Painting with a limited palette
A different painting video caught my eye on YouTube yesterday. In this video the painter (Marco) paints a figure over 3 hours to a standard that I would call ‘excellent.’ … Continue reading
Talisman Adventurers
How long have I had these models? Let’s see. I received these as part of a pack of 8 models as an engagement present, and this year will be our … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: making plastic miniatures
In 2015 I posted a YouTube video put up UK company Renedra, showing some work on tooling for a box of Perry plastic cavalry. It’s only recently that I have … Continue reading
Darkest Dungeon the boardgame
Darkest Dungeon isn’t a computer game I’ve played, but I have admired its art style and general look and feel. You can see even on the Steam page that the … Continue reading
Chaos test bunnies
As I get towards the closing stages of painting the Warhammer Quest Silver Tower models, a few gaps are opening up on tray 5. With most of the Silver Tower … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: tome familiars
They may have a proper name, but I don’t remember what that is. Here are the two tome familiars from Warhammer Quest Silver Tower: I used a mix of Contrast … Continue reading
Armies of the past: Mordor
Welcome to the final entry in my ‘armies of the past’ series. There were many more, but they are no longer with me, except for maybe a stray model here … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: pink horrors
I have completed the last and largest horror figures from the Silver Tower boxed set: the pink horrors: There’s a lot of detail on these models, so it wasn’t just … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: the ratskin
This model had been hanging around a long time. I had bought him to bolster my Van Saar gang during a Necromunda campaign in the late 90s. Years later, he … Continue reading
Blood Bowl 2020 contents
Games Workshop revealed the contents for the 2020 edition of Blood Bowl on stream over the week-end. If you missed it, the recap is… there’s a lot in this box: … Continue reading
The 8-bit documentaries of Kim Justice
Every so often, the YouTube algorithm suggests something that I might actually want to watch. So it has proved with the Kim Justice channel. This channel contains well constructed documentaries … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: Knight-Questor
What name is more fitting for Warhammer Quest than the Knight-Questor? I painted him up in a fairly typical gold: To keep a degree of contrast between him and the … Continue reading
Armies of the past: Misty Mountains
The Misty Mountains army was a blend of cave dwelling goblins, the spiders of the forest, and the wargs of the crags. I loved it. The army above shows a … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: blue horrors
Following on from the Brimstone Horrors, I have painted up the blue horrors, the middle children of Tzeentch. When killed, a blue horror will break down into a pair of … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: milestones
An alert popped up in January of 2019, telling me I had reached the milestone of 1,000 posts on Scent of a Gamer. I just had to write about it. … Continue reading
New hobby challenge!: Character — Bjorn the Stormborn
Wrapping up the previous hobby challenge and being completely distracted by RL stuff (education, dreading the future of whether I’ll be able to find work after finishing college next year, … Continue reading
Ice Dice on Kickstarter
Gaming related but a more chill project. Up on Kickstarter now is a project for dice-shaped ice cubes, appropriately named Ice Dice. The project is based around some ice cube … Continue reading
Blood Rage complete
With the Fire Giant done, I have now completed the Blood Rage board game and its 49 models. Here they all are: They are looking nice together. My painting on … Continue reading
Armies of the past: Easterlings
My second Lord of the Rings army was actually the force that got me into the game: Easterlings I expanded this army from the old Lord of the Rings version … Continue reading
Gaunt summoner
My latest Warhammer Quest update is the gaunt summoner. This is the sorcerous master of the Silver Tower His appearance is suitably chaotic, and I had a lot of fun … Continue reading
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