with budget being tight, i decided to finish off the d&d adventure game collection first. I would play the d&d ones with my son if i can, but english not being our first language , makes it harder to get him more involved. (kids don't like drawing cards and having to hand them over because they can't read them anyway)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 August 2015, 10:26:05 AM
You've brought them up really nicely :)
I keep meaning to invest in the boardgames if only for the figures but tbh I have so many figures and so little time... but there's always *something* I neeeeeed that I don't have ;)
They are good fun on their own, but not to everyones taste. If you are not looking for a deep rpg experience they are good. They are not that easy though, i have had scenarios where I have to replay 3-4 times to get through them, but for me that's good, as i like the challenge.If you like to win 75% of the time, you might struggle with them (especially castle ravenloft). Damage comes in faster than you can deal out, and it really is an excercise in resource management for some scenarios, and making steady progress, because if you stand still you get pounded by random encounters.
I get a fair amount of RPG experience at the club; I'd be looking for mini's games more than roleplaying - hence Frostgrave :D
The D&D boardgames would be for the figures & the tiles rather than the rules ;)
Frostgrave wouldn't require any extra investment in figures (although you might be tempted to repaint/do new ones in "winter gear" ;)), and scenery is easily done. White blanket for base cloth, then spray some polystyrene packing crates grey and dry brush up :D When the spray melts them a bit it brings out some surface texture for the dry brush to hit ;)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 August 2015, 11:14:07 AM
I get a fair amount of RPG experience at the club; I'd be looking for mini's games more than roleplaying - hence Frostgrave :D
The D&D boardgames would be for the figures & the tiles rather than the rules ;)
Frostgrave wouldn't require any extra investment in figures (although you might be tempted to repaint/do new ones in "winter gear" ;)), and scenery is easily done. White blanket for base cloth, then spray some polystyrene packing crates grey and dry brush up :D When the spray melts them a bit it brings out some surface texture for the dry brush to hit ;)
The tiles are indeed good for use in many game systems! Having all 4 sets gets you a long way!! I think some online retailers sell the tiles separately!
With these 4 games, a 2000+ pt orc army, a 1000 pt night goblin army, a 3000 pt vampire counts army, a 1000+ pt dwarf army and the remnants of my old brettonian army and the various mordheim miniatures lying about, there is really no requirement to invest in more miniatures at all :d :d
And that's assuming i don't rebase the hundreds of mage knight figures i have lying about :-[
I'm much the same. A loft full of figures never mind the "weekly use" boxes in the car or office, but I STILL end up thinking "I just need..." all the time :D
Just too much shiny around :p
Quote from: petercooman on 20 August 2015, 07:47:35 AM
It bugs me a lot that i took all pictures in the same conditions and the same camera settings, and some look dark as hell and others, like the dragon one, look good!
I suspect that is due to the amount of non-white compared to white background in the images. Most have small figures on a white background, the dragon one has a big dragon taking up a lot more of the image. Also the dragon is in the centre of the image.
Most cameras use some sort of centre weighting when working out the exposure and assume the image on average should be mid grey, some dark areas some light...
If most of the area, particularly the centre, is white it try's to make this grey, by under exposing the image.
The best way to demonstrate this is to take a picture of a black card and then a picture of a white card. Make sure the card fills the whole image.
Usually both pictures end up looking the same, mid grey ;)
Bloody technology ~X(
I used to have better results with our old light over the kitchen table, alas that armature was broken and had to be replaced.