Draconis: Spring Clean 2024 and onward

6th August 2024

While on holiday (transporting Dakkatoof) my wife decided she wanted some napoleonic riflemen (Sharpe’s chosen men of course).

Over the weekend I put some together for her (she just wanted four).

This has however led me to thinking about doing something for the Silver Bayonet.

I have spare riflemen, and a box of Victrix British infantry…. so that’s a start  ?

1st August 2024

I was waiting on some different sized magnets, which arrived this week. I tried a couple out, and since they were quite close to flush I tested the ‘grab’ by putting them into the storage box and shaking it.

The result of that was that I will be sticking with my usual sized magnet ?

I also had 6 minis that a friend painted for me a few years back – the Prelude to Woodbury Solo Starter set, with Brain Blake and five Walkers.

So, while I was about it, after magnetising, I went ahead and based these up to match the rest of my TWD minis.

The case looks pretty empty….

Doing this bit of work reminded me that I was really quite happy with how my Walking Dead minis came out.

Hopefully when I return to TWD I can do as good a job ?

So, project system spammed 3 copies….

Please ignore

Can anyone (Gerry?) tell me if there is a way to delete these duplicates? (on mobile device)

So, project system spammed 3 copies….

Please ignore

So, project system spammed 3 copies….

Please ignore

Really pleased to have been awarded a Golden Button ?

I find doing these projects, and trying to post regular updates, has been beneficial to improving my hobby motivation.

But it is always nice to know that someone has enjoyed some of what I have produced ?

16th June 2024

I don’t think that I will get anything else finished before the end of the spring clean challenge on the 20th, so just posting up a brief summary of what I have managed to get done. The project will stay open, for any smaller things that I work on through the year. Other things will have their own projects.

Overall though, I have had some fun, worked on some nice old minis, tried things I wouldn’t have done otherwise (Dakkatooth’s Hawaiian shirt!), documented a ‘Skowtin’ Misshun’  (for the Breath of Fresh Air element) and produced a mix of minis that had been languishing unpainted for quite some time….

15th June 2024

This chap is a spare from Dreadball, and got sprayed white last year with the intention of being painted for the previous spring clean challenge.

It didn’t get done….. but with me finishing the Walking dead starter, and the deadline of the Spring Clean Challenge fast approaching I thought I would give it a go.

I’m not sure what it may be used for yet, but I planned to give it at least one gun, and think I may use it in Deadzone or something like Stargrave etc. Messaged some friends about the model, and one suggested going for a bright green colour …. So, taking up that challenge I fired up the airbrush and painted it with Lime Green Fluor paint ? (like a Japanese import car)

I then gave it a thinned green wash (green shade and medium.

Next up I painted all the skin areas with black contrast, followed by Fenris grey (a blue grey) and a darker grey wash.

Gave it a few thin highlights with the Fenris grey again to bring it back up a little. The head was painted in the same way, but with white underneath and stippled around the top at the front.

At this point I also decide to paint its shorts in pink. Sadly I don’t have a bright fluor pink (☹) but mixed up the brightest I could.

Then it was adding some detailing, picking out metal piping, gloves, the big roundels on the shoulders, the backplate etc. Drilled a hole in its left hand so that I could fit a dagger there, and painted up the dagger and an old boltgun. Put it onto a clear base and calling it done.

I know the paint job is just ‘okay’, and I finished it quicker than I thought. But I kind of really like this guy – he has some presence about him ?