Born Painting Miniatures

Today I'm sharing some work on a recent Dungeons and Dragons project. Here is the before and after of the test model. I added a bigger base to all 3 models and blended the texture of the bases with putty.  Although the Jackal typically has an Egyptian style, this one lives in caves. Each area that would be gold I instead painted bronze and I did his weapons as if made of stone. The elf druid with a simple airbrush fade cloak and glowing bird spell  Repainted elf archer with water running through his base. Thanks for checking out my blog! Message me for painting comission work

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 ...

My recent commission was this converted Space Marine Land speeder.  The twin heavy bolter and twin assault cannon are magnetized and load-out represents the Talon Master of the Dark Angels. I first removed mold lines and cleaned it up.  Work in progress:  Thanks for checking out my work! If interested in having me paint your models, message me on the Born Painting facebook page or brendan.bornpainting@gmail.com.  

I recently took on the task of completely redoing this Imperial Knight. It came to me well painted in a very traditional blue and gold color scheme but when he broke, I figured it was time for an overhaul.  So I popped it apart and in the Simple Green it went.  The knight was previously a Knight Paladin with double battle cannon and reaper chain sword.  A Knight Gallant seems to be more of what I will use on the table top so I built up the power gauntlet.  Also to keep him cheap but swappable, I magnetized the heavy stubber on.    After a few rounds of stripping off the old paint, the knight was ready to be primed.  I started with airbrushing the entire thing in black primer.  The under detail/ mechanical bits were airbrushed with grey, silver and nuln oil.  I later did edge highlighting and brushed on more nuln oil.  For the armor, I airbrushed target raised areas with elysian green and then the same but mixed with yello...

How to strip paint from miniatures  This poor trooper came to me covered in chalky textured paint. This can be the result of spray priming from too far away, using old paint or any number of other spray issues. Clearly sometimes miniatures need repainted.  This could be due to a model crisis like the one seen above or perhaps it's just time to give them a fresh look.  Stripping paint is a task that can be super easy but can also come with fear of damaging those expensive miniatures.  Below is the step by step method that I used on the storm troopers and seems to be the tried and true method for stripping paint from models.  Before we begin I should start with a few warnings:  Gloves are recommended.  I didn't use them and the chemical left my hands a bit dry and irritated. Follow product safety guidelines. Tools required for paint stripping  - Simple Green cleaner -  I've used other chemicals in the past such as Pinesol but t...

The force is strong with this one!   This week I fell even more in love with Star Wars Legion from fantasy flight games as my commissioned project was the Imperial models from the core set.  The set included 14 storm troopers, 2 bikes and Vader.  As expected from fantasy flight, the models for Legion are stellar hard plastic and a blast to assemble and paint. My technique for the troopers: airbrush white, nun oil wash, airbrush white and add details.  Simple, effective and fun. For the basing I applied the following: a sand layer, watered down brown, dry brush of baneblade brown, dry brush of ivory, agrax earth shade wash, and patches of scorched earth.   Since this is to be featured in a miniatures event in a few weeks at a friendly local gaming store, I went ahead and did some simple airbrushing on the barricades, templates and range ruler. Of course Vader and the speeder bikes needed some attention too.  T...

It's Orktober so of course today is full of space orcs! The idea behind these guys was to give them an industrial theme. The shirts were done as cut off white T shirts.  The pants and straps are jean overalls and the bases were done with texture plating. Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Ork Boyz Agrax earth shade was used to dirty them all up and Ryza rust added to the metal parts for that rusty look.  Simple techniques for a good looking orc worker mob! Now its time to pack up as tonight I'm heading to Michigan for the 40k team tournament this Friday. More on that later.. Happy Painting! -Brendan To help support me on my journey through this world of tabletop miniatures you can purchase your own space orcs or any other hobby supplies following the link below.  Thank you all!