I might have mentioned this before, but I've been getting back into the realm of painting minis again. I used to do it a little bit in the old AD&D days(you remember, perhaps, if you're a fossil like myself, the old Ral Partha metal minis?), but not too much, and in those days, it was more about slapping paint on miniatures. Now I've been actually trying it for real. Going into my 3rd week and definitely feeling improvements.
I've been 3D printing some(those actually HAVE that very Ral Partha style, only in PLA-small, rougher and the like), and also got some better ones. I'll probably be getting a (Massive Cauldron of) Chaos Warriors set soon from Age of Sigmar to paint; those are cool since even though I'm more of a TTRPG fan than a wargame person(I like the settings and lore, but prefer TTRPG rules for tabletop, and strategy videogame RPGs more), they work nicely on shelves and as PCs/enemies. Those will keep me pretty busy for awhile, methinks.
Here's a few of the ones I've been messing with; a dwarf cleric that's very much in that Ral Partha style, a Tonberry just because they're cute, and most recently, a Goblin warchief fellow. I'm still touching them all up(going to put more glow on the Tonberry lantern, some better basing on the dwarf with some tweaks and clean/touch up and properly base the goblin), but it's been mad fun! And with lots of metal soundtracks in the background, old 80s and 90s extreme favorites have been carrying many sessions.
I do have a black metal corvid barbarian getting tweaked up still, as well, and a primed and ready beholder, orc and death knight.
Anyway, just wanted to post a few odds and ends while I also work on that 1349 ranking!
