Monday, February 9, 2015

Flintloque: Elf maiden

I painted this lady up sometime last year but never got around to taking pictures until recently when I put her up on my new Facebook page, Pegasus Paintbox (here).

I'm particularly happy with how her hair turned out:

  

Comments welcome! :-)

Monday, February 2, 2015

PEGASUS PAINTBOX: New Facebook page!

Hi all,

Just thought I'd do a quick post about my new Facebook page Pegasus Paintbox. I've decided to put up some examples of my painted work on Facebook, and maybe start including some "on my painting table" WIPs as I try to make more time for painting this year!

I know I've said "the year of the brush" a couple of times before, but this is definitely IT!

Check out the page here and "Like" it while you're at it! :-)

Saturday, January 24, 2015

CanCon 2015

Another year, another haul! Found quite a few things I've been looking for, but I'm particularly excited about these!

Morathi on Dark Pegasus: I've been after this one for a conversion I've been wanting to do for my Wood Elves. I only need the body for my conversion, so I'm busily thinking of ideas on how to use D-Peg ... got a couple already! Let's see how we go ...


High Elf Pegasus: VERY happy indeed to have found this one! I've already got two of these pegasi but I could never find a complete model that didn't also break the bank (the rider and throne are next to impossible to find alone as well)! This one is going straight into the Simple Green tub when we get home!


I'm excited to finally be able to remove this from my wants list!

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Troops march on ...

Not much of an updated, but seeing as my Flintloque troops haven't seen much progress in recent months and I've finally managed to put some time into them, here's a WIP:


Highlighting on the yellow all done, which I'm quite happy about! There's also a dwarf mini who freelances for Schnoselburg, who is almost finished ... I'll post up a pic of him soon as well.

More pics to come soon of the finished minis ☺

Monday, December 1, 2014

A little bit of pulp ...

I recently put together some playing cards for a game of Pulp Alley we're planning to try. It was quite fun and utilised my crafty side, which I haven't used in ages!

Here are some pics of the process. It's a very simple deck - there are 5 "Rewards" cards, 5 cards that appear only once and 20 cards that are duplicated in the deck, all labelled so it's easy to work out which one's which:

 


They're just printed on paper and glued to coloured card, then slipped into some deck protectors to make them easy to shuffle. You could laminate them too, I guess, but I always find that laminated things tend to stick to each other ...

The finished product:


Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Beginnings ... Wood Elf army

I've been collecting wood elf figures for some years now and haven't gotten around to putting much together. I think I've assembled some dryads and a couple of glade riders ...

However, I recently picked up a box of Wildwood Rangers (incidentally, also a box of Eternal Guard) and here are the beginnings of the first line:


Yes, I know the musician is missing an arm! Have you ever tried to whack on those one-handed giant axes? Not musician friendly. Anyway, he will probably end up with a sword in his other hand. Looking forward to putting together the rest and moving onto my Sisters of Twilight model I've been wanting to work on for ages!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Kickstarter campaign: Dark Sword Miniatures/Stephanie Law range

Hi all,

I thought I'd take a moment to share this Kickstarter campaign for a lovely range of miniatures based on the artwork of Stephanie Law (website).

There are lots of free miniatures to be added to the core bundle and some fantastic add-ons if you increase your pledge by various amounts. Here is a look at a couple of miniatures included in the core bundle (obviously they come unpainted):


And here is the link to the campaign. The campaign has already reached and surpassed the initial goal, so you're guaranteed the core bundle plus all the free minis and add-ons (additional $$) unlocked so far!

Anyway, that's my plug. Normally I don't go for these campaigns, but I really love the miniatures in this range!

Monday, June 23, 2014

Building progress - Flintloque hotel

It's been a while, but here is the progress on my building, which I've decided will be a hotel to use in our Flintloque games. This hotel will accept all kinds, from ogres to hounds, as you can see from the two-door entrance, which caters for all-sized guests!

 

 



Still a ways to go, but getting there! Need to make some shutters and roof tiles, and put in a balcony on the top level, cutting into the roof. Bring on the challenge!

Feedback welcome :-)

** Disclaimer: Mini is my husband's! Used to show proportions, as my pups were busy hiding in a box somewhere!

Friday, May 16, 2014

My first building - progress

So, I've finished all the beams and added some extra rocks and polyfiller for the rendering ... it's coming along!



I still need to tip off the loose rocks and do another layer of them, but it's still drying. Left to do are the windows and maybe some sills and shutters, as well as the rest of the rendered bits and rock border along the bottom of the entire building. Oh, and the roof!

Monday, May 12, 2014

My first building - WIP

So, here're the beginnings of my very first scratch built building! Supervised by my ever-talented husband, given the most complicated piece of terrain I've ever put together previously has been the perimeter of a fountain pool out of Hirst Arts bits ... Hopefully it turns out alright:

 


It's going to be an inn or manor, haven't decided yet, but will most likely be used in our Flintloque games! feedback welcome :-)