Born Painting Miniatures

It's about time that I finally finish the miniatures for Wiz-War by Fantasy Flight Games.  This newer version of the classic "wizards playing capture the flag in a labyrinth" game was released in 2012 and features detailed miniatures and lots of colorful artwork on the components. With a bit of a Magic the Gathering feel and awesome looking pieces, this game became one of my favorites.  I quickly got to painting the miniatures and as more content was released in expansions, the cards got sleeved and all the cardboard bits got organized. I was very excited to break this game back out again and get some games in.  I realized I hadn't quite finished everything that I had planned to do with the figures and that some of the paint had chipped off despite having been over-coated. The basing is simply sand glued on and painted to match the stone floor of the game board. To finish off the set the creatures were based, the paint chips were fixed, and all the models ...

Presenting my recent project: the miniatures of Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress!  With all the support behind this game I was very excited to paint up this demo copy for a local game store.  There are 44 models in the set and the game looks fantastic.  While being in the 40k universe it is a cooperative role playing style board game.  Check out the video from the midst of assembling the models: The models were fun and easy to build with some requiring a hard squeeze to get fully flush.  After priming and a bit of airbrushing this is what they looked like: Work in Progress Player Characters Rogue Trader Janus Draik and Ratling Twins Rein and Raus Priest Taddeus, Navigator Espern Locarno and Zealot Pious Vorne Ranger Amallyn Shadowguide, UR-025, Tracker Dahyak Grekh Rogue Psykers Traitor Guard squad 1 Traitor Guard squad 2 Spindle Drones Ur-Ghuls Chaos Lord and Space Marines Ne...