Colossal Squig and Giant Squig Painting

Colossal and Giant Squig Painting

 

Hello again and I just wanted to post a finished picture of my three squigs.  I primed these guys black and work up a basecoat with several layers.  First I do a heavy drybrush, Blood Red/Sandstone/desert yellow), then a Black Wash(secret weapon miniature but any black wash could work).  Next I do another heavy drybrush followed by a brown wash(maybe GW's Mud color or Agrax Earthshade).  I then do another drybrush of the same color.  After that I then highlight all the high spots with a solid color of the same tone.  After these layers I start doing 50/50 mixes with the basecoat and white or a off white color line bone white.  I followed all the same steps with teeth, and mushrooms.  Teeth starting with Kehmri brown, bleached bone and then skull white.  The mushrooms are coated with several layers, not highlighted and then just white dots added.  Pictures below.

Giant Squig 1 with Desert Yellow basecoat

Giant squig 2 with blood red base.

Colossal Squig in its glory

Orcs being eaten! Oh I see you there!

Some goblins added to the top.

Collosal Squig and Giant Squig Modeling

Colossal and Giant Squig Tutorial

Purchased some squigs awhile ago, over 2 years ago, and finally started getting around back to them.  I just wanted to make a couple posts on here to any gamer out there.  First, after un-packaging your miniature clean your models.  I have here pictured several squigs made from finecast, but the same applies to any model(resin, rubber, finecrap).  I used soap and water and scrubbed each model for about 20 min each, let dry, and then assemble/green stuff. 

 Here I have pinned each large joint twice with 1/16 inch copper wire.  Then used copper wire for all add ons to the top of the squigs (horns and mushrooms).  Holes for the wire are drilled about 1/4 inch deep. 

The last picture here is before when all the horns and mushrooms were completed.  Typical 2 part green stuff was used for everything.  Bases are 40mm bases with 1/2" cork glued to the top.  all joints were glued with medium bond super glue and tightbond III was used for all basing material.

Episode 31 - Midwest Rampage

Episode 31 - Midwest Rampage
Sponsored by Heroes Haven Comics and Games & A Gathering of Might

It is time for the Unstable Dice to get ODT with Chuck.  The focus of this episode is Chuck's review of this year's Midwest Rampage, a yearly WFB tournament in central Illinois.  Before breaking down the event, Chuck and John talk about the latest WFB rumors.  They also share what they have been doing in the hobby lately.  During MoH, John dives into his experience playing in his first Magic the Gathering tournament in the past 8 years.  Also, this episode includes an interview with Mr. Dandy, the genius behind Wargamma! 
 
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Episode Timeline
00:00:17 Sponsors (Heroes Haven Comics & Games)
00:01:30 WFB Rumors (Brettonia & Daemons)
00:23:30 Marshaling the Host (Chuck's Midwest Rampage Prep, John's MtG Tournament Experience)
00:57:30 Interview with Mr. Dandy from Wargamma
01:02:45 Midwest Rampage Recap/Discussion


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April ODT Gaming Blogpost: Tweeked Astromancer's Lair!



ODT Gaming MWR9 Tower

 

Exterior View main tower

Double Hex tower set added to main housing

 My new Tower assembled for MWR 9's Terrain project.  I will be doing some interior work to this.  This is the Astromancer's Lair from Games Workshop.  Plenty of small bits will be added to the base to give the medieval battle effect.  Interiorly I will be adding stairs, ladders, chests, doors, weapons racks, and skulls.



I have done further work on this terrain piece but wanted to feature it before the table of terrain is due next month, stay tuned until then.  We are putting more pieces together and I think the total will be 11, all matching for a table.






 





Main housing with add on exterior evil pool of skulls from original tower set.