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Continuing our Carrion Crown campaign this weekend, with episode 4. Last time, the group set off to continue the trial of the Beast, and found themselves in Hergstag, beset by wights. Despite the fight turning deadly (we lost Francisco the Gunslinger), the group was victorious. Can they continue their investigation, and perhaps find some useful clues to the Beasts innocence? Or continue proving the guilt of the creature?
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Finally had a chance to take a complete photo of my competition team, all shiny and freshly painted. Referencing the army list I shared previously, I managed to go thru and paint up most of my rebels, including about twice as many of the troopers as required. This force is all set for the competition, which starts at our local gaming store on Saturday. Leading the army is of course Jyn Erso, perhaps a bit more unusual choice given options of more famous heroes and jedi, but one that fits into my general theme. And most straight forward, was inexpensive…
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Decided to get a bit more complex on the Speeder truck, and paint specific sections and stripes. Using some tape, I was able to block off several key sections, then highlight them with paint using a piece of sponge. Opted for complementary colors – some dark green (Army Painter Elf Green), black, and a bright yellow, making each section distinctive, while still blending into the general color scheme. With the top piece, the pattern continues over, to keep it seamless. Following this layer, I finished out a few of the minor details – really just re-applying Black Templar is key…
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Although I haven’t focused much on it over the last year or two, I have recently started posting works in progress on Instagram (in addition to occasionally streaming my projects). If you are curious about some of the work, and want to see in progress pictures, along with the final efforts, take a moment to visit that site as well. I have been trying to link WordPress posting with Instagram, but apparently that is not an easy thing to do. As a result, my automatic schedule doesn’t duplicate the effort on that site, which it does otherwise on Twitter and…
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Started on the painting of my final skirmish piece, the A-A5 Speeder Truck last night, and managed to get most of the shell completed. As you can likely tell, I am going non-standard, and continuing my desert camouflage theme with darker browns rather than the light grey I have been seeing. Vehicle is pictured next to the finished Jyn Erso and R5 astromech droid. The interior is fully painted, though admittedly not all that well – a thin wash of a couple of contrast paints. Eventually, it will be decorated with a custom Gonk droid, peaking out one of the…
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Wanted to highlight some of my son’s efforts, as well as my own. While I have been busy painting up Rebels for Legion, he has been working on technique and practise with a collection of Galactic Republic Clones. We will both be participating in the upcoming skirmish league, so have motivation to finalize our painting. I honestly don’t know the reference he is using for the colors, though I know it is based on the Clone Wars shows. With some advice, his process is fairly straight forward – a wash of dark grey and a heavy drybrush of white. This…
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Grinding thru the painting for my skirmish league army, and just about done with the various troopers. The final large project is the A-A5 Speeder Truck, shown here with an optional extra print of a Gonk Droid (unofficial). Our standard design includes the gonk droid upgrade (to provide shields), so I wanted to add him in to the interior for humor. Obviously, he won’t be visible during the game (maybe will have him peeking out the door), but the top of the vehicle will remain removable for curiosity. Parts are all primed and ready to go, base is already textured.…
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Finally managed to get back to our Carrion Crown campaign yesterday and had a fairly successful stream session. Video is now working again, audio is solid, and the tools were pretty much on autopilot. There is a challenge remaining with Discord – I am trying to record both the output and allow the group to hear the voice (since some players are live, and some are remote). This leads to a notable echo on the recording, which is fortunately only for the occasional player. Going to try an alternative approach next time, and see if that resolves the issue. For…
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