Peony Miniature

This is a miniature I had made for my pathfinder half-orc bard character. It is a Heroforge printed mini done in their clear plastic. Heroforge announced they were switching to printing in grey plastic two days after I had ordered this miniature so I missed my chance to get that instead. I've read reviews that say the new grey plastic allows for better details. I'm pretty happy with the miniature I received. There were some patches of layered texture from the printing process that I had to remove. It was most apparent on the large smooth areas like her corset and pants, but there was a problem area on the left side of her face that I could never manage to smooth out (I hoped to just hide it with the paint job, and viewing it in person that side of her face is shadowed). I had her printed in this pose so I could add on sculpted bongo drums and a wand holder (made with green stuff) since those items are not available on the site. I could have given her the hand option of a staff or rod, but would have really preferred to have her armed with a wand (I can only assume that printing limitations for what would be a tiny cylinder don't really make that feasible).

Hand Quilted Dice Bags

On these dice bags I drew out a design on the batting and quilted them by hand. The pumpkin and leaves bags were for me. The radioactive symbols were a request from my husband for his neon yellow dice.

December 2016 State of the Armies

Looking forward to 2017, I'd like to make a big push towards getting more of my 40k armies painted. Specifically I'd like to get my husbands Tyranid army completely painted, assemble all and paint at least half of my Dark Angels army, and fully assemble/prime my Sisters of Battle army. My husband also has an Orc army, and I have an Dark Eldar army (full of out of print miniatures), but those are so much farther down on the priority list that I'm not going to include them here. I'm hoping to update this list at least once a quarter.

Tyranid Army

 239 Models Total
Unassembled (25 Models - 10%)

1      Flying Hive Tyrant
2      Hive Crone / Harpy
2      Lictors
1      Carnafex
1      Tyrannofex / Tervigon
1      Swarm Lord
16    Genestealers

Primed Models (81 Models - 35%)

1      Hive Tyrant
14    Tyranid Warriors
6      Raveners
3      Venomthropes
2      Tyrannocytes
1      Toxicrene / Maleceptor
20    Gargoyles
12    Spore Mines
18    Hormagaunts
3     Genestealers
1     Lictor

Finished Fully Painted Models (133 Models - 55%)

1     Carnifex   
3     Zoanthropes
52    Termagants
1     Genestealer Broodlord
6     Spore Mines
21    Genestealer
30    Hormagaunts
3     Zoanthropes
1     Tervigon
1     Trygon
3     Biovores
2     Exocrine / Haruspex
1     Flying Hive Tyrant
3     Hive Guard
3     Tyrant Guard
2     Mucolid Spores

 

 Dark Angels Army 

83 Models Total
Unassembled (26 Models - 31%)
1     Company Master (Powersword)
2     Land Speeder
1     Nephilim Jet Fighter
9     Bikers
1     Attack Bike
1     Captain
7     Tactical Marines
1     Standard Bearer
3     Ravenwing Command Squad

Base Coated (28 Models - 34%)
1     Terminators    (Power Sword/Storm Bolter)   
4     Terminators    (Power Fist/Storm Bolter)
12    Tactical Marines    (Boltgun)   
1     Tactical Marines    (Flamer)   
3     Tactical Marines    (Autocannon)   
1     Marine Sergeant    (Chain Sword)   
1     Marine Sergeant   (Power Sword/Bolter)
5     Deathwing Knights

Finished Fully Painted Models (16 Models - 19%)
1     Company Master
1     Terminator        (Heavy Flamer)
2     Terminator    (Power Sword/Storm Bolter)
5     Terminator    (Power Fist/Storm Bolter)
1     Terminator    (Chain Fist/Storm Bolter)
1     Terminator        (Assault Cannon)
3     Terminator        (Lightning Claws)
1     Terminator Sergeant (Lightning Claws)
1     Terminator        (LC / Cyclone Missile Launcher)
1     Terminator     (Chain Sword/Power Fist)
1     Marine Sergeant (Power Sword/Bolter)
1     Tactical Marines    (Flamer)
7     Tactical Marines    (Boltgun)
1     Tactical Marines    (Autocannon)       
1     Belial       
1     Librarian       
1     Dreadnought

Sisters of Battle

109 Models Total
Unnassembled (109 Models - 100%)
1     Sister Superior    (Chainsword/Plasma Pistol)
1     Sister Superior    (Boltgun)
3     Sister Superior    (Boltgun/Power Sword)
1     Sister Superior    (Boltgun/Chain Sword)
2     Sister Superior    (Plasma Pistol/Chain Sword)
2     Seraphim Superior    (Plasma Pistol/Power Sword)
3     Battle Sister    (Heavy Flamer)
5     Battle Sister    (Heavy Bolter)
3     Battle Sister    (Multi-melta)
1     Battle Sister    (Banner Pole)
1     Icon Bearer    (Scroll)
1     Icon Bearer    (Icon Box)
7     Battle Sister    (Flamer)
33    Battle Sister   (Bolter)
2     Battle Sister    (Storm Bolter)
3     Canoness    (Heavy Flamer) [1 B roken]
2     Confessor Kyrinov
1     Saint Celestine
1     Sister Superior    (Bolter)
7     Seraphim    (Boltpistols x2)
4     Seraphim    (Flamers x2)
20    Sister Repentia    (Eviserators)
1     Mistress of Repentance [Broken]
2     Immolator
2     Exorcist

Quilted Dice Bags

I quilted a bunch of dice bags. I really like this style because it can sit open on the table like a cup. I can pull out the dice I need,and leave the rest in the bag.

Make Your Own Texture Paint

I like the texture paint that citadel released in their most recent paint line. After testing it on a few bases I realized that it would take far too many pots to do an entire army so I made my own. 

Make texture paint
 You will need:

• Empty paint pot or airtight jar (I used an empty dickinson's honey jar)
• Acrylic paint in the desired color of your base (craft paint is fine)
• Liquitex resin sand
• Sand (blue stuff in the container on the right)
• Ballast (off white stuff in the container on the right)
• Mixing tool
• Feline assistant (optional)

 

1. Start by partially filling your jar with acrylic paint. You want enough to color the texture paint, but not make the mixture too runny. Err on not enough paint because you can always add more.

 

Add the sand and ballast to half fill the jar.

Add the resin sand leaving enough room in the jar to mix everything together.

You should have a chunky paste that spreads easily. Determine if you need to add more paint or sand and ballast. If not top off the jar with more resin sand, and finish mixing it all together. It's okay if the color looks lighter than the paint as it will dry darker

I use my paint mixer to spread the texture paint onto a base.

Dmitri Miniature

 This is another miniature I painted for my husband. He is a sorcerer masquerading as a wizard. The character was described as having a starry night bathrobe so  I tried to do a version of it on the robes.

Book Rat

I made this as a xmas gift for my mother. This is a really cute easy to follow pattern from Supergurumi. It's made from some acrylic worsted yarn that I had in my stash.

Sweet / Unsweet Pitcher Tags

I frequently make tea and kool-aid for my gaming group, and usually leave it unsweetened because not everyone likes the same sweetener. I sweeten it after they leave, but my husband will get upset if I forget and he doesn't realize it. So I made these tags to loop around the handles. They are a hard plastic from a dice clamshell package painted with gesso and acrylics.