From ShawnD - Tortured Tree from Fey Rift Forest and Cursed Oasis Pool (30 points)

These are terrain pieces from my FDM printer.  I didn't know if I could use FDM for terrain but I'm surprised and really happy with these pieces.  The painting was fun, I used an Army Painter Brush on Primer and the new Speed Paint 2.0.  Good fun here and starting to feel good about my painting skills. I built up the primer to eliminate as many of the filament lines as possible.  I am guessing this is around 20 points.  Dimensions 3" radius and 5" tall.

You will often find tortured hulks of once majestic trees all but consumed by the influence of the Pannithor rift.  Some say this is all that is left of a Fey army, sensing and ordered in place to help stabilize The Rift.  No race dared explore or investigate the massive forest, fearing not only the Abyssal races but also the 'enchantment of terror' that had been passed along by the ale bards.  The effects of which are rumored to be a mind fog, months of hearing the screeching wail of the Fey, and nightmares of being burned alive. The forest is impassable and most travellers give the forest a wide path.

This is another FDM print, I had to shrink it to 50% because of my printer bed size.   There are a lot of firsts for me in this model and paint.   This is the first time I've used epoxy to represent water.   It was not bad and it blends well with the FDM blue-painted ridges.  This is the first time I've used the dry brush technique.  It was a real learning session with that technique, in my opinion, it's not as easy as it looks.  I used a wash on the columns as well.  I'm not loving that part of the piece but I got the bleeding obelisk effect I was going for.  I would print another one of these and paint it.  I had fun for sure.  I think this is worth 60 points, but I could be wrong.  Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 3".

What is pictured is one of many Wicked Oasis located in Pannithor.  Scattered around Pannithor this particular oasis is located east of the Wailing Mountain range in the Wastes of Ophibia.  Placed centuries ago, but Elven Priests.  After the betrayal and murder of the priest Naiadriel by a General of the Empires of Dust, while bathing and refreshing (these oases weren't always cursed, they once were located across trade and travel routes) from a long journey.  The waters of the fountain and the priest's blood mixed causing all the oasis across Pannithor to bleed from the obelisk towers.  The waters remain the purest around, but the constant blood streaming down and fierce waking dreams the oasis is rumored to cause,  Many a traveler have skipped the oasis and eventually died to lack of water.  

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Hi Shawn - some interesting work here, always fascinating to see what the 3D-printing people can get up to, and it seems to get better and better all the time. Great that you can work up some terrain and tie it nicely to a setting you are keen on (I think it is "Empire of Dust"? Apologies for my literary ignorance). Certainly looks very nice.

In terms of scoring, we do this, as Curt says, using the "imperfect-but-it-works" cube system. The tree is large, but doesn't fill a whole "cube" - I'll give you half a "cube" for that, as a piece of nice scatter terrain. The fountain fills up a cube, and wow, using epoxy to create some water...talk about a hobby bridge I would be too scared to cross! Looks great too. All in that is 30 points for you.

Great work!

GregB

From ShawnD: Mantic Games Halfling Engineer (5 Points)

Halfling Engineer (Mantic Games)  

For the model, it was very difficult for me to paint.   Two reasons here; 1) the model when assembled has many cracks and crevices that cause me to make mistakes.  2)  I assembled this model from a Mantic kit and didn't know anything about glue accelerants.  If I were to build and paint is again, I would paint each piece separately and then assemble the model to see if that is a better way.   Too bad I already have scads of models built for this challenge.   You can see where the glue is a little sloppy.  

I did use a lighter primer code on this model to bring a little pop to the colors.  I really like the way the regular paint when on.  I'm going to paint with Speed Paint 2.0 for my next submission over a white primer to see how that works. 

This 28 MM model should be 5 points, that's what I am guessing.

I like to make up little stories for my figures when I paint them.  I just think of them while I paint, wondering if it's ok to share here.  If so I'll post if as a reply to this post

TeemuL: Yes, our second special guest today is Shawn, who usually is part of Wednesday group, but for reasons is today part of our Thor's Day group. And a halfling with machine gun is a nice addition to the Thor's day group. Very nice brush job and neat result for speed paints. And yes, we all love stories, bring them on!

From - ShawnD 28MM Forest Troll gunners (30 Points)

First post and first painted mini!  Here are my 28MM Mantic Forest Troll Gunners!  Any advice is appreciated.

I know the army painter grey is making my paint darker than I want.  I think this is 30 points but unsure.

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Hello and welcome to the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, Shawn! As your brutal, totalitarian Minion it falls to me to share a few bits of feedback:

- Great painting! But don't hesitate to share a few more words...some of us are wordier than others, and not all of us love the typing-and-sharing, but a big part of the fun is learning/sharing/ranting...were these hard to paint? Easy? Are they part of a long term project, or a spur of the moment thing, or a club effort...did you love or hate the models - or maybe both? Feel free to share :)

- Remember not to hit "publish"; your Minion will take care of that part...

As for scoring, it looks like we have three based figures, but these are large 28mm fellows, with"regular" 28mm fellows hitching a ride (as one apparently does with Forest Trolls...?). Let's count the trolls in this instance as "cavalry", which will indeed bring you to 30 points. 

Welcome again, and be sure to reach out with any questions!

GregB