Angler for D&D and Fallout

 

I'll be running soon the Dungeon Crawl Classic adventure Shadow under Devils Reef. Albeit with a bunch of changes.

My version will be including a few little extra surprises such as Anglers. These blighters are inspired by the Fallout 4 Far Harbour DLC but I needed a suitable miniature. Casting around my unpainted pile of shame, I found these Reaper Miniatures Tiik Warriors that fitted the bill to a tee!

The Angler's from the Far Harbour DLC come mostly in brown colours so that they blend into the bleak landscape of the Island. I however wanted something more colourful.

I opted for a process of wet brushing downwards on the body of the miniature using the following colour process:

• Base coat in Black Spray
• Dark Brown (whole of body)
• Lighter Brown (most of body)
• Red (head, shoulders and torso)
• Dark Orange (head and gills)
• Lighter Orange (face)

The dorsal fin and tail fin were painted using a downwards brush stroke using:

• Dark Purple
• Light Purple (dry brush)

At all times, I wanted to keep the darker recesses of the body still visible as black. I then inked the model in Reikland Wash to provide a reddish blend in the colours and make the model appear glossy and wet. It was a very simple process in the end.

The Angler's bioluminescent light was achieved by using a darker yellow built up with two successive lighter yellow colours as I approached the tip of the light. The coral base is made from Deer Moss broken up to look like dried coral.

Should be fun when the players get onto the Royal Dawn wreck and then look out across the angry surf to see these things emerging from the waves below them!

Tree-man for 10mm & 28mm by Eureka Miniatures

 This mighty dude is from Eureka Miniatures and is an 18mm Tree-man. As you can see from these images, he works well for both 10mm and 28mm.

There are three different sculpts, two of which are near identical. However, being metal, you can bend their limbs to provide a good variety of poses. This one is mounted on a 40mm base. Time to paint some more.

Elf Maiden by Dark Sword Miniatures

 

Stand and deliver!

Dark Sword make some very nice miniatures and this Elf Maiden is no exception. I wanted to find another miniature to be the avatar for one of my players' character for D&D. The miniature I was currently using wasn't the best sculpt.

I was trolling through Magister Militum's web page and found this beauty to add to the collection. Definitely going to get more Dark Sword miniatures. Great sculpts.

The Watcher in the Water

 

In keeping with the theme of nasty things in the water, here is my Watcher in the Water.

This is a early Watcher in the Water model from Games Workshop, the body of which was made from plaster and the legs from metal.

I've mounted the body of this beasty onto an old CD as a base. I then used sand to make the bubble effect and painted it using the same method I use to paint my naval ship bases.

I inked the model in the a gloss brown ink and, once dry, then painted the entire model and water/base in GW 'Ardcoat in order to made to look wet.

Baby Shark doodadodadoo...baby shark... Wizkids Great White Shark

 

Now that I have traumatised you with reminding you about that bleedingly awful song, here's my latest edition to how to terrorise your D&D player's, a Great White (Wizkids) Shark!

River sharks? Hmmmm?

The business end of the Great White!

So with my laptop still out of order for a few more weeks, its time to hand the borrowed one back for the moment.

You can see the potential for an upcoming adventure with this mini :)

CL4P-TP Claptrap

 

Still enjoying computer problems with my own laptop and so have to borrow someone else's to post this 😒 Still in lockdown and still trying to catch up on a load of unpainted lead. So here is the latest addition. This little fella is from Armourcast Miniatures and is called a Dancebot. Kind of reminds me of someone...

Alright. Time to give the computer back. So that's all for now!

Radscorpions - D&D Wikids Giant Scorpions perfect for Fallout Wasteland Warfare

 

My personal laptop recently decided to go on the fritz not loading Windows. My RPG buddies can fix it but thanks to the stupid lockdowns we haven't been able to get together since mid-June 😠 So not happy. Needed to borrow another laptop just to post this.

Anyway, so I recently bought three D&D Wizkids Giant Scorpions but wasn't really sure on how I wanted to paint them. Seeing their size, when they arrived in the post, it hit me that these would be ideal as Radscorpions for Fallout Wasteland Warfare as well (and a darn sight cheaper too). I am developing my own home grown D20 rules for Fallout too so that we can rpg in the Wasteland using a rule system we know well as a group. So Radscorpion paint job it was then.

Painting was very simply done. I just base coated the miniatures in Chaos Black spray. I then used a dark brown (Rinox Hide???) as a wet brush over the exposed parts of the model. I then used a Terracotta red colour and dry brushed that over the exposed extremities of the body. I then used a lighter red on the pincers, sting and eyes. I then washed the model in a Gloss Brown Wash. Easy! The gloss wash really brought the colours together and gave a shine to the chitinous exoskeleton that I wanted.

Somebody has found some new pets!

Not what you want to find whilst scrummaging around the Wasteland.

Hopefully I will be able to get my laptop back into working order soon.