Some time ago, while cleaning old boxes at my parents’ house, I stumbled upon the first box of minis I ever got, while still a young gaming Padawan. They were Ral Partha miniatures for RPGs, random stuff not even related to a campaign or specific project. I attacked the painting with much joy, and no research or knowledge whatsoever, using Testor enamel scale model paints.
Je suis récemment tombé sur Chronicles of the Wayfarer quand une connaissance a réagit à une de peur photo sur Facebook. Je n’ai pu résister à aimer la photo aussi: c’était une copie parfaite d’un chevalier Firstborn de Chronopia, mais à l’échelle 15mm ! J’ai de bons souvenirs de ce jeu maintenant disparu, tout particulièrement des concepts et illustrations, et cette figurine la représentait à merveille, pour la taille du moins.
J’ai ensuite trouvé qu’un concours de peinture se préparait pour une petite sélection de leur ligne, et j’ai embarqué à pieds joints. Peindre en 15mm allait être un nouveau défi, particulièrement à un niveau élevé, car je n’avais jamais touché à cette échelle.
Continue reading “Vitrine – Knights of the Kiln de Chronicles of the Wayfarer”
I recently stumbled upon Chronicles of the Wayfarer, when an acquaintance reacted to one of their pictures on Facebook. I couldn’t stop myself from liking the picture also; it was the spitting image of a Chronopia Firstborns’ Knight, in 15mm scale! I have fond memories of that defunct game, especially of the concepts arts and illustrations, and this mini modeled it perfectly, for the size anyway.
I then found out that a painting contest was beginning for a small selection of their line, and I jumped in. Painting at 15mm was going to be a new challenge, especially at a display level, as I never tackled that scale.
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Un groupe local de Warmachine et Hordes a organisé un échange de peinture style “Secret Santa” pendant la période des Fêtes. Je suis toujours partant pour ces incitations à peindre de nouveaux modèles, alors j’y ai sauté à pieds joints. Comme le projet a été lancé sur le tard, nous avions jusqu’à la mi-janvier pour exécuter le tout.
A local Warmachine & Hordes group organized a Secret Santa painting exchange over the Christmas period. I’m a sucker for those fun painting incentive, so I jumped in. It started a bit late, so we had up to the middle of January to finish our project and send them off.
Last year, Derek, one of my fellow local hobbyist, asked me to sculpt a snow golem for his pretty thematic Frostgrave warband. So here is a small compilation of wip pictures as I sculpted along, as well as my own painted version, as it was cast so that Derek could have multiple to share with his young ones too.
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L’an dernier, Derek, un confrère hobbyiste local m’a demandé de lui sculpter un golem de neige pour sa bande de Frostgrave, à thématique assez particulière. Voici donc une petite compilation du travail de sculpture, ainsi que ma version peinte, gracieuseté de mon chaudron de fonte maison, comme Derek en voulait plusieurs copies pour partager avec sa progéniture. Continue reading “Veux-tu faire un bonhomme de neige ?”
The Roots of Magic est un jeu d’escarmouches fantastiques mettant en scène des duels de magicien, par Grand Arcanum Games. Maintenant que leurs huit factions ont leurs magiciens principaux sur le marché, ils ont décidé d’apporter le jeu sur Kickstarter pour ajouter un second type de modèle à chaque faction: les acolytes.
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The Roots of Magic is a wizard duel fantasy skirmish miniature game, by Grand Arcanum Games. Now that all their eight factions have their main wizard available, they have decided to bring the game to Kickstarter to add a second type of model to every faction: the acolytes.
Continue reading “Kickstarter Feature – The Roots of Magic : Students of Sorcery”
I’ve owned Pulp City models for a while, a bit before the kickstarter project for the most recent edition of the game. A pretty varied lot, gotten through the used market, but with a strong concentration of primates from the A.R.C. (Ape Revolution Committee) faction.
When I initially planned to paint them, I knew I wanted to stay pretty close to the official schemes, which I like a lot, but I was stuck at where to go with the bases. The studio models use all different basing schemes, and while it makes the individual minis pop, it lacks a certain team visual. At that time, nothing in pre-made resin caught my eye, and I had no idea for scratch building my own, so they ended up put aside in a closet while I jumped on other projects.
