The various thoughts and experiences of one individual given the gift of the written word. Now more cynical than ever; The science of selling yourself short approaches life from the point of view that almost everything is essentially contestable. Mass dissatisfaction ensues.
Not quite the blog post I was planning to be first this year, however, it will suffice. First of all; I am sorry. I have not kept up posting as I had wanted to do. I have let myself down, and anyone who actually reads this. Though at least I held true to the concept of not posting unless I have something to talk about. (excluding my recent Twitch scheduling updates). Second; A lot of shit has happened over the last few months, and I guess I will come to them in due course, or not. Processing this information is difficult, bewildering and sometimes rage inducing. Brexit Trump Where do I even begin... The world has gone to shit, but again, that is a topic for another post. And finally; Yes. I am back. I'm settled into a Twitch routine and a YouTube editing routine, so it is high time I set myself back on course with everything else. Blogging and hobby blogging are two of the things I'd like to correct. So, on that note, check out my most recent post on The Underhive Hero. The Sisters of Battle are back! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Anyway, back on topic. I've been back to playing Dungeons and Dragons recently. (there are a lot of stories here too, but again, another time...) I bought one of my friends a set of Green Black forest dice from Q workshop for Christmas. (They play a Gnome Ranger in one of the campaigns we play in). The dice are quite nice.
The only problem being that, in low light conditions, these numbers actually become quite hard to make out. Especially on the D20. So I offered to customise them a little, to A ) Function better and B ) Suit her character a bit more (She is a rock gnome obsessed with gems and valuable metals). So, here's what they look like with gold on them!
They are not 100% finished in this picture, but they are IRL. All I used was 2/3 thin coats of Retributior Armour (a water based acrylic paint by Citadel). Followed by a coat of spray satin varnish to seal them from wear and tear.
If you're subscribed to me on YouTube you may have seen my latest video (If not, you should totally click here and do that now!) In this video I drew an avatar for a good friend of mine we've mentioned here before; EpicErid! The video is the product of 2 separate streams on my Twitch channel (which you can follow by clicking here!). It took about 6 hours to draw and paint, but I've condensed it down to about 20 mins by upping the speed by 800 times! Anyway, you should go check it out, and subscribe for more if you enjoy it!
It was my good friend EpicErid's birthday the other day (if you don't know who this is, go to this blog post). I ordered her a present, but shipping is terrible, so it has now arrived, but not in time for her birthday. I decided to draw her a thing, and then paint it.... but I didn't think that was quite far enough. So, I upgraded it a little.
If you remember a while back I posted about making Skyrim coasters using a tutorial on Dodger's YouTube channel. I used the same method here, except I used my own hand drawn and painted picture.
The picture was drawn in in Derwent pencils, lined with Faber Castell fine liners and painted with Winsor and Newton Watercolour paints and Citidel Acrylic paints. It was sealed with a Satin varnish and attached to a Slate flooring/ wall tile with ModgePodge Matt finish. Finally some self adhesive cork was attached to the underside What do you guys think? Would you be interested in your own? Hit me up with comments, criticism and any other feedback! Peace -DH-
So, I've been doing Art Streams on Twitch, and a while ago I did a stream on my Twitch with my friend EpicErid as a guest artist. We drew some Pokémon fusion pieces.... If you'd like to check it out, it is now on my YouTube I hope you enjoy! Go follow me on youTube, Twitch and also, go check out EpicEird. @Intsagram @Twitch @Twitter Until next time -DH-
So, I have previously posted about painting boardgame miniatures on here before... If you want to, you can check out my past posts about this stuff here (Mice & Mystics). Now, I've often had a dilemma with this stuff... All of my miniature painting is usually found of at The Underhive Hero. however, not all board game miniatures are for table top miniatures games/ wargames. as such I've posted them here. This next project kinda spans both. Warhammer quest: The Silver Tower is without doubt a boardgame. The miniatures inside however, are not only for the game, but also to be use din Age of Sigmar; a fantasy table top wargame by Games Workshop. Because it fits both, I've deiced to post it on both the Underhive Hero and Here. So what follows i a carbon copy of my post on The Underhive Hero. I thought both audiences might enjoy it!
'I know I haven't been very consistent recently, but I have been working on other projects (as always). If you'd like to chock those out head to The science of selling yourself short for more info! Back to it. I hit a hobby wall in the shape of too many boardgames with miniatures that are un built and unpainted. So I've made it my mission to get these out of the way. The problem with this is that building miniatures as they come in the box bores the life out of me... So far I have built all of the Miniatures from Assasinorium Execution Force, and it nearly killed me. So going into my next task; The Silver Tower, I've decided to try and make things a little more interesting for myself, without converting any of the models. The game is fairly varied in all fairness. unlike Execution force, there isn't 15 of essentially the same figure... the most of one type is 8. But I still want to make them 'my own.' This starts from the ground... no up, just the ground. Most of the tile sin Silver Tower are this cracked turquoise stuff, with gold banding. The plan is pretty simple; copy it onto the basses. To do this I've used the Games Workshop palette pads to created the crazy shapes that are all over the board tiles. Obviously, these will be painted gold, and any 'raised' areas will be added in using shading and highlighting. As for the cracked floor, I decided to cheat...kinda. Agrellan earth; a self crackling paint from the citadel paint range. All I ave to do now is paint it! I'll be using Stegadon Scale Green,Sotek Green and Temple Guard Blue to do the job. Before that though I have a ton more basses to do... That's all for now! Keep you eyes peeled for more soon.' -DH-
A couple of posts ago I mentioned that I'd finished the custom paint job on my Mice & Mystics (by Plaid Hat Games) set. I know I've posted these piecemeal over the course of about a year? But I thought you'd appreciate them all in one place, to admire more readily at your leisure! Before that I'd like to say some things.
If you've followed this project form the begging, thank you! Watching my view count creep higher and higher has always drove me forward.... when I've thought about quitting the thought that someone out there is semi interested gave me a little push to carry on. If you are new here, I also thank you! Thanks all round; for taking some time out of your day to read some pointless words, and check out some models by some dude on the internet. So without further adieu... The good guys!
Colin
Lily
Filch
Maginos
Nez
Tilda
The Bad guys.
Millipede
Spider
Brown Rats
Grey Rats
Cockroaches
Lets adventure!
And there you have it folks. I actually have gone and completed another thing. The world must be ending right? Once again thanks for reading. If you want to talk about models you can drop me a comment or Tweet me @DarKHaZZl3. Feel free to leave comments, constructive criticism and even share your own... I'd love to see them! Also, I will consider commissions, so if you think I may be a fit for you, drop me a message and we can discuss that too! Be sure to check out my other projects too! All the links are to the left of the page :) That's all for now. I'm working on some other stuff, so stay tuned. Until then...
-DH-
Continuing on that Mice and Mystics hype... I've finished the rest of the cockroaches that I didn't get to finish the first time around
They started out scorched brown with a highlight of dark flesh, then washed back down with a dark brown wash. From there it was a cash of progressively highlighting with Dark flesh adding vermin brown with each layer. A Flesh shading was was applied afterwards before being finished off with a final highlight of vomit brown. And that's it Yeah! That's all the bad guys done, and all the good guys done! Woo! I'll post a picture of the complete set (hopefully in action), to round off the post count to 10 for this series. In the end I had a decent time painting them, despite the shoddy plastic the miniature are made from. If you want to add some constructive criticism or have and other feedback/ questions, then feel free to drop me a comment on here, or hit me up on my Twitter. If you'd like to see what I'm working o, as I'm working on it then follow me on Instagram. And finally, if you're wondering what I do in between projects, follow me on Twitch and YouTube, as I'll either be playing games or doing a hobby stream! So, until next time Peace! -DH-
MOAR UPDATE! Because consistent updates are a thing for now. Mainly because I have a boat load of things I want to get finished! So, more Mice and Mystics stuff. This time it Nez and Tilda!
Not overly fond of how Nez's fur turned out, but Tilda turned out a lot better than I expected. That's all of the mice done! I might re do the bases of Lily and Colin to match these guys a bit better... maybe... On to the last 5 cockroaches!! Comments, constructive criticism welcome, as well as general chatter :) Until next time -DH-
MOAR update! If only I'd been this productive my whole life I'd have A) Finished this project when I starte dit, and B) Probabaly gotten a lot further in life. BUT I DIGRESS! There are no work in progress shots for this, just glorious finished models. This first is Maginos the mage.
This is where the comeback started. I just fancied doing him on a whim (I knew leaving them all on my desk would get to me eventually!). The hardest part was trying to get him to match his more white furred artwork, without being too bright. The way I decided to get around this was to just make the rest with a lot of viable fur darker (Nez and Filch to some extent). He'll look light enough by comparison. I really enjoyed doing his wooden staff and the ladybird. The next up is Filch.
Filch was largely done to be honest. I just was really uninspired to do his fur and knife... and that was still true while I was finishing him off. But I really like how the fur turned out; nice and dark, buy with enough flicks of light grey to give it a good texture. I also decided to spruce up the knife. First I added the little poison tip, to give him more of a D&D rouge appearance rather than just a thief... but ti still didn't fit well. It was then I decided on the slightly battered golden hit for the knife and boom! Perfect. 2 more down. 2 left to go; Tilda and Nez (as well as 5 cockroaches, but screw those guys). Nez shouldn't be too hard... just trying to make him stand out as interesting will be the challenge. I'm still not looking forward to Tilda... too much white :| Anyway, that is it for this update! If you like what I do, why not subscribe and check out all of my other projects? I post non-board game related hobby on The Underhive Hero. Recently I've been doing some Salamanders Space Marines. I've been streaming games on Twitch; mainly Heartstone, Rocket league and more recently Chronicle: Runescape Legends. I also put highlight reels up, and other videos I think are worth it on my YouTube Channel. If you want a head sup on what I'm working on then follow my Instagram and Twitter (Both @DarKHaZZl3). Anyway. That's all for now. Until next time! -DH-
I mean, that's what I last posted about, right? Right! So I've been on a bit of a painting roll right now. Not something that happens too often so I'm taking it as far as it will go. I've set myself a few projects to do while I'm in the zone, and one of them was to finish my Dr Mario custom Amiibo I started on post 59. Cutting right to the chase he's about done!
So, because I'd used significantly less masking tape than required to do this guy (read as none at all), I had to repaint everything; the pill, the hair, the skin... all of it. But yeah, all of those bits are painted now, and he just needs his base cleaned up and he's done! 2 Amiibo's in the bank, and more to come for sure! If you'd like to get a sneak peak at what I'm working on, I usually post it on my instagram as and when I'm doing it, so go heck that out!
On occasion I may stream a painting session, so you can go follow me on Twitch for that (and other stuff, mainly Chronicle: Runescape Legends at the moment). If you have any questions about this, or anything else I do (or other comments/ constuctive criticism/ praise) then feel free to leave a comment on this blog/ my instgram/ tweet me (@DarKHaZZl3). This includes questions about commissions. Anyway, that's all for now. More blog activity heading your way soon (I know, quite a lot recently, right??) Peace! -DH-
Yep, it's another custom Amiibo project. I have a few of my own on the go now, and I really should get round to finishing them off. If you read my last post I have started to make some progress on them again. In the meantime I've been pottering about doing other projects here and there, which you can check out over on The Underhive Hero. While my Custom Amiibo stuff is fairly common knowledge amongst my friends, it dpoesn't really do much for the majority of them; not a great dela of them own the WiiU/ 3DS (which in my opinion is a crying shame!). However, in one of my circles of friends the Nintendo hype is real, and recently one person from said group approached me with an offer. He would provide a load of Amiibo's for me to pretty much do whatever I fancied with them. This way I could widen my palate so to speak, with different style, concepts, colour schemes and so on. As cool as this was, I insisted that he have some creative input too, so that he was happy with the stuff he got back. Also, it gives me a 'working for commission' feel as apposed to off my own passion, which is a different mindset entirely.
Since then we've discussed several ideas, and through that process I've come up with some great concepts for Amiibo repaints and sculpts. A few of those are some time off, and in the interim I wanted to get started on something right now. So we decided to start with Marth from the Fire Emblem series.
While some other projects are going to involve sculpting and stuff, we just went with a simple repaint option with this guy, and it was one we both agreed on immediately (albeit for different reasons). We decided to go for Marth's white outfit from Super Smash Brothers
Marth has been my main since Melee, an I've always played in the white scheme and called him Elvis. No idea why. My friend just thinks he look fabulous in white... So he's currently being base coated in grey, ready for many, many layers of ever lightening grey to white. Fun times ahead. Stay tuned for more updates.
So this project hasn't been updated for a while... But I'm working on some Amiibo stuff right now, so I thought I may aswell finish this one off too.... one less project hanging around! Pichu Senior, now with buckle!
I'm pretty happy with this guy overall. I've applied the varnish ready for painting, but OI just haven't decided if I'm going to add a rim to the goggles yet... Anyway, keep your eyes peeled here and on my for more progress on this one, and hopefully a swathe of other stuff too! Peace! -DH-
I know. it has been a long time since an update across all of my blogs. I can make all the excuses in the world, but I just haven't made the time I should for this, or any of my other blogs. That's going to change...hopefully. I want to get back to weekly updates, even if they end up being diary like entries again. I've alreayd made a start here, and over at The Underhive Hero where I've posted baout my Lizardmen Bloodbowl team! Back to the task at hand.... Today I have something new! If you follow my Instagram this will not be that new too you, but if you don't then enjoy! A while back I posted an update about my completed Kirby Amiiibo in semi tribute to Ross from GameGrumps/ Steam Train. Well, I thought it was time for more custom Amiiibo work. This time round it is a Dr Mario repaint.
On the now rare occasion me and my brother play Super Smash Brothers (especially Melee) with each other we always end up having a final showdown between our two best characters; Marth being mine (despite Jigglypuff being my favorite), and Dr Mario being my brothers. It is his birthday in a few days, so as well as something practical, I thought I'd get him something a little more unique, personally and thoughtful. Also, it gave me an excuse to customise another Amiibo! My brother always play Dr Mario wearing his black costume;
So naturally that is what I set out to do. One session in and here we are!
All of the Dr's coat is done, the shirt and time are fine too. A pretty simple paint job in all honesty, and just using citadel paints (Abbadon Black, Mechanicus standard Grey, Mephiston Red and Evil Sunz Scarlet), and a bit of satin varnish between layers to help it stick to the figure. I just need to do a little more work on the boots, legs and the head in general, but it's a good start! If you're interested in my work, then feel free to leave me a comment, hit me up on Twitter or, if you want to see what I'm working on sooner rather than later, then follow me on Instagram. Just for the record, I'm totally down to do commission work ;) Anyway, that is all for now. Hopefully this will see more regular updates, along with my other blogs, so stay tuned! Peace Out. -DH-
Nope, not actually award winning, just finished. Check the not so great pictures out!
If you follow me on Instagram you'll know I've actually done a lot more on the Mice and Mystics models. I just haven't got round to posting them. I've also done a fair amount of work on my Lizardmen Bloodbowl/ Age of Sigmar stuff, which you can see over on The Underhive Hero. I'll be getting back into posting a bit more regularly now I'm settling in to my job, and now I've passed my driving test, so watch this space (and my others too)!
