
This gallery contains 6 photos.
Here’s a couple of snapshots of some work-in-progress minis I worked on tonight:
This gallery contains 6 photos.
Here’s a couple of snapshots of some work-in-progress minis I worked on tonight:
It occurred to me that I should post on here about my miniature painting.
I don’t want my blog to become all about mini painting, but it is an aspect of D&D and something I enjoy immensely.
First a little background. In 2012 the owner of my local game store (Guardian Games!) received some demo materials – some paint and a couple of brushes and some color guides. She offered to let me use them, then dug out a couple of old Warhammer figures to let me paint. My first figures weren’t primed, and they were painted with a very limited selection of colors. Surprisingly, I think they turned out all right for someone who had never painted a miniature:
In the following months I discovered I really enjoyed painting. Despite bad eyes, shakey hands, and many a cramped wrist, I started getting pretty decent at it.
So I plan to post here occasionally about whatever I’m working on currently, like this samurai that I’m painting for a friend (Rich Ellis!)…
or this goliath warrior with a greatsword for one of my players…
… or any of the many other miniatures I have in progress!
Edit: A quick mention… I paint every Thursday Friday night at 6:00pm at Guardian Games, so if you’re in Portland, drop by and try your hand at mini painting!
Here there be Spoilers: Players wanting to be surprised when they play Encounters should steer away now and come back later!
In the upcoming Session 10: Kraken Tunnels, I noticed the encounter has kraken tentacles and slimes. If you use minis, you’re kinda limited on what kind of mini to use to represent those tentacles. Of course there’s tokens and I don’t know what the availability of tentacle tokens are but even so I imagine they’re not that plentiful. So I came up with two sets of tentacle minis!
I made my own set of amazing tentacle miniatures. Not only was it easy, but anyone could do it! Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of my construction process. Nonetheless, here’s a quick guide on how I hacked together these wiggly miniatures.
I put together these paper miniatures for any Encounters DM that would like to use them. They’re a lot faster and cheaper than the plastic toy tentacles. They also have the added bonus of two extra tentacles on the sheet (in case you need to scale up your encounter) and two slime minis! Simply print, cut, and fold to use these at your table.