A very light week

Still in post-Cancon mode so no painting this week.  Getting over the “tried hard, but failed” feeling.  The judging was fair and the Bronze level figures were much better than mine.  In the end just wish I had painted better than I did.

I did prep two 28mm figures.  One of the Reaper Bones figures (the female dwarf fighter) and the special kickstarter only resin figure that came with Dungeon Saga game.  I find the Bones figures very annoying to prep.  The mould lines are very hard to trim as the soft plastic just moves out of the way half the time.  Also you can’t do the normal edge scrape technique that you do with hard plastic or resin figures.

I finally got to start reading the Dungeon Saga rules and played the first two introductory scenarios with my kids (8 and 5 next month).  Both had no issues with the rules and even better the co-operation aspect was picked up straight away.  Many skeletons got turned to dust.  My daughter wanted to use her own figure of course (the barbarian was too ugly) so the “make-your-own” adventurer sheets will come in handy.  A couple more years and Runequest 3rd Ed. is coming out of the box :)

After Christmas I got the “FAQ for constructing and painting dioramas” by Andrea.  A bit of an odd book as some bits are great (like the info on creating trees) where others parts are borderline “why did you bother” as the information is at the level of telling you what the picture is of, no actual description, explanation or detail.  However there was one tiny section that was gold.

Using a simple wooden peg you can construct an excellent clamp.  Picture are better so here they are.  And yes, I purchased pack of pegs and now have many clamps.