I've been a little Glom of late

 

This Glom'y miniature is from Reaper Miniatures and is a Glom (whatever the heck that is!). But it looks pretty good and worthy to include amongst my Vivimancer's minions. So I quickly painted one up.

Its a very nice miniature, as you can expect from Reaper. However it is on the small side. So don't expect a big model.

Now, on to the next painting project!

The first of the Vivimancer's experiments is now loosed upon the world!

 

Back in September last year I began experimenting around with some Vivimancy. That is, I started playing around with some of Mantic's Kings of War Zombies, some green stuff, and a glue gun. My dastardly plan was to make some horrid experiments for a Vivimancer boss protagonist for an upcoming D&D adventure.

You can see the original unpainted versions here. But until late I wasn't sure what paint scheme I wanted for them.

This one is the prototype paint scheme for the rest of the minions when I finish them.

I like to make my own monsters, and the stats for them, as it throws the players off balance. When they see a goblin, for example, I just describe the creature and don't give it a name. They can make a name up for themselves. But in this way the players are never sure as to what it is they are facing.

By keeping them guessing in this way, it keeps the game fresh and mysterious. They just can't be certain that the creature may not have some unusual ability. And usually in my games, they go!

For a Vivimancer minion it makes sense that he would be experimenting on the recently deceased, twisting and warping their bodies through chemicals, weird stone and forbidden magic. So the minions should look warped and recently departed.

So now to find some time to finish the others off. Keep and eye out for a post or two about that.

Ichtar and Scibus

To remind us of how good Doctor Who once was before the atrocity that happened over the last couple of years, I have been painting up some of my Black Tree Design classic Doctor Who minis.

So here are Ichtar and Scibus, the Silurian's from the Fifth Doctor's time on screen.

Sentry Androids

 Sentry Androids now painted.

These guys are 28mm sentry androids from Black Tree Miniatures. They are known as Sharez Jek Androids from their classic Doctor Who range.

I've painted up twelve of the blighters, all the same paint scheme. These will join my Blakes 7 Federation Security Troops for the Doctor Who Miniatures Game and 7TV games.

The Emperor Dalek is finally painted!

So way back in April 2019 I posted about how I made an Emperor Dalek from Terry Nations 1978 Dalek Annual. This Christmas I decided to finally paint the blighter!

Took long enough but its finally done.

Though never making it to screen, this blighter is regarded as part of cannon given that it appeared in a Dalek annual.

And so will appear in a Doctor Who Miniatures Game somewhere down the road.

Given the atrocity that is showing on the BBC these days I thought I would remind you, dear reader, of the proud, long, and true history of real Doctor Who.

Paint Rack from eBay

I have been looking around for some time for a decent paint rack that I could use to store my paints for easy access. To date I haven't had much luck. Then it hit me that perhaps either a spice rack or nail polish rack would fit the bill. Trolling eBay I came across these:

Its a nail paint wall rack make of wood and is available on eBay if you search around for it. It stands at over 70cm's in height, over 50 cm's in length and is 5cm's wide.

It easily holds citadel paints, including the larger wash bottles, as well as Reaper and Army Painter paint bottles, as you can see from the images below.

I get about sixteen Citadel paint bottles per shelf. So each rack holds around 96 paint bottles. As I bought two off eBay, that equals a total of 192 paint bottles. More that I currently have.

The price was around AUD$50 and they are solidly built. They come with hangers on the back to hang off a picture hook. I easily removed these as I wanted them flush against the wall at the back of my painting table.

What it won't hold can be seen below. The Tamiya paint bottle is just too wide to fit in the shelf and the other paints... well they speak for themselves.

Good buy and highly recommended.