Washing and Dry (brush)ing

I spent a lot of my evening last night painting terrain, when we weren’t busy going for a walk in the beautiful weather (currently below 75 F, and rain, which is a blessing here anytime before Halloween). The sudden turn of the season has poured life back into my bones and I’ve been able to get lots done hobby wise and at home. I was able to finish the individually-based peasants (pictures above) as well as some “giant” spiders for 15mm fantasy games!

A better view of the spiders, who were previously “counting spiders” from my wife’a preschool teaching tools.

I worked on quite a bit of terrain as well! Above are the three pieces of a modular block hill. With the two large blocks connected on the large end, and the square centered, it becomes a hill that the 15mm units will be able to stand at each level. If the large blocks are connected on the short end, then they can act as a partial backdrop for the games.

The hill in its “centerfield” form. It’ll be seen on the green mat with figures soon enough, then we’ll all be able to decide our thoughts on it. From my view in-person, it’s so cute and seems like it’s meant for toy soldiers.

I painted up some tree stumps, but I didn’t want to chase them down or lose them, so I decided to make them a collective terrain piece. Not sure if I’m sold on the gloss varnish, but we’ll see.

I’ve also started work on the dungeon walls my brother in law printed up for my birthday present last year. Here they are fully primed.

Here’s where I stopped last night. Pieces on the right were base coated and dry-brushed, pieces on the left were only base coated in grey. Once all of them are dry brushed with a lighter grey-khaki mixture, I’ll wash them in black to really bring out the crevices.

My next post will feature the finished dungeon walls (hopefully) and a small battle with the wooden block hill as the center piece! Stay tuned!