From: signal9 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 22:08:13 +0000 (-0700) Subject: new article, new images X-Git-Url: https://git.vexinglabs.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af7ce00528f5337c8883bfe63ef3a8436845f3a5;p=vexingworkshop.git new article, new images --- diff --git a/content/images/313A568A-4185-4B91-8AD2-7E2B4A8EF3DC.jpg b/content/images/313A568A-4185-4B91-8AD2-7E2B4A8EF3DC.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f75a43 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/313A568A-4185-4B91-8AD2-7E2B4A8EF3DC.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0027.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0027.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2705254 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0027.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0236.mp4 b/content/images/IMG_0236.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4fc0d5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0236.mp4 differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0241.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0241.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c929df Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0241.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0368.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0368.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7345ff6 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0368.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0369.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0369.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb5520c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0369.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0370.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0370.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..007392b Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0370.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0371.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0371.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..354e1e4 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0371.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0372.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0372.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a9ec0b Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0372.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_0373.jpg b/content/images/IMG_0373.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fa2d21 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_0373.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_3014.jpg b/content/images/IMG_3014.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d97ea3e Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_3014.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/IMG_3119.jpg b/content/images/IMG_3119.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a09d40 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/IMG_3119.jpg differ diff --git a/content/images/signal-2025-01-16-172936_002.jpeg b/content/images/signal-2025-01-16-172936_002.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0b36da Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/signal-2025-01-16-172936_002.jpeg differ diff --git a/content/one-shot-painting-2025-11-08.md b/content/one-shot-painting-2025-11-08.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46a60fa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/one-shot-painting-2025-11-08.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Title: One-shot Painting +Category: Craft +Date: 2025-11-08 +Tags: miniature painting + +The Strange Artifacts crew has decided to explore Mordheim, and we've all +selected war bands. Myself, I've chosen to play the +[Skaven of Clan Eshin](https://mordheimer.net/docs/warbands/grade-1a-warbands/skaven-eshin#0--1-eshin-sorcerer){. .anchor}, +pics and lore to come. But, as a hobby goblin, now that I have a project to work +on there's nothing I want to paint more than _literally anything else_. + +So, since I've begun my Mordheim war band, I've dug out cast models from the +vaults to assemble and base. I've reread all the rules for Cauldron - a +beautiful, whimsical game by +[HILL GIANT](https://mordheimer.net/docs/warbands/grade-1a-warbands/skaven-eshin#0--1-eshin-sorcerer){. .anchor} - +and pulled together two new gangs for Ramshackle's +[Mini Gangs](https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/home/680-preorder-mini-gangs-v2-book-and-pdf.html){. .anchor}. + +I don't know what it is about me, but I'm flawed in this way, and I'm sure I'm +not alone. Big projects are fun but they can also be daunting. + +![Mini Gang by Ramshackle Games]({static}/images/313A568A-4185-4B91-8AD2-7E2B4A8EF3DC.jpg){. .image-med} + +## Palate Cleansers FTW + +I don't do a lot of kit bashing, in part because I don't buy very many kits, +Battletech aside. Most of my models I 3D print at home. I've easily painted a +hundred or more +[Knucklebones](https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Knucklebones%20Minis){. .anchor} +minis, for example, and I've printed many more. The bulk of the rest are from hand casters, like +[colecifer\_xxviii](https://www.instagram.com/colecifer_xxviii/){. .anchor}, +[Marcello Rizza](https://www.instagram.com/uollas_uolsh/){. .anchor}, +and especially [Ramshackle Games](https://shop.ramshacklegames.com){. .anchor}.I +even do a bit of sculpting and casting myself. +Printing and collecting can be a hobby all its own. Because of this, whenever I +print new models, or I get new hand cast models in the mail, I will usually +clean them up, base and prime them right away. This way I always have plenty of +models on hand, ready to paint. + +![Deep one, by me, in front of a procrastinated project!]({static}/images/IMG_0027.jpg){. .image-med} + +I don't want to skip a hobby session because I'm feeling overwhelmed by my +current project. I'd rather grab a prepped model off the shelf. While I'll +frequently have one or two non-project models in various states of completion, +my favorites are the models that I can paint, start to finish, in a single 60-90 +minute session. + +![Frog, by Marcello Rizza]({static}/images/IMG_3119.jpg){. .image} +![Brian the Blesser, by Knucklebones]({static}/images/IMG_0241.jpg){. .image} +![Arctic Dunger, model by Ramshackle]({static}/images/IMG_0368.jpg){. .image} + +Each of these models I had based and primed, on hand in a box on the shelf, just +in case I wanted to paint something fresh. In the case of the frog and the +Dunger in particular, I had a moment of inspiration that I wanted to act upon +right away, while the muse had me. Each took about an hour to knock out, and I +left the bench feeling very happy with the outcome. Each session was time well +spent even though they were painted with no other purpose in mind except to have +painted them. + +I'm also reminded during these one-shot painting sessions why I choose the +models that I choose. Each of them speaks to me in some way that only I can +hear, in a way that is unique to me. Just like everybody else.