November was full of late night work, meetings and appointments, which should have given a pretty poor hobby tally, but strangely, it was my most productive painting month of the year. The rest of the hobby was slow or inexistant, but just the amount of painting done baffles even myself.
| This month | Yearly total | |
|---|---|---|
| Models painted: | 17 | 51 |
| Models sculpted: | 0 | 10 |
| Terrain built: | 0 | 2 |
| Terrain painted: | 0 | 2 |
| Games played: | 4 | 50 |
Last year, I painted historical tanks for 3D Wargaming, a local 3d designer, to help promote his new line. This year, he launched a new Kickstarter project, but this time for warplanes, and I had once again the chance to paint some of his demo models.
I said planes, but it is really more of a mixe of different models that fly. Three planes, a giant rocket and a flying bomb. They have more rounded surfaces, which made them a bit harder to paint then the tanks, as the 3d layers are showing a bit more than on the flat panels of the threaded vehicles. I missed the heavy weathering that tanks required, compared to comparatively to the cleaner vehicles that planes are. Hopefully, I will have other wheeled/threaded vehicles to work on in the near future. Continue reading “Showcase – 28mm warplanes”
I took part for the first time this year in the Inktober challenge. The rules are pretty simple: each day of October, make a ink drawing and share it on social media with their hashtag. For people who want them, they also provide daily prompt, to spark your creativity, or to add some restriction to your choices, depending on how you see it.
I have always been doing small doodles and drawings, but nothing serious. Recently, I realized that I a lot better with a more comprehensive concept art for sculpting, so upping my drawing game has been a personal challenge, to no great result, as I often lack motivation or ideas. Inktober was a great way to give myself a boost in productivity, as adding a deadline always helps me. I tried to stick to the suggested prompts, as it was often a good guide, but it didn’t always work out with my self-added theme of stuffed animal (what I sculpt the most often), so I veered off an handful of time.
This month was not really productive, with real life taking its toll. However, I did try something new and participated in Inktober for the first time. You can expect a new post about that soon. The rest of the hobby that I do track was a lot less numerous, as you can see below.
| This month | Yearly total | |
|---|---|---|
| Models painted: | 3 | 34 |
| Models sculpted: | 1 | 10 |
| Terrain built: | 0 | 2 |
| Terrain painted: | 0 | 2 |
| Games played: | 4 | 46 |
With the summer vacations now over, it was back to school for my oldest, with all the meetings that go with it, but also back to a more regular schedule at home, with more hobby time. Let’s see how I was able to use that!
| This month | Yearly total | |
|---|---|---|
| Models painted: | 11 | 31 |
| Models sculpted: | 1 | 9 |
| Terrain built: | 0 | 2 |
| Terrain painted: | 0 | 2 |
| Games played: | 3 | 42 |
You like my stuffed unicorn and want more in your life? However, you would like smaller ones to create a real horde of them? Now you can!
Impact Miniatures now sells smaller version of the unicorn. The smaller one (dubbed the Tiny Unicorn from now on), has an height of 20mm, compared to the 32mm of its big brother. It is 3d printed on demand in a clear blue resin. The details are impressively sharp, and outside of some changes due to the scanning progress, it is pretty much spot on.
Continue reading “Tiny Stuffed Unicorn with Impact Miniatures”
I mostly put aside painting in the past months to concentrate on sculpting, but I got back to my brushes recently, and completed a couple models. The first of those I present now, Aquila for Arena Rex.
This is the last model to complete the Legio XIII faction starter, and with him done, I can now get to playing. Next up, I will paint some terrain to fill out the arena. I do have a couple more models in the queue, but they are not to be painted any time soon. We’ll see if they rise to the top after getting the game to the table though.
Continue reading “Showcase – Aquila and Legio XIII starter”
Summer went by in a flash. Work, kids, vacation, health appointments for the whole family: I just didn’t see time pass. School and work are back on, and hopefully with those, some more regular posting. The question is, what was done over that postless time?
| This month | Yearly total | |
|---|---|---|
| Models painted: | 2 | 20 |
| Models sculpted: | 2 | 8 |
| Terrain built: | 0 | 2 |
| Terrain painted: | 0 | 2 |
| Games played: | 10 | 39 |
With June come and gone, it’s now Summer time, and also, the time to check back with this 6-month halfway check point. Quick teaser: this is my worse month this year yet.
| This month | Yearly total | |
|---|---|---|
| Models painted: | 0 | 18 |
| Models sculpted: | 0 | 6 |
| Terrain built: | 0 | 2 |
| Terrain painted: | 0 | 2 |
| Games played: | 2 | 29 |
May has ended, and the summer heat is on. It’s a good thing most of my hobby is done in a cool basement.
| This month | Yearly total | |
|---|---|---|
| Models painted: | 3 | 18 |
| Models sculpted: | 1 | 6 |
| Terrain built: | 1 | 2 |
| Terrain painted: | 1 | 2 |
| Games played: | 2 | 27 |
