Unfortunately, due to health issues, I have not been able to deliver on my part of the Chocolate Cake Duel. Let’s be real, I was never going to be able to compete with Sarah’s amazing cooking skills!
In lieu of decadent baking, I have donated a bag of delicious Black Soldier Fly Larvae to the Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation, the charity chosen as the recipient of our cost of entry. It was an item on their Amazon wishlist and will be delivered Wednesday.
| PeterD enjoying his chocolate cupcake during the game |
Ahhh the planet of Vulcan and all things logical and pointy-eared. Not to be confused with the town of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada - where all the streets were originally named after gods and goddesses.
I'll confess. I'm not overly happy with my figure for this planet. She is a 3D print from Jukka Seppänen on My Mini Factory
If you are considering printing this file for yourself, be wary. She is
fragile. The petals of her skirt and her wings are paper thin. You have
been warned! (she is sooo pretty and hard to resist)
Because of her fragile nature, I was leery of going in too much to fix the errors I made. She will look pretty on a shelf from a distance!
You can see her pointy ears peeking out from behind her beautiful blue hair, which was obtained with Talassar Blue Contrast. Her dress was accomplished by using a metallic white and metallic green wash over Shyish Purple Contrast. You can't see them, but she has cute little bloomers under her dress!
I
based her on an mdf flower and then glued a mirrored tile of the same
shape on top. I thought it mimicked the flowers on her dress and crown
nicely. I then affixed the figure to the mirror.
This shot is with the figure held up to the light, to give you an idea how thin her wings are. They definitely mimic faerie wings and the pictures don't do justice to the shimmery effect I was able to obtain on them with a very thin metallic green wash.
I was able to get some more painting supplies this past week. I am having so much fun with all my new things!
The points:
54 mm figure - 10 points
Planet Bonus - 20 points
Total: 30 points
Chocolate Cake Duel - 10 points
My last submission left me sitting on the lovely planet of Arda. Having taken an extra week to enjoy the scenery, it’s time to venture to further destinations.
Off to Solaris it is, a planet of deception and illusion.
This is the first piece I have created that will be used in game. To say I’m excited about that is an understatement! This Sacred Well (Artisan Guild) will form part of an upcoming Moonstone scenario. How? I have no idea. The SnowLord keeps such things very close to his chest!
It took me a few goes at this to get it where I wanted. The grey stones surrounding the well, combined with the rocks really made me question my colour choices, as they initially just looked like a big blob of meh. (grayscale is HARD!) Adding some Talassar Blue, Shyish Purple and Warp Lightning Contrast into the rocks really brought them to life. I kept the stones primarily grey tones, with a sparing wash of burnt umber craft paint in a few places for a bit of variation.
I really wanted movement and the illusion of depth in the water. I utilized several tones of blues, greens and metallics to try to create a magical, deep swirling pool.
2” terrain piece: 5 points
Planet bonus: 20 points
Total: 25 points
Chocolate Cake Duel points: 5 (bonus points don't count towards the cake!)
Next up: A quick jaunt to Vulcan…
That is a lovely terrain piece, Tasha! For someone who has only just started painting miniatures you are doing very well - I suspect an art background!
Tamsin
Hello! My name is Natasha (TashaH) and I live in Saskatchewan, Canada.
I am incredibly new to this hobby. I played my first tabletop game (Eldritch Horror) in July of this year with Sarah and Curt and I was hooked. Since then, I've played Moonstone and a few ECW games from a campaign. I am looking forward to expanding my horizons and trying more scenarios in the future.
I'm incredibly fortunate that the group I have been
invited to game with is well established and puts on all the games. As
such, you will see that my contributions to this year's Challenge have
no rhyme or reason and are not tied to any game whatsoever. At some
point, I will settle in on a theme, or perhaps not!
For my initial entry, of my first Challenge, I will be landing on the planet, Arda. I’m leaning toward the ‘fantasy’ admission requirement for this planet.
My first figures are prints from STL Miniatures at MyMiniFactory
The majority of my paint is acrylics. I have a few Citadel Contrast paints and a couple pots of P3. I am hoping to add to my paint collection regularly!
I started with the Wizard's Bookcase in this grouping that I've put together. It is 80mm long, 50 mm tall and 10mm wide. Initially, I highlighted with two shades of grey and then utilized Snakebite Leather Contrast by Citadel. This proved to be an unfortunate decision. The wood did not look like wood at all. After many layers of many colours and washes ... this is the final result. All of the accessories in the bookcase were done willy nilly, with no real pattern or intent. I kept adding colours and layers until I was content with the result.
Next up was the Druid Table. I tried to remember the process I'd employed with the bookcase. My memory is unreliable at best (I really need to remember to write things down in the handy, dandy notebook I was given for such things). For the table, I used the Snakebite Leather Contrast midway through the process and it seemed to work much better for a rich wood look. Having only one brown Contrast makes a person get creative! Also, isn't that stool adorable? The table measures 30 mm across and 10mm to table top/27mm to very top. The stool measures a wee 10 mm across x 5mm high.
These
are the Druid Mushrooms that are harvested on the Druid Table. The caps
are painted using Contrast paint (such a delight to use). I used a
metallic white for some of the highlighting to help boost the shimmer of
the mushroom caps. I tried to mimic the same wood tones in the
undergrowth as in the Table and Bookcase. The mushrooms were great fun
to paint and measure at 50mm x 35 mm.
Lastly we have a 40mm, Nana the Witch from Printed Obsession at My Mini Factory. This figure was a challenge for me. I almost gave up on her. After following some sage advice to walk away and come back another day, I was able to finish her. The number of layers of paint on this miniature is a bit embarrassing.
Because I won't be using these for gaming, but rather as display pieces. they are freestanding and not based.
Now for the points total. I'm really unsure about this, so chances are I'll mess it up!
If
I understand correctly, furniture counts the same as terrain. I
anticipate if you packed in all the furniture like you were loading a
U-Haul, it would fit a 2" square, so that would be 6.5 points. 7 points for Nana, and 20 points for the Arda (outer ring) landing bonus would give me a total of
33.5 points.
Thank you for letting me play!
(13.5 points towards the Chocolate Cake Duel with Sarah!)
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First, welcome to the Challenge, Natasha!
I quite like this entry, your opening gambit towards your target. This is especially the case as I helped source the models for you! This is also the case with Sarah's upcoming entires as well. Yes, I am very much 'The Enabler' here. :)
While it is true that you currently have a limited collection of paints, I think you've done an absolutely wonderful job on these models. I particularly admire the wood grain on the furniture, the shiny (and mysterious) accoutrements on the tabletop, and the charming colours of the mushroom grove (the metallic hue of the spotted blue mushroom is particularly eye-catching).
I'm going to round up your scoring to an even 14 points.
I know Sarah has her post waiting in the wings, so the battle for the chocolate cake should be a fierce one. :)
Terrific work Natasha!
- Curt