Miniature painting has been a big part of my hobbies as it often goes hand and hand with tabletop gaming. This first piece is my “showcase” piece that I usually show off to make a first impression to people who want to see. It is a design that someone made and I purchased online to print with my first resin 3d printer simply because I wanted to paint it. It doesn’t go with any game. I was practicing wet-blending techniques with gradients as is evident in the wings of the bird. While painting I was thinking of a Phoenix that is nearly ready to pass, which inspired the ashen burnt look as compared to a “bright and youthful” look.
Danger, Darkness, Dwarves! Deep Rock Galactic is one of my most played games on Steam. I was a part of their first Kickstarter to make it into a board game. I loved that they sold the STLs for the miniatures so I could get started on painting them before I even had the game to play. Now it is one of my most complete painting projects and looks beautiful on the table. I am a big fan and all these bugs were a ton of fun to paint. I spent 3~4 hours on each dwarf as they are the ones most commonly on the table. I am quite proud of this collection. There is more to come as I still need to complete a lot of expansion material. Rock n’ Stone!
More wet-blending on the oppressor glyphid. I love the dark greens and browns in his carapace. This is one of my favorite pieces in the game.
I have a weird fascination with painting gross things. The brood nexus and the exploder glyphids came out a perfect level of “goopy” that gives you the “ick”.
Fear the Danger Lettuce…
I haven’t played a ton of Necromunda, in fact, I’ve used these minis in other games like Stargrave more frequently than the game they are from but I really enjoy this gang and the style of Necromunda minis. The spiders are a custom model but the rest are official GW models. This is the most money GW has managed to get from me. Personally I think Necromunda is their most interesting game. It’s also nearly as accessible as something like combat zone.
These miniatures are from a small company that released a game called Revelations. Similar in theme and scope to Battletech, Revelations sets itself apart by selling STL models for home printing of miniatures games. I’m sad to say I’ve never played a game myself, but the minis are high quality and I had a blast assembling them and painting them with custom filigree.
My brothers and I grew up playing MechWarrior 4 on computer. Later we would play the Battletech pods at Jillian’s arcade. Only recently did I play my first game of Battletech Classic at a local game store with a group that meets regularly. Big stompy robots are definitely an enjoyable past time and have been around more-or-less my entire life. I started painting these battlemechs nearly 2 years before I ever actually got a game in. Mechs and robots are like a comfort food of painting. They are generally pretty easy to paint and there’s no wrong answers for colors. It’s not my favorite game to play but these are some of my favorite minis.
Cyberpunk Combat Zone is a newer game that I actually have done some play testing for. Monster Fight Club has an employee that I’ve worked with on occasion. It’s a great little game. I still have a ton of minis to build and paint for this game and it’s probably my biggest shelf of shame project. I need to be more proactive to getting it played. Game’s like these represent a future for miniature gaming that is far more approachable than the army scale games that dominate the field.
