It’s March! How did that happen?

So far this year I’ve painted 18 miniatures. I have a long list of things to get done soon. On that list are a few things that I want to paint to play around with new techniques like object source lighting (OSL) and some non-metallic metal (NMM).

I also want to play around with inks and the translucent minis that I have.  I want them to be painted but still see through if that’s  even possible. I’ve seen this done before, I think for me it’s just a matter of having the right kinds of paints/techniques to pull it off.

I’ve not attempted either of these things so far and I figure after 3 1/2 years it’s time. I’ve got many different miniatures that I wanted to do OSL on but didn’t want to totally mess everything up and make a fairly nice mini look sub-par by messing around with something I had no idea to do. So with Reaper’s Pathfinder Goblins I’m going to start attempting it.

For the NMM, I’m currently waiting on my BONES 3 Kickstarter to arrive. It is coming with sprues of weapons that I have no real use for otherwise since at this time I have no need/desire to do conversions.

I’m going to try to start posting photos on the regular and maybe even WIP posts for anyone interested in how I go about painting some of the things that I do. I do a lot of these kinds of posts over on the Reaper forums (forum.reapermini.com) in the Craft Corner.

Last month I finished up all of wave 1.5 of Shadows of Brimstone. I also painted up Yephima, Cloud Giant from Reaper. I started back up on Khanjira who’s about 3/4 of the way done now. I then also started Nathavarr and it’s terrain piece from Dragons Don’t Share 2.

I’m currently working on finishing up Khanjira and Nathavarr. I’ve got other things I want to do this month but until I finish those two things everything else is pretty irrelevant.

I’ve got 3 non-resin minis left for Shadows of Brimstone. Then to wait for wave 2 to hit and I’ll have another 100 or so models to paint. 

I’ve done a lot this year but the end couldn’t come any quicker. I’m ready for a new year and new things to do. I’ve got a few hobby resolutions for the next year:

• Try out new to me techniques like NMM
• Work towards getting commission work
• Get better at known techniques
• Try to paint more in a week

And probably lots of other things but those are the few I can think of off hand. Hope your New Years is great and safe.

So far this month I haven’t really painted much. I sat down last night and painted the other two void sorcerers to match the one that I did up last month. I’ve only got 5 minis from Shadows of Brimstone left before wave 2 gets here. This is not counting the red minis that came with wave 1.5.

I’m hoping to carve out a little more time to paint soon but with the holidays coming up I’m not sure how much that will work out.

I finished with hours to spare. I finished all 30 minis from start to finish within the month. I’ll work on putting up photos over the next week or so.