The Drowned Earth

After a few riveting evenings cutting  the character cards out and then laminating them  I decided to tackle my first character models.

In a similar vein to MAW Moonstone, each miniature represents a specific character. The models are highly detailed and called for a bit more focus and patience than an army painting session.

I will be using extra magnification to paint these and layering over darker tones.

Painting like this requires a liberal dose of trusting the process before the figures start looking remotely decent and using the intense magnifying can be quite draining.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but miniature painting tends to be enjoyable and tiring at the same time. Or maybe it’s because I have the attention span of a Labrador at a barbeque.

I have been meaning to get back to this project for about a year. Barring some rope bridges (that I need to find again), I am done in terms of terrain.

I decided to get some laser cut foliage, which I have never used before,and some tufts. Time to spruce up some bases.

The leaves turned out to be a bit big for the regular bases, fortunately there are a fair few large base models to use them on. I might revisit some of the scenery pieces too.

I added a few magnets to give the option of attaching a few lights, not overly practical for gaming, but fun for photos

Drowned Earth is set in a verdant jungle. Therefore the natural parts of the centre need a bit of greenery and indeed green stuff.

I am using some new material for leafy vine effects, it’s kinda chaotic, but I am liking the results so far

First step done. Now for dry brushing and greebles

So finally I decided to make a start on the centre piece for my drowned earth terrain, this will take a while.

End of day/evening one. Here’s where I am up to.

Day two will be finishing the wood and then starting on the metal frame work, can’t see me getting that much further today.

Day three, started on the metallics , this will be tie consuming. But it’s a good opportunity to try my AK paint pens

I finally got around to assembling my remaining figures for Drowned Earth. Lovely miniatures but definitely not for people new to the hobby. I primed them with a colour forge purple.