Post by Whiterook on Jan 15, 2023 16:04:26 GMT -5
An eight month project, this was a miniatures build for playing Vietnam War era games. The game in particular is “Ghosts in the Jungle”, a book game by Mike Lambo; combining these with square tiles for building game map terrain that I’ll be making for use with these, turning that book game into a table top miniatures game.
Total, there were 11 days’ worth of mostly short one or two hour sessions of actual work per session…maybe 25 hours of work in all. Even at 15mm, these were very small to work on and presented a fair challenge to my miniatures painting skills; I’m a great painter in several media or artwork and crafts, but I’m pretty new to miniature figures. The micro detail really takes a special skill set to get it right.
This was a neat project, and a nice building level towards my next goal of working more (perhaps exclusively) with professional acrylics (rather than craft paint). Whereas the goal here was gaining miniatures that are presentable to play with, I used this project as a confidence builder in reentering miniatures painting. Mission success.
These are also the first miniatures that I’ve painted where I really focused in a finish clear (matte) coat for protection in handling for gaming. I really liked the Vallejo product I chose, and the final effect was perfect. I’m looking forward to getting these on the table!
Total, there were 11 days’ worth of mostly short one or two hour sessions of actual work per session…maybe 25 hours of work in all. Even at 15mm, these were very small to work on and presented a fair challenge to my miniatures painting skills; I’m a great painter in several media or artwork and crafts, but I’m pretty new to miniature figures. The micro detail really takes a special skill set to get it right.
This was a neat project, and a nice building level towards my next goal of working more (perhaps exclusively) with professional acrylics (rather than craft paint). Whereas the goal here was gaining miniatures that are presentable to play with, I used this project as a confidence builder in reentering miniatures painting. Mission success.
These are also the first miniatures that I’ve painted where I really focused in a finish clear (matte) coat for protection in handling for gaming. I really liked the Vallejo product I chose, and the final effect was perfect. I’m looking forward to getting these on the table!
