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Now that the competition is wrapped up, I can finally present this Ram Armour Pin-up I painted in the distant past (Well, 6 months ago), she's a plastic mini from Kingdom Death. Didn't win (Most of the entries were way out of my league), but I think she's one of my better paint-jobs, and I get a participation award too, so it's all good! As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

Being the closest thing the Borderlands have to Doctors, a Potion Maker is one of the most well respected professions going and travelling with one guarantees you entry into all but the most paranoid and insular settlements. But all that respect and esteem comes with a downside, when the cost of most of your ingredients can be measured in human lives, the pressure to always make the right decisions is immense and most folks that take up the trade burn out long before their apprenticeship is over. Presenting the Potion Maker from Kingdom Death. Not particularly happy with this one, some parts turned out okay but I really struggled with others, at least she's finished now. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly recieved.

With the Kingdom Death range seemingly moving towards 3D printed minis for their non-game stuff, I reluctantly picked up a pair (My only previous experience with a 3D printed mini being a very anime-styled witch I got from Ebay. I opened the package, looked at the tiny mini encased in a giant mass of web-like filaments, had a flashback to trying to clean Forgeworld resin minis (The triangles! To this day they haunt me still!) and shoved her straight back on Ebay.):- (Astri the Promised is the big one, the other is Badar the Venomous). Fortunately, these ones were nowhere near as bad! They'd already been given a pretty good tidy up, so all I had to do was remove any remaining nubs and give them a good scrub with a wet toothbrush. Hopefully they'll be dry by tomorrow, so they can be assembled and undercoated.

Given the fractured nature of their reality, Survivors settlements can evolve at vastly different rates. One can be full of artisan blacksmiths creating elaborate arms and armour from exotic materials, while their neighbours are still stuck in the stone age, relying on sharpened rocks and bone clubs. This is not necessarily a good thing though. While their settlement is no longer one rampaging lion attack away from ruin, they run the risk of attracting more dangerous entities, ones that enjoy hunting prey that can put up a good fight. Presenting the Alpha Armoured Survivor (Male Version) from Kingdom Death. This is what I love most about their range, not the sexy ladies or wacky monsters, but the dudes (and dudettes) in silly, impractical suits of armour. Really pleased with this one, although it's difficult to photograph thanks to its pose (His breastplate is another screaming, mustachioed face but I couldn't get the right angle to show it off), hopefully the female version gets re-released at some point so I can paint that one too. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

KD:M Kickstarter 2 On November 25th, Black Friday. We will be launching our 2nd Kingdom Death: Monster campaign. The focus of the campaign will start on a reprint of the sold out Kingdom Death: Monster core set with an 1.4 ruleset. (Current version of the game is 1.31). An upgrade pack with the rulebook and updated cards will be available for existing fans. Beyond that my lips are sealed. Except for this tiny teaser of course. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poots/kingdom-death-monster-15/description

Presenting the Sniper, part of the Echoes of Death Vol. 3 set by Kingdom Death, looking snazzy in her Sunstalker outfit. Another one where I had trouble coming up with a colour scheme, but I think she looks okay, just rather colourful! As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

Since I haven’t had a WIP in a very long time, I thought this mini would be perfect for it. I plan to paint her up for a Christmas gift for a friend and figured to keep me on track I’d do a WIP. I have a few minis in progress she’ll be my main priority after my Darksword Stephanie Law Bard. I prepped her and primed yesterday after the humidity finally dropped. My current projects in various stages on my desk. And just the pinup after some prep work A few places I could have spent more time on but figured I’ll prime and see what stands out. I used army painter matte black primer followed by Tamiya fine white primer. For the bits on her base I left them in black since she will be the focal point no need to use white on them, it’ll help the colors be a bit more muted. And finally my quick mock up for color checking. I usually just print a stock photo and use my paints over it to plan the general scheme. Now to finish up my bard then onto tackling her flesh. Since she’ll have a hint of sheer with her stocking I needed to be sure the color for her skin and the sheer works and won’t lose the effect due to the color choices. Feel free to post C&C throughout, or ask questions. I’m always happy to share what I can. I’ll do my best to share the steps I take and colors used. Happy painting everyone.

Needed a mini for my most recent D&D character. Since she has a pet rat this one fit the bill and it gave me an excuse to paint up one of my Kingdom Death minis. With the scale being a bit larger then the rest of the party, I kept the base she came with to avoid building one that would give additional height. I didn’t add her waist piece that added addl braids and skulls to keep her easier to use on the table. Pinning her gave me some fits as I haven’t done it too much with resin pieces. Anyway hope you like her.

Presenting the Gladiator, part of the Echoes Of Death series from Kingdom Death. Another one rescued from the Cupboard Of Unfinished Things. My Kingdom Death minis always turn out fairly hit or miss, and I think this one falls a bit on the miss side, but I like the job I did on her shield. Just wish they'd stop with the dramatic dust clouds, can never figure out how to paint them! As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

While the title may sound like a part of a weird children's book series, it's actually a trio of Kingdom Death Pin-ups! The Bug Thief, her right arm goes across her face so I've left it off for now. The Swamp Girl. I have to paint her base, paint her and then sandwich the clear bit in between without making a mess. The Dogpole Mother, the hard part will be painting the Dogpoles so that they actually look like something! Starting with the Bug Thief:- Painted her face and boobs (Rosy Flesh > Flesh Wash > Rosy Flesh > Rosy Flesh/Light Flesh), added a touch of Scarlett Red to the final highlight for her lips and painted her eyes (The left one is a bit buggy, but I'm hoping it'll look better once I paint her hair).

Separating a bee from its honey is always a risky prospect, but especially when they are giant, man-eating Titan Bees. However, when smeared with a concoction made with the pulped remains of it's larva, a person is temporarily rendered virtually invisible to the Bees. And so the Bug Thief started a thriving business stealing bee babies to make into potions, but how did she survive going into the hive in the first place? That's a mystery to be solved another day. Had a lot of fun painting this one, her bee striped fur thingy didn't come out like I hoped (and she's stuck with rather wonky eyes) but I think she ended up looking fairly decent overall. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

The first of many survivors. I'm not entirely happy with eyes and skin, but I think my first attempt at OSL turned out pretty well.

Presenting the Ram Pin-up from Kingdom Death, I imagine this is what quest-giving NPCs look like in that world, sketchy, half-naked dudes who always have one more dubious item for you to fetch before they'll let you have the promised fancy sword. I'm reasonably happy with how he turned out. He's a little rough in places, where my brush control wasn't quite up to the task, but I don't think I did too bad. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

Well, here they are. Happy Valentine's Day, and gain +1 population.

Presenting Octoberfest Aya, a pair of seasonal themed minis from Kingdom Death. Like all their recent holiday releases you get a large scale pin-up version, and a smaller, not quite so scantily dressed, gaming one. There's a few issues (painting beer is hard!) and they're both a bit rougher looking in hand, but I'm really happy with them, particularly Big Aya as I don't paint many large scale minis. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

Working on something new. I don't paint many large scale minis, so thought I'd make a thread. Like all the newer Kingdom Death holiday releases, you get a large display mini and a smaller gaming mini, in this case it's range regular Aya as some sort of adventuring barmaid. I made a little start to the larger Aya:- Working on her barrel as it will involve lots of messy drybrushing. So far the barrel has had a basecoat of Parasite Brown/Ochre Yellow, the barrel stand is a base of Parasite Brown/Scarlett Red and the fancy end is Bronze. It then all got a good coat of Brown Wash.

Presenting Angry Joe, the last of my Survivors from the Gigalion expansion from Kingdom Death. He believes the best defence against monsters is to wear a suit made of their skin. Had a lot of fun painting this one, Gorm armour is my favourite set despite all the little details, now I just need to paint the Gigalion itself. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly recieved.

Presenting Skully, the third member of my Gigalion expansion from Kingdom Death. She likes skulls and has a pet rock. I think this is the weakest of the Survivors, it's not a bad mini but it's a bit of an awkward sculpt that doesn't make a whole lot of sense out of context. Was still fun to paint though. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

Presenting Lady Fancy Hair, my second Survivor from the Gigalion expansion from Kingdom Death, she's into whips and leather belts. Had this one sitting unfinished for a while (I got burnt out painting her fancy hair), but as I currently have a renewed interest in my Kingdom Death stuff, I thought I'd try and get her finished. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

"Umm... Guys, I think I've found our missing team members." Presenting the Cleric, part of the second Echoes of Death set from Kingdom Death, not sure why she has such a gruesome base insert, none of the others came with one. Disappointingly, she looks pretty terrible in the piccys. Honestly, apart from her decidedly wonky eyes, I thought I'd done a fairly good job. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

Presenting the Storm Knight from Kingdom Death. Second time tackling this one (I like it that much!), I think I prefer my newer, colourful version but I still struggled to do a decent job on his cloud cape, I think it needs more time and effort put into it than I have the patience for. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

The Screaming Antelope is one of the core monsters of Kingdom Death: Monster. And the fact that you can get so many fine resources from it makes it one of the most hunted creatures in the setting. For this paintjob, I wanted to move away from both the grey standard color scheme for the antelope and away from the red "skinned antelope" look I've often seen. All together, I feel like this came out really well. The base is constructed from apoxie sculpt and green stuff.

With the Borderlands so infused with the reality-altering power of The Void, mutants and people with extraordinary powers are quite commonplace. While some settlements cast out those that are different (a decision they usually live to regret), most are more welcoming, when you live in a world where everything is trying to kill you, any help is appreciated no matter how strange the source. Presenting the Ringtail Vixen, a special character in the game Kingdom Death:- Monster. Her heightened reflexes and superior strength come in handy when fighting giant monsters. I have fairly mixed feelings about this one, I'm happy with some parts like her tails and leggings, but not so much with others like her face (I'm really starting to struggle with these smaller faces) and her club (I never did figure out a decent colour to paint it), but overall she doesn't look too bad. As always, any comments or criticisms are warmly received.

I have a Lion:- A Gigalion in fact. I have some Hunters:- Lets do this thing. Started with the first Hunter:- I'm calling him Mr. Lovely Locks. Made some progress:- Done his skin so far (Dwarf Skin > Flesh Wash > Dwarf Skin > 1:1 Dwarf Skin/Light Skin), plus some 1:1 Scarlett Red/Dwarf Skin claw marks and an Old Rose nipple.