A quick post to get back into the swing of things after a year.

Papa and his Siouxsie girl...

It feels like about six gazillion years since I've posted.  Certainly pre-pandemic.  Just as a quick update, here is a wizardess I completed back in 2020.  The incomplete figures are the rest of her party.  

I'm currently running this party using "The Fantasy Trip" (TM) from Steve Jackson Games.  They are journeying to meet the wizardess' grandmother whom she hasn't seen in quite some time.  Along the way they are having various encounters.  More projects to be posted later...

 

Space Frogs!!!

I am a dedicated follower of the Oldhammer mystique. Among my favorites are the Slann — an intelligent amphibian species wielding forgotten technology and sporting Meso-American style. After many years I managed to acquire some of the original Space Slann miniatures, and, after many more, I got up the courage to paint them. Here are the results of my first try to do them justice.

I started with some kitbashing. I always like to personalize my figures in some fashion. So, my Slann spacefarers sport extra weapons and extra breathing apparatus complete with power cables and hoses.

The next step was to begin researching colors for the paint jobs. I knew I wanted them to have the brilliant colorations of Amazonian Arrow Poison frogs...

In fact, there seems to be no end to the possible color combinations one can find in these little critters.   Of course, that suits my creative needs very well.  So I started with the base colors and proceeded to add a series of color shading washes made from ink added to Future floor polish. I also added some special metallic effects thanks to som metallic powders my wife had left over from her paper-crafting projects. The end result was as shown below:

Rune Stone Terrain for SAGA

Here are a few pics of a terrain piece I painted and textured sometime back. The original piece was cast in something that resembled tire rubber. I painted it, added a few trees and then flocked it with various products.

In progress...

Flocking...

Complete...

On the table...

Viking Sod Houses

I constructed these sod houses from dark bulletin board cork availailable from Michaels of Hobby Lobby. I used some artificial moss from Michaels for the roofs.

 

I have been more than remiss in making posts.  Can't believe it's been a year.  So, I'll start with my latest paper model projects -- Russian T-26s and BT-7s.  These are from papertigerarmaments.com

I'm up to doing the road wheels now, but I've slacked off on these in the last month or two.  I need to get back on them.

More on these later as I make progress...

Paper M13/40

Lest you think that Dark Age minis are all I've been working on, here are a couple of pics of my latest 1/76 scale paper tank project — an Italian M13/40.  Once this one is complete, I'll still need three or so more for the desert scenario I want to play.