a terrible under-lit pic of this month's effort ☝️
Oh my gosh. The last month. It comes round super quick!
This month is my Wildcard, and I've chosen to do that terrain I was on about last month. Although I did manage to paint a few figures!
First off, some animals from Warlord Games: link
I love them!
Cows!
Sheep!
Cat!
Monopose ogres, from the Waddington's 1991 game Dark World. I'm not very happy with this paint, but he's done, and was relatively quick too.
And then this squig hunting team👇
Here they are herding two specially rebased squigs. Originally painted for Warhammer Quest on round bases. Their lips are a different colour, but it doesn't really matter...
Although prehaps the goblins are better at herding sheep...
Anyway...
Now for some terrain! Although this lovely YouTube video is how people make them nowadays - and includes some nice hints (such as painting the windows on to card and adding them in at the end). It's a great watch.
Fresh from the pages of White Dwarf 143
The Coaching Inn and Stables!
Some WIP.
You see, I glued the house on it's base slightly wonky. I only aligned it with one side, and didn't see that the corner hung over the edge and only noticed after everything had dried. I had to add some more base! Strengthened with strips of glue and paper. I hope it holds...
Individual tiles are a TEST!
This was the worst thing - the roof of the forge. I got so annoyed, I just covered the whole thing in parcel tape 😂
Undercoated in two layers of a mix of Modgepodge and craft paint acrylic black
Initially I left the tiling off the top of walls, but I changed my mind just before painting and added them after these photos
And painting! Took an age - two full on days. The tiles and wood are drybrushed, the stone is overbrushed (like drybrushing but into wet paint to blend) the walls are stippled with watered down paint - four layers of ascending brightness.
The main Coach House and Inn was painted first, and the stables and forge last.
Fire!
It's absolutely wild that Jaakko made exactly the same Coach House! Amazing. You should totally check his out as it's got a lot more lovely details added on - link.
I'm sure I read a draft of his where hte backstory was the twoo inns didn't quite see eye to eye, which is why this poster 👇alludes to the patrons of The Owl as not being welcome 😂
And nooooowww....Inspired by this issue of White Dwarf.👇
And especially this article, which I must've read 100's of times as a kid...👇
The goblin riding a white dragon!
(It took me ages to get going on painting the dragon. It's been sat there since last years OWAC. It is also the recent GW cast - link.
In the end I restricted myself to the John Blanche zorn palette of white, black, red and yellow. A sort of tribute, if you will. It was much easier and simpler to make a start once the 'restrictions' were in place)
Here's how he came out. I'm super pleased that he's finished (in the final few hours of the Challenge no less!) 👇
And phew! That's it! Another OWAC done and dusted!
Only thing is the link back through the posts and the monthly points tally...
Next month will cover some army and group shots, as well as thanks for the OWAC team 👊
Intro: link
January: Rank and File - link
February: Rank and File - link
March: Rank and File - link
April: Leaders - link
May: Rank and File - link
June:
FREE... Farmyard animals
FREE... Goblin Boss riding White Dragon
FREE... Coach House and Stables
FREE... Squig Hunter Team and two squigs.
FREE... Three Ogres
Total: zero!
Thank you for reading this far - catch you next month with the total army group shot, on a nice 2'x2' board!
the boys take a well earned rest...
