Ancient Galley sinking markers -part 2

 UPDATE

Here are those homemade ancient war galley sinking markers painted.

These cost, all up, about a few dollars. Best bit is that these were all made from junk leftovers I had lying around from previous projects. So cheap and recyclable.

Ancient Galley sinking markers

 

When it comes to what painting project, or what game for that matter, I'm working on miniatures for its probably accurate to say that I can have the attention span of a goldfish. Currently I'm working on at least three separate projects. As such, work progresses slowly on each.

But one project that has always sat on the backburner, but I'm keen to play, is Persidons Warriors by Osprey Games. I have always had a love for ancient history and in particular the wars of ancient Greece and Rome. So, as I slowly build my collection of ancient naval galleys, I lacked one important thing. Sinking galley markers. These can be expensive to buy, and I'd rather spend that money on another trireme. As such, I decided to make my own.  Here are my D.Y.I. ancient war galley sinking markers.

These are made from craft sticks, toothpicks and sand glued onto 40mm x 20mm war bases. The sand I use to represent sea water foaming over the sinking wreck and the sticks and toothpicks get broken at odd angles to represent the breaking apart of the galley.

I'll paint these up and show them off again. But I wanted to show what they are made of just in case anyone is curious.

An experiment...in more ways than one. Reich Busters

 

This mini is from the Reich Busters: Projekt Vril board game. It's a Third Reich experiment on the reanimation of dead flesh. My experiment however was to determine the colours I wanted to paint the miniature and whether or not the object source lighting would work with the light on its back.

I plan to use these as servitors for Orc Borg as well as for Reich Busters, so this is the experimental paint scheme.

I think I might have gone a little heavy on the dry brushing

Not sure I'll paint the others with the lighting source. I'll give some thought to it as it may just be that I was way too heavy with the dry brushing of the light source in the first place. Might just make it that this one is a "leader" or "controller" for the rest of the group. Now, time to finish the others.

Goblin Mechanic for Orc Borg & 40K

 

In preparation for the upcoming Orc Borg one shot scenario, well our homegrown d20 version of Orc Borg, I need an NPC goblin mechanic. Doing a search through eBay for "goblin mechanic" I came across this fellow in a group of five or so 3D printed goblins. It was exactly what I was after and so snapped up a set. This dude will be Skrot the Mechanic. He will be responsible for making stuff for the player Boyz, such as armour and the like.

So that's one more mini done for the game. Only a stack more to go :(