One Mini Every Week #45

For this week's project I've made a couple more pieces of 'creepy forest' scatter terrain, and slapped some paint on another little adventurer mini :)

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The figure is from Midlam Miniatures (THIS ONE), and for some reason I had all sorts of trouble painting this one (though I can't fathom out why - so I must have just been having an off day) ...but it's turned out OK in the end :)

Next up was a little test piece to try and add some large cobwebs to the current set of scatter terrain (which looks kinda OK - but not OK enough to warrant me making more). But, for those who may be interested, the webs were made from a baby wipe that's been left to dry out overnight, and then pulled apart and soaked in PVA glue (much like I did in THIS post, when I made the web covering the spider eggs).

However, I'm much happier with the standing stone that's surrounded by a fairy ring of giant mushrooms (pictured above)...

...and, like before, the stone was just a piece of gravel (stolen) from the garden path, and the mushrooms are two different size 'brads' (i.e. the things you use to pin paper/card together) that have had their prongs clipped off and replaced with pieces of cocktail stick or BBQ skewer.

So, all in all, another productive week on the miniatures front ...or at least it was when measured against my usual snail's pace :)

Dungeon Designer - November 2016

Here's another little transitional (cave to dungeon) geomorph - based on the ongoing request of one of the guys over on Patreon.

And here's a quick look at how all five of these transitional maps look when you piece them all together...

...though they are (of course) compatible with all the other geomorphs I've created over the years.

Mine Geomorph #20 (patreon funded)

Here's the latest bonus map from my Patreon campaign...

As always, my thanks go out to everyone supporting the project (and thus, making it possible for me to spend so much time on things like this :) ).

Also note that you can find all of these bonus mine geomorphs in THIS ALBUM.

One Mini Every Week #44

Since I made a few pieces of 'creepy forest' scatter terrain last week, I thought that I would paint up something to haunt that forest for this week's project...

This one is the Reaper Bones Ghost miniature, and it was a nice little mini to paint (I say 'little' but it's a bit larger than most of my other human sized mini's from other ranges - but that's pretty much the same with all Reaper mini's).

I've also noticed that most of the other 'Bones' miniatures that I've painted have become a little sticky/tacky to the touch (and, after looking online, it seems I'm not the only one to have that problem). So for this one I've neither primed nor varnished it - so we'll see if that makes any difference :S

And in addition to the above ghost, I couldn't resist making a few more scatter pieces of terrain...

...and on this last one I've used some cheap resin (£1 from poundland*) with a few spots of Army Painter 'green tone' added to make the little pool.

*it's the same stuff that the guy is using in THIS video (which is where I first heard about it - and so I thought I'd give it a try for myself :) ).

Dungeon Monthly #47 (November 2016)

I can't believe it's November already. Oh well, at least that means it's time for another 'dungeon monthly' map :)...

Note: you can find unlabelled versions of all the 'dungeon monthly' maps in the following albums:

50 pixel per square album

70 pixel per square album

...and you can support the project (if you so desire) over on Patreon.

Into the Darkness : Map 4 (sewer)

I'm pleased to announce the release of the next map in the 'Into the Darkness' range...

Into the Darkness : Map 4 features a full colour dungeon map (in this instance, that of an old sewer) that should be suitable for use with most fantasy games and settings.

In this product you get:

• A pdf booklet featuring a labelled version of the map (for the GM's notes).
• An unlabelled jpg image of the map (for use with virtual tabletops).
• A (multi-page) miniatures scaled battlemap (i.e. printable at 1" per grid square).

- the battlemap in action (miniatures from Midlam Miniatures) -

Into the Darkness : Map 4 is available for just $1.50 from RPGNow & DriveThruRPG.

One Mini Every Week #43 - Halloween Special

Since it's Halloween, I thought I'd do something a little different for this week's project, and so I've had a go at making some creepy looking scenery (so this blog post also doubles as one of my quick & easy terrain tutorials as well)...

To create the naked/dead trees I've made a base out of two pieces of vinyl floor tile (that have been stuck together - for a bit of added strength), and BBQ skewers and cocktail sticks that have been bent/broken into branch-like shapes (being careful not to snap them entirely in two).

The various pieces have then been superglued together into a treelike shape (and each of the bends/breaks has also been strengthened by adding a spot of superglue).

A hot glue gun is then carefully  dragged up and down the branches and trunk to give it a bit of texture (pulling out from the trunk's base to create the roots).

Each tree is then painted (I've done 1 base coat, and 2 drybrush layers) and based with sand, flock, or static grass (as is your preference) ...and that's pretty much all there is to it!

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As well as the trees, I've also made a few small standing stones (perhaps as the kind of thing that you would expect to see atop an old barrow) that can be used individually...

...or placed on top of one another to make a more substantial piece.

These were made in much the same fashion as my previous 'runestones' (see THIS page) ...i.e. by grabbing a few pieces of gravel from the garden path, and giving them a simple paint job. And despite only taking a few minutes to make, I think they look rather nice :)

-the whole set-

And that's it for this week's project. Next time I should be back to painting actual miniatures again :)