Apparently it has been three months since my last update. There has been a bit going on lately. For one, I had some down time due to a thumb injury...
I have also done a bit of travelling (survived a tornado near Chicago, an earthquake near LA, and less dramatic visits to Palm Desert/Joshua Tree NP, and Miami) for work. On the topic of work, I have also made a significant career change and taken a new job. To be honest... I've also been a bit uninspired lately. I think my head has just been elsewhere with everything else going on. Really, I'm not terribly good at keeping up with this blog lately either.
But there has still been painting going on, though no real gaming.
I wasn't very successful with my "Five Months From Painted Factions" but I did make some more progress. I built and painted some mutants!
I also painted Ambassador Khan Cern. He has no patience for your shenanigans.
Following up on my previous Five Bananas entry, I purchased my crew. Just tonight I started putting a bit of paint on them. More to come on that soon. "Soon." Like maybe in a few months again?
For now, I have also returned to painting the mercenaries that I had started working on before my thumb injury.
Satyr Art Studio zombies...
Dwarf With No Name.
...and some old Ral Partha zombies.
The middle figure is my D&D character, if the family D&D campaign ever gets started. Nettie Coldwater, middle-aged empty nester forest gnome turned druid. This is the second time I have painted this figure from Reaper Miniatures. The one on the left is the "stock" figure, and Nettie was converted a bit to more accurately reflect my character. The dog on the right was painted previously but I was thinking that it would be interesting if she brought her dog along with her.
Random daemon. Daemonette. Had the figure, figured I would paint it for my mixed-daemon horde.
D&D figure, Grick.
Dwarf With No Name.
Giant flies/stirges.
Painted a couple of tiny bunny toys, inspired by the Black Rabbit of Inle.
Fungus infected ant swarm.
I was fortunate to live within the path of the recent total eclipse in the US. I could not get a good pic during the total eclipse, and really didn't want to spend that brief time messing around with my phone trying to take pics instead of fully enjoying the experience. But here's the closest thing -- I got a couple of decent pics of the approach to totality.
