Mal's Minis

Thanks guys!

Alas... I lost the "camera-phone that works" last month, so I have not been able to take more photos. That was the first digital camera I ever owned that could take pictures of miniatures that did not look like blurred shit! On top of that, I updated some of my figures, and I got a larger Type IV Demon figure (basically this, but mounted on a homemade base). But without a working camera, they are collecting dust on me desk. Until than, enjoy some more of what I have (see below).

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I want to make note about the bases I use. I use base-size as a means to establish general size and reach/zone-of-control, so I generally keep them in uniformed circles for beasts and characters, or squares and rectangle for troops and cavalry. When I buy candy, I save the cardboard boxes they come in, and I glue them together into thicker sheets, after drying for a day under a heavy press. Two or three layers are normal, but larger bases use four to six layers, as needed. As the outer end of the boxes are smooth, I add a layer of super glue at the top to provide a better bond what I add white glue (Elmore's/PVA), after I mounted the figure. If the figure's base is too tall, I add layers of white glue to better level the base into a mound. When the mound is tall enough, I add some cat litter sand.

The sand I use is crushed (by metal tool) into differing degrees of grains, form powder, to very fine gravel; shaking and sifting allows me to choose the right size grains. As the sand is absorbent, I can add water to smooth out the base into smooth but textured ground. In the case of the Giant figure, the dirt path is mostly powder that was wet-down with some large chunks sprinkled in; the grass was originally just large grains painted green (an common technique thanks to Games Workshop), but I recently discovered model train grass that works wonders! My early technique with sand grass basses can be seen with the Swamp Witch Figure; being mostly outright gravel and ugly as shit!

If you want to know how I get the face down with the Giant, it not that hard. After paint the face in a dark skin tone, I add the default skin color over it so that the darker colors appear in the gaps and reassesses. (The brand of paint I use, PLAID^®, offers a good range of skin-tones, and they are a lot cheaper than Citadel Paints^®©™^{Yourfirstbornchild}.) Once I get the default skin on, I add in a lighter color on the outermost portions of the face; nose, cheeks, ears, etc. In order to make the Giant appear as a drunkard, I add an earthen red color (the brand I use calls it "Pueblo", although, Summer Sunset (peach) also works too) on the nose and cheeks to give it blush, as well as on the lips. I then add some watered-down skin tone to blend and washout the blush (although, the lips would look better with a lighter skin tone, with the earthen red running down in streaks to give it texture). Had he been cast beardless, I would have added a five o'clock shadow, above all other color and shading, with a soft layer of gray, then a soft layer of wet skin tone to bend it out.

There are also a number videos on YouTube that teaches a wide rages of painting techniques that are worth checking out.

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A Dungeon Adventuress (pewter; 25mm scale)
(Yes, I cleaned up her face after I took the picture)


A Dungeon Adventurer (lead/pewter; 25mm scale)
(When I get done, he is going to have some serious stubble!)


Beholder/Eye Tyrant (white plastic/vinyl "Bone" figure of the 26 or 28mm scale)
(It is hard to believe that such an aberrant creature gives the best blowjobs in the multiverse. )