D&D Painting Session

Here's a few miniatures that I, my fellow adventures and our dungeon master painted yesterday before our game. The two on the ends are my work order are the models of Jules (our dungeon master), Jaime (who only had two hours sleep) and Grant (who put way too much red paint on his palate and had to use it somehow).

This was for them their first time painting 1/72 scale miniatures or just the first time painting miniatures at all. Which is why I bring special attention to Jules' figure. This is a first time job, almost complete I am amazed. My first models were nowhere near as well painted!

Trials, Tribulations and Long Commutes

So a new year has begun and once again I am making a post about my continued existence. Last year I thought that I would get many things done that living at home would include much free time in which to paint miniatures. Sadly this was not the case. After the garage finally becoming a garage and much of my own stuff being moved around and "tidied" I found much of my model equipment in a mess and many of my models damaged. This was disheartening and due to this I could not bring myself to paint anything. This combined with other pursuits meant that my models were collecting dust... or being at risk due to people playing darts in the garage. Then there was my commute to university. A two hour trip there and another two hours back everyday. By the time I got home there simply wasn't enough time to pursue hobbies.

This year may be different. This year I have a very good reason to pursue this hobby. You see I have started playing Dungeons and Dragons. I am having a good time and perhaps I will post here about it. Anyway, after our first game our DM asked us to bring some counters to use. I offered to bring some of my models up and it turns out they were a hit!

I have ordered some fantasy figures now for our game and my fellow adventurers are quite keen to get involved in painting them. So it would seem that I am indeed back in action.

Oh and last year I also joined Facebook. So you can now add me on there and see what I am getting up to and drop some (not so) subtle reminders about needing to work on the little ones. Anyway here is to a new year and new adventures!