Never got into the tv series, but I happily devoured all the Sharpe books (did try Bernard Cornwell's other series but couldn't find the same enthusiasm for essentially reskinned characters in other historical settings), so inbetween terrain projects I painted up an homage to the green-coated riflemen of the Peninsular Wars. Should provide a little … Continue reading Blunte’s Rifles
More practicing with acrylic inks, this time going with highlights on top of an off-white drybrush, and then a full coat of red or brown. Yellow, green and black on a silver basecoat for the gun, with some messy edge highlighting on the weapon's main body. I find these easier than contrast paints - more … Continue reading Bipedal Crustaceans
Some more opposition forces, and probably ones that will saw more use than the last two sets. Law enforcement, private security, expendable military - they cover a nice variety of roles. Similarly to the crew, a lot of these were basecoated, washed and highlighted with the basecoat colour, though everything brown was contrast painted. I … Continue reading The Crooked Blue Line
Similar to the troopers, these Ground Zero Games models were speedily done with contrast paints. One reddish contrast layer went over a metallic basecoat, followed by a metallic drybrush, and finished off with a thinned down flesh contrast wash. The guns were just a black contrast wash over the metallic basecoat. Probably not suitable for … Continue reading War Bots
Some more Ground Zero Games miniatures, this time more uniform in appearance. Handily flexible to represent anything from hapless grunts to special ops, and nice and quick to paint. Homemade contrast paints over a white-on-black drybrush, then metal highlights on black guns and visors.
Recently someone reached out and commissioned me to draw a piece of artwork for their homebrew rules, and thus found myself with a little unexpected surplus in the hobby budget. My eye has slowly been drawn towards 15mm miniatures, and so I thought it would be fun to buy and batch and try out a … Continue reading Exploring unfamiliar territory – 15mm sci fi minis
There Could Have Been Snakes 