My 3D printer is cranking out minis at a good clip lately, to the point where my painting and basing efforts will continue well into next year even if I were to go unplug the printer until I get caught up. Many of the STL files I download have plain, flat bases integrated as part […]
Mini Basing for Cheapskates Read More »
As mentioned in my last post, when I made my ocean battle mat I ended up with a good amount of leftover glop consisting of latex caulk mixed with blue paint. I didn’t want let perfectly good glop go to waste, so I tried to brainstorm other low-prep-time ways to use it before it started
Using up the leftovers Read More »
A while back when I was getting started at making terrain, I glued some textured green model railroad paper to a big square of foam to serve as a generic outdoor encounter area, and it’s served its purpose well. Every time I look at it, though, I find myself wanting something with a little more
My own personal ocean Read More »
I previously built some menhirs and henges for encounters in ritual areas, but an upcoming adventure would benefit from another, simpler kind of ancient stone structures – cairns. Historically these can take many forms, from simple stacked rocks to mark a site to hills built up around stone mausoleums. I wanted mine to be old
A Visit to the Intensive Cairn Unit Read More »
So I ran into some problems with some minis I painted turning dull, gray, and fuzzy-looking after I sprayed them with clear-coat on a hot, humid summer day. As a refresher, my spiders and doppelgangers came out looking like this: Glossing over the problem I wanted to try to improve the look from here without
Mending Muted Minis… Maybe. Read More »
For a while I’ve been suspecting that the matte Krylon clearcoat I’ve been using has been muting or graying colors in many cases, though I was never really sure it wasn’t just a natural muting as the underlying paint set. I’ve pretty much confirmed the former, though, after waiting a few days between painting and
Non Mini Painter Ruini- er, ahem!, Painting Minis, Episode 3 Read More »
(Usually my campaign updates aren’t quite as crafting-heavy as this one will be, but given I’ve been working up to this one for a few months, I can’t help myself. I think I’m mentally viewing it as the culmination of “phase 1” of my interest in the crafting side of this hobby.) The Wild Sheep
The Wild Sheep Chase, at Last! Read More »
So I’ve been printing minis lately. A lot of minis. My Anycubic Photon has been running pretty much 24/7 since I got it (though there have been trials and tribulations along the way that led to a lot of wasted resin…). The above represents probably about 60% of the ones I’d printed as of a
Non Mini Painter Painting Minis, Episode 1 Read More »
Since my recent purchase of a resin 3D printer I’ve been churning out a lot of minis, and today I decided to start on painting some of them. This is something of a challenge for me – I’m an inexperienced painter with probably not the steadiest hand or the best eye for detail, so I
Work in Progress: A Giant Mess Read More »
The set of trees I bought a while ago are okay looking but fairly uniform in size and shape, and I’d planned for a while to try making some of my own. I picked up some tree armatures and clump flock early on in my crafting journey and not really used them. So lately, I’ve